{"id":8570,"date":"2016-08-16T06:31:26","date_gmt":"2016-08-16T06:31:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sterlingholidays.com\/blog\/?p=8570"},"modified":"2025-04-09T12:43:58","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T12:43:58","slug":"your-favourite-local-holiday-recipes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sterlingholidays.com\/blog\/your-favourite-local-holiday-recipes\/","title":{"rendered":"Your Favourite Local Holiday Recipes!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While reliving your holiday memories, you could relish the culinary experience too. Want to\u00a0try your hand at local dishes from Ooty or Himachal Pradesh? Our chefs tell you how to\u00a0recreate the magic!<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Beetroot Cashew Kola<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>100gm beetroot<\/li>\n<li>50gm potato<\/li>\n<li>20gm cashew nut<\/li>\n<li>10gm ginger<\/li>\n<li>10gm garlic<\/li>\n<li>10gm green chilli<\/li>\n<li>10gm mint leaves<\/li>\n<li>10gm coriander leaves<\/li>\n<li>5gm methi<\/li>\n<li>10gm garam masala<\/li>\n<li>25gm gram flour<\/li>\n<li>Salt as per taste<\/li>\n<li>Oil<\/li>\n<li>50ml fresh cream<\/li>\n<li>1 lemon<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Recipe :<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tangy cream<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Beat the fresh cream until its consistency is thick. Then, add some lemon juice along with\u00a0chopped mint, coriander leaves, chillies, and salt.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kola balls<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Mix boiled and grated potatoes and beetroots\u00a0in a bowl with some finely sliced ginger, garlic,\u00a0and chillies.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Add chopped mint, coriander, and fenugreek leaves to the mixture along with\u00a0adequate gram flour\u00a0and salt.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Mix gently until you have a smooth dough to effortlessly roll into equal-sized balls.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Make sure you place a cashew nut in the core as well as on top of each dough ball.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Deep fry in low flame until the cashew turns golden.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Pour the tangy cream all around and serve.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" size-full wp-image-8574 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sterlingholidays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Photo3.jpg\" alt=\"Photo3\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><strong>Himachali Momos (Siddu)<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>350gm wheat flour<\/li>\n<li>3gm yeast<\/li>\n<li>Salt as per taste<\/li>\n<li>50gm cottage cheese (grated)<\/li>\n<li>10gm green chilli<\/li>\n<li>80gm green peas (fresh\u00a0and crushed)<\/li>\n<li>10gm garlic<\/li>\n<li>5gm turmeric<\/li>\n<li>10gm coriander leaves<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Recipe :\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Add yeast to a mixture of lukewarm water and wheat flour. Knead well until smooth\u00a0and leave it for two hours to ferment.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 While you wait for the dough to get ready, chop green chilli, garlic, cottage cheese,\u00a0and coriander leaves. Mix them well.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Roll four equal-sized balls of the fermented dough, filling the insides with the green\u00a0mixture.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Steam these balls for 25 minutes; garnish with mint chutney and desi ghee and\u00a0serve.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" size-full wp-image-8575 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sterlingholidays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Photo2.jpg\" alt=\"Photo2\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While reliving your holiday memories, you could relish the culinary experience too. Want to\u00a0try your hand at local dishes from Ooty or Himachal Pradesh? Our chefs tell you how to\u00a0recreate the magic! Beetroot Cashew Kola 100gm beetroot 50gm potato 20gm cashew nut 10gm ginger 10gm garlic 10gm green chilli 10gm mint leaves 10gm coriander leaves&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sterlingholidays.com\/blog\/your-favourite-local-holiday-recipes\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":8572,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[134],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sterlingholidays.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8570"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sterlingholidays.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sterlingholidays.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sterlingholidays.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sterlingholidays.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8570"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.sterlingholidays.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8570\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18023,"href":"https:\/\/www.sterlingholidays.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8570\/revisions\/18023"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sterlingholidays.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sterlingholidays.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sterlingholidays.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sterlingholidays.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}