cookingwith_jyo

29/10/2025

Beetroot Corn Tikki Chaat

A riot of colours, textures, and flavours on a plate!

Crispy golden tikkis made with beetroot and corn, topped with chilled curd, chutneys, chopped onions, sev and a sprinkle of chaat masala — every bite is a burst of freshness and tang.
Perfect for a party starter or even an indulgent evening snack!

Because who can ever say no to a good chaat?

Recipe :

Heat oil in a pan, add 1 tsp cumin seeds. Add 1 onion finely chopped, add 1 tbsp crushed ginger, garlic and green chilli. Fry lightly. Add grated 2 beetroots,1 carrot,1/2 cup corn and cover
and cook. Add salt, chilli, turmeric,coriander and kitchen king masala pd. Add 3 boiled and mashed potatoes. Mix well till dry. Add chopped coriander leaves and keep aside to cool. Once it cools and 2 bread slice crumbs and mix. Roll tikkis and shallow fry on a griddle.
Serve topped with yogurt,green chutney,sweet chutney and sprinkle some chaat masala and sliced onions. Garnish with coriander leaves and sev.

18/10/2025

Diwali Sweet treats
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Nankhatai
Nankhatai
1 cup all purpose flour
1/2 cup chickpea flour
1/4 cup fine semolina
1/2 cup ghee
1/2 cup pd sugar
1/2 tsp baking pd
1/2 tsp cooking soda
1/2 tsp cardamom pd
Pinch salt
Chopped pista / almonds
In a bowl whisk ghee and sugar till light ( ghee should be in solid form and not melted). Add sifted flours, baking pd and soda,salt and cardamom pd. Mix it lightly with hand till it form a nice dough. Do not put pressure.
Cover and keep in fridge for 30 mins. Remove from fridge and pinch small balls. Press the centre, this way it does not crack from the sides.
Make slits in the centre and add any slivered dry fruits.
Bake at 180 degrees for 16 mins. Allow it to cool properly. You may find it soft but it hardens as it cools ,so do not exceed the baking time.

2. ORANGE COCONUT LADOOS
1 cup dessicated coconut
1/2 cup Khoya
1/4 cup sugar
Orange zest, orange colour and orange essence
In a non stick pan add khoya and sugar. Cook till it’s semi solid. Add the dessicated coconut,orange colour. Cook till it leaves the sides. Add some orange zest and orange essence. Cool it slightly. Pinch balls out of the dough and roll into ladoos.

3. Wheat Dry Fruits Ladoos
Wheat Dry Fruit Ladoo.
This is more like churma ladoos, but with an addition of dry fruits and coconut. I rolled the in poppy seeds just to give it a texture.
Recipe from one of my favourite .
Quick recipe
1 cup wheat flour
1 cup dry fruits powdered (I took almonds, cashews and pista)
1/4 cup ghee
1/4 cup dessicated coconut
1 cup powder sugar.
1 tsp cardamom powder
Melt ghee in a pan and roast wheat flour till brown. Add dry fruit powder and roast for few minutes. Take off the flame and add dessicated coconut and powder sugar and cardamom powder. Roll into ladoos while still warm.
Roll in roasted poppy seeds (optional)

4. BESAN LADOO Recipe in the comments
5. RAVA LADOO Recipe in the comments

16/10/2025

Diwali is all about fun, laughter, and food that brings everyone together! Diwali Series Episode 3
This festive season, give your celebrations a delicious twist with Vada Pav Bruschetta — a fusion of Mumbai’s favourite street food served in a party-style avatar!

Crispy pav bites topped with spiced potato filling, green chutney ,cheese and a sprinkle of garlic chutney - perfect for your Diwali get-together.

Light up your party table with this fun and flavour-packed treat that’s sure to be a hit with guests!

Quick recipe
Mash boiled potatoes. Heat oil in a pan . Add mustard seeds and finely chopped curry leaves. Add coarsely crushed ginger, green chillies and garlic paste. Sauté it, add salt and turmeric powder. Pour over the mashed potatoes. Add finely chopped coriander leaves and squeeze a lime. Slice any loaf, apply butter on one side. Apply corriander chutney and spread the potato mix on top grate cheese and bake at 180 degrees for 10 mins. Just before serving sprinkle some dry garlic chutney on top.

15/10/2025

Poha Chivda Diwali Series Episode 2
Diwali preparations are in full swing.
I like to make snacks which is easy to make and can be made in bulk.
Poha Chivda is simple and requires minimum ingredients and moreover they are non fried and can be binged with no guilt feelings. This is a favourite at my house and is made all year round.

Quick Recipe
I spread the poha in trays and keep them in sunlight for 2-3 hrs. (This reduces the time taken to roast them ).
Roast the poha in batches till crisp. Heat 2 -3 tbsp of oil in a pan and roast peanuts, thinly sliced dry coconut, cashews, raisins, roasted gram dal( chutney dal), almonds (optional) and keep aside. In the same pan splutter mustard seeds add a pinch of asafoetida, finely chopped green chillies (depending on your spice level, I like mine a little spicy) a bunch of curry leaves. Once the green chillies and curry leaves turn crisp add sesame seeds, coarsely crushed corriander seeds, turmeric powder and salt.
Put off the flame and mix in the roasted poha and powder sugar. Mix well.
Store in a clean jar after it cools down completely.

15/10/2025

10/10/2025

08/10/2025

Lunch was
☘️Ash Gourd Majjige Huli - A typical Karanataka dish,ash gourd cooked in coconut and buttermilk gravy.
☘️Karate ani Kirlu Nonche- Bitter gourd and Bamboo shoots pickle
☘️Fire roasted Happolu
☘️Sheeth
Quick Recipe Ash Gourd Majjige Huli

Deskin ash gourd, add turmeric, salt and sprig of curry leaf. Cook till done.
Grind 1 cup coconut with 1/2 tsp roasted fenugreek seeds and 3-4 green chillies. Add 1 tbsp raw rice and grind into a smooth paste.Add this masala into the cooked ash gourd and cook. Add 1 cup thick buttermilk and give it a boil.
Prepare tadka with mustard seeds, broken red chilli and curry leaves. Pour over the curry. Serve with steaming hot rice.
You can prepare this curry with Mangalore Cucumber, okra, radish too.

02/10/2025

Happy Dussehra to all my friends 🙏🏻

On my festive plate today:

☘️Kuvale Sassam - Ash Gourd in mildly spiced coconut gravy.
☘️Dalitoy - Konkani dal seasoned with generous amount of
asafoetida.
☘️Cauliflower Bajo - Cauliflower florets dipped in spicy rice flour
batter.
☘️Sheeth - Steamed rice
☘️Kesar Bhath - Sweet Saffron
Rice.

24/09/2025

Kacche Kele Ki Tikki / Raw Banana
Tikki
Recipe

3 pressure cooked raw bananas
1/2 cup crushed peanuts
1/2 cup Shingada Atta
2 green chillies chopped
1 inch ginger grated
1 tsp red chilli powder
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
1 tsp corriander powder
1 tsp coriander leaves (optional)
Sendha namak to taste

Mash the bananas and mix the above ingredients. Roll into tikkis and shallow fry till crisp . Serve with upwas chutney.