Apple in a rich creamy pudding loaded with nuts and spices. Doesn't it sound delicious! 5 ingredients and 15 minutes of time is all you need for this delicious dessert. It's been raining cats and dog since morning, and I had a mean craving for something nice and warm. This warm comforting easy to make … Continue reading Apple Pudding ( Apple Kheer)
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Quick and Easy Gur Sondesh (Gur Sandesh) in just 3 steps
Listening to the everfresh, energetic Mahalaya chantings; laced with devotion upto the brim, is an awe-inspiring experience. Three days back, in the early morning hours, we were doing just that. Onset of Mahalaya, the powerful chantings to go with in the background; and we happily slipped into reminiscing the pleasant memories of last year's Durga … Continue reading Quick and Easy Gur Sondesh (Gur Sandesh) in just 3 steps
Gur Payox (Gur Kheer/ Gur Payesh/ Rice Pudding with Date Palm Jaggery)
Gur Payox or Rice kheer made with date palm jaggery. This is a traditional rice pudding or a dessert or sweet dish whatever you may call it made with joha rice( a small fragrant variety of rice) with milk and date palm jaggery, prepared in almost every Indian homes. In Assam, we make it with … Continue reading Gur Payox (Gur Kheer/ Gur Payesh/ Rice Pudding with Date Palm Jaggery)
Oven Baked Easy TANDOORI CHICKEN
Your hunt for Tandoori chicken is over! You need not have to go anywhere out to have tandoori chicken. This is the most indulgent, lip-smacking and delicious restaurant style Tandoori chicken preparation that you can make at home. Eventually it has become my family's favorite. I always associate TANDOORI chicken to Bangalore, my college days. … Continue reading Oven Baked Easy TANDOORI CHICKEN
Date Walnut Modak
We have one or the other festival the entire year round, but, later part of the year seems especially packed. And the grand beginning to that power packed schedule happens with Ganesh Chaturthi and for this years it falls on 13th September, which is as close as tomorrow. Oh my God! It is almost upon … Continue reading Date Walnut Modak
How to make Dhaba style LASOONI MOONG DAL TADKA( Cooked yellow lentil tempered with burnt garlic and herbs
Hello peeps! Thank god it’s almost weekend. Have you come across people being judgemental about you and others? They seem to be present everywhere, so irritating, ughh! Whenever I speak to both of my sisters-in-law, apart from talking about everything under the sun, we also end up talking about such irritating people and … Continue reading How to make Dhaba style LASOONI MOONG DAL TADKA( Cooked yellow lentil tempered with burnt garlic and herbs
Sweet Potato Mash with Mustard Sauce
Simple pleasures are really hard to explain. For me, even a cup of kadak chai sipping by the roadside, walking a long way without any fixed destination, or even a typical Assamese simple meal of dal, rice mashed potato and a piece of fish fry, would give me immense pleasure. Such pleasures derived from … Continue reading Sweet Potato Mash with Mustard Sauce
Spiced Curry Leaf Fish Fry
This is one of my newest addition to favorite starters or sides menu. After a week of hectic traveling and spending time with family in India, followed by a weekend dedicated almost exclusively to having back to back post-Diwali parties in Bahrain, I barely cooked anything apart from breakfast, perhaps! So, naturally, loads of all sorts … Continue reading Spiced Curry Leaf Fish Fry
GUR PAPDI (3 Ingredients Traditional Gujarati sweet)
This is one of the most easiest traditional Gujarati mithai( sweets) that I have come across. I cannot thank enough Mr.Bhupendra Pathak, Renee's fine art teacher for introducing me to the wonderful Gujarati food. What an amalgamation of sweet, tangy and spicy flavors.Gujarati cuisine has a wide variety of sweets and savory snacks, and … Continue reading GUR PAPDI (3 Ingredients Traditional Gujarati sweet)
COCKTAIL ALOO KACHORI ( Potato stuffed savory flat bread puffs)
Thinking about the time spent with my Alisar friends or fondly called Alisar gang, when I used to live in Hoora area of Manama, always fills me with nostalgia. The sweet and snack shop Rangoli - our favorite- was just down the road, occupying one of the many streets of Hoora. Oh! how we would … Continue reading COCKTAIL ALOO KACHORI ( Potato stuffed savory flat bread puffs)