Most Searched Recipes - Master Cleanse Recipe to Simple Syrup Recipe

I was checking on what are the most searched recipes on Google and found the following:

Most Popular Recipes

1. master cleanse recipe
2. ratatouille recipe
3. lemonade diet recipe
4. mojito recipe
5. zucchini bread recipe
6. eggplant parmesan recipe
7. dog food recipe
8. chicken salad recipe
9. meatloaf recipe
10. simple syrup recipe

I would like to share these recipes with you and more importantly I want you to share with me these recipes.



Please visit the sites from where these recipes are clipped. I personally checked them out. They are great sites.

Indian Restaurants in the United States

I read a good review of Indian restaurants in the United States and wanted to share it with you:

"Indian restaurants in the United States tend to fall into one of four main categories. The largest category serves a pan-Indian cuisine that, while not associated with any particular region of India, has become the de facto standard — samosas, chicken tikka masala, lamb vindaloo, etc. The next largest, and growing, category is the first category’s poor relation — pan-Indian food as fast food. The third category, high-end, creative Indian food, sometimes focusing on a particular region, is also growing, but remains a small segment of the market, primarily focused in a few major urban areas. The fourth is vegetarian".

Read the complete post The Jewel.

Send me your review of Indian Restaurants around the world and I will share it with the readers of this blog :)

What the heck is Dosa? I have never heard of Masala Dosa before!

I get emails from some who have never heard the word "dosa" before. They don't know what is masala dosa.

Dosa is made of rice and white lentil or "dal". Dosa is a nutritious meal and one dosa per day can keep you fit and healthy.

Dosa is similar to pancake. You can read this post to understand the difference between a dosa and a pancake.

What is the Difference Between a Dosa and a Pancake?

You can make masala dosa (dosa stuffed with potato curry), carrot dosa, vegetable dosa (mixture of different vegetables), green dosa (green vegetables mixed with dosa batter), etc.

Read this post about making masala dosa:

Masala Dosa Recipe - How to Make Masala Dosa

You can watch some of the videos on this site to get a better idea of how to make dosa. But if it is not clear to you, just ask me.

• Spiced Masala Dosa ~ 101 Dosa Varieties!


• Cheese Dosa


• Vegetable Set Dosa with Pear-Pecan chutney


• Karikku Dosa/ Tender-Coconut Pan cakes.


• Spiced Masala Dosa ~ 101 Dosa Varieties!


• Idli Dosa Love


• Tomato Dosa

Indian Restaurant Owners Protesting in UK - Time to Get Restaurant Food At Home?

Daiji World reports: Owners of Indian restaurants staged a protest outside the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh against recent changes to immigration rules that have adversely affected the Indian food industry in the United Kingdom.The new rules prevent chefs from being recruited from the Indian sub-continent, threatening the existence of thousands of Indian restaurants across the UK. Many have closed down due to shortage of chefs.

After the demonstration on Thursday, the protesters met Alex Salmond, the First Minister, who described the issue as 'really serious'.

Salmond promised the Indian restaurant owners that he would continue to draw the UK government's attention to the matter.

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If half the restaurants close, the queue for Indian food will grow longer. It may be time to learn to cook these dishes at home.

Decisions take ages but instant dosa can be prepared in under two minutes. Did you watch the video?

If you want more videos, let me know, I will create them for you :)

Dosa Batter to Dosa In Under Two Minutes

Dosa Instant gives you the details of making dosa in the usual way. You can read about it in this post:

Dosa Recipe Without Instant Ready Mix

If you do not want to spend hours in shopping for the ingredients, soaking, grinding and fermenting...

If you do not want to wait for hours before getting the first delicious dosa piece in your mouth...

You can try instant ready to mix dosa batter powder.

Your dosa will be ready in under two minutes and it will taste as delicious as dosa made through the long process.

To make the dosa batter all you need to do is to add water. Everything else is added in the mixture. No need to shop for anything. No need to soak and grind. No need to wait till the fermenting process is over.

Check out our idli mix and curry powder too. All instant and all delicious time savers.

Watch a video here to see how to make this dosa batter and dosa in under two minutes:

Dosa Batter to Dosa In Under Two Minutes

Indian Food Industry in UK Showing Signs of Decline

The Times of India says:

"LONDON: The one billion pound Indian food industry in UK is showing signs of decline as most young ethnic Asians are not interested in working in kitchens and new immigration rules make hiring chefs from the Indian sub-continent difficult.

There is not a single British town or village which does not have an Indian restaurant, but staff shortage has led to several of them closing down".

According to the news Children of first generation restaurant owners prefer to take up professions other than those of their parents.  And they don't want to work in the kitchens.

I can understand that because I hardly spend time in cooking. Just today I had a conversation with another lady who is not been able to pursue a desired course because most of her time is spent in cooking and cleaning.

Not only in developed countries, but even in India where most people love home cooked meal, it is becoming more and more difficult to find time for cooking. At the same time we have to have healthy food rather than go for junk foods.

This has started a trend of instant ready to make items that save time, help you churn out dishes in minutes and are filled with healthy nutrients. In such food items you have to carefully note their shelf life and what type of preservatives are used.

Instant Dosa Mix that is used to make dosa batter in minutes has no artificial preservatives. Whatever is added to the mix is rich nutritious ingredients that help you keep fit. You can preserve the powder for months.

Dosa Batter - How Thin and How Thick - How to Mix Without Lumps

The usual way of making dosa batter involves shopping for rice, while lentil, fenugreek and other flavors that are necessary to make dosa, soaking rice and lentil separately, grinding them to a paste, leaving them aside to ferment and making dosa the next day.

You can read the details here: Dosa Recipe Without Instant Ready Mix

I have been getting more and more questions about mixing the dosa powder to get the dosa batter. If you are new to making dosa you should keep the batter a little thick. Add one and a half cup of water to one cup of dosa mix. If you are experienced you can add two cups of water to one cup of dosa mix and make the batter thin.

You can use a ladle or egg beater to mix the dosa mix and water.

Add the water little by little. Get a paste of the dosa mix and water. Then gradually add more while stirring constantly. This way you won't get any lumps.

Masala Dosa Recipe, How to Make Masala Dosa

Masala Dosa is the favorite recipe of Indians and they have taken this taste to the world. Though Masala dosa originated in South India, it is the favorite food of all Indians all over the world. Many of my friends from other countries have relished masala dosa more than any other Indian recipe.

To make the masala dosa the usual way it is necessary to go through the process of soaking, grinding, fermenting.

Masala Dosa Without Instant Powder

Take three cups of rice and one cup of dal (white lentil). Soak them separately.

Soak the rice over night and the dal just before grinding.

Pass the rice through the blender first, a little coarse paste.

Pass the dal through the blender, sprinkle water and go on grinding till you get a very smooth paste.

Add salt to taste, mix both rice and dal and pass them through the blender once more.

Leave the dosa batter overnight to ferment.

The next day you can make dosa and stuff potato curry inside to make masala dosa.

Potato Curry

Cook two whole potatoes in the micro oven or pressure cooker, peel and mash them.

Take a tbs of cooking oil, roast one chopped onion until they turn brown.

Add the potatoes, curry powder and salt.

Mix well.

Masala Dosa

Take a ladle full of dosa batter, make a circular shape on a flat pan and cook over medium heat.

When you see the top layer cooked and the bottom has turned slightly brownish, spread the potato curry in the middle of the dosa.

Fold the dosa sandwiching the potato curry in the middle.

For detailed instructions on making potato curry and masala dosa read this post:

Potato Curry, Aloo Bonda and Masala Dosa