In Indian when someone says सलाद / salaad (it is pronounced exactly the way that it is written here) it implies a bowl of salad comprising primarily onions, cucumber […]
DAHI PHULKI – दही फुल्की (Chickpea Flour Fritters Chaat – TWO WAYS)
Summers and a chilled bowl of yogurt is very soothing and cooling and when the bowl of yogurt gets augmented / upgraded with besan pakoda (chickpea fritters) then […]
SABUDANA SEEKH KEBAB w/ SPICY MANGO DIP – साबूदाना सीख कबाब (Tapioca Pearl Seekh Kebabs)
It is usually the Sabudana Vada (Sago Pearl Fritters) or the Sabudana Khichdi (Sago Pearl Savoury Porridge) that are amongst the more sought after dishes during the Navratri. […]
RASBHARI CHUTNEY – रसभरी की चट्नी (Cape Gooseberry Chutney)
After having posted a vegetarian main dish for Holi, I am posting this rasbhari aka cape gooseberry chutney since I could not resist buying these seasonal beauties. They […]
AAM KI LAUNJI – आम की लौंजी (Spicy Mango Chutney)
The recipe for this chutney has been in my draft folder for over four years now and somehow could never make it to the blog. Now that I […]
PANCH PHORAN TOMATO CHUTNEY- पंचफोरन टमाटर की चटनी (Indian 5-Spice Tomato Chutney)
This is a repost of this chutney which I had uploaded during the very first year of my blogging. I had lost pictures of many recipes a few […]
KAIRI CHHUNDO / AAM CHHUNDA / आम छुन्दा (Hot & Sweet Pickled Green Mango) – no cook & oil free
The whiff of raw green mangoes invariably takes me to my childhood. Unlike many typical Indian girls who love eating kairi (raw green mangoes) or tamarind I was never […]
KESAR THANDAI COOKIES / केसर ठंडाई बिस्कुट (Eggless Spicy Shortbread Cookies)
“…Time goes by so slowly, and time can do so much…” These lines written by Hy Zaret for the song Unchained Melodies certainly do not apply to the […]