Keeping your precious dry lentils (daals) healthy Put 8-10 cloves in the container/bottle in which you store lentils like moong dal, toor dal, chana dal, etc. cloves will keep deals insects free.

Ingredients: 2 cups whole wheat flour 2 tablespoons chopped fresh coriander 1 tablespoon chopped onion 1/2 teaspoon chopped green chili 1/4 teaspoon cumin seeds Pinch of red chili powder Salt to taste 4-5 tablespoons melted ghee or oil (room temperature) Water to knead Method: In a bowl put all above ingredients except water Mix well till it looks like bread crumbs, put little more oil/ghee if required. Now knead it by adding little water at a time to a tight dough, much tigh

Ingredients: For Filling Apple 2 - peeled, cored and grated Brown Soft Sugar - 2 teaspoons Milk - 3 tablespoons For Pie Crust Plain Flour - 6 tablespoons heaped Unsalted butter - 4 tablespoons Sugar - 2 tablespoons Vanilla essence 1 teaspoon Milk to knead Roasted Almonds 10 - roughly chopped Cinnamon Powder- 1/2 teaspoon Brown soft sugar - 1 teaspoon Method: In a bowl put plain flour and mix unsalted butter in it, to breadcrumbs texture. Mix sugar and vanilla essence to it. K

Ingredients: 3 cups Milk Powder 1 cup Sugar 1 cup Pistachio powder (coarse) 2 Tablespoons Desi Ghee 1 1/2 cup water Method: In a non stick pan put ghee, 1 cup milk powder and 1 cup sugar. Add water and mix with a whisk to a smooth paste. Put this pan on medium-low heat and bring it to rolling boil, mixing all the time. Now take pan off the flame. Now add remaining 2 cups milk powder. Put the pan on flame again and keep mixing the paste till it thickens. Keep flame l

Ingredients: 3 Cups Milk Powder 1 Cup Sugar 1 Cup Pistachio powder (coarse) 2 Tablespoons Desi Ghee 1 1/2 cup water Method: In a non stick pan add the ghee, 1 cup milk powder and 1 cup sugar. Add water and mix with a whisk to a smooth paste. Put this pan on medium-low heat and bring it to rolling boil, mixing all the time. Now take pan off the flame. Now add remaining 2 cups milk powder. Put the pan on flame again and keep mixing the paste till it thickens. Keep flame low. No

Recycle and Save Coffee Bottles, Sauce Bottles and Olive Bottles can be easy to clean and reuse. If the label bothers you a lot, soak the bottle in a tub of water overnight and watch the paper sticker peel off easily.

Use Hing - Asfoteida It is an ancient indian spice and does not really get much attention in Recipes, but Asfoteida is a key ingredient for keeping foods light on the tummy. Add it to daals (lentils), legumes and hot-spicy foods or foods heavy in besan (gram flour) to as a precaution for tummy troubles.