mumma's kitchen

Rava Dhokla R ava dhokla this is a very special dish. This is the first dish which I learnt from my mummy for my daughter when she was 3 years old. This is easy to cook and heatlhy to eat. Ingredients- Sooji/rava 1 bowl Plain curd 1 bowl Vegetables of your choice(i prefer sweet corn, finely chopped carrots). F inely chopped  capsicum, french beans,  onion can be added Grated green chilli, ginger Salt as per taste Pinch of fruit salt Water  Chopped coraind er and grated coconut to garnish Crushed pepper(optional) To temper Oil Mustard seeds Sessame seeds Asafoetida Method- Take sooji in a broad bowl. Add curd, chillii and ginger, salt, chopped vegetables. Mix well in one direction. Add water  to make consistency little thin of a batter ( if needed)  so it can be spread over the dish easily.  Keep it covered for 10 minutes. Take a pan with a lid, put water and allow to boil it.  Take a dish and apply oil all over(greese it) lightly.  N ow add fruit salt in sooji batter  and mix again wel

  Kachi keri nu shaak from Mumma's kitchen Mango is the king of fruits. From skin to seed each part of this fruit is being used by us. Today I am going to share sabji made from raw mango. It is sweet and sour too. This is a very special delicacy. It is one of my favorites(if made by mummy). It is made in summer only so sharing it in this season. I ngredients  to make 11/2 kg Raw mango(1 kilo)-washed, peeled, cut into small pieces Jaggery 750gm Oil 2 teaspoonful Cumin seeds 1 tsp Red chilli powder(Kashmiri mirchi) 3tsp Dhanajeeru powder 3tsp Salt as per taste Turmeric powder 2 tsp Method: 1. Put water in pan and bring it to boil. Add cut pieces of raw mango. Boil till it is soft and cooked. Drain and remove water.(keep this water aside as it will be used for mango sherbet). It will take about 10-15 minutes to cook. (boiled mango is bit translucent in colour). 2. Take a pan and put oil. Add cumin seeds and allow to crackle.  Add jaggery and allow to melt. Keep o

 A am ka Khatta Achar This is the first post on this blog. My mummy is a wonderful chef, I believe everybody thinks so. Nothing new in it. right? Try out this recipe and you will believe it.  Summer is here!!!Time to make achar for the entire year. Let us make Aam ka Khatta Achar. There is a story behind this recipe. My grand mother(nanni) used to make this pickle and many other types of pickles during summer for the entire family. Any guess how much quantity??? 25-30 kilos. Masala was also handmade, mango was cut at home. We all kids used to enjoy watching and tasting them too! It took lot of efforts to make it. Each time we used to eat, we used to remember our nanny. My mummy has learnt from her mother and now she has taught me. Such traditions must be learnt from our parents and grand parents. Such traditions are our treasures to cherish. Ingredients required:(to make 1kilo pickle) Raw Rajapuri mango-1 kilo Readymade khatta achar masala 250 kg  If one wants to make masala at home: i