Red Chili … as the name sounds it’s hot. In northern part of India, red chili is available during the winter season and mostly used to make the pickle (achar in hindi). I had been searching for this kind of chili here and finally found in Walmart store. Although this is not exactly the same type which is generally used however pretty close. I have seen my grand mother and mother making this pickle during my childhood. I am really glad to share this traditional recipe from my Mom. This pickle is made from mixture of various spices and mustard oil. Mustard oil give a authentic taste to the Pickles. There are certain important steps in making this pickle, one is that red chili needs to be dried up in sun light for at least 3-4 hrs. so that the moisture contents goes away and once again after preparing the pickle it needs to be left in sunlight for at least a week in a glass container. This pickle could be little spicy however goes very well with Paratha or side of any meal especially rice and yellow daal or khichadi. Hope you would enjoy this pickle as part of your meal. 
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Amla (Gooseberry) Candy
Amla (Gooseberry) is a fruit which is rich source of vitamin C. It has many health benefits related to hair, eyes, diabetes and heart related disease. Generally this fruit is available during Winter in India. You can get it from Indian stores fresh or frozen. Obviously fresh ones would taste much better than frozen. There are various recipes which you can make from Amla like pickle, khati meethi chatney, murrabba, jam or candy. This recipe is to prepare khathi meethi Amla candy which you can just eat like that as part of you daily routine. The recipe is prepared by grating the Amla and cooking on a low flame either with sugar or honey with certain spices. Amla candy can to stored in refrigerator for long term use.
Chana Poori Masala Paani
Pani poori is a most popular mouthwatering street food.This recipe is a slight variation from the normal pani poori. The poori is made using chana for this recipe (see the Chana poori recipe) and have tried two varieties of pani one regular and other one with beetroot. The taste of this pani poori is different than regular however it’s awesome. If you like a little different taste in your pani poori, just try this out.
Fruit & Vegetable Pearls
Fruit and Vegetable pearl is a kind of jelly which can be used for garnishing desserts, chats or any snacks item. The process is called fruit/veg spherification. The pearls are prepared using agar agar and it’s a very simple technique to prepare this. This recipe has three different flavors of the pearls and you can try your own as well.
Pani poori
Pani poori is a famous snacks item and available all the places. This recipe explain on how to make the fillings for pani poori, although what can be filled is up to individual choice. You can enjoy it the way you want it.