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Creamy dumplings aka Lazeez Malai Kofta

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Its been an eternity since I last posted the results of any culinary efforts here. The entree for dinner tonight turned out so lip-smackingly good that I had to share the recipe with you all. Sorry for the long hiatus post baby and Sasha's toddler years. I am hoping that I will be able to post more interesting recipes here from now on. That said, here is the recipe of the creamy dumplings that mom-in-law made for dinner tonight. That's right, the comeback post does not feature my cooking but that of the master chef in the house. DUMPLINGS/KOFTA BALLS Ingredients: 1 medium sized squash 1 big potato cashews handful handful raisins 1/4 c gram flour/besan turmeric, salt, red chili powder - as per taste Method: Boil squash and potato. Smash and mix with gram flour and salt, turmeric and chili powder. Cut cashews roughly into chunks as big as the raisins. Mix them along with the raisins in rest of the ingredients. With your hands, make 1 inch balls with the mixtur
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VHD - 2/12 Recipe Round Up

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A BIG thank you to all our readers and friends for contributing to the Valentine's Heart Drive! We apologize for the unfortunate delay in publishing some of your posts but here's a final(lly!!) Recipe Round Up from the drive. Cranberry Sauce Coffee Cake     Honey Wheat Bread with Oats Arachu Vitta Kaara Kozhambu Hyderabadi Biryani Vanilla Berry Rosette Cake Eggless Red Velvet Heart Cake Vegetarian Shepherd's Pie Dal Makhani Sprinkles Cake Whole Wheat Pesto Pizza Poondu Kozhambu Bell Pepper Fajitas and Guacamole
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VHD 2/12 - Bell Pepper Fajitas and Guacamole (From Shilpa)

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Bell pepper Fajitas and guacamole Guacamole : Mash 2 avocados with a fork. Then squeeze the juice of 1 lemon on it. Then add finely chopped onions, tomatoes, jalapenos, cilantro. Add salt and a little bit of jeera pwd. Bell pepper mix for fajitas : In some olive oil , add onions that have been chopped lengthwise and some chopped garlic Then add half each of red, orange and yellow bell pepper. Cook nicely and then add store bought fajita mix powder. Garnish with cilanto and serve with tortillas and other fixins!
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VHD 2/12 - Poondu Kozhambu (From Shilpa)

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A big thank you to our next guest contributor - Shilpa Sarang - from Denver, Colorado. Poondu Kozhambu Ingredients: 10-12 cloves of whole peeled garlic Medium sized onion (preferably red) chopped lengthwise Juice extracted from a ping pong ball sized tamarind  curry leaves Mustard 1 tsp jeera 1tsp Salt chilli pwd (as per taste) haldi pwd 1/2 tsp dhania pwd 1/2 tsp Method: In some gingelly oil, splutter the mustard and jeera seeds. Then add curry leaves, onions and garlic. Fry for a bit till onions are tender and garlic has browned. Then add the tamarind extract, salt and haldi powder and boil till the raw smell of the tamarind goes and the liquid has reduced to half its quantity. Finally add the chilli pwd and dhania pwd and let it boil for a couple more minutes. Then its ready to serve.
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Valentine's Heart Drive ... THANK YOU!!!

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A quick thank you to all our guests that sent us their contributions. I have been down with the flu and Niti has been busy with some sudden changes at work. So, sorry if you don't see your post(s) here, we promise to put them up along with a  Round Up very soon. Stay tuned!
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VHD 2/12 - Whole Wheat Pesto Pizza

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Whole Wheat Pesto Pizza Trader Joe's 100% Whole Wheat pizza dough - 1/2 the quantity i.e. 8oz Fresh asparagus - about 10, I used the top 4" Frozen broccoli - about 10 florets, thawed Sun dried tomatoes - 3 T Basil pesto - 4 T Cheese - 1/4 C or less of any low-fat variety. I might try nutritional   yeast flakes as a substitute next time! Suggestions for other substitutes are welcome :) Preheat the oven at 350 F. Prepare a cookie sheet with parchment paper and sprinkle some cornmeal over, this helps easy removal of the pizza post baking. Place the dough on the sheet and roll it out, use some flour if required. If you are using your "clean" hand/fingers, rub some EVOO before you start. I rolled it out to about 6-7" but for next time, I might try close to 9-10" because when you bake, it rises/puffs up really well. Once you've rolled your dough out, brush some EVOO all over including the ends. I used about 1T of the oil from the sun dried tomatoe
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VHD - 2/12 Sprinkles Cake (from Maha)

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Another guest baker - Maha Ramani - shares her V-day baking adventure. Maha lives in Baltimore, MD and here are some of the pictures of her valentine cake! Thank you, Maha.
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