Wishing you a fun-filled, healthy, happy, peaceful new year.
Today’s entry to the weekly marathon is going to be a quick one – chana masala which is a staple at our home.
1 cup black chana/desi chana, soaked overnight or for 6-8 hours and pressure cooked
1 onion, finely chopped
1 tomato, finely chopped
A few springs of coriander leaves, finely chopped
1 tsp of rai (mustard seeds)
1/2 tsp [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Ghughra is one of the traditional mithai prepared during Diwali in Gujarat/Maharashtra. Different versions of ghughra are pretty popular with various names all over the country. Kopra and khoya are two popular stuffings. I prepared the one that is common at home – with kopra stuffing. This version stays fresh for longer and I associate [...]
The milk delivery system in our house works thus. We have prepaid coupons that we buy before hand from the doodhwala. Every night (or early morning) we hang a bag outside the door with the milk coupons. Jitni zaroorat utne coupons! And poof! the milk bags appear magically in the morning.
The system works fine and [...]
As promised, I am back from a hiatus. Had a nice vacation at home and this recipe of a sweet called Malpua is going to mark the beginning of a series of recipes, all by my mother. Every time I visit home, I am reminded of at least a couple of delicacies, that were fairly [...]