For me, Calcutta is synonymous with jhaal muri. I had my first jhaal muri there and though the mustard oil taste was a bit strange at first, I fell in love with it. There were jhaal muri walas everywhere – at bus stations, inside local trains, at all cross roads. I never missed a chance [...]
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Gulab jamuns
Yo! Today it’s gulab jamun time, my favouritest dessert of all times. One of the best gulab jamuns I’ve had was from a famous shop in the narrow streets of Jaisalmer, where I had gone on a “study tour” from college. They were huge, and cost a whopping 10 Rs per piece (this was more [...]
Lemon Rice
A very dear friend from Coorg who’s now a hotshot chef, used to prepare this fragrant lemon rice in a jiffy, especially when we had left over rice. Brings back so many memories from the days when I had just started working and she was still studying. We shared the same dingy PG (paying guest [...]
Corn bhajia
The best part about knowing a little bit of cooking is that you can whip up a dish that you have a sudden craving for at 4 pm. And trust me in spite of there being all kinds of good restaurants in the vicinity, none could provide me with hot deep fried bhajias at chai [...]
Eggless Plum/Fruit Cake ~Xmas Special
What’s a Christmas without gorging on rich moist yummy plum cakes! Come December and the husband takes it upon himself to hunt down the perfect Xmas plum cake and picks up plum cakes from all over the town. In Bangalore the only perfect plum cake I’ve had is that from the Taj’s Sugar and [...]
Vegetable biryani ~
When I came across this vegetable biryani recipe at Show me the curry, I had to try it, given the husband’s unconditional love for anything biryani.
If I may say so myself, the biryani was light, colourful and loaded with all the good stuff. I served the biryani with some onion raita and chips and it [...]
Nan Khatai
I have baked these gorgeous cookies called Nan Khatai from Nupur’s Happy Burp many times and they have always turned out perfect! I didn’t let the dough rest for a few hours as the original recipe suggests without any problem.
To make nan khatai, you’ll need
1. 2 cups of maida
2. 3/4 to 1 cup of powdered [...]
Cholafali
Here’s another traditional yet simple Diwali farsaan recipe.
To make cholafali you’ll need
1. Besan (Gram flour) – 3 cups
2. Urad dal flour – 1 1/3 cups
3. Oil for deep frying
4. Soda bicarbonate – a pinch or 1/2 tsp
4. Salt
5. Chilly powder
6. Rock salt
Add the soda and salt to half a cup of boiling water. Once the [...]
Handvo muffins
I’ve been down with a terrible cold and headache since the last couple of days. After two horrible days of the attacks on Mumbai, I wanted to do something normal, bring some normalcy back in life – to do something other than constantly checking on the situation at Mumbai.
So this is what I did. I [...]
Bataka wada – Raipur Bhajia House Style
Any Amdavadi worth his/her salt will swear by Raipur na bhajia. Non-resident Amdavadis like me, would kill for a plate of Raipur bhajiyas, even when they are in the city just for a few hours. The Raipur Bhajia House near the Raipur Darwaza at Ahmedabad sells the best bhajias in the city. The menu is [...]