Category: Basics
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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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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.
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No-bake, Vegan, Gluten-free Oat Cookies
Tasty no-bake cookies made with rolled oat, peanut butter and maple syrup. Other optional ingredients are vanilla bean paste, and can be jazz up with cranberries or raisins, sunflower seeds, or even chocolate chip.
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No-bake Vegan Gluten-free Cookies
These cookies are made flourless, dairy butter-free and no refine sugar. Now, when I say no-bake, they still have to be closed to baked cookies! And pay close attention to ingredients, I prefer to use quality organic ingredients(See below). They are all super quick , easy, delicious, and allow you to skip the oven. No…
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5-min Desi Makhan (Cultured Butter)
Nothing beats a taste of a fresh homemade white makhan/butter. In India, fresh homemade makhan is always prepared from the cream or malai collected from boiled milk.
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2-Minute Homemade Butter
Shake your way to fresh butter and buttermilk. Here are simple instructions for making homemade butter. Great for home or the classroom, or even as a party trick to blow your guests’ minds! Add many flavors to homemade butter like Herb Garlic, orange, coconut, berry and more!
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Instant Hot Mango Cranberry Pickle
Earlier I shared how to make Hot Cranberry Pickle to preserve cranberries for longer and enjoy through out the year. I also shared the benefits of cranberries in that post so you can read how great the cranberries are and how to incorporate in your diet even for picky eaters! In this post I am…
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Lahsuni Chutney – Hot Garlic Chutney
Traditionally, this chutney is made using a grinding stone, but it is quite convenient to make with modern mixers. I love this chutney with my Kathiyawadi meal menu containing Bajra Rotla with Makhan, Ringan Oloo(Eggplant curry), Khichdi and chaas. Below is the video instructions to prepare Lahsan Chutney.
