…all-time favorite Christmas special… BEBINCA!! I do not like to make it at home simply because I end up making a couple or more. This fabulous dessert is loaded in calories and when you have fresh and awesome homemade ones you tend to indulge too much. When it is store bought, you eat it sparingly and above all we buy just one Bebinca. It is an egg yolk based dessert and excess egg yolks are not good for health. This dessert usually has 16, 9 or 7…
…before you dig into it. It is perfect with Makkiki Roti. We did enjoy with home fresh makki ki roti. Sarson ka Saag is an acquired taste. You must try and taste it at least once. You never know… you may actually like it! So here is the Punjabi Winter Special… Sarson ka Saag… it will transport you to the swaying mustard fields with specks of yellow flowers and to the rustic villages in the North … and acres of home grown fresh lea…
…teries). We have excellent restaurants in Pune & we sometimes do order home delivery. The joy of making kababs at home is something to be experienced. The novelty of making your very own kababs is that you get to enjoy them the way you want to… you can adjust your spices as per your taste & make your own kabab mixes which can be different each time. You need to pre-plan & marinate well in advance to enjoy delicious & melt in the mo…
…outside the church or at the (PGI) Poona Goan Institute. There are several homemakers in Pune who sell excellent homemade wine and we continued placing orders with them for all festive and celebratory occasions. A couple of years ago, I got the wine making bug but then I fell so sick and all my thoughts went on the back burner. I kept looking at all the recipes for wine in my handwritten books, magazine cut outs and kept hoping that I would get to…
…ds and right into my home through the door and window, it would refresh my home with the sweet aroma. It gave us so much joy and happiness. We would place petals in a bowl of water and the scent would permeate into the water and voila we had instant rose water! Roses are the queen of flowers and a perfect symbol of love and beauty. They represent all that is sacred, pure, sensual and romantic. Roses are beautiful to the eye and their aroma is soot…
…control the use of oil, butter & cream as it is prepared in your sweet home. Enjoy this lip smacking dal in the comfort of your home with rotis, naans, rice or any Indian bread. Ingredients : 1 cup whole Urad Dal 1med. Onion (peeled & finely chopped) 3 fresh Green Chillies (finely chopped) 3 tbsps. Rajma (Kidney Beans) 1 inch piece fresh Ginger (scraped & finely chopped) 1 tsp. Garlic paste 1 tsp. Cumin Seeds ½ tsp. Coriander pwd. ½ ts…
…he kokum locally & commercially but do keep a part of it to be used at home throughout the year. They make kokum sherbet, dried & salted kokum is used for curries & stir fries. The fresh kokum is used to make Sol Kadhi or even the dried ones are used to make the Kokum/Sol Kadhi if fresh are not available. Besides, coconuts are in abundance too & so it is also a privilege to use your own home grown coconuts in curries, beverages &am…
…ithin limits & prepare in the comfort of your home then it is fine. At home, everyone uses fresh oil for deep frying so it should not be a problem. Besides, one does not deep fry every day. Today’s post is the ever popular Irani samosas which are also called patti samosas. These samosas are triangular in shape, crispy & crunchy… In Pune we have Irani restaurants & bakeries at every corner serving these awesome flavorful & crunchy s…
…of fresh Coriander Leaves (chopped finely) A tbsp. of Imli Chutney 2 Crisp home made Paapdi Puris (or ready made) Procedure to make Bhel Paapdi Puri First lightly roast the kurmura if it is not crunchy. In a sufficiently large bowl, put in kurmura,crushed paapdi puris, nylon sev, mixed farsan, chopped onions, tomatoes, potatoes, raw mango, a pinch of red chilli pwd., chaat masala & salt. Mix well quickly with a spoon. (Preferably wooden spoon…
…prefer red curries but this is not true. We love green curries too. In my home I make red as well as green curries especially with coconut milk which everyone enjoys but my elder son loves the most! Just the other day we got home some really fresh King Fish (Surmai). The whole fish was quite large & I made quite a few favorite dishes with it. I had fresh green coriander & some coconuts from Kerala given by my good neighbour. These two ing…