These muffins are quick and handy to prepare when it comes to pack snacks for your kids or feed your child’s friends or organize tea party for friends. Even kids can prepare them quickly with assistance from parents regarding handling the hot oven with care. I used Fabsta’s digestive biscuits pack for these. Fabsta is
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Vegetable Manchurian is a popular dish cooked often in our region. I would not say in an authentic Chinese way but it is more adapted to suit Indian palates and modified accordingly. For example in South India you will often see these seasoned with curry leaves for that acquired South Indian taste. These dumplings are
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I prepared this cake for my daughter’s thirteenth birthday . It had to be eggless so prepared with curd. The curd and oil imulsification mixture along with baking soda in the dry mixture adds air bubbles to the cake batter and makes it soft and fluffy. Added chocolates and ferro rocher for decoration. Soaked the
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My daughter like any other kids of this generation loves fast food and pasta is a dish which is versatile and  can be customised as per our requirements. Fabsta’s Tomato ketchup is made from natural organic tomatoes and comes handy when you need to prepare pasta for your kid in a jiffy instead of going
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Most of the duration of my career is spent in teaching and learning activities with students of various ages.Among them, I recall the, wonderful times spent at Janaki devi public school as a teacher and being privileged to attend workshops related to differently abled children who have developmental and learning disabilities. Most of these children
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The chicken mainated with soy sauce, white wine coated in corn flour deep fired and then this fried chicken is cooked in a thick soy based sauce with crunchy roasted peanuts. The dish is spicy and delicious. I used Lee Kum Kee’s soy sauce, oyster sauce and sesame oil for this dish. You can use
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These are gnocchi styled potato pasta which are stir fried in butter and seasoned with herbs. Unlike Italy the origin of these handmade pasta is in Germany. This is a dish made popular by the Swabian region of Germany like the classic maultaschen.  These are a great side dish to be served with meat and
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I prepared this curry for the first time in Sri Lankan potluck #wildasperagustable hosted by Inderpreet Nagpal, the founder of Herb’s and spices, and organised by Saloni , the cofounder at FBAI and chef Ananya Banerjee. Our hostess Inderpreet Nagpal popularly known as Rummy decorated the buffet table with flowers, clay lamps, banana leaves and
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Chicken roulade can be a delicious wholesome dish and when served with some stir fried vegetables can serve as a filling brunch or dinner. Boneless chicken breasts are stuffed and  rolled to form a cylindrical shape and tied with a thread and shallow fried. Ingredient 500 gm Chicken breasts boneless 1 cup corn 2 to
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I am so proud to be part of this awesome community #wildasperagustable which allows me to try dishes from the kitchens all over the world. This time it was the turn of German cuisine. I  was completely ignorant of this cusisine I should admit, but  there are some great blogs on German food and lifestyles
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“Chitol ” also known as clown knife fish is a fresh water fish variety found in Bengal and other Asian countries. This is a huge fish and the meat of the fish is rich in protein and colloids like eggs on heating. They are create for preparing fish balls popularly called “muithya” in Bengali. You
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Mole is a traditional dark colored sauce  used in authentic Mexican cuisine, with intense flavor from spices , chilies and chocolates.Generally, a mole sauce contains a fruit, chili pepper, nut, spices and chocolate or cocoa powder. The history of this sauce according to Wikipedia goes back to a convent in Puebla where the nuns created
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vol au vent means “wind blown”. these are light pastry cases filled with sweet or savory fillings. I decided to make these on a French themed Potluck event organised by fellow bloggers, chefs and friends. I was really enthusiastic about the event and decide to prepare vol au vents as starters and chicken frikasee for
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This is a spicy pomfret curry in Bengali style with the combination of onion ,ginger garlic and mustard paste. In Bengali traditional Bengali cuisine generally the use of tomato and garlic is not popular but I have used in this recipe to add a modern twist to the flavors. Print Pomfret machher jhal This is
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This is a popular Malayasian street food with crispy flaky crust and soft juicy chicken with the flavor of kaffeir lime, lemon grass and coconut milk. It is also called Karipap. I had to bake something for the bakers club meet and I wanted to prepare something with homemade puff pastry dough from scratch. As
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This is a chicken recipe from old Delhi evolved from the British  era . In the British version of chicken stew  the chicken and spices are cooked together to form a thin runny non spicy gravy in contrast to the Indian process of cooking where the spices are first fried or bhunao in oil. But
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This is a delicious cake smelling fresh from seasonal mangoes. I planned to bake this for father’s day as my husband like white fresh cream cake and my daughter loves mangoes. Eggless varietey can also be prepared. I have a fresh cream pineapple cake in my blog. You need to make a thin mago puree
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Pavlova is a meringue cake topped with whipped cream and fruits created in the honor of the Australian ballet dancer Anna Pavlova in 1920. The dessert is popular and  part of every festive menu in Australia as well as Newzealand. Ingredients Meringue 4 eggs 1 tbsp vanilla 2 tbsp cornstarch 1and 1/4th cup powdered sugar
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Curry roux is an instant mix made of flour, butter and ingredients of curry powder which can be added to any meat or vegetable stew to get a wholesome curry. Japanese curry powder consists of a mixture of spices similar to the Indian curry powder but its less spicy. It also contains the grated lemon
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Pizza Rustika is a meat and cheese pie baked during the Easter in Italy. It is also called pizza Giana, Giana meaning “God is gracious”. It is prepared for the feast to put an end to the Lent fast, perfect for indulgence during that period. I prepared a vegetarian version of this pie for a
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This is a vegetarian pizza  invented by  Pizzaiolo Raffaele Esposito, Pizzeria Brandi’s chef in honor of the visit of queen Margarita. The queen wanted three prominent colors in the pizza present in the flag of Italy. Red in represented by tomatoes, green represented by basil and white represented by mozzarella. It is a quick easy
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  This recipe is inspired from Dal Gosht prepared with lentils and mutton is a fusion of Indian and Mughal cuisine which evolved probably after the Muslim invaders settled in India. I have prepared the Dal with chicken and minimal spices to make a quick delicious curry to go with steamed rice. Chickpeas is a
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It always gives me great pleasure to share my knowledge with the new generation and this time the opportunity came in the form of a cooking competition. I was  privileged to be invited as a judge in this inter-collegiate  flameless cooking competition held on 5th February 2019. Students from more than 12 colleges from  Western
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  A simple chicken curry mild spicy with minimum ingredients yet mind-blowing will take you to a virtual journey to the coastal plains of India decorated with green laced border of  coconut trees. The preparation is inspired by “Kori Gassi ” , the famous Mangalorean chicken curry and Kolhapuri chicken curry but uses lesser ingredients.
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  Valentines Day is about expressing  and spreading love. For me  love and chocolates are synonymous. Since my childhood I had been a great fan of Cadbury’s dairy milk and why not, when you crave for that melt into mouth silky velvety feeling, you definitely need one. The  latest one on the list is Cadbury’s
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  We can’t deny the fact that our lives are getting busier day by day. We have our job which we can’t ignore, a family to look after, friends to meet and also work late night at times. Our busy schedule often forces us to take out our mobile phone and call the nearest food
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  Cadbury Dairy Milk is not just a brand, but it is a name  which makes a kid’s face glow with an infectious smile, but why only kids?  it includes people from all generations, it brings out the little child in them. It is a gift which makes every festival a celebration, a party. I still
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  This was to impress my daughter who was down with cough and I was not able to give her enough time, as I was assigned the duty for being an external practical examiner for 4 days consecutively. The exam duty, assessment was already taking a heavy toll on me and above that my daughter
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  I had contemplated preparing this dish long back but as mutton or male goat’s meat is prepared only during festivals, my family likes to relish only on traditional preparations. The color is fab and the flavors and texture are unique, retaining the aroma of meat. The whole spices enhance the flavors of the spinach
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    Poush Sankranti is a festival in the state of Bengal which starts the end of harvesting time for the farmers. Poush and Magh are the two months in Bengal which depict the Winter season. The Poush Sankranti is celebrated on the last date of “Poush” month and is considered as an auspicious day
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  The custom of celebrating birthday with cakes and candles hail from early Greek culture where people used to celebrate the birthday of their Goddess during every 6th day of the Lunar month and Greeks used to take the cake to the temple of Artemis who is the Goddess of fertility and protector of mothers
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This is a popular recipe from Goa spicy and rich in coastal flavors. The crab used here was soft shell crabs. The shells soft like egg shells and milk soft ,juicy and succulent.

In a Bong family mutton curry is the favorite dish to relish during the special holiday weekends and during festivals. This is a unique preparation based on the flavor of black pepper and lime . The fragrance of lime which is also called (Gondhoraj lebu  ) in Bengali and black pepper paired with each other
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The food in Kolhapur  is ,strong in flavor from the spices  which are grown here ,the rich color and heat is imparted by locally cultivated Kolhapuri  Deggi Mirch . Prior to independence, Kolhapur was ruled by Bhosale Chhatrapati ,royal clan of the Maratha empire. The state is popular for its non-vegetarian food fare  as  during
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  This was not a planned trip but I was nurturing  secret wish of visiting  Kolhapur some day ,for their traditional cuisine and spices. But there was so much more . Being a Doctoral research student  of Computer Science, I got an opportunity to write and present a  research paper at the national linguistic conference
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This recipe is dedicated  to FBAI California Walnut Month , walnut is a wonderful ingredient for preparing pesto which is a classic Italian sauce  prepared with basil,pine nuts ,garlic  ,olive oil and Parmesan cheese. Green garlic is another amazing ingredient which marks the beginning of spring and these green bunches can break the monotony and
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    The FBAI one of the biggest online news channel for influencers and bloggers has taken an wonderful initiative to collaborate with California walnuts producing a month full of healthy indulgences by the expert chefs in 50 plus restaurants all over India, Bar stock exchange and some of the homechef’s kitchens . These restaurants will include California
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The Indianised version of Chinese food also known as Indo-Chinese food dates back to the time when Chinese migrants settled in Kolkata erstwhile Calcutta.Their cuisines undergone significant changes since then to adapt to the local taste ,flavors and weather conditions. Along with the popular Chinese ingredients like Soy sauce and vinegar ,the Indian ingredients sometimes
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Bengali cuisine is light and flavorsome , and spicy  from the green chilies ,the use of red chilies has started much later with the foreign influences. The ingredients used in the dishes were procured from the local cultivation and if you look at the history,researchers found that red chilies have not originated in India but
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    This is a summer chicken curry prepared when you have mango abundance in the season.Sweet and tangy with subtle spiciness are the key flavors of this curry. Ingredients 400 to 500 gm Chicken 1 big tomato 1/2 cup onions 1 cup mango pulp 1 cup curd 6 to 7 medium garlic cloves 2
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“Janma” meaning “birth” and “ashtami” signifies the 8th day of the month, “Bhadra” in the Hindu calendar. This day has special significance as it is celebrated as  the birthday of Lord Krishna . The Lord krishna is the 8th incarnation of  Lord Vishnu,one of the three prominent  supreme Hindu deities, Brahma(creator) and Maheshwar (destructor) being
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These are nutritious and healthy indulgences, if you crave for desserts and want to have them guilt free. Due to the addition of spinach and whole wheat they are rich in dietary fibers and iron and also make you fill full.  You can use them as breakfast muffins with any beverage or pack them as
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The “empanadas”, the name is derived from the Spanish word  “empanar” meaning to coat in bread .This a baked or fried stuffed pastry popular in America ,Spain,Portugal and parts of South America. They are popular snacks all over the world and filled with a variety of fillings including seafood, beef, pork etc.In India these semi
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Palmyra fruit also called Toddy palm in the Konkan region and “Taal ” in Bengal  and Ice apple in English is a versatile fruit. This tree is a native of India and almost all the parts of the plant are put to use. The sap of the tree is used to make toddy which is
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  I was delighted to visit  this beautiful restaurant located at the first floor of the  hotel Auriole which provides luxurious accommodation in the city  with terrace swimming pools ,modern amenities ,elegant decor  etc. The interiors of the Lume cafe is bright and luminous ,I guess it justifies the name(“Lume”) with lots of open space
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If you have tasted Dahi bhalle or Dahi vada  before ,  you will be amazed to know that this is not the same item I am talking about. Few months earlier I used to think that I know everything about making dahi bhalle and can pull off cooking this popular dish with perfection during any
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  What  a day! it all started with hustle ,bustle and the sweet sound of the crockery ,utensils and cutleries as the young ladies participating in the cooking contest organized by youngbutterfly.in in collaboration with the ,Culinary crafts , Powai began their cooking job of the day. A busy and wonderful day indeed .The tables were
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In Bengal this meal is about pampering son in laws  and treating him with a delicious meal. The actual event is on 19th June 2018.On this day , the husband of  daughter who is also known as “Jamai”  in  Bengali ,along with his family  ,visit their in-laws house with gifts .In this Bengali meal the
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Chiffon cake is a light spongy cake made fluffy with egg whites.It can be easily made gluten free using rice flour or any other gluten free flour.The emulsification process with lemon juice and vegetable oil packs bubbles into this cake and beaten egg whites make it super spongy,soft and moist.It is the first type of
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Bohri Khichda which is consumed during the holy month of Ramadan , is an amalgamation of flavors from the Hyderabad-i halem in which the broken wheat is cooked with meat and lentils and made a paste later and the traditional vegetarian khichdi cooked in every  Gujarati household.Traditionally the process is quite long intensive ,but   nowadays the cooking process is shortened by using tools like pressure cooker. The final dish was aromatic delicious and infused with intricate flavors of spices which  will compel you to ask for more. It was Finger-licking good.