A quintessential Indian flat bread that belongs to Gujarati cuisine is made with wheat flour, gram flour and is flavored with various additional ingredients like Fenugreek, Spinach, Beetroot , Bitter gourd etc. Theplas made with grated bitter gourd is ideal breakfast option for weight watchers and also is a diabetic friendly dish. Thepla is typically eaten with pickles and is a common breakfast in Gujarat and also a favorite travel/journey food. Thepla resembles Indian paratha a lot but is thin and made with minimum oil or butter unlike those ghee drenched Punjabi parathas. Let us quickly get on to the…
Ingredient: chili powder
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Raw Tomato Curry aka Hare Tamatar ki Sabzi is a spicy tangy, delicious side dish that comes from North Indian Cuisines. The recipe has passed on through various regions with different variations done, hence it doesn’t belong to any particular regional cuisine. A very popular dish in North Indian states like Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar etc, that goes well with roti/chapati/rice etc. Tomato is harvested in it’s green form or you can say when it is raw, chopped into pieces and then seasoned with Indian Spices. This particular recipe is made without Onion and Garlic hence making it close to…
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The festivals are arriving and this is the time when some particular religious communities quit eating Onion and Garlic. As India is a multi cultural country, hence their are certain casts who never intake onion garlic, such as Jainism. In Jain community the intake of Onion and Garlic is strictly prohibited, or anything that grows beneath the soil is not acceptable to eat. I have been to Rajasthan a couple of times and as my ancestors belong to Jaipur and Ajmer, i have closely observed food that i cooked without onion and garlic. Being a Muslim it was a challenge…
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Chicken Alu Bukhara is a delicacy that comes from the Nizam province. The dish is also majorly cooked in various parts of Awadh and also loved in Pakistan. Usually the delicacy is prepared with goat meat aka Alu Bukhara Gosht. But now with the passage of time, Indian plums got a while new look when cooked with Chicken. The golden colored curry is not just aromatic but also rich in it’s flavors. There is very minimum use of red chili powder hence, green chilies give the flavor here. The use of plums or Alu Bukhara makes the chicken curry absolutely…
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Pan cake is an International breakfast that comes from American cuisine and is usually sweet in taste and combined with various other flavors like seasonal fruits, honey etc. In India the pan cakes are often known as Cheela/Chilla. The thin ones made with lentils are close to crepes and the thick ones made using various lentils or legumes are close cosines of pan cakes. Green Peas Pan Cake is one such healthy breakfast recipe that is made with green peas and combined with Indian flavors. The pan cake here is savory and eggless. With an addition of just a few…
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Bhetki Begum Bahar is one rich and spicy fish curry that comes from Bengali Cuisine. A very popular dish is Bengali marriages and special occasions. The fish fillets have a typical shape that are marinated and later fried golden. The curry is typically cooked in mustard oil where the richness comes from the poppy seeds and the cashew paste used. The extensive use of mace and nutmeg powder gives the curry an amazing aroma and flavor and also gives a rich look. In my house Bhetki Begum Bahar is cooked during special occasions. Hence i am not too familiar to…
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Pepe Chingri is a very popular Bengali Prawn curry made with green papaya and comes from the coastal region of West Bengal. Green papaya or Raw papaya cooked in a simple yet delectable curry is teemed up with prawns or chingri to make an amazing dish that is enjoyed with hot steamed rice. The consistency of the curry here is little thin and a bit spicy as well. The process is quick and hardly requires a handful of ingredients that is easily available at our kitchen pantry. I have always seen my mother cooking pepe chingri at home, but as…
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My recent client really allowed me to explore and stretch my cooking skills. I always love developing recipes, and when it’s a fusion, my imaginations go wild free. During the years i have developed various fusion recipes but today my creation has definitely gone to another level. I mean who could have ever thought of making a sauce with bottled mango drink and using it to pan sear a chicken! Yes, this is spicy, sweet, tangy and a roller coaster of flavors in one single dish. Spicy Mango Pan Seared Chicken is one such fusion recipe, which i loved making…
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Life gives us seasons and reasons for everything. One such favorite season that gives us enough reasons to enjoy all mouth watering dishes is Monsoon. Rains and food goes hand in hand. In India Monsoon is celebrated with garam garam Bhajiyas, hot cup of tea and lot’s of gossip over it. One such delectable and mouth watering Monsoon snack is Crispy Spicy Aloo Chaat. Deep fried diced potatoes later spiced with Indian spices and teemed up with onion, tomatoes, green chilies, some savory sev, curd and tamarind chutney to give a spicy tang flavor. So next time, when it rains…
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There are two main seasons when you can enjoy hot snacks and appetizers along with the climate…. Monsoon and Winters. There are couple of months left for the winters to arrive but Monsoon has certainly arrived at our door step and giving enough opportunities to us to enjoy savories and mouth watering appetizers. One such all time favorite monsoon appetizer at my home is Grilled Paneer Skewers or Steaks. I have a potable BBQ at home, but sometimes just find myself too lazy to get that working. But nothing worries me till i find any substitute for that, and here…
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Pakistani Bhuna Gosht is a mutton preparation very popular in Pakistan. Mutton pieces slow cooked in whole spices and chopped onion, ginger garlic is later fried (bhuna) with lots of ghee and garnished with coriander. Pakistani Bhuna Gosht is one such succulent dish that is best enjoyed with Rumali Roti or Naan. The mutton pieces when cooked slowly with whole spices, leaves an aromatic flavor and extremely juicy mutton that makes you crave for more. Normally Bhuna Gosht is prepared with minced onion, ginger and garlic, but here in this Pakistani version of Bhuna Gosht, the onions are fine sliced…
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Kashmiri Rogan Josh is a delicious flavorful Lamb curry that comes from Persian origin. It is the signature dish of Kashmir, where the name is derived from Persian words in which Rogan meals oil and Josh mean Intense heat. Kashmiri Rogan Josh is an integral part of the lavish spread Waawan. No celebrations are complete without this signature dish, typically made with lamb but now days even mutton is used to make this authentic and aromatic Rogan Josh. Among few exotic ingredients used in the recipe, Alkanet root, better known as Ratan Jot is the most important one. It is…