Our weekly menu for this week with some healthy choices! And with the second working week of 2016 upon us, the healthy choices and better eating is in all our plans. Here is a weekly menu which will help you achieve the same. Printable copy & recipe links available in the post. Click to read! Printable Copy available for download here Recipe Links: Horse Gram Curry Green Chutney Masala Baath Tomato Saar Masala Cookies Egg Kothu … [Read more...]
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Apple Cinnamon Cake
This comforting Apple Cinnamon Cake is perfect to kickstart your Xmas baking. When the sweetness of apples meets the hint of cinnamon, there is definitely magic in the air. Try out this apple cinnamon cake! Winter is here, Xmas is less than 10 days away! All I can think of right now is baking and not just the Plum Cakes (wheat recipe here and maida recipe here) but many other goodies too. Various forms of puddings, cookies and cakes... yum! There is something about Xmas which is so … [Read more...]
Garden to Plate : Spinach Pesto
Spinach Pesto made from fresh spinach leaves is so flavorful and can be used as a dip, a spread or just as an accompaniment to any food! Some weeks ago my spinach patch at home was flourishing and yielding about 2-3 kg of spinach a week and that led to the making of this spinach pesto! There was spinach rice, palak chicken, dal palak, palak paranthas, baked spinach balls, palak chutney, palak dhokla, and of course, salads. Essentially, every meal had palak in it. Three … [Read more...]
Luchi
Luchi is a deep fried Bengali specialty made with all purpose flour and is delicious with cholar dal or alur dum! Luchi is the one of the first dishes that pops up in one's mind when thinking about Bengali food. Deep fried flatbreads made from all purpose flour, luchis are what indulgence eating is all about! After all, once in a while, one must give in to the traditional foods. Have luchi with Bengali Chholar Dal and Heeng Chorchori or with Bengali Style Aloo Dum for a comfort Sunday brunch. … [Read more...]
Punjabi Sabut Moong Dal
This Punjabi Sabut Moong Dal with the goodness of ginger and spiciness of garam masala is the perfect accompaniment to any meal. Add a dash of lime on the top and enjoy it with either rice or phulkas! The Punjabi Sabut Moong Dal is one of the many dals of the Punjabi cuisine and if there is one thing I love the most about Punjabi cuisine is its extensive use of dals aka lentils. There is no meal which passes by without a dal in the menu and there are no two days the same dal is made. This … [Read more...]
Cabbage and Methi Paranthas
Cabbage and Methi Paranthas with some oats barns are high on the health factor and perfect for breakfast and lunchbox! Paranthas are the family's favorite breakfast, so I am constantly trying to come up with combinations and flavours. These cabbage and methi paranthas that I created for Archana's Kitchen, a few months ago, are a big hit with everyone. The addition of oat bran gives it a fiber hit which is needed for the perfect kickstart to the day. These are perfect for school lunch boxes as … [Read more...]
Gourmet Meals at Home : Chefkraft, Review and a Giveaway
My review of Chefkraft : Gourmet Meals at Home! I tried out Chefkraft and here is why I think it is a brilliant idea. Most of us would love the experience of a great meal alongside the comfort of our own home, whether it is while entertaining friends or a romantic dinner for two or a couple of teens that want to party at home. It is a pleasure to whip up gourmet stuff, but more often than not home cooks are worried, which recipes from the hundreds of versions available online would work … [Read more...]
Four Points By Sheraton, Whitefield, Bangalore
Four Points by Sheraton at Bangalore is a great place to stay if you are on business trips to Bangalore! The other day I was discussing with N on what makes business hotel a good business hotel. Something that stands out, something you would like to go back to again, frequently on business trips. I have been traveling on work a lot working on an exciting new consulting project. Setting up the menu of an upcoming restaurant, but more on that later. So this travel made me think yet again, as I … [Read more...]
Yauatcha : Bangalore & A New Dimsum Destination
Yauatcha in Bangalore is an interesting destination to try out Dimsums! So the Michelin star famed dimsum house "Yauatcha" opened its door to people in Bangalore in September and of course, I had to go try it and I went. The original or the first branch of Yauatcha in London is a Michelin star dimsum room, though India is not affiliated with the Michelin star body, Yauatcha says that they are trying to maintain the same standards as the one at London. Till India gets associated with the … [Read more...]