Recipes from Punjab : Raoh Ki kheer (sugar cane juice kheer)
Punjab is a land of sugarcane, we love and adore eating it by itself. Making jaggery out of it which is eaten all through the winter months after meals spiced up … Continue reading
Lucknow/Awadhi Recipes : Tikkia & Alu
While reading Tehzeeb if there is one recipe that haunted me it was tikkia and alu, I have never had it before and the picture in the book looked droolworthy. Also … Continue reading
Hurali Kalu Saaru (Horse Gram Curry)
Horse gram was a legume that back home in Delhi we used to eat in winters and that too very rarely. Somehow dad never liked it too much and mum … Continue reading
Cholia ka Nimona : Mashed Garbanzo beans curry
So the next recipe in the Cholia series is Cholia ka Nimona, now this is not a recipe that my mum used to make. I never even knew about Nimona … Continue reading
The Unbeatable Pahadi Mutton and a new found love for cookbooks
So if you spoke to me last year cookbooks, you would most probably heard the statement, “Oh I am so done with them. I find cookbooks boring” and the likes. I … Continue reading
Bathua Raita : Eating your Greens
I love my greens, in every way. Mixed in dals, in salads, in paranthas as saags and in raitas. Actually specially in raitas. Bathua scientific name, Chenopodium album and commonly known … Continue reading
Remembering my granny and Channa Dal Stuffed Karelas
I have said it over here many times before, food is 50% nostalgia and everything else comes in the rest of the 50% and a huge part of that nostalgia … Continue reading
Nimona : Banarsi Style Mashed Green Peas Curry
Last week, I was in one of my I am bored of everything moods. I get these attacks once in a while where the usual chicken, fish, dal and sabji’s … Continue reading