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How To Make Restaurant Style Finger Millet Dosa at Your Home


Guess what? Now you can whip up a mouthwatering, crispy dosa that rivals the ones you’d get at a fancy restaurant, right in your own kitchen! I used to dream about making dosa that perfect, and trust me, with this recipe, it’s totally doable.


Jackfruit Croquettes / Cutlets


Jackfruit croquettes are a great meat free snack or starter thanks to its ease of preparing alongside it’s amazing taste! Jackfruit here is a great alternative to meat due to its similar texture.


Mango pudding


Mango pudding is a great dessert for Mango lovers. It is smooth, creamy, silky and most importantly full of mango flavour. The best part is that it is very easy to make. I have used fresh alphonso mango for this mango pudding and another ingredient to highlight is coconut milk. I have used vegetarian gelatine powder. I have also used cream with the coconut milk to make it richer. Mango and coconut milk go very well together and make this dessert all the more exotic. The dessert becomes vegan by just avoiding cream and instead using more of coconut milk


Hyderabadi kairi ki chutney (Raw mango chutney)


Hyderabadi kairi ki chutney or Kacchae aam ki chutney (raw mango chutney) is a quick and tasty condiment which you can enjoy in mango season. Even a simple meal becomes more scrumptious and extraordinary with this chutney. This raw mango chutney is so easy and quick to prepare and all you need is a good sour raw mango. There are many minor variations of this chutney in each home and even between different places in Andhra Pradesh. I have already shared one which is my home style. I am preparing this raw mango chutney in Hyderabadi style.


Mango mousse


Mango mousse is a quick dessert for mango lovers and quite easy to prepare with just three ingredients. You will not find mango mousse easily in supermarkets but can be made easily in a few minutes with tinned mango puree or fresh mango when in season. If I want to prepare any fruit dessert, my first choice will be mango as it is one of my favourite fruits and only available for a few months in a year.


Ridge gourd and prawn masala (Turai aur Jhingha Masala)


Ridge gourd and prawn masala is a very popular dish in Andhra, known as Beerakaya Royyala masala in Telugu and Turai aur Jhinga ka masala in our home. Ridge gourd combined with prawns makes this dish very delicious and appetising.


Mango milkshake


Mango milkshake one of my favourite drink during summers and the most popular in Mango season. I always prepare my mango milkshake with fresh ripe mangoes either Alphonso or banganapalli. If not available just use any ripe and good sweet mangoes, avoid fibrous mangoes. Mango milkshake is very easy to prepare simply blend mango pieces, milk and ice cream.


Mango falooda


Mango falooda is a great dessert for hot summers to quench thirst. It is cold, icy and filling as well. It is a summer treat for mango lovers in mango season. Falooda is a very popular Indian dessert/cold beverage with a variety of toppings/layers, ice cream or kulfi.


Mango mastani


Mango mastani is a popular and refreshing drink for hot summers that originated in Pune. Mastani is a dessert drink made with thick milkshake and ice cream, available in a variety of flavours like vanilla, sitaphal (sugar-apple), chocolate, dry fruits, kesar (saffron), etc.


Vegetable Kuruma


Vegetable kurma is a mixed vegetable curry very popular dish in south Indian restaurants and prepared in each house in households with their own variations and as per their taste. Though it has become so popular that everybody names Saravana style vegetable kurma although it is widely available in every South Indian restaurants. I have tasted different kinds of kurma from different South Indian restaurants I liked all.