Khatta pyaaz or the pickled onions are such a simple accompaniment to make but it can take a dish to an other level. Be it Chole, Paneer matar or a simple dal pickled onions are a must in our house. Tandoori dishes are incomplete without Khatta pyaaz. Khatta pyaaz is nothing but onions pickled in…
CHOle – Authentic Punjabi Chickpea Curry
Chole is one of the most common and favourite Punjabi dishes. Chole is slow cooked chickpea curry in lots of spices to make a creamy, rich curry which is served with Kulcha, Tandoori roti or Batura. Chole is usually served with Khatta pyaaz or the pickled onions. Though every household has it’s own way of…
SABudana Khichdi
Ingredients 1cup – Sabudaana soaked 1 no. – Potato thinly sliced 3 nos – Green chillies slit 10-12 nos – Curry leaves 1 tbsp – Jeera/cummin seeds 2 tbsp – oil 1/4 cup – Grated coconut 1/4 cup – roasted and coarsly powdered peanuts 3 tsp – Sugar 1 no – lemon 1/4 cup –…
GŌNgoora Chutney(Rozella, Sour Greens)
Ingredients 1 bunch – Gōngoora leaves 1 cup – Oil Salt to taste The 1st tempering 2 tsps – Mustard seeds 1/2 tsp – Fenugreek seeds 10/12 nos – Red chillies 3/4 nos – Green chillies 10/12 nos – Curry leaves 1/2 cup – Coriander leaves 1 tsp – Asafoetida / Hing The 2nd tempering…
LEMongrass Cake
The lemongrass growing in my balcony shouts out to me every single day. I love lemon grass in my tea. I love the smell of this grass. So oriental, so lemony, so fresh. I had always wanted to use it in things other than tea and thai curries. And hence ended up making this…
KHAra biscuit
Ingredients Save Print KHAra biscuit Ingredients 4 tbsp – All purpose flour 1tsp – Sooji 3 tbsp – Whole wheat flour 2 tsp – Rice flour ¼ tsp – Baking powder ¼ tsp – Baking soda salt to taste 1 tsp – Sugar crushed 2 tbsp – Cold butter cubes 1 tbsp – Yogurt…
RAIsin muffin
Save Print RAIsin muffin muffins are the perfect breakfast if you’re craving something sweet. Ingredients 2 cups – All-Purpose Flour 1 cup – Sugar ½ tsp – Salt 1 tbsp – Baking powder 1 cup – Milk ¼ cup – Vegetable oil or softened butter ¼ cup – Raisins 2 nos – eggs…
CHUrmuri
Save Print CHUrmuri Churmuri is one of the chats of southindian homes , having puffed rice and varieties of veggies combined with roasted peanuts and spicy dressing. Ingredients 2 cups – Puffed rice (kurmura, puri) 1 no – finely chopped onion 1 no – finely chopped tomato 1 no – small carrot (grated) 1…
UPIttu (upma)
This used to be my most hated dish as a kid. And most of the kids i knew also hated it. We had all weird names for this dish. We called it cement, concrete etc etc. My mum used to plate it in so many ways to make me just eat it,but……. Its one of…
MANgo vanilla cheese cake
After starting to blog, i promised myself that everything i plate up should be masterchef class. So everytime i decide to make something, i visualise the whole desert in my mind including even the plating. So before the mango season ends, i wanted to make one more cheese cake. And i wanted it to…