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Lemon grass was not so common, when I was young, first time I had it in a Thai soup in Thailand many years ago. Having been tasted it, I started buying it. My favorite was to make its infused water. Now It has become so popular that everyone using it in many ways in India too. Recently I  made its squash/syrup which I use in making lemon grass lemonade drink. Here below is its full details how I made it:
Ingredients
3 cups of sugar
1 cups of water 
1.5 cups of lemon juice
4 inch long piece of ginger
7sticks of lemon grass
Process
1.  Take 3 cups of sugar and 1 cup of water in a deep pan.  Put it on the flame and let it boil continuously stirring.
2.  Chop ginger and lemon sticks and add to the boiling syrup.
3.  Make one string consistency syrup on medium heat.
4.  Remove from the heat.
5.  Let it cool. And then add 1.5 cups of lemon juice. Mix properly.
6.  Strain it through a strainer.
7.  Store this syrup in a clean and sterilized bottle.  This concentrate can be kept for three months in the refrigerator.
8. To make a drink, add 1/4 cup of syrup to one glass of water or per your taste.
Serving suggestions for lemon grass lemonade drink:
Take 3 tbsp of squash or to taste in a glass and add chilled water. Mix well. Add 1 tbsp of socked basil leaves and serve.
Enjoy Healthy Cooking!!!
See these posts too:
Leftover Lemon Zest Jam or Chutney 
Boondi Ladoo     
Plain Sawalee or Mathri    
Shakkar Paare or Khurma  
Petha Mithai    
Burfi of Left over Chashni of Petha Mithai     
Shakkar Paare or Khurma  
Sugar Coated phulia or Murmure  
 
Oats Burfi   
Chocolate Squares     
Sugar Coated Sawalee   
Besan Chakris/chaklis    
Pakwan   
Mathi 
Moong Dal Kachori  
Besan Papdi   
Besan Chaklis
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Couscous has become a popular side dish. It is very easy to cook. If one has arrangement of boiling water just like in hotel, hospitals  etc., it can be easily made. Mainly used in salads. It works well with fruits and vegetables as well as with sweet and savory dishes too. Here below is its salad recipe:
 Ingredients
1 cup of couscous
1 peeled and chopped apple
1 green capsicum
1/4 cup of grated or chopped carrots
1/2 red capsicum
1/2 yellow capsicum
1 finely chopped fresh green chili
2 tomatoes
1 cucumber
3 tbsp of chopped cilantro
1 tbsp of mint leaves
1 handful of corn
1/4 cup boiled white chickpeas
1/2 lemon
1/2 tsp of ginger juice
salt to taste
handful of chopped green onion leaves. 
1/2 tsp of garam masala
1/2 tsp of crushed black pepper
Method
1. Soak 1 cup of couscous with 1 cup of boiled water, salt and 1 tsp of oil. Close the the lid. Keep it for 5 minutes. 
 2. After 5 minutes stir  it with fork very gently in order to separate each grain.
3. Peel and chop all the fruits and vegetables very finely.
4.  Take all the fruits, corn, carrots, chickpeas, tomatoes, green chili, cucumber, green onion leaves and soaked couscous in a tray and mix it with two forks.
5.  Add salt, garam masala and black pepper.
6.  Squeeze lemon juice and ginger juice to it and mix.
7.  Now add hand torn mint leaves and finely chopped cilantro.  Give it a good stir.
8. Chatpata couscous salad is ready to serve.
Tip: One can use fruits and vegetables which needs no cooking of one's choice.
Enjoy Healthy Cooking!!!
See these posts too:
Yellow (pumpkin) Kheer 
Spicy Samak rice Idlis 
Chatpati Samak rice Chaat   
How to Roast Green Banana 
How to Microwave Raw Banana 
Refreshing Papaya Juice 
Petha Mithai  
Cucumber Peels Chutney 
Instant Pineapple Dip 
Sweet water Melon Rind  
Guava Juice  
Watermelon Kheer 
Sweet Carrots  
Pineapple raita 
Fresh Green Pepper corn in Lime Juice
How to soak n Boil Sago
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Jack fruit/kathal is eaten as vegetable as well as fruit too.  Fresh one is used as vegetable while ripen one is used as vegetable.  It is full of fibers. Its peeling, chopping is difficult job, nevertheless it is a delicious vegetable. I remember, when I first time cut it, my hands were became sticky. It was not only with me, but many of us find it boring, when it comes to  its cutting.  Then some one told me to apply some oils on hands and knife before its cutting. I have earlier written the recipe of boiled kathal sabzi and parantha. Today I have made its bhurtha. Here below is the recipe  of Kathal bhurtha:
 Ingredients:
400 gms of Jack fruit
salt to taste
1 tsp of turmeric powder
1 tsp of cumin seeds
1 small stick of dalchini
2 cloves
2 bay leaves
5 tbsp of oil
pinch of hing
1/2 tsp of red chili powder
1 tbsp of coriander powder
1/2 cup of frozen peas
1 big onion (finely chopped)
Paste of 4 tomatoes
1 tbsp of grated ginger
1 finely chopped green chili
2 tbsp of finely chopped drum stick leaves
1finely chopped tomato
Method
1. 1.  Smear oil on hands and knife.This step is very necessary to tackle the problem of latex or sticky  and milky substance.
2.  Take the raw jack fruit which is available in the market for making sabzi etc. Peel it and cut into pieces.  While cutting,  peel its seeds too with knife.  If it is tender then no need to peel it off.3.  Now take this kathal into pressure cooker with 1/4 cup of water and little salt. I boiled it in hawkins pressure cooker of 3 liters.  When it comes on full pressure and first whistle comes, keep the flame on sim for 1 minute.  Now remove from heat. We need completely cool boiled kathal. When it gets cooled, mash it with the back of big spoon. If boiling on hotplate, then remove form it to avoid overcooking as the hotplate remains hot for a long time.
3.  Heat the oil in a frying pan. Though I have written 5 tablespoon of oil, but in 1 tbsp of oil it can be made too.  Add hing and cumin seeds and let it crackle till it stops itself.  Now put bay leaves, cloves and  cinnamon stick and stir.
4.  Add finely chopped onion and ginger and make it translucent  or very light brown.
5.  Now add tomatoes paste, turmeric, salt, red chili powder and coriander powder and cook it till oil separates.
 6.  Mash the boiled kathal. This is the time to put boiled and mashed kathal (no water)  and stir.
7. Cook it on slow heat for few minutes till oil can be seen around the sabzi. After that add peas and stir.  Again cook for few minutes.
8.  Mix finely chopped drumstick leaves,tomato strips and green chili and stir.
9.  Delicious kathhal ka bhurtha is ready to serve.
Enjoy Healthy Cooking!!!
See related recipes:
Healthy Bhutta or Corn 
Palak Paneer  
Tori Peels Paneer Saag   
Bottle Gourd Zest Kofta Curry  
Bhiss(lotus stem) & Aaloo Sabji  
Leafy Potatoes (wild sweet leaves)  
Tiny Pumpkin with Spring Onion leaves  
Guava Sabji 
Kachalu Dahi (curd) Wale  
Baigan (brinjal) Bhurta  
Stuffed capsicum with Potato   
Potatoes with Spinach Chutney  
Stuffed Green chili Peppers (peanuts) 
Mint Paneer Pasanda  
Bhindi Sabzi in Microwave  
Stuffed Karela with cabbage 
Stuffed Parwal/Parval
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Last weekend I went to vegetable market to buy fresh fruits and vegetables.  There I saw some small green pumpkins. It were so fresh, I couldn't help myself from buying it. Next day when I cut it, I saw its seeds were very raw.  Usually I roast pumpkin seeds in microwave. But seeing such fresh seeds, I thought of making its juice with its guts. Here below is how I made it: 
Ingredients
 1 cup of pumpkin guts
1 tbsp grated ginger
1 tsp sugar (optional)
2 tbsp finely chopped mint leaves
1 tbsp of lime juice/fresh half lemon
Black salt to taste
Fresh crushed black pepper
Method
1 Cut the pumpkin and scoop out its guts/seedy pulp with spoon.
2. Put ginger and pumpkin guts in a blender and blend it with 1 glass of water for few minutes.
3. Strain it through strainer.
4. Now put again in blender the remaining residue after filtering the juice with one more glass of water and blend it again for few minutes. Again filter it through a sieve. Next add hand torn fresh mint leaves, sugar, lemon juice, black salt and black pepper powder in the juice and mix with spoon. 
5. Pour the juice in glasses and serve.
Enjoy Healthy Cooking!!!
See more recipes:
Carrot Lassi
Bathua Lassi  
Pineapple Juice        
Jobstears Sattu drink        
Moringa Leaves Lassi 
Kale Leaves Lassi 
Palm Fruit Milk Shake 
Kanji 
Bread Milk shake     
Refreshing Papaya Juice       
Spinach Lassi     
Lychee Juice   
Lemon Sharbat or squash       
 
Orange Sharbat      
Paan Lemonade Kanji   
Lychee Squash or Sharbat 
Kacchi Lassi  
Black Grapes Lassi 
LOquat Drink 
Passion fruit Juice 
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Shahtoot/mulberries chutney is very nutritious and chatpati chutney.  Here below is its full recipe:
 Ingredients
30 Sahtoot/mulberries
handful of grated coconut
salt to taste
1/4 tsp of sugar (optional)
1/2 tsp of garam masala
1finely chopped green chili
1" piece of grated ginger
handful of fresh mint leaves
Method
1.  Wash the mulberries,and mint.
2.  Take the mulberries, grated ginger, finely chopped green chili and mint leaves in a vegetable chopper and blend it with 2 tsp of water. Use water if required.
3.  Next add coconut powder or grated coconut, salt,and garam masala and blend it again. It should be coarse textured.
4.  Transfer it into a serving small bowl.
5. Healthy and delicious shahtoot chutney is ready to serve.
Enjoy Healthy Cooking!!!
See more recipes:
Palak (Spinach) Chutney     
Marua ( Sweet Basil) chutney      
Sweet and Sour Guava dip       
Cabbage & Papaya Seeds chutney      
Cucumber Peels Chutney    
Leftover Lemon Zest Jam or chutney    
Instant Pineapple Dip       
Tori Peels Chutney      
 Hummus      
chatpate Orange Peels       
Tahini     
Yellow Pumpkin Chutney    
Methi Leaves chutney  
Chutney of Thorny Tori Peels   
Raw Sweet Tamarind Chutney    
Moong Beans Sprouts 
Green Chilies Paste  
Coconut Malai chutney
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