…a lazy week end or you want to enjoy your holiday with minimum fuss about food or spend less time in your kitchen then you must consider this wonderful option. So organize your ingredients in advance & bring out your food processor to do the chopping & slicing or get help from your friends & family while you chat, bond & converse with each other & have a great time enjoying & relishing these crunchy spring rolls with this…
…oa is become so very commercial. Very few restaurants serve authentic Goan food and often, the price does not justify the portions and quality. Goa is synonymous with sea food but the best is available only in high end restaurants. The best fish is rarely available in the local markets. You will be really very lucky if you get the big catch of oysters, pomfrets, clams, mussels, prawns, lobsters, squids, etc. You will find all these listed on the m…
…onounced differently in various states of India too. It is a great comfort food. Many a time, babies are also weaned and fed as their first solid food. It is also given to persons recuperating from illness especially from fever and cold. In Goa, the village folk like to eat their hot bowl of Pez between 10 am and 11 am. Some Goan families also like to relish it in the evenings, before dinner time. Pez is bland and tasteless by itself so you need t…
…tly served at breakfast and evening tea.It is my absolute favorite comfort food. It is perfect with tea especially ginger tea (Adrakwali Chai). Even though traditional Maharashtrian style Kande Pohe and Batata Pohe is usually prepared and relished at home, it is easily available and served steaming hot in wayside restaurants and carts. You can customize your homemade savoury pohe / poha by fortifying and boosting the nutritive aspect by addition y…
…a rainy day or when it is really very cold & you long for some quick comfort food … Try this delicious spicy scrambled eggs for breakfast along with some warm buttered toast, which will definitely give a great head start to your day! Enjoy!! J Ingredients : 4 Eggs (lightly whisked) 3 med. Onions (peeled & finely chopped) 3 med. fresh Tomatoes(finely chopped) 2 fresh Green Chillies (deseeded & finely minced) 1 tbsp. Coriander pwd. ½…
…tops of the carrots. Peel & grate the carrots with a hand grater or a food processor. ( I used a food processor). Heat a thick bottomed broad pan with ghee. (I used my pressure cooker pan). Lightly fry the mixd dry fruits & keep aside for garnishing. In the same pan, lightly fry the grated carrots on low heat for about 2 mins. Keep stirring continuously so that it is uniformly fried & coated with ghee. Add milk & st…
…ce. This place is just unforgettable! On my return I was on a South Indian food spree. So here is my tribute to Kerala & my love for South Indian food & snacks. This recipe is especially for you to try it out & I’m sure you will love it the way I do! J Ingredients : For the Masala : 5 med. Potatoes (boiled, peeled, cubed/or roughly mashed) 4 med. Onions (peeled & sliced thinly) 5-6 fresh Green Chillies (finely minced/slit) 2 tb…
…r/ Arrowroot powder 3 cups Water A pinch of Salt A few drops of Yellow/Red Food Color (optional) A bowl full of Chilled Water with Ice Cubes Rose syrup/Kewra Preparation of Falooda : In a deep thick bottomed pan, mix corn flour/arrowroot powder with water, salt & food color. Place on heat & keep stirring till the mixture starts changing to a slightly translucent, thick mixture & starts leaving the sides of the pan. Take the pan off the…
…da Pav is so tempting that I have it atleast once a week. I need this fast food when it is raining.. when it is cold & chill.. in fact it is welcome any time!! It is great coupled with a cup of my favorite Masala Chai or Adrakwali Chai. It is easy to buy from a cart but easier & wholesome if made at home. So here is my version of this popular special Puneri fast food.. Enjoy! J Ingredients for the Filling : 4 med. Potatoes ½ …
…this wholesome, nutritious & energy boosting fruit. When people serve food to the poor, they make sure that they include bananas & it is so very right to do so. I am aware of so many poor families who do not have access to cooking aids or cannot afford to have a daily balanced meal but survive by eating bananas. Every part of the banana tree is useful to mankind… to eat healthy we steam our food in banana leaves & cook with raw banana…