When you have plenty of Khoya/ Mawa at home and just don’t feel like making any sweet …. try this absolutely delightful Khoya Paneer with some home made butter Naan and treat yourself luxury! Khoya paneer, a perfect blend of evaporated milk and pureed onions, tomatoes and cashews when curried with cottage cheese chunks gives a royal treat and can easily be a show stopper in any party or occasion. Serve this creamy , rich curry with some fresh home made naan or even enjoy with some zeera rice and salad. A perfect dinner option when you have special guests…
Ingredient: garam masala
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No fine dining can beat the taste of rustic dhaba style food. It takes hardly few minutes for the food to get prepared and arrive to your table in a dhaba and trust me the taste is unbeatable. Dhaba Style Spicy Paneer Masala. This is one dish which my family has to order whenever we stop/ halt in a Highway Dhaba for lunch or dinner. Spicy and aromatic curry with heavy pieces of soft paneer and crushed kasuri methi all over,,,ummmm complete bliss! Today i am sharing the recipe of this rustic paneer dish which i got to learn from…
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Summers are almost on here, and this is when i scratch my brain a lot thinking what to make and what not to make. Weekend starts tomorrow and again my family will hog over all non veg stuffs, so i guess today is the time where i have a chance to make something that i can relish completely. Being a Rajasthani , besan or chickpea flour is something which is in my blood…lol. My dad use to love anything made with besan. One such amazing Rajasthani delicacy made with besan is GATTE KI SABZI. Cylindrical chickpea dumplings cooked with an…
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With every passing day my diet plans are changing as per my body’s requirement. These days i have been asked by my trainer to intake lots of lentils and fibers. Though i am not a lentil eater and sometimes hate eating dal. Both me and my son are not much fond of the lentil varieties. Hence the best way to intake them is to either make some sweet or some savory. Sweet being a completely NO NO to me, i have no other option left than to make some tempting, delicious savories that has lentils and can fulfill my nutritional…
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Ever since i got my Philips Air Fryer, i had been wanting to try and post some lip smacking air fryer recipes in a separate column. Though i have been making a lot of healthy recipes in the air fryer but actually never got a chance to update one in my blog. My new Philips HD922 Air Fryer came into my life as a blessing in disguise. Now say NO to all deep fried stuffs and HELLO to air fried snacks. Food cooked in hot air gives a similar texture and taste as to what the fried items give, but…
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Cheers to good health! Grilled paneer shashlik is a perfect guilt free weekend recipe. Enjoy it as a snack or as a main course. Perfect appetizer which not just want to to crave for more but also leave you guilt free. specially for the weight watchers. Loaded with the goodness of cottage cheese and loads of vegetables, Paneer shashlik has two methods of preparation. Can be broiled in the oven or simply grill it in your grill pan on stove top. Paneer and vegetables when marinaded with curd, cream and the spices, infuses the flavors inside each piece that leaves…
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The best thing about winters i like is we get a superb variety of food which we can enjoy without a guilt. Winters comes with a great appetite and a cool digestion…lol No matter how spicy you go in winters, your stomach doesn’t mind at all … see this is what i love the most. So now as we know that we are open to food completely, let us have something hot and spicy. What better than having a curry loaded with the goodness of peas and potatoes. wow! Yellow peas curry! Though i have made it before also.. but…
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As a kid i had been fond of paneer a lot and my love for it is still not over :p One of my most favorite childhood recipe made by my mom is Shaam Savera. Honestly i never knew this name till i came acroos Sanjeev Kapoor’s recipe. My mom use to call it as palak paneer kofta. But after coming across Shaam Savera i realized the significance of it and the very beautiful reason behind the naming of this dish. Shaam in hindi means Evening and Savera in Hindi means Morning. Now as you see both paneer and spinach…
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Sindhi Dal Pakwan is a popular breakfast in Sindhi community. The pakwan served with spicy chana dal is often served in various special occasions and even in regular days for breakfast. Pakwan is crispy fried pooris made with a mix of both wheat flour and all purpose flour. As the pakwan is fried and teamed up with chana dal, it becomes rich and heavy to digest. Hence a tsp of ajwain is mixed with the flour while making pakwan that consist amazing digestive properties and prevents you from feeling blotted. Below i have provided both Dal and the Pakwan recipes…
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Aloo Tikki Chaat is the name of a street food item made in North India and Pakistan. It is prepared by fried potato patties accompanied and brought together with yellow peas curry and garnished with spices, tamarind dip, curd and lots of onion and coriander. It can be served as a snack, a side dish or a light meal. This tongue tickling street food is a favorite of almost every Indian of any part of the country. At different regions the Chaat is called by different names… but the taste remains the same. North India specially Delhi is famous for…
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“SPATULA FORCE” is a group of handful of bloggers who came together as a team to experience the various regional cuisines of both India and International. Every month a blogger comes up with a theme and host the challenge. This month the challenge was set by the very talented food blogger Anshu Pande Wadhwa from http://www.thesecretingredient.in/ Anshu came up with Kashmiri Cuisine which has been my all time favorite subject to explore. Kashmiri Cuisine is rich and has prominent flavors that tickles your taste buds and make you fall in love with the taste and aroma. Kashmiri delicacies has a…
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I have spend a around 15 years in Bhopal and within all these years i discovered a lot of delicacies that the city had to offer. A small hawker named Banney Miyan use to put up his stall near my residence and was suppose to be very famous in Bhopal for making Bread Pakodas. Even i was very curious to see who that person was and taste his famous Break Pakodas. Once i got an opportunity and trust me I had never in my life before tasted such amazing flavorful bread pakodas. He use to put up his stall every…