Category: Festive Food
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Keep your Air Fryer Busy!
Wondering what to cook in an air fryer? Find easy recipes for air fried fries, onion rings, Manchurian, Spring rolls, Puri, Samosa and many other Indian fried food and so much more! If you don’t have an air fryer, oven can be used to bake some of my recipes. More recipes at
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Vegan Meringue Tricks & Tips – Aquafaba VS Flax Gel Meringue
Egg-Free Just Got Easier Thanks To Aquafaba! If you’ve ever opened a can of chickpeas/garbanzo beans, you’ve already encountered aquafaba – you just didn’t know it! Aquafaba is the slightly vicous liquid found in canned garbanzo beans and it’s a magical ingredient that can be used as a vegan egg replacer in baking. “Aqua” and…
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Instant Pot Gajar Halwa – Carrot Pudding
Gajar Ka Halwa needs no introduction. It’s a very popular dessert in Northern India, Pakistan and appreciated worldwide due to its divine taste and luscious color. Gajar Ka Halwa is a traditional Indian sweet dessert made with fresh carrots, milk, Ghee, and sugar. The ingredients itself explain the scrumptiousness of the dessert. The juicy flavor…
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Khandvi in Cosori Instant Pot Electric Pressure Cooker
Khandvi is a popular Gluten-free snack from Gujarat. It is made from besan(Chickpea flour) and sour yogurt. The texture is really soft, silky and melt in your mouth. Khandvi is usually lengthy, tricky and difficult recipe but here is a video recipe of Instant pot khandvi which is quick, instant and easy. This recipe is…
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How to make Dahitra
Dahitra Puri is a popular Surti Gujarati recipe served with Shrikhand on a special occasions like wedding. Dahitra is kind of fried biscuits, flaky, mouth melting, a traditional semi-sweet dessert recipe prepared mainly with maida or all purpose flour, deep fried in ghee / oil and served with flavored yogurt known as Shrikhand. I enjoy…
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Sing chikki or Gachak or Peanut Chikki or Mumfali Chikki (Peanut bar or brittle)
These Peanut Brittles or Sing chikki is made with just two ingredients, vegan and gluten-free. Also great protein snack. This used to be my all time favorite school candy snack. I grew up eating all sorts of chikkis made with variety of nuts and seeds. Most commonly, where I grew up, it is made with…
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Instant Khaman Dhokla Sandwiches – Electric Pressure Cooker
Khaman Dhokla Sandwiches can be made from Instant Khaman Dokla recipes. This recipe is very versatile for picnic, party and even after school snack. Perfect breakfast or tea time snack as well. I use Electric Multi Cooker to proof bread/pizza dough, to ferment all my Indian batter like Dosa, Khaman Dhokla, Idli and so on……
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Party Food Ideas
Celebrate a special occasion or just a fun Friday night with colorful yummy recipes. Easily plan your party food and enjoy easy ideas for any parties. Festive season in my house starts little too early.
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Shahi Dawat Khichdi – Royal Rice Lentil Vegetable Stew
Shahi Mughlai cuisine is one that has stood the test of time. Brought to our country by the Mughals, it continues to be a favourite, especially on special occasions that call for rich food. Loaded with ghee, dry fruits, nuts, saffron, and other dairy products and spices, authentic Mughal cuisine is very rich and heavy.
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No Fry Pakore – Air Fried Vegetable Fritters
I simply love fried food and specially adore fried snacks with chai(Indian spiced tea). Today, I decided to use air fryer to make Pakore. These cirspy fritters are the usual demand of my family as evening snack or afternoon lunch with tea or coffee.
