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Kundapur Ghee Roast and Announcing The Kitchen Divas

One of the most famous chicken recipes from Karnataka - The Kundapur Ghee Roast. This will shine on your table each time you make it. Perfect with beer or with parantha! First up, let me wish you all a very Happy 2015! May you all have peace, happiness, travel, good food (like this Kundapur Ghee Roast!) and whatever else you wish for in the coming year. Also with a brand new year, I have some brand new news for you all. So some time ago, Archana invited Neha, Nandita, Hina and … [Read more...]

The Unbeatable Pahadi Mutton and a new found love for cookbooks

A recipe for the spectacular and slow cooked Pahadi mutton which is such a star dish! While you may not end up making it often, that occasional indulgence is so worth it! So if you spoke to me last year cookbooks, you would most probably heard the statement, "Oh I am so done with them. I find cookbooks boring" and the likes. I went into that phase around two years ago and the phase lasted for a good year or so. I think, then came this new breed of cookbooks (or may be I just got introduced to … [Read more...]

Pal ka Dhabha : Chandigarh

A wonderful Dhabha at Chandigarh! If you are at Chandigarh, definitely visit Pal ka Dhabha! Some meals stay with you, some meals urge you to get that post going ASAP even if you are actually in a vacation :) Our experience at Pal ka Dhabha was something like that. We are currently vacationing at Tirthan Valley in Himachal Pradesh and we drove down here from Delhi in my dad's Alto. We decided to break the journey and halt at Chandigarh for the night since it would have been a 12 hour drive … [Read more...]

Karuveppilai Podi : Curry Leaves Podi

Karuveppilai podi or curry leaves podi is a super healthy podi (powder) which you can make in bulk and store in air tight containers! This podi tastes delicious with rice, idlis, dosas or any dish that you fancy! Some days ago, we trimmed a part of our healthy curry leaf tree since it was growing very big and we were unable to even reach the top of the tree. We, at home. love curry leaves in our food and in curry leaf chutney. But this much harvest surely needed something else to be done to it … [Read more...]

Apple Cinnamon Hot Cross Buns

Apple Cinnamon Hot Cross Buns are best served with some tea and coffee! The perfect tea-time accompaniment! A is for apples. And it's been like that as long as I can think of. That is what I was taught in school so I will stick to that today too :) This Apple Cinnamon Hot Cross Buns is my start to the A-Z blogging on baking! And with this, 20 days after I promised I am starting the A-Z blogging on Baking. 26 recipes, tips and more from A - Z. Apples, apart from keeping the … [Read more...]

Herb Crusted Fish with Cape Gooseberry Sauce

Herb Crusted Fish with Cape Gooseberry Sauce is one of those dishes which will make you go wow! An amazing way to use those fresh cape gooseberries which are in season :) While I indulge in imported berries, I gorge on the Indian one as well. Like mulberry and currently in seasonm cape gooseberry. Also known as Physalis aka rasbhari as it was called, while I was growing up in Delhi. I have been eating cape gooseberry by the kilo, making jams and preserves out of it. Then the other day, I made a … [Read more...]

Bathua Raita : Eating your Greens

Super easy to make - the crunch of the tadka and the hit of heeng along with green chillies take this simple yet delectable dish to the next level - the versatility of this Bathua raita is amazing too! I love my greens, in every way. Mixed in dals, in salads, in paranthas as saags and in raitas. Actually especially in raitas. Bathua’s scientific name is Chenopodium album and is commonly known as Lamb's Quarters in English. It is also known as pigweed, goosefoot, and wild spinach. It is a very … [Read more...]

Remembering My Granny and Channa Dal Stuffed Karelas

While Karelas are not everyone's favorite vegetables, I have some amazing memories of my granny associated with these channa dal stuffed karelas. The channa dal stuffed karelas are a labour of love, but trust me, this is one recipe which will make even a I-do-not-like-Karela person into a Oh-but-this-is-a-great-way-to-eat-them person :) I have said it over here many times before that food is 50% nostalgia and everything else comes in the rest of the 50% and a huge part of that … [Read more...]

Mangalore In my Kitchen : Jane DSouza’s Delightful Cookbook : Curry Leaves Chutney

Curry leaves chutney made Mangalore style! It is delicious with dosas, idlis, paranthas and we even have it as a dip at home! A while ago I had posted that I am looking for some books exploring the Marathi cuisine. I got a lot of recommendations and at the same time Ruth told me about her mom's book which is basically a book specialising in Mangalorean cuisine. Now, N is a huge fan of Mangalorean cuisine and the child has taken a big liking to it as well. But then they have 100% similar taste … [Read more...]