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Anu's Kitchen Sweets

Basandi

Hope everyone had a wonderful Diwali! I tried Basandi for the first time and it came out very well 🙂 I was debating between Badam halwa and Basandi, and finally decided to make Basandi as our diwali dessert! Basundi is a traditional Maharastrian dessert recipe prepared with milk, nuts, sugar and saffron. I first tasted […]

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Anu's Kitchen Kootu Palak (Spinach) Recipes

Keerai Kootu | Spinach Kootu

I have been missing in action for quite some time! Was busy with our LO’s birthday party. Our dear son turned 2 years old and we had a small party for him last weekend. I was so involved in planning the venue, ordering cake and preparing the goody bags that I fell sick! Thankfully party […]

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Anu's Kitchen Laddu varieties Navarathri Recipe Sweets

Date Truffles | Date Laddu

Can you think of a dessert without sugar, jaggery, cream, ghee or butter? Here is one for you – Date Truffles or Date Laddu! I got the recipe for Date Truffles from the magazine called “CookingLight”. I have tweaked it a little bit to suit our taste. Must admit this is one of the easiest […]

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Anu's Kitchen Poriyal or Sabji

Aloo Bhindi

Whenever I visit fresh market, I see Indians pouncing on “Okra” (Bhindi)! After a long wait, when I get chance to pick the veggie, many times I would find only bad/bruised ones being left and I end up not buying it! Thankfully I got fresh tender okra this week 🙂 The other day while I […]

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Anu's Kitchen Palak (Spinach) Recipes

Spinach Rice

Our family loves Spinach! There were days when our LO would eat only spinach! When he was about ten months old, everyday I would cook spinach with powdered black pepper and salt, mix it with rice and ghee and feed him!! Now at 23 months, he eats almost all veggies and still spinach is his […]

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Anu's Kitchen Poriyal or Sabji

Potato Fry | Potato Roast

I always steam cook vegetables to make curries (poriyal/sabji). Fried curries are a rarity. Just because it would take lot of time to cook and use a good amount of fat inducing oil/butter! Can you think of potato fry with very less oil (or butter)?? I bet you can! Want a clue? Bake them 😉 […]

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