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Cooked Mango Pickle

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Ingredients
• ½ C oil
• 1 Tsp black mustard seeds
• ¾ Tsp yellow asafetida powder
• 1 Tsp turmeric powder
• 4 C peeled and grated green mango (2 big green mangoes would yield this amount)
• 2- 4 Tsp red chili powder (use as required by you)
• 2 Tsp salt
• 1

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Pimento cheese log

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Ingredients
•3 tbsp almonds
•¼ cup parsley leaves
•8 oz 1/3 fat cream cheese
•4 oz. goat cheese
•½ tsp ground coriander
•1/8 tsp cayenne
•½ tsp black pepper
•½ -1 tsp salt

Preparation
1. In a blender, pulse almonds until finely chopped. Transfer t

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Ragda Pattice

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Ingredients
For Ragda:
• Dry white peas – 200grams      
• Tomatoes – 200 grams
• Turmeric powder – 1/2-tsp
• Garam masala – 1 tbsp
• Red chili powder – 2-tsp    
• Green chili paste – 2-tsp
• Oil -     2 tbsp  
• Salt – as per taste

For Pattice:

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Burfi

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Ingredients:
• Milk (makes a dozen medium-small sized pieces) – 4 cups
• Sugar (turbinado, mishri…) – 1/2 cup 
Preparation:
1. Pour the milk into a wide, heavy-bottomed pot and place over high heat. Add the sugar. Bring to a boil and then lower the heat

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Minestrone Soup-2

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Ingredients
•1 Tbsp olive oil
•½ Tsp yellow asafetida powder
•¾ Tsp Italian seasoning
•1 stalk of celery, diced
•2 zucchinis, sliced
•1 carrots, sliced
•1 big potato, peeled and diced into 1.5 cm cubes
•1 Bell pepper (capsicum), diced into 1.5 cm cubes
•2 C

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Rasgulla

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Ingredients
• Milk – 4 cups.
• Lemon juice – 2tbsp + 1tbsp water
• Sugar – 1 ½ cups.
• Water – 2 ½ cups.
• Rose essence – 2tsp

Preparation
1. Boil the milk in medium flame stirring occasionally so that it doesn’t get burned at the bottom.
2. Then

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Sweet Mango Bhath

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Ingredients
• Plain rice – 1 cup
• Ripe, sweet mango – 1 or 2 medium sized
• Pure ghee – 2 tbsp
• Sugar – ½ cup
• Cashew nuts – Few
• Raisins – 1 tbsp
• Cardamom powder – 1 pinch
• Saffron – a pinch dissolved in warm milk

Variations:
• Cook rice in thickened

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Kanjeevaram Idli

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Ingredients
• Par boiled rice – 1 cup
• Raw rice – 1 cup
• Split black gram or urad dal – ¾  cup
• Dried ginger (sukku in Tamil) – small piece
• Asafetida – 2 pinch
• Cooking soda – pinch (optional)
• Salt – as per taste

For seasoning:
• Mustard – 1 tsp
• Ur

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Fresh Fruit Plate

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There are no separate courses in a Vedic meal, though for a full-scale feast menu  more than 30 dishes  there is an order of serving. Fruits may be served at any time in the meal, from beginning to sweet conclusion. For breakfast, cut fruit often ma

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Fennel and Potato Soup

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Ingredients
• 1 fennel bulb
• 1 ½ cup chopped potato
• ½ cup chopped tomato
• 1 ½ – 1 ¾ tsp salt
• 1 ½ tbsp olive oil
• ½ tsp pepper
• 1 tsp parsley
• 6-8 cups water
• 2 tbsp fennel leaves
Preparation
Chop fennel bulb and potato(s) into small pieces. Sauté fen

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Corn Pulav

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Ingredients
• Basmati rice – 1 cup
• Corncobs – 3
• Bay leaf – 1
• Cinnamon – 1 inch stick
• Black cardamoms – 2
• Cloves – 3
• Cashew nuts – 10 to 12
• Saffron – a pinch dissolved in one tbsp warm milk
• Ghee – for frying
• Salt – as required
Grind Together:

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Strawberry Chocolate Cake

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Ingredients
• Selfrising flour - 2 cups
• Carob powder/hersheys cocoa powder - ½ cup
• Sugar - 1cup+2Tbsp
• Salt - 1/4tsp
• Soda - ¾ tsp
• Oil - 1/3 cup
• Yogurt - ¼ cup
• Water/milk - 1 cup
• Chocolate essence/vanilla essence - 1 tsp

Preparation
1. Prepare t

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Wood Apple Juice

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Ingredients
• Ripe Wood Apple(Bel fruit) – 1
• Grated Jaggery – 1/2 Cup
• Cardamom Powder – 1/2 tsp
• Salt – a pinch
Preparation
1. Cut the bel fruit.
2. Remove the pulp in a vessel.
3. Add 2 cups of water and squash the fruit in the water using hands.
4. Si

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