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Beans – aloo chorchori – French beans and potatoes
Chorchori is just a Bengali way of using leftover vegetables. Though it tastes great with fresh vegetables too. Chorchori has no defined recipe, it evolves from kitchen to kitchen as per availability of vegetables and taste buds. If I look … Continue reading
Stuffed Teasel Gourd – Pur Bhora Kakrol
Teasel gourds are not commonly grown around the world. This vegetable is Indo – Malayan and is grown in India, Bangladesh and some neighboring countries. Rich source of carotene and protein, it is cooked in several ways and most of … Continue reading
Natal plum aka Karonda pickle
Natal plums are nearly all round fruits of a tree known as ‘killer’. The tree is considered by many as weed tree, though the fruit is deliciously tangy. to the unknown, an overdose of this fruit may be suicidal. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carissa_macrocarpa … Continue reading
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Tagged asafoetida, fennel, karonda, mustard oil, mustard seeds, natal plum, pickle
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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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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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