Jain Salsa

makes 2 pounds ingredients 10 green chillies 4-5  jalepenos(remove the seeds) 1 large green bell peper 2 large red bell pepers 4 roma tomatoes (hard) 1 bunch cilantro 1 tsp tumeric 1 tsp asofoetida 1 tsp cumin seeds 1-2 tbsp oil salt as per taste method mix all the ingredients …

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Cilantro Chutney Recipe

ingredients 15-20 green chilli 2 coriander bunches 3 tbsp lemon juice 1 tsp cumin seeds 1 tsp tumeric 2 tbsp dalia powder 2 tbsp peanuts powder salt to taste method 1. mix chillies,coriander,lemon juice,cumin,tumeric and make fine puree. 2.add dalia and peanuts and mix well. ur chutney is ready. can …

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Gardeners amongst us?

Are you an active vegetable gardener? What do you like to plant the most? What works / does not work for you? We plant tomatoes every year and they seem to do well. We have tried chilly peppers, but they turn out to be bland. Did not have good luck …

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Indian Pizza / Desi Pizza in Bay Area

There are many “indian pizza” offerings now in the bay area. So its time to create a post to capture them all. Indian Pizza is a very efficient way to handle food for a large group of people. Since we keep meeting often and that too in large groups I …

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California Pizza Kitchen

Finally we visited CPK (California Pizza Kitchen) in Valley Fair Mall. I knew that we had some comments about CPK in KV but could not find them in time to see what was recommended :-). I need to fix the “Search” functionality in KV. Anyway creating this post and copying …

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Baby Food what and when to give?

Nivriti is 5 months and 2 weeks old……its probably time to start semi solid food. Although Doctors here recommend 6 months and later. So when did you first start giving your baby semi solid food? Another dilemma is what to start with. Traditionally people in India start with rice, water …

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Indian Cooks Available

This post could be useful in future for folks and hence posting it. Just got an internal mail about a Gujarati lady available as a cook. Here is the quote My Cook is available for evening/morning/weekend cookings. She is a wonderful lady and very nice cook. You can find more …

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Gola – Shaved Ice

I have smitten by the Gola craving here and I already had Gola at 2 places here. I plan to make it at home in USA once I come back. Now has any of you tried making Gola at home. If so what syrup do you use and which masala …

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