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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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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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Jamai Shashthi / Bengali festival of ‘Son -in -law’ day
Jamai means ‘son -in -law’ in Bengali. Shashthi means ‘sixth’. Both together means a special day celebrated for the son -in -law and daughter in the sixth month of the year i.e, June. On this day, Goddess Shashthi, protector of … Continue reading
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Tagged bangal, begun, bengali, Bhaja, chatni, chitoi pitha, cholar dal, cooking, dalna, jamai, jhola gur, keema, kundru, mustard oil, pumpkin, reading, rice, shukto, something cooking
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Tahri / Junglee Vegetable Fried Rice
Inspiration has no prescribed source, and i am inspired and motivated by many. My friend and fellow blogger Sonal Gupta, http://simplyvegetarian777.wordpress.com/ is one of my biggest inspiration source behind my blogging. 🙂 going through the novice gardener, co-hosts Elaine@foodbod, Julianna@foodie … Continue reading
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Tagged cauliflower, cooking, fiesta friday, fiesta friday #21, fried onions, garlic, peas, reading, recipe, rice, simplyvegetarian777, something cooking, Sonal Gupta, Tahri, tumeric
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Rice Vermicelli Upma
I had accidently brought a pack of MTR rice vermicelli. I had been making the refined flour variety and also the whole wheat flour variety of the same brand over the years, but some- how i had missed the rice … Continue reading
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Tagged cooking, egg, reading, rice, something cooking, upma, vegetables, vermicelli
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Hariyali Paneer biriyani/ cottage cheese biriyani
Shopping is such a loved activity by all females 😉 Did that sound like a MCP comment?? it is. This is a tagline hubby quotes whenever we three go shopping !!! But we two females in his life, know when … Continue reading
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Tagged basmati rice, biriyani, cooking, cottage cheese, edible color, onions, paneer, pickled eggs, reading, something cooking, yogurt
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