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Monthly Archives: August 2014
Mango – Bitter gourd pickle
One of my trip to Golden Temple, Amritsar, Punjab, India, I happened to taste a pickle with bitter gourd. Intriguing !!! It was deliciously flavored with the tangy-ness of the raw mango along with hand pounded spices ❤ The eatery … Continue reading
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Tagged bitter gourd, fennel seeds, Mango, mustard oil, mustard seeds, nigella, pickle
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Liebster Award
This award is from my friend and fellow blogger Vidya And again i am more than a month late in thanking and nominating this award. My apologies. Receiving an award, for a new blogger wet behind her ears 😉 , … Continue reading
The Dragon Loyalty Award
For a new blogger me, awards spells encouragement, acceptance and motivation. I am glad to surrounded by friends and people who thought me deserving enough to nominate. I am more than a month late to post this with many many … Continue reading
Shahi paneer/ Cottage cheese in tomato-dry fruit gravy
Cottage cheese or what we Indians call ‘paneer’ , is cooked in innumerable ways. Every region, household adds it’s own touch to this. It is ‘shahi’ – meaning Royal 🙂 A must for every vegetarian household 🙂 It is considered … Continue reading
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Tagged cashew nut paste, cooking, cottage cheese, fresh cream, independence day platter, independence day theme, tomato puree
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Beetroot dumplings in spinach gravy
Beetroot is one of the most underestimated root vegetable. Besides being healthy, it is also the source of natural dye. This was a part of my Independence day platter. This is just another interesting way to eat beetroot. The choice … Continue reading
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Tagged beetroot dumplings, carom seeds, chickpea flour, cooking, independence day, independence day platter, spinach paste, yogurt
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Independence day platter
This is next in the series of Independence day special platter. The theme here is the color of the national flag. Saffron, white and green, are the colors of our national flag. The flag was designed by Pingli Venkayya. All … Continue reading
Tri- color pearls fried rice
Celebration time !!! 😀 15 August 1947, India rang in it’s independent status from being a British Colony !! India has been invaded several times, ruled for 331 years by the Mughals, followed by the British for another almost 100 … Continue reading
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Tagged 15 august, basmati rice, cinnamon, cooking, cottage cheese, fried onions, fried rice, independence day, star anise, tri color theme
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Spinach Kadhi with Potato fritters
At times i feel like the Wicked Witch of the East irritated and frustated, and generally feel low 😦 Why i feel like this ? So far the self -analysed answers are several……..PMS, stress at work, dirty internal office politics … Continue reading
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Tagged asafoetida, boiled potato, buttermilk, chickpea flour, cooking, curry leaves, fritters, kadhi, spinach
12 Comments
Festive Platter
I love doing ‘platters’ ❤ .Not just because i love the variety but also i love to mix -n -match with traditional and non -traditional food from other regions of the country. 🙂 This is start of the platter series……. … Continue reading
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Tagged almonds, arhar, asafetida, cooking, dhokar dalna, dolma, fiesta friday #28, kasoori methi, malpua, matka, milk, muri ghonto, mutton, pistachios, platter, pointed gourd, potato, rakshabandhan, split bengal gram, spring onion, sugar, syrup, the novice gardener, tomato gravy
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Sweet corn kebabs
Corn has been growing in India for more than thousand years, but it was revolutionized as a coarse grain crop when Europeans arrived. There are unlimited recipes floating around the internet. There is always something new and interesting to make … Continue reading
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Tagged bell peppers, boiled potato, cheddar cheese, cooking, coriander, corn, ginger, pepper
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