MOODY FOODIE IDEAS!

Ingredients 2 cups chopped chaulai leaves 3  cloves of  garlic 2 green chillies 1 cup fresh plain yogurt 1tsp oil 1 tsp cumin seeds Salt to taste    Cook the leaves in the microwave for 5 mins. Cool and grind it together with garlic, chillies and salt. Mix in with Whisked yogurt.   Heat oil in a pan, add cumin seeds and fry for a minute. Pour over the raita. Enjoy with a meal or with kebebs!

  Ingredients 1 raw mango 1 cup chopped fresh  coriander 6-7 green chillies 1” fresh ginger 1 tsp cumin seeds 1 tbsp sugar Salt to taste   Wash and peel the mango. Remove the stone  and cut cut into small peices.  Grind all ingredients together.

Ingredients 1 cup chopped ripe mango 1-2 green chillies, slit 2 tbsp chopped coriander 1 tsp sugar ¾ tsp mustard seeds Salt to taste 1 cup fresh yogurt  Pound mustard seeds and salt together.  In a bowl, mix together mango, coriander, chilli, sugar and mustard salt mix. Whisk the yogurt to make it smooth. Pour on the mango and stir. taste and adjust the salt. Refridgerate til serving time. Enjoy as a side or sauce with grilled meat! 

Falafel is a common food eaten throughout the Middle East. The  fritters  are now found around the world as a replacement for meat  and as a form of  street food .    Ingredients 2 cups fresh green chickpeas/garbanzo beans    1 small onion, finely chopped  1/2 cup chopped fresh coriander  5 cloves garlic, minced  1 tbsp gram flour salt   2 tsp cumin 1 tsp ground coriander 2 fresh green chilies finely chopped Oil for frying For Hummus 1 cup drained well-cooked chickpeas, liquid reserved 1/4 cup sesame seeds,  lightly  toasted   1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil 2 cloves garlic Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste Juice of 1/2 lemon paprika  Coarsely grind all the ingredients together Shape into small balls or into disks. Deep fry or shallow fry til golden. For hummus grind all the ingredients to g...

Foreign sauce in desi eshtyle! Salsa  is the Italian and Spanish term for sauce , and in English-speaking countries usually refers to the sauces typical of Mexican cuisine known as  salsa picante , particularly those used as dips . Here's an 'Indianized' version.  Ingredients 1 ripe guava 1 red tomato 1 onion 1 handful of fresh coriander 1 tsp sugar 1 tsp kashmiri red chili powder 1 tsp cumin powder juice of 1 lemon 2 green chilies  1 tbsp olive oil salt to taste Method Finely chop all the vegetables and the guava. Add salt, sugar, chili powder, cumin powder, lemon juice and oil. Mix well to combine the juices. One spoonful is explosion of flavours in your mouth.  Enjoy with roasted papads or puris.