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Shravan is one of the holiest months for Hindus, and people worship lord shiva in this month. Many festivals come in this Sawan month like Janmasthami. In west India, especially Gujarat and Maharashtra most of the Hindu people fast from the whole month or only Mondays. As a sigh of fasting, people don’t eat non-vegetarian food. Also, many people like to have only milk, juices and avoid to have cooked food or some of them prefer to have a one-time meal only. Different people have different belief to observe fasting. Sendha namak is used in the food cooked for fasting; also there are many ingredients like sabudana, water chestnut flour (singhara flour), arbi and more.

Here are some delicious recipes which you can try during your fasting:

1. Sabudana Khichdi

Sabudana or sago khichdi is a delicious khichdi and best to serve during fasting. Its light and healthy meal made with sago, rock salt, etc.

Main Ingredients: Sabudana (sago), Potatoes, Sendha Namak, peanuts

2) Vrat Ka Uttapam

Vrat ke uttapam is like a normal uttapam but specifically made from Sama idli batter. This is easy and can be ready instantly and best to serve with peanut chutney or green coriander chutney.

Main Ingredients: Sama idli batter, carrot, tomatoes

3) Kuttu Ka Paratha

A popular paratha recipe made with buckwheat flour and best to serve as a side dish along with dahi aloo or curd raita.

Main Ingredients: Buckwheat flour, potatoes

4) Farali Fruit Chaat

A mouthwatering and healthy recipe for the fruit lovers. It’s a dish made with different season fruits, and you can enjoy it anytime.

Main Ingredients: sweet potatoes, potatoes, cream, seasonal fruits, coconut

5) Farali Dahi Aloo

Dahi aloo is a quick, delicious dish made with curd and potatoes. It is best to serve with kuttu ka paratha.

In our everyday life, we are facing many small and big problems in our kitchen work. Here I am sharing some useful kitchen tips which will help you in your kitchen work. Usually, we throw some unnecessary things which we already used in our kitchen, food, like lemon and orange peel, boiled tea leaves and more, but have you ever thought that things would also help you a lot. We can reuse these things in our daily usage.

Let’s learn some new kitchen tips which help you in your daily activity and also saves your budget.

After using lemon peels add some Bicarbonate of soda to it and wash copper vessel. It makes your copper vessel shines.

After making a tea, throw the remaining the tea leaves in the rose plant. It will help the plant to grow better. Also, tea leaves work as a fertilizer.

While making a bhatura (usually eaten with chole) mix some rava with maida. By mixing rava in the maida, it will make your dough softer and helps you to make bhatura smoothly, and also it tastes best.

Cook your meal at LOW flame, it helps the spices to mix well with the vegetables and also gives a rich taste to it.

Dry the papaya peels and then crush it and make a powder of the peels. Use this powder in your meat recipe it gives more yummy taste to your recipe.

To make tomato soup, tomatoes are first boiled in water. Add one green chili, garlic clove and one small piece of ginger into a tomato. It gives extra taste to the soup.

Add one tablespoon lemon juice on sprouted beans and mix it well then place it in the refrigerator. It will help it from reeking.

Mix some lemon juice with vinegar and clean your kitchen washbasin with this mixture. Your wash basin will start shining, and it also helps to remove the Staining.

To remove the spices smell from the mixture jar, add some flour in the jar and mix it. It will remove the smell from the jar.

Usually, it happens at the place where you place a gas cylinder that it leaves a mark on the floor. To keep that place safe, sprinkle some melted wax over there and then put the cylinder it will protect the floor from cylinder marking.

While making an aloo paratha, Add one boiled potato and one teaspoon ajwain into flour and then make a dough. Now, after making a paratha, bake the paratha with butter. Paratha will become crispy and yummy.

Add some chat masala over bhajiya, pakora, and aloowada and serve it with fry chilies. It looks delicious and attractive.

While baking tomatoes, add some oil on tomatoes it will help to remove the tomato peel easily.

In kheer, when the rice is adequately boiled add some salt to it. It will give a creamy taste to the kheer and also requires less sugar in kheer.

Egg and Cheese Paratha does not need any introduction or explanation. As all of you know that it is a popular stuffed paratha.

Last time I have made egg and cheese paratha was a few weeks ago when I was at my friend’s home. Her family tried it the first time and also enjoyed it so much. Cheese is the most loved ingredient loved by everyone, even if they are elder. You can find many cheese recipes on the blog like cheese omelette, chicken and cheese pakora, etc.

The recipe of making this paratha is same as other stuffed paratha recipe. Meaning the procedure of stuffing and rolling the paratha is same for all paratha recipes. The only difference is making the stuffing mixture. Still, I have shared a detailed step of paratha just in case you are a beginner in making paratha.

The stuffing for this paratha is made from eggs, cheese, and some dry spices. Addition of green chilies and onion adds little extra flavor to it. This is usually served as a breakfast. But I do make it in brunch or dinner whenever I feel lazy for cooking an elaborate meal. I serve it with curd and pickle.

Lassi is a famous Punjabi drink, and it’s everybody’s choice. Lassi is a healthy and thick kind of drink. During summer it keeps you cool and healthy. Mint Lassi is a refreshing and traditional Punjabi drink made with mint leaves and yogurt. You can instantly make it anytime you want to enjoy and get relaxed on the hot summer days.

Punjabi food is incomplete without a chilled glass of Lassi. To prepare mint lassi you don't require any extra efforts and time, you can make it in just 10 minutes. You just required ingredients like yogurt, mint, sugar, ice cubes and cumin powder. So, what are you waiting for? Go ahead and try this drink now. Follow the recipe steps to make this yummy mint lassi and enjoy it.

If you craving for bite-sized pizza snack, here is the delicious recipe of ‘Pizza Poppers’. This bite-size poppers have flavor of pizza and downright delicious.

If you craving for bite-sized pizza snack, here is the delicious recipe of ‘Pizza Poppers’. This bite-size poppers have flavor of pizza and downright delicious.

Chicken Fajita Stuffed Peppers, this scrumptious dish doesn’t even need any description; itself it describes how tasty savoury it is? This is a healthy entrée which is perfect for delicious dinner of weekend or week-night.

Methi puri is crispy, yummy Indian snacks recipe, which is made from plain flour and fenugreek leaves. In winter, you can easily find the fresh fenugreek leaves and you can use it to make the methi puris.

Chocolate Barfi is very easy and delicious Indian sweet dish which you can easily make during the Diwali and other special occasions. You can make chocolate barfi in just 20 minutes but it requires few hours to set the mixture then you can make a pieces of it.

Paneer Pakora is a perfect snack with the hot tea on a rainy day. Paneer is very common ingredients used into the Indian food dishes, specially in the Punjabi food dishes.

Whether you are planning for a party or if you just need non-alcoholic drink option for your get to gather, this “Fire On Ice” Mocktail is as pretty as it is delicious.

Dry fruit halwa is one of the easy Diwali sweets recipe. It’s full of different dry fruits like dates, pistachios, almonds, walnuts, cashewnuts and more. To make the dry fruit halwa at home is very easy.

Here is another popular and yummy paneer curry recipe, Paneer Pasanda. It is very creamy, rich in taste and smooth paneer recipe. Here I am sharing a recipe which is cooked with shallow fried paneer & paneer stuffed with spices, crumble of paneer and nuts mixture and cooked in onion-tomato curry based gravy. Paneer pasanda is a mouthwatering recipe as you put the piece of paneer in your mouth and it completely melts.

Buttermilk is very good for health in summer. You can use buttermilk in various ways in with your daily food. Today I am going to share one different recipe with buttermilk. Buttermilk ice cream is very delicious and creamy. Try one different way to eat ice cream. Try out and enjoy this buttermilk ice cream recipe.

Fried chicken is very comfortable food which you can cook any time. When you fried the chicken it becomes deliciously crispy. The yummy chicken rolled with corn flour and deep fried in oil gives you amazing taste. Try out this tasty fried chicken recipe.

Very easy and simple pulao recipe made with fresh prawns. This recipe is best combination on Prawns, rice and spices.  Worth trying Prawns pulao recipe.

A simple traditional Punjabi style chicken curry recipe with lesser ingredients. Chicken curry is easy to cook at home. You can make this dish every day. Try to use fresh masala, it flavors great.