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 Join the fight against COVID-19.  Drink Live Green Juice!How does it work?We are what we eat.  Good Soil Microbiome = Healthy Gut Microbiome!  Life as we know would not exist without healthy microbes.  There are over 10 trillion bacteria in our gut.  Assuming 10 to 1, there would be one trillion viruses already in our gut.  We are just

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This page is MyDhaba's perpetual work in progress. It will be our pleasure to know how My Dhaba recipes fare in your home with your cookware, your stove, your oven, and your local ingredients. Feel free to tell us what you really think of these My Dhaba recipes. My Dhaba is an organic virtual restaurant.  This is an interactive blog, so please interact already! Send us your kind feedback,

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Thanks to LVI for being the first to participate at the Maha Meme by taste-testing one of You Can Cook recipe contributions - Kafuli.In LVI's own words, "I love the flavor combination of spinach and fenugreek leaves, and use it in my sai-bhaji, if I have fresh methi(fenugreek). During dinner with kafuli, I was mentally transported to a crisp cool breezy summer night at a roadside punjabi dhaba.

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We are quite touched by the generosity of so many recipe contributors at You Can Cook book project for feedahungrychild.org. We have now gathered a total of 400+ recipes out of which 365 recipes will be chosen to be included in the cookbook. The recipes are still flowing in and we have kept the submission deadline open for a few more weeks. The content development of the cookbook is in the

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Here is yet another unique heirloom recipe kindly contributed by Rushina Munshaw Ghildiyal to the group cookbook project 'You Can Cook' for Feed a Hungry Child campaign.In Rushina's own words, "Ras is a very appetizing and highly nutritious dish from Kumaon. Made from a mixture of dals, usually in an iron Kadhai, it is typically eaten in winters along with steamed rice and bhang ki chutney but

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Here is one more traditional recipe kindly contributed by Rushina Munshaw Ghildiyal to the group cookbook project 'You Can Cook' for Feed a Hungry Child campaign.In Rushina's own words, "Kafuli is a thick green curry (for want of a better word) made from green leafy vegetables, served as an accompaniment to steamed rice or rotis. In Pahari cooking it is made with pahadi palak or mustard greens.

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Here is another traditional recipe kindly contributed by Rushina Munshaw Ghildiyal to the group cookbook project 'You Can Cook' for Feed a Hungry Child campaign.In Rushina's own words, "Chundo is a grated Mango pickle that is sweet and hot. When made right it has the consistency of a marmalade but with lots of grated slivers of mango in it. It spreads easily onto anything and can be used as a

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This heirloom sweets' recipe is kindly contributed by Rushina Munshaw Ghildiyal to the group cookbook project 'You Can Cook' for Feed a Hungry Child campaign.In Rushina's own words, "in the Gujarati Community of India these confections, or versions of them are symbolic of a grandmother's love. Maghas (literally meaning brain) is a combination of coarsely ground flours including chickpea bound

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1 - Chicken Pakoras2 - Chinese-style Shrimp and Vegetables in Soya Sauce3 - Tandoor Platter - The 0074 - Tamarind-date chutney5 - Mint chutney6 - Tiger Prawns Spring Rolls7 - Beetroot rasam8 - Bharwan Shimla Mirch (Stuffed bell Pepper)9 - Gobi Manchurian10 - Zucchini Ravaiya aka Stuffed Zucchini11 - Thenga Chammanthi aka Coconut Chutney12 - Palakoora Aava-Pulusu13 - Light Snack - Onion Poha14 -

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Had to take a little longer sabattical from usual food blogging. I could not cook anything at home worth to be posted here at My Dhaba after being relocated to Nagpur, the Orange City, in India.Most recently we had been to Nandyal, Indira's home town, to witness the FAHC's new unit's inaugural event. The above picture is of Mahanandi temple at Nandyal. FAHC-Nandyal unit began to support 10

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Wishing all you folks a very HAPPY HOLI 2008!Fill your life with the fragrance of fun and festivities.Fill your day with sweet moments and memories to cherish for long.With best regards,:-) vkn

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This is to update you a few things from us at My Dhaba in this new year.Further to our family relocation from Muscat, Oman, to the zero-mile Nagpur in India, I have become busier than ever. The My Dhaba blog will not stop though. I still plan on writing as much as I can. Loads of good stuff and recipes are there to share with you in future.Apart from the routine full-time job in India, I will

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My Dhaba wishes its friends, readers, well-wishers, and food lovers a HAPPY and HEALTHY new year 2008.That is Aditya wishing you in style :-).

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Thanks to everyone's generous contributions and goodwill shown towards http://www.feedahungrychild.org/. The fundraising goal at FAHC Subscribe to Smiles event was to raise $3360 to provide ongoing support to those 14 children at FAHC. The event raised a total amount of $4850.Kudos to Indira and her team bloggers - Anjali, Bee&Jai, Manisha, Padmaja, Shilpa, Mythili, Siri, Richa, Madhuli and

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What would happen if every blogger published posts discussing the issue of hunger on the same day?The FAHC Subscribe to Smiles Day is now born. On October 15th, food bloggers around the world will unite and subscibe to the Smiles Day.It was Indira of Mahanandi's thoughtful initiative and wonderful expression of great support to the cause. Please check out these links - http://

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"Home's calling", says Rricha. This traditional dish recipe is kindly contributed by Rricha Kale to the group cookbook project 'You Can Cook' for 'Feed a Hungry Child' campaign.In her own words, "Sol Kadhi is specialty of Konkan. Simple but exotic. Kokam (Garcinia indica) is basically a fruit in plum family with pretty bitter juice. This juice is used by Ayurveda as an antacid. The dried shell

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This heirloom dish recipe is kindly contributed by Rricha Kale to the group cookbook project 'You Can Cook' for 'Feed a Hungry Child' campaign.In Rricha's own words, "I grew up in a small town on the banks of river Krishna in Maharashtra. We used to buy fresh vegetables everyday from farmers those days. There were no refrigerators, no preservatives. It was really all natural." The bharali vangi

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As the content development is still going on, we have not kept a deadline to the group cookbook project You Can Cook for Feed a Hungry Child campaign. Recipe contributions from well-wishers are still pouring in to be included in the book. We will accept your contributions for some more time.Here is a traditional dish recipe kindly contributed by Sujatha Ramalingam to the group cookbook project '

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Here is another heirloom dish recipe kindly contributed by Golden Reejshinghani to the group cookbook project 'You Can Cook' for 'Feed a Hungry Child' campaign.In Golden Reejshinghani's own words, "I have got these recipes from my grand mother. These recipes according to her were eaten in the days of rajas and maharajas, begums and Badshah’s. These recipes bring alive a rose scented saffron hued

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This one is a refreshing drink recipe kindly contributed by Golden Reejshinghani to the group cookbook project 'You Can Cook' for 'Feed a Hungry Child' campaign.Badam SherbetIngredients250 grams blanched almonds.2 and ½ bottles water.2 and ½ kilo sugar.20 cardamoms powdered.1 tablespoon sandalwood powder.2 fresh sweet smelling roses.Silver warq.MethodPut cardamoms,roses and sandalwood in a small

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Here is another traditional fish recipe kindly contributed by Golden Reejshinghani to the group cookbook project 'You Can Cook' for 'Feed a Hungry Child' campaign.Machli ke Aalishan Kebabs recipeIngredients:500 grams fish steaks1 cup beaten curds50 grams creamA few drops orange red food coloring¼ teaspoon.saffron dissolved in 1 tablespoon hot milk2 medium onions2-inch piece ginger.6 red chillies.

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We are back once again after a short sabbatical from routine blogging.At FAHC, the content development phase is still going on where all gathered recipes for You Can Cook book are being proofreaded, edited, and formatted. We will need a few taste-testers; I will write a separate post on this detailing the perquisites.For today, here are a few more heirloom dish recipes kindly contributed by

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Folks - do watch this video. Hans Rosling demonstrates how developing countries are pulling themselves out of poverty. While you are at the video, just be sure to watch straight through to the jaw-dropping finale where he literally swallows a 'real' sword and proves that seemingly impossible is actually possible. Awesome presentation... very sticky statistics... so entertaining and inspiring

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We were also taste-testing one of Vinu's favourite curries from the cookbooks today. Mushrooms are very exotic, delicious, and very nutritious addition to our everyday diet. We found it as a very versatile and adaptable to any recipe. Here is how she made the kofta curry with mushroom, peas, and cauliflower.Mushroom kofta curry recipeIngredients:For Koftas,Mushrooms - 1/2 kg, cut into small

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Pachadis are the piquant appetisers of an Indian home meal. Sharing with you today this wonder recipe of curried tomato pachadi which is also called as tomato 'Igru' in Hyderabad which is a perfect accompaniment with chappaties. You may use it also with hot boiled white rice with a few teaspoonfuls of pure liquid ghee poured over it for an extra flavor.Here are the recipes for curried tomato

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