…dian street food is tantalizing & addictive. It is also a favorite in Mumbai as well as Pune. I have fond memories of relishing Bhel Paapdi Puri as a child.. I still distinctly remember the Bhel Puriwalla who came with his cart everyday to the place where I lived. He was Maharashtrian. He wore his traditional dhoti-kurta & Gandhi topi. He wore impeccably clean white clothes & his cart was very clean. He also sold chikki which he wei…
…and freeze. To Freeze Pesto: Pour the pesto sauce in ice trays, top with olive oil, cover with cling film and freeze. Once frozen, remove the cubes, store in a zip loc bag, label with date and the weight of each cube of pesto and re-freeze. Thaw the required cubes of pesto when ready to use….
…t crust pastry are a popular Christmas sweet especially among the Bombay / Mumbai East Indian Community. Dates and nuts are healthy, nutritious and has immense medicinal value. They are power packed with energy are an instant pick me up. They are a perfect combination in several interesting recipes. My friend Maria Rose from Jaipur wanted me to post this recipe of Date Rolls since a very long time. Now that Christmas is just around the corner, she…
…8220;Sarpatel” prepared by Mangaloreans and East Indians of Bombay / Mumbai differs as well. Each household in Goa also have their own unique way of preparing it. However, it is the type of Chillies with or without seeds that will determine how fiery hot or mildly hot the Vindaloo or Sorpotel would be. There are variations to a Goan Sorpotel too. Different villages of Goa have their own variety of chillies which they use and this reflects in…
…araswat cuisine, Mangalorean cuisine and East Indian community of Bombay / Mumbai for fish curries and sea food. Speaking of curries, I think, Goan Fresh Bombil Ambot Tik is preferred to a regular curry with bombil. Some may differ but in my home we always made an Ambot Tik if we ever wanted to enjoy a curry with fresh Bombil. Sometimes, a simple non-spicy curry would be cooked for us; especially for kids and invalids. Personally, I always preferr…
…wa cake is truly a satisfying one. I just can’t get enough of it. Pune and Mumbai is blessed with Irani bakeries par excellence and good quality mawa cake is easily available. Besides, most Indian sweets are mawa based and mawa is prepared the traditional way almost every day to create Indian mithai. Making mawa / khoya / khoa in the traditional way is time consuming but very delicious. Quick mawa making in a microwave with milk, ghee and milk pow…
…d go on a picnic to Lonavla, Khandala, Malavli or Karjat or even travel to Mumbai or Goa you would find vendors selling homemade ginger candy cubes wrapped in white tissue paper or kite paper which were neatly arranged in metal chocolate or biscuit tins. Even today while travelling in winter or rainy season you will hear the vendor shout out loud in Marathi in Maharashtra… “Ale Paak… Ale Paak” and draw your attention to those neatly wrapped lovely…
…ional sweet prepared at Christmas by the East Indian Community of Bombay / Mumbai. There are quite a few variations to this popular and much loved sweet. Cordial is like a barfi but with the inclusion of lightly beaten egg whites. The addition of aromatic rose water takes it a notch higher to make it an exquisite preparation with a touch of royalty. Since coconut is so very essential in Goan Cuisine especially in sweets, I made this beautiful Coco…
…this recipe actually originated in Sion Koliwada (fisherman’s village) in Mumbai by a North Indian immigrant from Punjab. These deep fried and crunchy prawns are recognized by their signature red/orange color. Prawn Koliwada tastes delicious and is excellent as an appetizer. It is a perfect accompaniment with cocktails or a cold beer. You can adjust the spices (especially the chilli powder) to suit your palate. The freshness of the prawns makes a…
I recently went to Mumbai & asked my sons to boil the milk in the evening but they forgot about it & the milk curdled. The immediate reaction of many, in this situation, is to discard the milk. However, I make a lot of sweets using curdled milk. So whenever the milk curdles, my boys are delighted as they know I will either make rasgullas, rasmalai, angoori malai or milk cake out of it. We all love Bengali sweets, is’nt it ? We just can’t…