Achaar Gosht
- 01
- January
- 2009
Mutton Acahari Curry Achaar Gosht. Mutton in Rich Pickle style Curry. Mutton Curry with Pickling Spices.Mutton with bitter tasting spices curry. Being a South Indian, I rarely make Gosht recipe at home. Always appreciated Northies pickles, although same spices, they make it different from southerners. When there is no mood for hot southern version, I […]
Meat Balls – Desi Touch
- 01
- January
- 2009
Ingredients 1 cup minced meat 1 tsp ginger-garlic paste salt to taste 1/2 tsp garam masala powder 1 tsp chili powder 3 green chilies, finely chopped 1 onion, grated few cilantro leaves few mint leaves oil for shallow frying Method Mix all the above mentioned ingredients together (except oil) and let this stand for couple […]
Baby Corn Crispies
- 31
- December
- 2008
Baby Corn Crispies: Finger Corn. Baby Corn Fritters. Baby Corn Pakoda. Baby Corn 65. Fried Baby Corn. Crispy Fried Corn Fingers. Corn Fingers. I always appreciated finger foods. Its easy to fix, nice to pop-in!!!:) Since it was always pouring outside last week, I was kind of shut down at home, had lots of visitors […]
Creamy Saffron Chicken Soup
- 31
- December
- 2008
Creamy Saffron Chicken Soup: Saffron/Zaffron is one of the costliest spice/herb in the world. It costs more than Gold! These are actually flower’s anthers…..a fine strand that holds up the pollen grains! So….if one needs a gram of saffron, he needs to pluck at least 10,000 flowers. Now you know….why it is so expensive! These […]
Veg Puffs
- 30
- December
- 2008
Vegetable Puffs: Veg Puffs. Spicy Puffs. As usual another rainy day snack! Yeah got little better in making puff pastry(after few trial and error with egg puffs). To look at the method of making puff pastry sheets, please go through my ‘Egg Puffs’ article! I don’t want to re do the whole thing! Ingredients: For […]
Chana Salad
- 26
- December
- 2008
Chana Sundal:(Marwadi Style) Mommy occasionally used to make this Chana Sundal. She said…this recipe was inspired by her business partner, Subaras Mal’s wife. Mrs.Subaras is a great cook….she used to send us over ‘Marwadi Mitthai, Soft chappathis, Cilantro chutney……’. As a kid, always appreciated her food! Wonder what? without adding any strong spices, she used […]
Alfalfa Lemon Rice
- 21
- December
- 2008
When a seed holds up a tuff cover, packed with high protein and carbohydrate! Upon germination(a crucial period of sudden raise in their active molecules). At the expense of some protein it gets converted into all essential vitamins! Since a germinating plant needs all support for growth(survival of the fittest)….it is boosted with vitamin A, […]
Fish in Mangoes, Tamarind based Curry
- 21
- December
- 2008
Koravai Meen Kuzhambu: Fish Curry using Mangoes & Tamarind. Daddy’s Meen Kuzhambu!:) Serotonin: Another important neurotransmitter that is found in our brain cells. Serotonin is responsible for well- being, content, happiness, brings about feelings of calm, feel good, emotional well-being and satisfaction. When we have necessary amount of serotonin, it brings that ‘Satiated’ feelings. The […]
Vegetable Manchurian
- 18
- December
- 2008
Vegetable Manchurian: Veg Manchurian. Restaurnat Style Veg Manchurian. Being a carnivore….never appreciated veggie food in the restaurant. But very rarely do order veg’ appetizers and soup for my friends(almost all my friends were vegetarians, during college). So only on such occasions, came across some delightful veg recipes, purely practised only in restaurants…..got to say ‘veg […]
Chili Prawns / Chili Shrimps – Restaurant Style
- 18
- December
- 2008
hen it comes to finger food, first thing comes to mind is this cocktail shrimps. Its not pricey and also comes in handy package! As a spice lover, I made them in an Indian style. Who doesn’t like hot & spicy, palate hitting food, during rainy evenings!!! Ingredients Shrimps 100-200 grams Salt Chili powder […]
