Kesar Aamras recipe with step by step pictures – A sweet delicious mango treat made from flavored mango pulp served during summers with poori or roti or served as sweet after meal. 

Aamras is very popular dessert in Rajasthani cuisine and Maharashtra, Gujarati homes, especially during festivals. 

Summer is on its peak and our local market is already flooded with best qualities of Hapus mangoes in Bangalore. Aamras is nothing but mango juice. “Aam” means mango and “Ras” means juice, so the word aamras means mango juice. 

During summer season aamras is very popular dish in gujarati and maharashtrian homes, my husband is from maharashtra so he loved aamras..


when he see the good quality of mangoes in market as compared to last year, he buy 1 kg of mangoes and said me please make an aamras for me, so I can have with my every meal. 

Aamras recipe is prepared with different types of mangoes available in market. 

My husband love aamras in any form, so this is my forth batch of making aamras at home :D whenever I make he start eating so can't take pictures of that so this time I make it when he is in office :P and this time I can take the pictures of aamras. But this time I made "Kesar Aamras" [flavored aamras]. 

If you don't want Kesar in your aamras just discard that step otherwise all recipe is same for normal aamras also.

I usually liked fresh aamras and moreover consume for another day only otherwise aamras change the color & taste, so its better to make fresh batch every time. 
It will take hardly 10 to 15 minutes to prepare.

Aamras is best prepared with ripe mangoes or overripe too, if they too ripe then it is best to make aamras instead of eating slices. 

Usually in my home we cut fruits(apple or mangoes) into slices and eat along with dinner. Aamras goes really well with puri or roti.

You can make end number of yummilicious mango deserts :-

Mango Lassi

Mango-Coconut Fudge

Mango Sorbet
Homemade Mango Papad
Mango-Chikoo Smoothie
Mango Mastani Recipe
Homemade Mango Jam

Let's start to make this easy and quick recipe with simple step-by-step process with pictures.

Total time : 10 minutes
Preparation time : 10 minutes
Recipe type: Side dish
Cuisine: Gujarati, Maharashtrian
Serves : 2 person

Ingredients :

Alphonso | Hapus Mangoes - 2 no
Milk or Water - 1 cup
Kesar/Saffron - A pinch
Sugar / Powdered jaggery- 3 tbsp

Preparation Method :

1 Wash the mangoes. Rinse the mangoes, then peel and chop them.

2. Add sugar, water and mango pieces in a blender...blend till smooth.

3. Add milk and crushed kesar/saffron strands and mix well to thin down the aamras.

4. Pour the aamras into serving bowl and chill in the refrigerator.

5. Serve the cold aamras with poori or serve with chapatis. You can serve this as sweet dish or as a dessert after your dinner or lunch.

6. Enjoy delicious Kesar Mango Aamras!!!!

Enjoy & Happy Cooking !!

Tortilla Pizza with step by step photos recipe - Tell me, what screams Happy Monday more than Pizza. This is another Quick & Simple recipe that I just fell in love with this week. It involves 5-Ingredients sauce, as well as a handful of other healthy ingredients that are quick to throw together.

If you are in the mood for having pizza, but don’t want to spend time to making the dough, the easiest thing you can do is make Tortilla Pizza.


Take a tortilla, spread it with ketchup, sauce and other toppings of your choice and bake briefly in the oven. You will get your thin crust pizza ready in just a few minutes. 

You can add your choice of veggies in it(onion, paneer, mushrooms, corn, beans and many more), vegan (by replacing mozzarella with vegan cheese) or even meat lovers pizza (by adding some chicken pieces,lean ham).

For cheese, I have used GO pizza cheese, which is the mixture of Mozzarella and cheddar cheese, If it is not available in market then no problem take both of the cheeses in 1:1 proportion, which I already mentioned in recipe ingredients.

For pizza sauce, I have used readymade..taken this bottle from my recent trip to Australia..you can used pizza sauce homemade or readymade..Sharing the recipe of homemade Pizza sauce, make it and store in fridge in air-tight container, I have used this sauce for my pasta recipes.

Pizza Sauce

This is the contribution of our 41th Foodie Monday Bloghop, Pizza-mania Party...When theme decided last week I am super excited about it because me & my full family already fan of pizza lovers !!


 so I decided not to make base base pizza this time because I have already share one veggie pizza recipe and pizza grilled cheese sandwich in my blog, you can check it out below

Homemade Tawa Pizza

Pizza Grilled Cheese Sandwich

So, this time I wanted to share an easy peasy recipe of pizza to my readers, followers and friends, so anyone can try this and enjoy pizza anytime. This is biggest hit at my home, yippee !!

Serves : 1-2 servings
Preparation Time : 15 minutes
Cooking Time : 12 minutes bake and 2 minutes grilling

Ingredients :

2 tortillas (large, 6 inch)
GO Pizza Cheese - 1 cup (Grated Mozzarella cheese - 1/2 cup and Cheddar cheese - 1/2 cup)
Diced Red bell pepper -1/2 cup
Diced Yellow bell pepper - 1/2 cup
Diced Green Capsicum - 1/2 up
Chopped Spring onion (green part) - 3 tbsp
Sliced Tomatoes(circle) - 2 no
Tomato Ketchup - 1/4 cup
Pizza sauce (readymade or homemade) - 1/2 cup (I have used readymade)
Vegetable/Olive Oil- 2tbsp

Seasoning
Oregano - 1/2 tsp
Salt to taste
Pepper powder
Italian Seasoning for sprinkle

Preparation Method :

1. Preheat oven to 200 C and line a baking sheet with parchment or non-stick baking mat.

2. In a medium-sized bowl, mix together the ketchup, pizza sauce, oil & seasonings until combined.

3. Place tortillas on baking sheet and add your desired amount of pizza sauce on top. Divide veggies into two parts, first spread the sauce with a spoon, then add veggies (I have added spring onions green part, then mixture of all 3 bell pepper, then top over the grated cheese, then add circles sliced tomatoes and rest of the mixture of bell peppers and top-up over the more pizza cheese as shown in below step by step pictures.

4. Bake for 12 minutes at 200C on lower stand and then bake for 2 minutes on grill/broil mode on high stand  until golden. Watch closely as it can burn quickly on the broil/grill setting…
and no one wants a pizza burnt to crisp. I’ve been there. It ain’t pretty!

5. Take out of the oven. Sprinkle with Italian seasoning slices and serve immediately...YUMM !!


Happy Cooking & Enjoy Pizza !!

Cantaloupe Banana Smoothie Recipe with step by step photos - This healthy smoothie recipe is the perfect way to cool off in the summer when cantaloupe is at its peak, adding plenty of sweetness to this healthy snack. Cantaloupe are a super-food because they are rich in antioxidants.

Cantaloupe (also known as muskmelon (India and the United States), mush  melon, rock melon, sweet melon, honeydew, Persian melon (South Africa)), to more about its, please read Wikipedia about Cantaloupe

This is one of my favorite flavor combinations for a smoothie. Cool and fruity, a glass full satisfies my evening munchies.

When the weather is hot, I don't want to spend my time in the kitchen, I just want to be outside. 

Smoothies have been my go-to snack this week as in Bangalore weather it too hot so not to make anything else. This smoothies is cold, refreshing and healthy, and what you preferred in a hot day. It is simple and made with only 4 ingredients.


Creamy Cantaloupe Smoothie is the contribution of our Foodie Monday blog hop and this week topic is "Summer Coolers". Smoothies are an awesome way to pack tons of nutrition into a delicious treat that you can anywhere.

The trick to a tasty cantaloupe smoothie is to make sure the cantaloupe is ripe, juicy, and ready to eat. This is sugar free smoothie and I must say it's a STRESS BUSTER smoothie.

Taste: Sweet, juicy and melony taste with strong musk, banana aroma and vanilla after taste !!

Serving Ideas: During hot summer, chilled and refreshing this smoothie is a perfect afternoon drink.

Delicious smoothies are a great alternative to calorie-packed desserts or as a meal substitute. This smoothie will give you energy and keep you feeling full for hours.

Time : 10 min
Preparation time : 5 min
Servings : 3
 
Ingredients :

De-seeded, Peeled and chopped Cantaloupe - 2 cups
Banana - 1 no
Vanilla ice cream - 1 large scoop
Milk (full cream or skim) - 1/2 cup
Honey - 1 tsp
Ice cubes

Preparation Method :

1. Cut cantaloupe into halves and remove seeds. Dice it into large pieces as well as chopped banana also.

2. Add all the ingredients into blender and blend until smooth.

3.  Blend until smooth texture. Pour it into serving glasses, garnish with a small piece of melon, fresh mint leaves and serve.

Tips and Variations:

* Surface of a cantaloupe can contain harmful bacteria—in particular, Salmonella. It is strongly recommended to wash a melon thoroughly before cutting for consumption.

* The ice cream in this recipe makes the smoothie creamy and rich, however, if you prefer a healthier option, omit the ice cream and add vanilla yogurt instead.

You can make end number of cool smoothies at home like 

Apple Cinnamon Smoothie with Toasted Almonds

Salted Cucumber Lassi

Watermelon-Banana Smoothie

Quick Vegetable Appe Recipe with step by step photos - Popular south indian breakfast cum snack. It's healthy as well as easy to make and can also be packed as tiffin snacks for kids. 

There are so many different name of this dish, some called called "Paniyaram" or some called "Pan Fried Hoppers". 

Appe are spiced dumplings made from left over idli batter or rava batter, appe can be made plain, spiced or sweet. They are crispy from out and soft from within.

Best served for breakfast or with evening tea as snacks along with coriander chutney or try with mayonnaise its yummy I have tried it or simply tomato ketchup. Pair this with a tea or juice.  
Personally I love south-indian food love masala dosa, idli and varieties of uttapam and mixed veggie appe is one of them, so I made this with the leftover dosa batter...

It’s a really good option for breakfast or evening snacks. It's light, yummy in taste and they are healthy like most south indian food.

You can add any veggies according to your taste and you can tempered the veggies in little bit oil and then add saute veggies into the batter. I have already posted recipe of vegetable paniyaram in which veggies are saute in oil with dry herbs & spices.

These are made in a special utensil or cookware called paniyaram kadai which have molds in it. In the market one gets both non stick as well metal versions, included wooden stick, you will see in the pics below

If you are looking for more south indian snacks then do check


Coriander Rava Idly
Mixed vegetable uttapam
Rava kesari
Quick Rava Idli Recipe

Let's start to make this easy and quick recipe with simple step-by-step process with photos.

Makes - 14 appe 
Preparation Time - 5 minutes
Cooking time - 15 minutes

Ingredients : 

Dosa batter – 1 cup (Homemade or Ready-made)
Finely Chopped Onions -1 no
Finely Chopped de-seeded Tomatoes - 1 no
Finely chopped Red bell pepper - 2 tbsp
Chili powder - 1/2 tsp
Salt to taste
Oil for greasing and cooking
Chopped Coriander leaves - 2 tbsp

Preparation Method :

1. Combine all the ingredients in a deep bowl and mix well.

2. Now add all chopped veggies along with chopped fresh coriander leaves. Mix well so all the veggies mixed with dosa batter.
 Recipe of Dosa Batter ---> Homemade Dosa Batter

3. Heat the appe pan on a medium flame and grease it with a little oil. Pour a spoonful of the batter into each mould. 

Made a short video thru my phone to show you how to make Appe using with their special Appe Pan..my one hand is busy in recording so please excuse for the video 😕😕
 
4. Cook till the outer surface becomes golden brown on low flame (approx 30 seconds)and then flip it using a wooden stick or fork so as to cook the other side using a little more oil.

5. Remove and repeat with the remaining batter to make more appe.

6. Serve hot with tomato sauce or mayonnaise or coriander chutney..mixed fruit juice or tea as a side accompaniment. 

You can check other varieties of oil free appe recipes
 

Oil Free Bread Rolls in Appe Pan

Instant Rava Appe

Vegetable Tadka Paniyaram

To PIN it Later

Enjoy and Happy Cooking :)