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by Monika

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Sweet Potato and Rocket Salad with Hung Curd Dressing

Roasted +sweet potato and rocket salad with hung curd dressing. This is a salad you will fall in love with and ready in under 30 minutes as well ! I love sweet potato and I have very fond memories of the shakarkandi chaat being sold on the Delhi roads. The spicy, tart and sweet all balanced so well and sweet potato slow roasted in sand. There is no other street food that quite matches up to the comfort of Shakarkandi chaat and I am always looking at more and more ways to use this humble … [Read more...]

Aloo Mutter Gobhi ki Tehri

Aloo Mutter Gobhi ki Tehri is a comforting and soulful one pot meal from Uttar Pradesh. A form of pulao but more flavourful! While growing up, I had a neighbour friend who hailed from Uttar Pradesh and like all kids and teenagers do, I used to enjoy eating food in his house more than mine. There used to be a joy in ducking mum and eating that Sunday lunch at his house. A lot of those Sunday lunches used to feature a humble aloo mutter gobhi ki tehri and curd.     In the … [Read more...]

The Fruit Cake From My Childhood

This Tutti-Fruity Fruit Cake from my childhood is  one of the strongest food memory I have from childhood. The sweetness of the cake with its pretty tutti fruity bits in the middle just makes me so happy and reminds me of the carefree days of childhood. Regular readers of this blog and the ones who have read any of my interview's in media have often heard about a tutty fruity fruit cake that my mom used to bake. That I grew up eating as a child. It is one of the strongest food memory I have … [Read more...]

A Trip To The City of Golden Temple And Mind-blowing Food

Feeling the sublime peace at The Golden Temple, being confused about Attari-Wagah border and eating like there is a no tomorrow, and oh yes shopping for Phulkari - the trip was such fun, I cannot begin to tell you- Taking you all along the beautiful memories of my trip to Amritsar! I love Amritsar, it's always been one of my favourite cities in India in spite of being everything I really don't like in a city. It is dirty, it is famous as a religious destination but yet every time I visit the … [Read more...]

Gajar Gobhi Shalgam Ka Achaar- Two Ways

Gajar Gobhi Shalgam Ka Achar is what winter memories are made up, well...for me! Same vegetables but there are so many ways you can add spices to them and make them come alive! Here are two ways to make Gajar Gobhi Shalgam ka Achar. Winters always mean the sharp Punjabi pickles of red carrots, turnip and fresh cauliflower coming together to form amazing pickles. I remember how every winter, the freshest of produce would be bought and huge quantities of the pickles would be made multiple … [Read more...]

Sakkara Pongal : Sweetened Rice & Lentil Pudding

What is Pongal without the Sakkara Pongal - rice and roasted moong dal which is sweetened with some jaggery! Make this Pongal special with this Sakkara Pongal! This morning while I was cooking Sakkara Pongal, for the child who demanded we make it today, since we are traveling tomorrow,  I was thinking I will share it online too I realised I haven't posted it on blog at all. What a shame since it, truly, is one of my favorite South Indian desserts!   So here is Sakkara Pongal, a … [Read more...]

Winter in a bowl : Carrot, Radish & Peas Salad

A salad that screams winter! Carrot, Radish & Peas Salad which come together with an Indian dressing, to create a perfect winter dish! I eat a LOT of salads at home but somehow I only get around sharing salads on instagram (follow me there BTW, if you aren't already. Some fun food and travel stuff). This year with a promise to myself to share more recipes, I will do 52 salads, one a week. Looks doable. Fingers crossed that this will happen. What better than starting off with this carrot, … [Read more...]

Indian Style Scrambled Eggs (Anda Bhurji)

Indian style scrambled eggs aka. Anda Bhurji is full of health and deliciousness! High on proteins and really quick to make too! A great breakfast idea! Anda bhurji is probably India's answer to the ever famous scrambled eggs. Sautéed onions and tomatoes combined with chillies and other spices, make a delightful high protein breakfast with toast! Or eat it to make a wholesome and delicious lunch or dinner with a parantha. I have many memories of college days and early working days, … [Read more...]

Punjabi Choore

Punjabi Choore is a traditional sweet made out of leftover paranthas or rotis by crumbling and pounding them coarsely and stir frying them with ghee, sugar, dry fruits and nuts. Punjabi Choore is specially given to young kids in the winter season as ghee is known to warm the body and keep young ones from catching cold. This Punjabi style, sweet, crumbled dessert is also a great way to use up leftover rotis the next day. You can even eat this as an indulgent mid-morning snack or pack it for your … [Read more...]