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 Homemade Mac and Cheese is a classic recipe prepared with macaroni (elbow pasta) and creamy sauce made with flour, milk, butter and cheese.Mac and Cheese is a very popular comfort food among kids because it is very creamy, smooth and delicious. This Mac and Cheese recipe is incredibly easy and this is how I love to prepare Mac and Cheese at home. In this recipe , I used mild sharp cheddar cheese. So it is totally up to your preference. Any cheese that melts well works excellent with Mac and Cheese. Ingredients Macaroni or Elbow pasta 2 cups Sharp Cheddar Cheese 1 cup Unsalted butter 1 tbs All purpose flour 2 tbs Milk 1.5 cups Black pepper powder 1/4 tsp Onion powder 1/2 tsp (optional) Garlic powder 1/4 tsp (optional) Salt 1/2 tsp (according to taste) Method Boil 4 cups of water in a saucepan and bring to a boil.  Add macaroni or elbow pasta. Cook the macaroni until soft . Drain the pasta and keep it aside. Melt butter in a pan. Here I used unsalted butter. If you want you can...

  Balushahi or Badusha is a one of the traditional and popular Indian sweet. Balushahi is made with all purpose flour and later glazed with sugar syrup. Balushahi has crispy from outside and soft , flaky texture from inside. Balushahi is one of my favorite sweet to prepare on Diwali. Making Balushahi or Badusha is very easy if you use correct ratio of ingredients and follow the process .We can store Balushahi at room temperature for about one week. Ingredients A ll purpose flour or Maida 1 cup Ghee  1/4 cup Curd or Yoghurt 2 tbs Baking Soda 1/4 tsp Sugar 1 cup Water 1 cup Cardamom powder a pinch Pistachios chopped for garnishing Method Preparing dough Take all purpose flour or maida in a bowl. Add baking soda into the bowl and mix well. Add ghee into the bowl and mix it together by rubbing with fingers. Add yoghurt and mix well. If you need , add 1 tbs of water and mix to bring everything together . In this recipe we should not knead the dough. Cover the dough and keep it asid...

  Samosa or Aloo Samosa is a very popular snack or appetizer in India. Samosa is fried all purpose flour pastry filled with spiced potato and pea mixture . Samosa can be enjoyed with any kind of chutney . My favorite way to serve samosa is with cilantro chutney and tamarind chutney . Ingredients ( For dough ) All purpose flour or maida 2.5 cups Carom seeds 1/2 tsp Salt 1/2 tsp Oil 1/2 cup Water 1/2 cup + couple of tbs extra (Samosa filling) Boiled potatoes 3 big Green peas frozen or boiled 1/2 cup Oil 2 tbs Asafoetida or hind 1/4 tsp Cumin seeds or jeera 1/2 tsp Crushed ginger 1 tbs and Green chillies (optional ) as your preference Coriander powder 1 tbs Garam masala 1/2 tbs Cumin powder 1/2 tsp Dry mango powder or amchur 1 tsp Cilantro finely chopped as required Salt to taste Method Preparing Dough Take flour in a bowl. Add carom seeds and salt in the flour and mix well. Add oil in the flour. Mix flour and oil very well. Add water little by little to form a firm and stiff dough. ...

Today I am sharing another our family favourite breakfast i.e. Sabudana Khichdi. I usually make sabudana khichdi for our breakfast .  Sabudana Khichdi is one of the most popular breakfast recipes . It is also cooked during fasting or upvaas. I have already shared one more Sabudana khichdi for fasting . In that recipe , I shared the way how we cook sabudana khichdi at home during fast. 

This time I am here with my childhood favourite recipe i.e. Aloo halwa or potato halwa. Potato halwa is  perfect dessert recipe for fasting . This is very easy halwa recipe which can be made with boiled potatoes and few more ingredients. The star ingredient of this recipe is potatoes . The best thing about potato is whatever way we cook potatoes , it tastes awesome.

Raw banana or Kaccha kela  is also known as Plantain . Here, I am sharing a very quick and easy recipe of spicy plantain curry . Whenever I buy plantains , I usually make plantain curry this way . This recipe is again another easy recipe like my other recipes . Here Ingredients are very simple and easily available in kitchen as well. Plantains are easily available in local markets and supermarkets. However it gives me a good alternate for lunch box . Everyone in my family loves to eat plantain curry .

Kheksi or Spiny gourd is a very popular seasonal vegetable and also known as Kantola . Kheksi or Kantola belongs to bitter gourd family but it is not as bitter in taste at all. Kheksi or Spiny gourd is seen in local vegetable market during monsoon only. Nowadays, we can easily get Kheksi in local markets or supermarkets. In our family , we all love to eat Kheksi ki sabzi or Kheksi stir fry . We can serve Kheksi ki sabzi as a side dish with dal-rice and taste amazing. Kheksi stir fry recipe is very easy and simple to cook. We only need five ingredients  ,  Kheksi , oil , onion , green chillies and salt to make amazingly delicious stir fry.

Today I am sharing one of my favourite breakfasts - Besan ka cheela or you can say eggless vegetable omelette . Besan cheela recipe is a quick , easy and yet delicious recipe. Besan ka cheela is a gluten free recipe prepared with gram flour and vegetables. Whenever I am tempted to eat something savoury and spicy during those busy morning , Besan ka cheela is a best option to cook. You only  need ingredients ready and a big mixing bowl. Mix all the ingredients together and make cheelas. 

Gatte ki sabzi or Besan gatte curry is a very popular and delicious curry. Here Gatte are referred to  gram flour or chickpea flour boiled dumplings and later cooked with spicy gravy . Gatte ki sabzi or curry goes perfectly and taste awesome with roti or paratha or even plain rice. 

Today I am sharing a wonderful recipe that is Eggless Chocolate Brownies - Fudgy , gooey, chewy and not cake like. Personally I like this kind of brownies that I mentioned above (gooey and chewy). I have experimented so many variations of brownies with  different ingredients but never got perfect fudgy brownies. Finally I am sharing a fail proof recipe after so many experiments that makes perfect fudgy and gooey brownies.

Today I am going to share very simple vegetable brown rice pulao recipe. This recipe is one of my favourite recipes that I often cook for my hubby's lunch box. Vegetable brown rice pulao recipe is very simple and easy that you can cook in a jiffy. This vegetable brown rice pulao recipe is melange of vegetables like beans , carrot , corn and peas cooked along with brown rice. Brown rice pulao is a perfect lunch or dinner recipe and goes perfectly with raita or pickles.

Here I am  with another eggless recipe - Eggless Banana Cupcake or Muffin recipe with step by step pictures. These eggless banana cupcakes are so delicious and packed with all the goodness of banana. Eggless banana cupcakes are  perfect option for me when I am left with over ripe bananas. These cupcakes make a wonderful breakfast or evening snacks with a glass of milk . Even these cupcakes can be packed in kids lunch box as well.

Suran is also known as jimikand or elephant foot yam or yam . Jimikand is very healthy vegetable and rich with minerals , vitamins and dietary fiber. It has ritual purpose of eating suran sabzi on Diwali festival. Jimikand or yam helps in maintaining digestive system functioning and promotes weight loss by reducing bad cholesterol. Suran or Jimikand / Yam is available throughout year . So Jimikand sabzi / Yam curry is a nice change to regular veggies.

Poppyseed is also popularly known as Khus Khus or Posta dana in hindi. Poppyseed or Khus Khus Halwa is very delicious as well as nutritious . Poppyseed Halwa is super healthy for new moms as well. Poppyseed is widely used in various curries and kebabs.

Today I am going to share the recipe of eggless chocolate cupcake. This recipe is very easy and simple. We love these moist and soft chocolate cupcakes . My kid loves these cupcakes and whenever I start baking , he stays there and helps me mixing batter and lining the cupcake liners until he gets his share.

Onion pakoras are one of the most popular snacks . We do not need any special occation to make onion pakora . Onion pakoras are always perfect to go wheather guests are coming over or it is cold rainy weather. Any time and any moment you can have it. Onion pakoras are one of the easy snacks that need only few ingredients to prepare . We often make onion pakoras at home. You can enjoy onion pakore with your favorite chutney or a cup of tea. If you want more pakora recipe , you can check baingan pakora recipe as well. E

Today, I am going to share the recipe of  karela fry sabzi. Karela is also known as bittergourd in english. As the name implies ,it tastes bitter yet it is packed with many nutrients especially for diabetes. Karela has blood cleansing properties as well. There are so many people who do not like bittergourd because of its bitter taste . But we can balance its bitter taste by adding onoin , tomatoes and even some people add jaggery too. This karela sabzi recipe is very simple and you need only few ingredients which you always have in your kitchen. I cook this sabzi every week and goes with dal-rice or roti perfectly.

Hi ,I am here again with another delicious recipe. It has been raining here since two days. Due to this cold and rainy weather , I could not resist myself from making pakoras. Question is "what kind of pakore?".  There are only 3 small eggplants (baingan) in my refrigerator which are not enough for making sabzi and I chose them. So I thought , I should share this recipe . This baingan pakora recipe is very easy and simple. You need only few ingredients and take just 20-30 mins. to cook.  Even those people who do not like eating eggplant, they should give it a try.

Today , I am going to share the recipe of Raw mango chutney or Kacche aam ki chutney. This mouthwatering chutney tastes amazing with rice and dal especially in summers. There are many kinds of chutney or sauce prepared in india. People love to eat with everyday food. Our snacks like pakodas or samosas are incomplete without chutney . I asked this reciep from my mom . She told me all the ingredients and proportions. This chutney is prepared by blending raw mango, cilantro, green chilies and mint leaves with some spices together. It comes out so delicious. So I thought , I should share my mom's chutney recipe.

Namak pare or Saloni is very popular snack in India . This snack recipe is super simple and easy that does not require so much time. In my native place (UP) , every small roadside sweet shop (halwayi shop) or tea stall vendors make fresh namak pare everyday for tea time. This recipe reminds me of my childhood days . There are so many shop where they serve some kind of potato curry ( famous as dumaloo there) over these Mathari and it taste amazing.