Hey friends, just before lockdown I was thinking of going on a food tour in my city and try some authentic food from different parts of India available in my very own city Mumbai. As Mumbai is a city with a diverse population, we have a lot of variety of cuisine to savour here. But now couldn’t go anywhere, so just tried to cook some delicacies at home which are specialties from different parts of India. These are all very easy recipes to make and all the ingredients will be easily available at home. Please make the recipes with ingredients available at home. Do not step out of the house unnecessarily. You can always replace or skip an ingredient. STAY HOME STAY SAFE. I have mentioned some healthy, tasty and easy recipes to make at home during lockdown. Please wash the vegetables thoroughly before making the food. Also, wash your hands with soap before cooking. All the below recipes serve 4-5 persons. Ingredients Method: For preparation, soak Math beans in water overnight and then remove the water and boil it in the pressure cooker for 4-5 whistles. Your Matki Usal is ready to eat. You can also mix some Farsan available at home and make it a Misal. This is to be eaten with bread and you can also add some chopped raw onions to it for a great taste. 2. Pesarattu Dosa : Dosa is a South Indian dish that is savoured by the whole of India with love. Pesarattu Dosa is very light and a healthy dish as it is made from Split-Green Mung dal. Ingredients Method This is an amazing delicacy from the Gujarat state of India. It is a Gujrati dish savoured by the whole country as a quick snack. I tried the dhokla with a homemade batter and it turned out just perfect. Ingredients: · 3 cups Rice (any kind of white rice will do) · 1 cup urad dal · 2tbsp chana dal · 3-4 methi dana (dry fenugreek) · ½ cup thin poha(flattened rice) · 1 tsp green chilli paste · 3 tsps oil · ½ tsp lime juice · ½ tsp Food soda · Hing(asafoetida) · Salt to taste Method: Poha is an amazing Maharashtrian snack which can also be had in main course as a light dinner. Well, I have tried to make Poha uniquely and it has turned out just amazing. I know this is an easy recipe which many of you might know to make. But, we could not make that perfect poha. Sometimes the poha is not soft or the balance between the sour and sweet is not up to the mark. Well, I have solved all these issues with this recipe. I hope you make it and share the feedback with me. The Poha should be made in a Non-stick pan as it is very sticky and won’t cook well in a steel pan. Ingredients · 3 cups of thin Poha (thin flattened rice) · 3 long-cut green chillies · ½ lemon · 4 tsp sugar · coriander leaves for garnishing · salt to taste · 3-4 curry leaves · 1 tsp rai-jeera · 1 chopped small potato · 2 chopped medium Onions · ½ tsp. turmeric · 3 tbsp. oil Method Serve the Poha hot. You can also add some sev and chivda on Poha for garnishing. 5. Dosa       Dosa is a well-known South-Indian delicacy popular in the whole of India. Though it is mainly served as a morning breakfast, it can also be served as a main course. It is served with coconut chutney and sambhar. The dosa batter can be easily made at home and the dosas taste delicious. They turn crispy and brown similar to what we eat in the restaurants. Ingredients: Method · After 8-10 hours, take the mixture and you will see a good amount of air formed in the mixture and it will be an indication of the fermentation of the batter. Then add salt in the batter and some water as required. Serve hot dosa with fresh coconut chutney and sambhar. You can also serve mini uttappams with the same batter for kids. I have a special pan for it. But, you can also form small circles in a normal pan and prepare it. 6. Authentic Maharashtrian Sabudana Khichdi This is again a popular Maharashtrian dish popular in the whole of India. We mainly have this dish while fasting. But it can also be relished in Breakfast and a main course for a light dinner. This is a recipe for an authentic Maharashtrian Sabudana Khichdi. Sabudana Khichdi should be prepared in a non-stick pan as the sabudana is a bit sticky and cannot be cooked well in a steel pan. Ingredients Method  · Soak the Sabudana for 5-6 hours in a bowl with water with a level little above the sabudana. · Roast the peanuts in a non-stick pan till they turn a little black. Then grind it in a mixer grinder. · Add oil in a pan and then add some jeera in it. Once the Jeera crackles, add the green chillies, curry leaves.  · After a few seconds, add the chopped potatoes. · Once the potatoes are cooked, add sabudana, sugar, salt, lime juice and mix it well. Then cover the lid and let it cook with a simmer gas till the sabudana turns translucent.  · Then add the roasted peanuts powder in it and mix it. · Then add coriander leaves for garnishing. Serve hot Sabudana Khichdi with Dahi(yogurt). Chutneys Coconut Chutney Ingredients · 2 tbsp Dalia · 1tsp.jeera · 1 cup diced coconut · salt to taste · 3-4 green chillies For tempering 1 tbsp.oil 1 tsp. jeera(cumin) 1 tsp urad dal 1 tsp mustard seeds and cumin (rai-jeera) 4-5 curry leaves Method · Add Dalia in a mixer grinder and mix it into a powder. · Then add the coconut, jeera, salt, and green chillies and some water. · Mix all the ingredients into a fine paste. · Then remove the mixture in a bowl, · Then in a tempering bowl add oil and rai-jeera. Once it crackles, add curry leaves and urad dal. After a few seconds switch off the gas and put the tempering in the mixture and mix it well. Then cover the lid. Put the chutney in a refrigerator and remove it while serving. · The coconut chutney has to be made fresh. It will not stay for more than 1 day even in the refrigerator. Green Chutney Ingredients Method · Add peanuts in a mixer grinder and make a fine powder of it · Then add the coriander leaves, green chillies, lemon juice, salt, jeera, and some water. Mix the ingredients into a fine paste. So, guys try out these delicious recipes at home and relish them. I have cooked each dish and it has turned out to be delicious. All these recipes are healthy and easy to make. Also, they consume less of your time to prepare the food. Hey Guys, how about binging on your Pizzas with some great shows on Amazon Prime. Also, there are new Bollywood movie releases like Gulabo Sitabo starring Ayushmann Khurana and Shakutaladevi starring Vidya Balan on Amazon Prime. 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