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When you have excess oranges or sour oranges and wondering how to use them, then try this Instant Orange Pickle. Very simple and easy to make. I am sharing 2 simple ways to make this pickle and both tastes amazing. Since it is instant pickles storing in room temperature is not advisable. So try it small quantities as needed or store in refrigerator for couple of daysMethod 1Orange - 2 or 3Chilli

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Zebra Cake ( Vanilla and Chocolate Cake ) Starting with a sweet post and also from few requests by my friends here for this recipe. We loved baking this cake as one of my kid loves only chocolate flavored cake where as the other one loves only vanilla. Inspite of both flavors mixed each layer had it's own color and taste and it was too good that it got over within a day. Ignore the pictures as

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Hello Everyone. I am back to food blogging after 6 years and excited to share many interesting recipes. Now I have my own domain name which is Padma Recipes. Henceforth you can check me on www.padmarecipes.com. Thanks Padma

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Guacamole / Avacado Dip   Guacamole dip is a dish made from Avacado and is a Mexican food. I have had this many times in Mexican restaurants and making this dip at home is very easy and can be done in just minute and also is no cook recipe. Here I have served with Blue Corn Chips which goes very well with it. All you need is   Avacado – 3 riped ones Red onion – 1 small

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Amaranth or Amaranthus Stir Fry / Dhantu Keerai Poriyal/ Thota Kura Vepudu / Dhantu Soppina Palya  Amaranth leaves are one of the commonest available greens in any vegetable shops in India.  It is very common to consume  a variety of greens daily back home. Every day very early in the morning we can see vendors selling different varieties of greens in carts or some of them in

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JOnna Undrallu / Cholam Mani or Ammini Kozhukattai/ Sorghum Flour Mini savory Balls   I was away from blog for many months. Though was clicking some pictures, I was not updating. May be as I had a very busy summer with house full of guests for 2 months around a dozen :D.  After everyone left I felt  very lazy to kick start to post when one day I saw Priya’s status in FB

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Wishing all my readers and Friends a very Happy Ugadi!!! My Ugadi Feast that I made for our lunch today.

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Ugadi is the New year festival in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. In Maharashtra it is called as Gudi Padwa.   Ugadi is derived from the Sanskrit work Yuga (age) and aadi(beginning): "the beginning of a new age". Each year it falls on a different date in the month of March of April and this festival marks as the First day in the New Year. In Karnataka it is very common to share

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Avakaya Pachadi/Oorugaya/Urugai/ Pickle  This is a traditional pickle of Andhra. It is spicy, sour and goes well with types of dishes. Serve with dhal/pappu and ghee or also with idli/dosa/chapathi. When this is made at home we love to have it with our meals every day. As the days goes by the masala would have oozed into the pickle and we love the bite of each piece.During my visit to

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Wishing you all a very Happy and a Prosperous New Year   On the first day of 2013 I am starting with a sweet post called Double Ka Meetha / Shahi Tukda/ Shahi Tukra. This sweet/ desert is very famous in Hyderabad and served also in marriages. I love this simple and now my older son joins with me. Last week we( Me and kids) were deciding what to make for the New Year especially for my

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Wishing you all a very Happy and a Prosperous New Year 2013 !!1 Welcome 2013 With a Smile A spirit of giving A sense of Humanity A pledge to Spread Peace and Happiness. Wishes Padma    

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Hope everyone had a nice break for Thanksgiving. Mine went very well, Kids had break from Wednesday which kept me extra busy at home and then we went out of town for couple of days. Visited some parts of Chicago and then a short visit to Wisconsin and then reached back late night yesterday. Only in the morning I realised that my blog reached 4 years and today I had to post something at least to

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Wishing all my readers/Friends and very Happy Deepvali/Diwali ! This is what I prepared for this Diwali! Omapodi, Sweet Boondhi, Adhirasam/Ariselu/Kajjaya/ Thenkuzhal and Murukku. Enjoy and have fun

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Friends and Readers of Padma's Recipes, Please accept my apoplogies from my un informed break. The main reason for my break was my visit to India this summer and that was more than 3 months. Before and after that I was held up with some personal work from which I could not pay attention to my blog. Due to which I could not reply to all your comments and reply to your mails. I promise that I

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Brahmi Leaves / Vallarai Keerai Chutney(Indian Penny wort)Botanical Name - Centella asiatica is called as Brahmi in Hindi and Vallarai Keerai in Tamil. To learn more about this leaf click hereCentella asiatica, a perennial herb also known as gotu kola, produces fan-shaped, green leaves that are harvested and used for medicinal purposes.Some benefits of this leavesCentella asiatica is used to

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Arbi / Taro in Tamarind Gravy - Chamagadda Pulusu - Seppankizhangu Puli Kuzhambu It has been long since I posted something new. The reason being many with kids various competition, travelling, birthdays and shopping. Everyday I think I have to update my blog, but time just runs and then I just postpone doing. Today thought I have to somehow post and here I am which has been in my drafts for

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Ragi Upma/Uppindi/Uppittu Ragi/Kezhvarugu/ Finger Millet/ Ragulu   Back home when I was kid and even now for breakfast there would be varieties that would be idli or dosa combined with 2 – 3 chutneys or idli and upma or dosa and upma or mostly rava upma for us kids and ragi upma for Mom/dad and grandma. So have seen this breakfast n number of times in my house. This is a

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Menthi or Menthula Sankatti (Telugu)/ Vendhaya Kali(Tamil)/ Fenugreek(Methi Seeds) Rice Balls This dish is very common in my house and usually prepared for breakfasts. When I was a kid my mom used to beg, threat and bribe us to eat this dish or atleast taste some, but I never even went near it which I regret now. I always wondered how they can have it for breakfasts and when I had them

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Spicy or Masala Obbattu / Spicy or Masala Puran Poli / Kaaram Bobatlu / Kharada Holige / Khara Boli     Ugadi is a festival of all tastes called as Shadrachalu and for this Ugadi let us have a very different type of Obbattu. This is a spicy version of obbattu or even call it as a stuffed or vegetable paratha. Whatever the name may be but, this is definitely that you should

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Ugadi Festival this year falls on this month 23rd( March 23, 2012). To know more about the festival click here. Ugadi Pachadi   Ugadi Feast    Obbattu Version 1    Obbattu Version 2 Coconut/ Kaayi Obbattu Obbattina Saaru Version 1  Obbattina Saaru Version 2 Spicy or Masala Obbattu  

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Sundakkai known as Turkey Berry in English and Chundakka/kudhenakai in other Indian Languages. Learn more about it through wikipedia here Learn more about it here. Benefits of Turkey Berry: Turkey berry is widely used for culinary and medicinal purposes. These berries are either used as fresh berries or dried berries. Turkey berries are soaked in butter milk for one day and then dried in

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Masala Gold Finger Fryums/ Gold Finger Chaat/ Masala Boti and Vadagam/Vathal/Sandige Chaat Gold finger fryums is one of my favourite just like anyone. When I was kid I used to insert them in all my fingers and munch it on one by one just like other friends in school or neighbourhood. My son’s too love this snack and I always stock up with it at home. This snack which I am posting

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Katharikkai/Brinjal/Badhanekayi/Vankaya Pachadi    Brinjal - 5 or 6 medium size  Tamarind - Half lemon size  Sambar Powder  or Pulusu Powder - 1 tbsp  Jaggery - 1 tbsp  Salt as needed  Onion - 1 small red onion or Pearl/small onion(shallots) - 6 or 7 sliced  Grated coconut - 2 or 3 tbsp  Curry leaves - few  Mustard seeds - few&

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Bachali Pappu / kodi Pasalai Keerai Paruppu/ Climbing(vine or creeping or Malabar) Spinach Dhal/ Basale Soppina Bele   Have already posted a recipe using these leaves here. I am now posting an other recipe that goes well with rice. This can served with some fryums/papads and tastes great with rice and ghee. Tuvar/ Toor dhal – ¾ cup Climbing spinach – 2 cups ( washed and roughly

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Multi Colored/ Fruit and Bowl Shaped Kai/Suttu/Suthu MurukkuKai / Murukku or Suttu/suthu murukku is a traditional snack prepared in Tamil Nadu. In my family they make this murukku very often. My aunt and grandma are experts in making this swirls and also they do it so fast and very accurate in size and shape. In many of my posts I have mentioned about my Gomathi Athai and this recipe is also

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