It’s Ramadan, and after a whole day tough food and water fasting (for around 14-15 hrs) , pamper your tummy with some delectable and mouth watering Keema and Puris. Doesn’t it sound delicious? Well yes it does!, as it was our dinner last night. To add more flavors to the dish and make it more scrumptious i prefer adding some fresh green peas and big potato pieces into it. Usually there are no left overs, but if left i use it in stuffing parathas, samosas, sandwiches etc. Certain combinations are evergreen, i can never get tired of them. One such…
Ingredient: green chilli
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Frankie aka Kathi Roll is a popular street side snack specially famous in Mumbai and big cities of India. Flour tortilla pan roasted with butter is later filled with various veg and non veg filling along with some salad and cheese, later rolled and served is typically loved by working people who got out for jobs and have a frankie in their meal. Paneer frankie is one of the option which is truly loved by children and is an amazing snack option for kid’s tiffin. If you liked this recipe, then do share your views with me in comments below….
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It’s a cloudy day today, and when we expect rains to come all we want is some a hot cup of tea with some crispy onion bhajiyas. Nothing can be as blissful as enjoying rains with this amazing combo of tea and snack. I don’t know who invented bhajiyas but one thing i know is that its one of the most loved monsoon snack by Indians specially when we have some tea to get along….. bliss! Finely sliced onion, pretty much in quantity in ratio with the flour batter is flavored with Indian spices and deep fried til they are…
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 Quick and easy vegetable fried brown rice is a great solution to all the Chinese food lovers who are health freaks as well. Brown rice contains a lesser amount of carbohydrates hence makes easy digestion and is light to your tummy. Brown rice when teamed up with plenty of fine vegetables and tossed in olive oil and sauces to give a Chinese flavor makes an amazing rice meal that can be anytime enjoyed with any Chinese curry like Machurian or Paneer/Tofu Chili. Brown fried rice is healthy and full of nutrients that not just makes the dish filling but also fulfills our daily nutrient requirement with an amazing Chinese taste.
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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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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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Last month i started a new column for my blogger friends where i can share my space with them and show case their amazing culinary and photography skills to my viewers and followers as well. In addition to the chain of guest posts, today it gives me immense pleasure and happiness to share a beautiful post contributed by the very talented, stunning, head turner and an amazing blogger/photographer Dhanya Samuel. I have been knowing Dhanya since almost a year, since then i had been following her blog and specially all her fish and sea food recipes. Her cooking and photography…
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Veg Mango Kothey is an Indo-Chinese snack that is made with various vegetable fritters tossed with sauces. Veg Mango Kothey is my version of creating a new recipe that is crispy, saucy and gives you an amazing fruity punch. The fruity flavor is acquired by Mango drink. You can use any bottled mango drink like frooti/ slice/ paperboat etc available in store near by to you. The recipe can also be made by using orange drink or juice if you prefer to have a orangish flavor. Vegetables like, cabbage, capsicum, carrots, potato, onion and cauliflower coated with plain flour and…
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Soy, one of the most richest source of protein that can be used in making different kind of delicious and mouth watering dishes. One of the most popular brand of soy in India is Nutrella, comes in chunks and well as dry minced form as well. Nutrella has a very important place in my family, whenever we short of veggies at home, these chunks come as a savior and are enjoyed and loved by my family a lot. Whether its curry, or dry chili nutrella or even minced version, nutrella is tasty and super delicious in all forms. Recently my…
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Who doesn’t like junk and unhealthy food ? Well everything served outside is not suppose to be unhealthy. I am a die heart foodie but somehow or the other i don’t enjoy these branded junk foods much. I very rarely crave for Pizza, Burger etc, hence i am a very rare visitor at these places who serve these stuffs. But like any other child, my son Abeer is total opposite to me. He loves to indulge himself into all such so called ‘junk foods’ and i won’t be surprise if he choose to live on them forever. So because of…
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Indo – Chinese food is the flavor of the season everywhere in India. Every street, every corner serves some amazing Indo – Chinese food. From street food to fine dinning, Indo – Chinese food had captured the food industry withing a short span of time. Original Chinese food is healthy, with mild flavors, where as the Indian version is firey, saucy and very much unhealthy. But with such a riot of flavors, who cares for health…haha! I always look out for easy snack option to make during weekends. My kid is a huge fan of street food specially when it…