I have already conquered the gujiyas... and very close on its heels (like the same day).... was the mighty Samosa!!! So here's the dope on that.... Filling: We made VEG peas and potato filling. Very simple, non-spicy so kids could also have it. But I'll tell you some alternatives. Masalas we used: Salt, garam masala, jeera powder. Use…
So this Holi I tried Gujiyas at home... with Mom, and maid's help of course... I was a bit scared to try it on my own... Mom gathered up the initial enthu!! Well... to my surprise it quite easy !! (Funny how that comes to you when you have been avoiding it for years)!! So I thought…
Ok, here;s a recipe that I improvised from Rouxbe (http://rouxbe.com/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&type=recipes&q=chicken+saltimbocca) It's much easier to cook recipes from cookbooks and websites now : 1) Ingredients are now more easily available and 2) The authors make sure they provide the Indian name, or a recipe to make something (so there are recipes within recipes)... it still took much longer than I…
When you have repeated bouts of sneezing, runny nose, and chills (and in my case a sore throat), what do you think of .... like every other minute??? No, not your GP, not sleep, not a hug by your sweetheart... I want a nice cuppa hot tea!! Now going by the no. of blogs on…
A friend recently put up a post on FB (where else?) asking everyone about their comfort food… Now, comfort food in that string of comments was decribed as: “foods that make you go uuuuuuuummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm..... and make you tingle!!”; “things that remind one of childhood” and “lift-me-up foods”. So now you all have an idea of…
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