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Monthly Archives: June 2014
Fire down the throat – Stuffed chili fritters/ pakoda
Pakodas, in any form, type 😉 are favorite of every India. There exits no vegetable of which we cannot make pakodas/fritters 😛 This one of my favorite food which i serve whenever me and my girlies meet 😀 The gossiping … Continue reading
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Tagged bengal gram powder, boiled potato, chilies, cooking, fritters, onion, reading, red chili powder, rice powder
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Pickled Cucumbers
I have fond memories of my first Subway ❤ I realized that there are many different kind of sauces besides the tomato and mustard 😉 and also there are few things called pickled onion, cucumbers etc. I always loved those … Continue reading
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Tagged chili flakes, cooking, cucumbers, garlic, peppercorns, pickle, reading, salt, something's cooking, sugar, vinegar
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Pickled Eggs
Pickling is one of my passion but this one was a pleasant surprise 😀 Pickled eggs ??? :O I was asked this question a few weeks back by a foodie friend living in my neighborhood. Seeing my nonplussed expression, she … Continue reading
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Tagged beetroot, cardamom, cooking, eggs, lemongrass, onion, pickle, pickled eggs, reading, sugar, vinegar
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Leftover maggi sandwich
Maggi !! Maggi !!! Maggi !!!! 😀 Fast to cook, good to eat 😉 runs the tagline of this Nestle product 🙂 Despite the pros and cons of this ‘not so 2 minute’ noodle, it has reigned over the heart … Continue reading
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Tagged bread, cooking, fresh almonds, grill, leftover, maggi, mayonnaise, mustard sauce, pickled cabbage and carrots, pickled egg, reading, sandwich
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Parwal mithai / Sweet n stuffed pointed gourd
Food experimentation is endless and timeless. For centuries food has evolved with the ever evolving humankind 🙂 The evolving part of food can be roughly summarized to necessity and curiosity. What i present today may have evolved out of man’s … Continue reading
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Tagged almomds, cardamom, cooking, ganga, khowa, mishti, mithai, parwal, pistachios, pointed gourds, reading, something cooking, sugar, varanasi
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Tangy shallot/button onion pickle
This pickle was on my “to do” list for more than year 😉 I have very happy memories of this pickle making at hometown, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India. Nostalgia !!! Made this pickle from my memories of aromas, taste buds, … Continue reading
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Tagged button onion, cooking, fennel seeds, lime juice, mustard oil, mustard seeds, nigella, onion, pickle, red chili powder, shallots, tangy
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Mango – chick pea pickle
Chick- peas are grown mainly in scanty rain areas of the country. It is a rain-fed crop, hence it is an important protein source in the diet of those regions. Chick -peas are used/cooked in thousands of ways not only … Continue reading
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Tagged asafoetida, chick pea, cooking, fenugreek, Mango, mango pickle, mango season, Middle Eastern countries, mustard oil, mustard seeds, reading, tumeric
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Mango and garlic pickle
The mango season starts approximately around the beginning of April and we definitely produce the best mangoes in the world, raw or ripe 🙂 India shares more than 56 % of the mango production in the world. It is estimated … Continue reading
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Tagged cooking, fenugreek, garlic, India, mango pickle, mango season, mustard seeds, reading, red chili powder, salt, sesame oil, something cooking, tumeric
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green chili pickle
I am in love with pickling 😀 I open my pickling season in February to June. Pickles for me depends on my childhood memories, sense of aroma and my taste buds. Hence, i experiment a lot. Most of the times, … Continue reading
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Tagged chili, cooking, fenugreek, lime, mustard oil, mustard seeds, pickles, reading, salt, tumeric
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Random clicks at Delhi Haat
We got super excited with our new DSLR camera 😉 Hence planned a trip -browsing -shopping -munching, in other words a day of fun 😀 Though majority pics have been clicked by Pakhi, but she wants me to use them…… … Continue reading
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Tagged bangles, bicycle, delhi, DSLR camera, falooda, lattu, musings at random, photography, reading, shopping
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