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Green peas is known as matar in Hindi and pachai pattani in Tamil. Fresh, tender green peas are relatively low in calories on comparison to beans, and cowpeas. 100 g of green peas carry just 81 calories, and no cholesterol. They are good sources of protein, vitamins, and soluble as well as insoluble fiber. It’sRead more about Peas Pulao[…]
Bangladeshi dish. The basic ingredient for this dish is yogurt. Vegetables or fruits or combination of vegetables and fruits can be added to the yogurt. It can be used as a dip or sauce or salad. The yogurt may be seasoned with coriander, mint, and other herbs and spices. Cucumber and yogurt are perfect summer ingredients. It’s helpsRead more about Cucumber and Pomegranate Raita[…]
Am enjoying my stay at my sister’s place and her cooking. It’s good to a take break from day to day chores, though after a day or two it’s becomes difficult to stay away from cooking. Today’s dinner is mixed vegetable subzi served with rotis. She made yummy hot phulkas and I made mixed vegetablesRead more about Mixed Vegetables In Rich Cashew And Coconut Gravy[…]
Cashew nuts are known as kaju in Hindi and mundhri paruppu in Tamil. Kaju Katli is one of the very famous traditional Indian sweet. You can hardly find anyone who is not fond of this sweet. I made this after many years. It came out really very well, almost like the mithai shop’s Katli. TheRead more about Kaju Katli[…]
Paneer Bhurji is a very delicious and a popular recipe of paneer. It’s very healthy and very easy to make and can be made in a jiffy. It’s good to use fresh and homemade paneer for this recipe. Today, I made this for lunch with a sweet twist. I have added some ripe sweet mangoes.Read more about Methi Mango Paneer Bhurji[…]
Pulao (sometimes spelt pulav) is a dish consisting of rice and commonly including peas, potatoes, beans carrots, lamb, beef, or chicken. It is usually served on special occasions and weddings. It’s very easy to make and can be made in a jiffy. The vegetables used for making pulao is actually one’s choice. Today I have usedRead more about Baby Corn and Shallots Pulao[…]
Lassi is a popular, traditional, yogurt based drink from India & Pakistan. Lassi is a blend of yogurt, water, spiced and sometimes, fruit. Traditional lassi is a savoury drink, sometimes flavoured with ground and roasted cumin( jeera). Sweet lassi, however, contains sugar or fruits, instead of spices. Lassi is our family’s favourite summer drink. Very often I make mango lassi as that’s the fruit ofRead more about Spiced Gulkand and Pomegranate Lassi[…]
Yesterday I bought some mangoes. While buying I decided that the breakfast for today will be puri with aam rus. It’s one of my very favourite breakfast. Since I had fresh peas too, I thought of making peas puris. Somehow, that idea led to kachoris. This is the first time am making kachoris. IRead more about Peas and Badam Kachoris[…]
Potato is known as Aloo in hindi and urulai kezhangu in tamil. Chickpeas is known as Chole in Hindi and konda Kadalai in Tamil. Tikki means cutlet or patties. Aloo Tikki with Chole is s very famous Chaat variety. My family is very fond of all varieties. It’s been a long time since I madeRead more about Aloo Tikki with Chole[…]
Ragda Patties is one of the very famous Mumbai street food( chaat variety). It is a healthy chat, rich in protein. Ragda is a gravy made of dried yellow peas which is poured over patties made of potatoes and topped with varieties of chutnies, chopped onions and sev. Today I have made patties with broccoli,Read more about Ragda with Broccoli, Corn and Potato Patties[…]
