Paneer aka Cottage cheese , the most popular cheese segment adapted in Indian homes. In India, paneer has it’s own significance, often cooked to celebrate happiness. Paneer is supposed to be a food of rich people. Still in my house, i see my mother making paneer dishes on every special occasion. Whether it’s guest arriving or any festival, a delicacy of paneer is a must at our home. I remember the first thing my son loved after he started eating solid food, was paneer. These days we get various kinds of processed cottage cheese , even with different flavors and…
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Dhokla is a Gujarati snack that has commonly taken a place at every Indian kitchen now days. Dhokla is usually a savory cake that is baked/steamed and then tempered with mustard, cumin and curry leaves. With time we have come across many variations of dhoklas, usually it is made with Besan/gram flour but there is another very famous version of it made with rice and lentils. Here i had tried another popular version of Dhokla made with green lentils. Though is can also be made with split green lentils but i chose to use whole today. It’s healthy and another…
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Green Peas Kebabs are a blessing in disguise to all who are fasting this season and craving for some non veg stuff. These seek kebabs are absolutely met in mouth and trust me you would never miss the chicken ones after having these. Quick, easy and scrumptious… perfect party snack option. So next time whenever you have guests at home, don’t let the vegetarian friends feel left out…surprise them by serving these amazingly gorgeous green peas kebab with their favorite dip and a drink to go with it. Seeks are commonly the skewers around which the dough is lined and…
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Peanuts are often found at our kitchen pantry. Apart from making chutneys and using a few in making Chivda, peanuts normally doesn’t have anything fancy to serve us. But No! hold on…this masala peanuts is not just quick but also gives you a kick on your palate. There are basically two kinds of masala peanut recipes… 1. Besan coated deep fried 2. Blanched and roasted with spices. Peanut itself carry a huge content of oil in it hence the deep fried option won’t be that healthy to consume. Hence i opted for the roasted one. It’s tangy and spicy and…
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Chivda – an Indian snack that is full of flavors and equally keeps a check on calories. Light and tasty Chivda is commonly found at Indian homes specially during festivals like Ganesh Chaturthi or Deepawali. I remember as a kid i had this at my neighbor’s place in Diwali. The chivda was light and fluffy and had and amazing crunch and flavor. Chivda has no particular recipe, it can be made as per your liking and choice of ingredients and taste. This particular version is guilt free as it has very less use of oil. I prefer making Chivda in…
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With the onset of monsoon comes the season of pakodas, bhajiyas n fritters. In India specially we have a big craze of enjoying rains with variety of bhajjis and a hot cup of tea or coffee. The more the friiters are crunchy the more we enjoy the rainy season. If you have some cabbge left in your storage and thinking what to do with it…just make these amazing cabbage fritters binded with chana dal. Perfect tea time snack in monsoon and even a great tiffin option for kids. Bengal gram aka chana dal is a perfect binding agent when it…
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During my Hyderabad visit i got a chance to visit a local bakery. I was amazed to see heaps and piles of tuti fruity biscuits which were almost everywhere on the counter. They referred to it as Karachi Biscuits. Believe me i have grown up hearing Karachi Biscuits from few members in my family and for all those days i thought it from from Hyderabad situated in Pakistan because Karachi is in Pakistan….lol My Hyderabad visit was an eye opener to me. Though i didn’t got a chance to have those amazing fruit cookies there but i always wanted to…
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A year back when i used to live in Bhopal, every winters the Maharashtrian community use to organize a fate in which the ladies used to come up dressed traditionally to their respective food stalls. Every year we use to wait for the winters to come so that we could go to the fate and enjoy their delicacies. Amongst many varieties my most favorite was APPE WITH PEANUT DIP. Aaaah! the thought itself makes my mouth water. That time i used to call it mini idlis….lol Later i came to know through a Marathi friend of mine that it’s Appe…
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My love for quick fix recipes is getting stronger day after day. Ramadan Iftaars demands lots of variety things specially when my son joins in. So here i present the cousin brother of Cheese Croquettes …. Cheese Fingers! I also call it Easy Cheesy Fingers as its super easy and can be made in a jiffy. A perfect snack option while enjoying monsoon rains and even sorts out tiffin problem for fussy kids. The cheese filling inside gives a gooey texture inside which surely every kid would love. The crispy coat given with bread crumbs or poppy seeds initially give…
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Gulgule… The name itself say it all for this cute lil sweet fritters. Small round golden fritters flavored with banana and fennel are a must make at my home during Ramadan. The size of Gulgule totally depends on personal choice. This i guess was the first home made sweet i had during my childhood. Ever since i have a strong fonding towards Gulgule. The name has no specific meaning. Just because the fritters are small and round in shape, they were name as Gol Gole (That means Round balls) which later became gulgule. Gulgule also has a certain traditional significance…
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What do u do with those extremely ripe bananas..? Well i prefer to bake them. And when it comes to baking, what better than a Banana Bread Loaf! Well the banana cake resembles a banana bread bcz of its texture. Though the ingredients is same as a cake but it’s a bread. Banana bread is a type of bread that is made with mashed fully ripe bananas. It is often a moist, sweet, cake-like quick bread; however, there are some banana bread recipes that are traditional-style yeast breads. Well there’s an interesting history behind banana bread… Wikipedia says Banana bread…
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Dorayaki(どら焼き, どらやき, 銅鑼焼き, ドラ焼き) is a type of Japanese confection, а red-bean pancake which consists of two small pancake-like patties made from castella wrapped around a filling of sweet Azuki red bean paste. Dorayaki are similar to Imagawayaki, but the latter are cooked with the batter completely surrounding the bean paste filling and are often served hot. The original Dorayaki consisted of only one layer. Its current shape was invented in 1914 by Usagiya in the Ueno district of Tokyo. In Japanese, dora means “gong”, and because of the similarity of the shapes, this is probably the origin of the…