Saunfwaale Aloo is a Potato Curry majorly flavoured with fennel seeds. It is a creamy, easy and quick to make and tastes heavenly when served with Pooris or Rotis. Cooked using pressure cooker, this curry takes 10 mins to prepare. I like using baby potatoes for this but you can use the regular potatoes too. …
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DHAba Style Peeli Dal – Yellow Dal
Dhaba Style Peeli Dal or the Yellow Dal is one of the Indian dal preparations, made using yellow split moong beans. Dhaba Style Peeli Dal is a super simple dal that is most frequently made in our house. Dhaba Style Peeli Dal is a basic dal that is high on protein and I make it…
METhi Roti
CHAkota Masala – Spicy Grape fruit
Chakota Masala is a spicy, sweet salad or snack made out of Grape fruit. It is usually had as a snack between meals and it is absolutely tasty. In kannada we call this fruit Chakota. We have this fruit in abundance in our estate and hence we have never valued Chakota much. We as kids…
BASic Sponge Cake
A perfect sponge is what is tough to achieve. The soft spongy cake is the toughest to master. I can not say i have mastered it, but i am getting there slowly and steadily. A perfect sponge cake should have the pores and should resemble a sponge. Should be so soft that it should melt…
KHOya Kulfi
Ingredients 1 ltr – Full fat milk 1/3 cup – Sugar 1/2 cup – Khoya Method Boil milk in a wide saucepan, for an hour. Keep stirring the milk so that it doesnt stick to the bottom. When the milk reduces to 1/2 add khoya and 1/4 th cup sugar and check for the sweetness….
MOOli Da Parantha
Ingredients 4 no – Mooli / Radish 1 tsp – Red Chilly powder 1/2 tsp – Haldi Salt to taste 2 tbsps – Chopped coriander leaves Preparation Grate the radish add a tsp of salt and leave it aside for 10 mins. Mixing salt helps the radish sweat completely. Squeeze all the water out into…
ROSe Pistachio Cake
There is something about the ROSE PISTACHIO combination that i love. It is so traditional and reminds me of my childhood. I have no clue why 🙂 I love rose flavour in anything, be it perfume, creams, soaps , freshners, food…. This is my second dish with this combination after Sheer Khurma You will for…
CHOcolate Cake
Sometimes a simple cake is all that you need. No fuss, no butter cream, no icing, no decoration…Just cake. This is for one of such occassions… Ingredients 25 gms – Cocoa Powder 50 gms – Dark brown sugar 125 ml – Boiling water 60 gms – Soft unsalted butter 125 gms – Caster sugar 110…
WHEy Water
Whey water is the water the drips out when you make Paneer/Cheese or when you make hung curd. The dilute lemony water is what is called the whey. This water is protein rich and can be used as a substitute to water in many dishes. Do not throw away this protein rich water. You can…