Gavar fali , gavar or cluster beans has low glycemic index and high in fibre content. Crunchy and with a hint of bitter sweet in taste this forms a very delicious vegetable sides to be served with dal and rice or flatbreads. It forms a balanced meal when cooked with potatoes and served with any
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Often when we are hosting a mini party ,get together ,family gatherings ,we need starters and if your guests love chicken, we need handy recipes to prepare them fast.Even when we are at home with family binge watching  Netflix on a weekend , these lovely chicken fries and kebabs can come to your rescue. So
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This is a easy  quick Gujarati  snacks which will test your patience a bit but will give you a delicious lip smacking  dish. The chickpea batter is spiced and cooked and set on a cold greased surface and rolls made out of that. Ingredients 1 cup chickpea flour 1/2 cup curd 3 cups of water
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I tried this recipe from Joy stewert’s blog as it was published in our monthly food e-magzine , it was so flavorful. Its a traditional French recipe but one can be very creative and versatile with the variety of fillings. For a healthier version I used whole whear flour instead of refined flour and the
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This is a 20 to 25 -minute recipe and very delicious. You can serve this for lunch or dinner as a starter or main course. It is nutritous and protein rich due to the presence of boiled eggs as main ingredient. It can be served with roti or parathas or as a starter. Preparation : 10
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Sometimes you just dont feel like having a three course meal for lunch or want to have a quick dinner with balanced nutrition.This is an incredibly easy and customizable recipe which involves just marinating the chicken with spices and herbs and bake. Ingredients 500 gm boneless chicken breasts 1 onion grated 2 tbsp ginger garlic
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Spinach is a superfood which has amazing health benefits. This is available with the vegetable vendor throughout the year and can be included in your daily diet to reap its benefits. Is it good to eat spinach everyday? Spinach is a versatile ingredient rich in nutritional values which should be a part of your daily
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This is another way to cook up that healthy spinach in your pantry into a lip smacking dish to be served with roti, parathas or rice. Palak chicken recipe  is a kind of fusion recipe. I am quite inspired with the Rajasthani seasonings  added by chef Bhasin in his delicious chicken Kadhi  recipe and cooked
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We had almost taken life for granted when suddenly a pandemic almost like a lightening struck us. No preparation time , no drills and you are suddenly locked up at home with your family members ,forced to work from home, expected to balance all the household chores all by yourself without a helping hand. Kids
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Bengalis are notorious mutton lovers. By mutton we really mean male goat’s meat. Its been a old culture and tradition to sacrifice male goat in front the Goddess Kali and the offering is distributed to the devotees to be cooked. According to research goat meat contributes to 65% of red meat consumed worldwide.It is popular
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This is a homemade typical Sunday lunch mutton curry relished with rice dominant with flavors of coriander. I thrown in a paste of coriander and green chili paste and the curry tasted amazing .  I did follow only my instinct while cooking this and no predefined recipes as such . I added the whole garlic
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This is a chicken curry which I prepared, remembering my childhood train journey days . I used to travel at least thrice a year from Kolkata to my grand mother’s place  in North Bengal, surrounded with hills and a very fascinating place for sure. This is a rustic chicken curry being served in the compartment
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This is a very quick recipe which you can make with leftover rice or fresh steamed rice. You need some greens and cottage cheese an excellent source of protein and it’s a vegetarian one pot meal. You can replace cottage cheese with tofu for a vegan version.   Ingredients 1 cup rice or leftover cooked
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Prawns are a delicious and versatile ingredient and very quick to cook up a meal with. Pair them with some veggies and even cooked with fruits, they make a protein rich dinner or brunch. Prawns are low in fat and yet rich in protein and Omega 3 fatty acids and ideal for a part of
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During this period of pandemic outburst we are all locked down at home forced to lead a quarantine life. We need sustainable homemade food which is nutritious to help us keep our body healthy and fit for doing all the chores at home, office work ,build immunity and stay happy and joyful. Since we are
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Todays post is about a common fish curry which we Bengalis cook up often in our kitchen with varietey of fishes like carps, Indian baramunda, Hilsa and others. They generally taste lovely with fresh water fishes. The aroma of mustard oil and dijon mustard paste add sharpness and zing to the final dish. There is
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Shukto or Shukta is a vegetarian recipe which has become a traditional delicacy from Bengal prepared only during weddings or any other big family gatherings or festivals. It is a complicated dish which needs elaborate preparation and has become a lost recipe nowadays rarely cooked in Bengali homes. I learnt this recipe after marriage ,though
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This is a light fluffy airy omlette which is quite popular in Europe. The egg whites and egg yolks are beaten separately with salt  and cooked into an omelete. if you feel its little uncooked ,cover cook it for sometimes. The texture of the omelete is great and it just melts into your mouth.  
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This is a folded omlette or rolled omlette popular in Japanese bento boxes. It consists of a mixture of eggs spiced with soy sauce and sweetened with mirin and sake traditionally, I used sugar. The omlette has a soft texture and everyone will love this dish. The process is simple but needs practice .Watch the
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Vegetarian pot pie filled with pasta and raw banana balls Timpano in Italy refers to the pot in which this baked pasta dish is cooked with a dome of crust filled with different layers of fillings. It is a heavy bottomed pot in which the pie is baked and inverted after baking to form a
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This is a variant of chili chicken which I prepared with a sticky honey glaze which gives an attractive bright coating and  a sweet sour and spicy flavour with a little bit of crunch . The honey is caramelized and pour over the chicken to  add a sticky coating of the sauce. I personally love
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I would like to thank Anjali Bhargava for this wonderful innovative recipe. I had brought around 1/2 kg of green chana with shells from market and wanted to cook them. I asked my friend for a traditional recipe from their community as I have never seen this cooked in my family. She gave me this
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I prepared these cute  little buns filled with homemade strawberry jam decorated with butter cream for the event #twitterbakealong where each baker has to bake according to a specific theme and share in the twitter handle with the specific hashtag. Devonshire’s split get their name from the county Devonshire in England where this is a popular
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This is a wonderful traditional recipe which I had come across in Hyderabad during the period of my stay over there. I stayed around 2 years in Hyderabad , and loved the culture and vives of the city. With perspective to food the city is wonderful with varieties of cuisine available. The prominant among them
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I made these beautiful  pancake ice-cream sandwiches for Sunday  breakfast, they just do not look awesome ,they taste delicious too.My weekend was  delightful as I received this pack of 3 ice cream flavors from Brooklyn creamery. The box had  got 3 flavors chocolate fudge brownie, Soho berry and  Kulfi . Made these pink strawberry fluffy pancakes
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Necessity is the mother of invention and I can say necessity is a motivation for creativity too, specially if one day you return home from work and find only a bunch of spinach left in your vegetable box for cooking dinner. I decided to combine spinach to eggs forming a lipsmacking ,mouth watering curry which
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This is a super quick recipe to satisfy hunger pangs. The crispy potato wedges are sauted in Chinese flavored sauce. Its a great appetiser to serve in any get-togethers and everyone including kids will love them. Ingredients 4 to 5 potatoes 2 tbsp. light soy sauce 1 tbsp. dark soy sauce 2 green bell peppers
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Pierogees are stuffed dumplings  of European origin filled with vegetarian and meat fillings which are then boiled and sauted in butter. They have similarities with Tibetan momos, South American empandas , Indian modak, German schufnudel. I love all kinds of dumplings and I have several types of dumplings recipe in my blog. Ingredients Dough 4
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Albania is a small country within the Mediterranean sea with neighbouring countries like Greece and Italy. Geographically the country presents a wide diversity ranging from snowy mountainous regions to the hot sunny coastal plains. Albanian  cuisine  represents the Mediterranean cuisine which is not governed by a single culture or ethnicity but controlled by the climate
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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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Chital, famously known as the clown knife fish, is a popular freshwater variety found across Bengal. Historically, this massive fish yields meat incredibly rich in protein and unique colloids. While the back portions are usually used for fish balls called muithya, today I am highlighting a different preparation. Specifically, this recipe showcases a rich, runny
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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 vol au vent pastry Shell s filled with sweet or savory fillings. I decided to make these on a French themed Potluck event organized by fellow bloggers, chefs and friends.I was really enthusiastic about the event and decide to prepare vol au vents as starters and
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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. Ingredients Onion masala paste Deep frying
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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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