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Curry / Side-dish, Indian Festive Food, Snacks

Punjabi kale Chole

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If you are in Punjab ,you will find hardly any restaurant who doesn’t serve chole. And the combination of Chole bhature is quite a popular dish in North-India. During my stay in Delhi , i used to enjoy a lot this dish at Haldiram restaurant. They serve this dish with pickled chili & a piece of spicy paneer on top. Today sharing kale chole recipe which can be prepared on a festive season when people opt to eat food without Onion-garlic. And it’s really chatpata in taste tingling your taste bud.

Bread / Rice, BreakFast, Indian Festive Food

Ven Pongal

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Wish you all a blessed Varalakshmi Vratam , it’s a celebration which every woman in house do for the well being of family. Since morning i have been so busy preparing naivedyam (festive food). For this I had to wake up around 5.30 AM which is little early for me 🙂 Goddess Lashmi is worshiped on this day for wealth,health and prosperity. And this festival is mostly celebrated in South-India. I have prepared holige (a sweet stuffed flat bread) ,ven pongal ,Drumstick Kuzhambu and payasam for morning offering. I will make some mango seera too for evening offering . If…

Curry / Side-dish, Fish/Sea Food

Steamed Prawns in Mustard Sauce | Bhapa Chingri Recipe

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“Bhapa Chingri” with no such effort this dish can be prepared within your comfort zone. Bhapa which means steaming in Bengali & Chingri means prawn. If you see the history ,then Steaming is one of the oldest method of cooking dates back centuries to ancient china.In ayurvedic way of cooking ,this method is considered as the best resulting in a more nutritious food than boiling. You can use other fish like Bhetki(Barramundi) , Ilish in place of shrimp and make this dish.

BreakFast, Chicken/Meat

Pear-Chicken Bagel Sandwich

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Summer is all about making a smarter choice in food and keeping yourself more healthy. At the same time we always wish a delicious dish in a less time.Usually after a busy tiring day ,dinner is always a problem. Isn’t so? Why not some healthy sandwiches to try which are delicious too.I have used multi-grain bagel here which can be replaced as any bread of your choice. Enjoy your weekend ..

Drinks

Indian Masala Chai Recipe | Indian Spiced Tea

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I am a tea-lover..Let me confess this truth in this valentine season . May be i have tasted around 20-30 variety so far or may be more. The last interesting variety i tried at Sydney which was really soothing with a strong flavor of fresh bamboo-shoot. But when on Indian highways i always enjoy the road-side tea ,cutting-chai . I always keep on adding some flavor to my chai, a bay leaf or a dash of my “Masala-Tea” powder. Don’t you like your tea with some extra kick to sooth your own mood 🙂 I am sure your cuppa will…

Desserts, Indian Festive Food

Puffed Rice & Til Laddos – A winter bliss

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If you ever get a chance to enjoy wintry days of Delhi , than you can’t miss talking about it’s delicious food . Sipping a Kulhad chai at road-side shop while devouring a hot samosa…eagerly waiting for your turn in a Aloo tikki chat queue… Watching the smoke coming out of your sizzling chicken biriyani is kind of fun that only can be enjoyed when mercury drops. Gajak is another delight to enjoy in north-Indian winter.Til (sesama seeds) and jaggery are the main component of these variety . I have added puffed rice to it which make it more crispy…

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