Avacado Dip

• 1 ripe Avocado
• 2 tbsp sour cream
• 2 cloves garlic
• 1 tbsp chopped parsley
• 4 tbsp lemon juice.
• 2 fresh chopped hot red chili
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• salt & pepper as per taste.

1. Scoop the avocado
2. Add the remaining ingredients and blend till its smooth.

Refrigerate for at least 60 minutes before using it.

Aam Panna

This is a super cooler during summers.

Ingredients
• 2 Raw mangoes
• 6-7 tsp sugar
• 1 tsp roasted and powdered cumin seeds
• Salt to taste
• ¼ tsp kala namak

Tips:

You can add finely chopped mint leaves to make this even cooler.

Steps
1. Pressure cook the mangoes for 3-4 whistles (until they are completely cooked).
2. Let it cool.
3. Extract the pulp from the mangoes.
4. Add sugar, salt, and kala namak to the pulp.
5. Blend it on high speed for 1-2 mins.
6. Strain the juice.
7. Add 1-1.5 glasses of water and cumin seeds.
8. Chill for 1-2 hours before drinking.

Tomato Chutney

Ingredients
• 2-3 red tomatoes chopped(the sour ones not the ones used for salad)
• 1 onion chopped
• 2 tbsp coriander powder
• 1tbsp red chilli powder
• 6-7 pods garlic chopped
• Mustard and cumin seeds for seasoning
• 2 dry red chillies
• 1tbsp oil
• Few curry leaves

Steps
1. Heat oil in a thick bottomed pan
2. Add cumin and mustard seeds
3. Add curry leaves and dry red chillies
4. Add garlic and let it become brown
5. Add onions and fry for 1-2 mins till they are transparent
6. Add the coriander powder and fry for 1-2 mins till there is aroma of coriander
7. Add tomatoes
8. Add salt, turmeric, red chilli powder.
9. Cook on slow flame stirring occasionally for 5-7 mins
10. Use back of a flat cooking spoon to mash tomatoes.
11. Cook till the tomatoes become mushy and oil separates
Tastes good with hot rice and ghee

Garlic Chutney

Ingredients
• 30-40 pods garlic
• ½ cup chopped coriander leaves
• 2-3 green chillies
• 1 tsp sugar
• 1tsp lime juice
• 2 tsp red chilli powder
• Salt to taste
• 1 tsp oil

Steps
1. Grind everything to a thick paste.
2. Taste and adjust lime juice, salt accordingly.
This tastes best with Theplas.

Thepla

Ingredients
· 2 cups whole wheat flour
· 2-3 tbsp Besan
· 1 whole bunch Methi leaves cleaned and chopped
· Some coriander cleaned and chopped
· 3-4 green chillies
· 8-10 pods of garlic
· ½ tsp turmeric
· 1 tsp red chilli powder
· Salt to taste
· 1 tbsp oil

Tips:

Don’t flip the theplas very frequently. They get hard/crispy.

Steps
1. Grind chillies and garlic to a coarse paste
2. Mix all the ingredients and add water and make soft dough.
3. Roll out a thin roti
4. Heat tava and cook both side on tava (like parathas) using oil and pressing the roti.