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How to make Ghee
ByBhavna November 2, 2012

Ghee is an essential ingredients in countless cooking dish. Some chefs would not even cook without ghee. I remember my mother making it from cream. She used to collect cream from milk and when it’s sufficient enough to make ghee, she would make ghee out of cream. That was long process. Now these days, it’s…

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Basics | Chaat - Indian Street Food | Condiments | Curry | Glossary | Gujarati | Gujarati Shaak/Subjis | Jain Food | No Onion Garlic | North Indian | Pickle/Chutney/Raita | Punjabi | Rajasthani | South Indian | Spices

How to make Garam Masala
ByBhavna November 2, 2012

Garam Masala is a special blend of spices. Lot of different garam maslas are used for variety of cooking. Here is the all purpose garam masala recipe you can start with. Little goes long way… So let’s learn what actually garam masala is made of. This is basic garam masala recipe so feel free to…

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Basics | Curry | Eggless | Glossary | Gluten Free | Jain Food | Keto Diet | No Onion Garlic | North Indian | Punjabi

How to make Paneer
ByBhavna November 2, 2012

Paneer is an Indian non melting cheese. No matter what temperature you cook, it doesn’t melt so it can be fried or sauted and used in many curries and dishes. Paneer (pronounced [pəniːr]) is a fresh cheese common in South Asia, especially in Indian, Pakistani, Afghan, Nepali, Sri Lankan, and Bangladeshi cuisines. It is an…

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Basics | Glossary | Indian | Spices

Essential Basic Spices for Indian Cooking
ByBhavna November 2, 2012

In this post, we will explore very basic spices used for everyday Indian cooking. Indian spice list is very long so novice can easily get confused. I would like you to start with some basics of cooking in order to make your everyday Indian cooking fun and easy! Once you know basics, you can move…

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Glossary | Spices

Red Chilli Powder
ByBhavna November 1, 2012

Dried red chiles are powdered after being sun-dried until they are very crisp. Red chile powder is an indispensable ingredient in most Indian dishes. The color and flavor of red chile powder depends on the variety of red chiles used to make the powder. A variety of chile powder made from the cayenne chile pepper…

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After School Snacks | Cakes | Christmas | Desserts | Eggless | Jain Food | No Onion Garlic | Valentine Day

Marble Cake
ByBhavna October 26, 2012

A marble cake is a cake with a streaked or mottled appearance (like marble) achieved by very lightly blending light and dark batter. This pretty Marble Cake is a combination of vanilla and chocolate batters that are swirled together just before baking to give that wonderful marbled effect. Recipe: Marble Cake Ingredients 2 Cups plain…

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Eggless | Fusion | Indo-Chinese | Lunch Ideas | Main Course | Valentine Day

Vegetable Fried Rice
ByBhavna October 24, 2012

Fried Rice is one of my favorite. I usally make fusion recipes and Indo-chinese is our all time family favorite. I make fried rice with Gobi Manchurian or Vegetable Manchurian or Chilli Paneer and it’s very tempting! Sometimes, I add boiled noodles to this fried rice and my son really loves it. Sometimes, I make…

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After School Snacks | Appetizers | Basics | Diwali | Gluten Free | Gujarati | Jain Food | No Onion Garlic | Tea Time/Snacks

Fried Moong Dal
ByBhavna October 24, 2012

Fried Moong dal is great snack and can be served with lime and some finely chopped onion. It’s great on a rainy day with Indian tea. I use this spicy namkeen in many of my recipes, such as chevda, chaat, and dry kachoris.

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After School Snacks | Appetizers | Basics | Chaat - Indian Street Food | Diwali | Gluten Free | Gujarati | Jain Food | No Onion Garlic | Tea Time/Snacks | Vegan

Fried Chana Daal
ByBhavna October 24, 2012

Fried Chana dal is great snack and can be served with lime and some finely chopped onion. It’s great on a rainy day with Indian tea. I use this spicy namkeen in many of my recipes, such as chevda, chaat, and dry kachoris.

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After School Snacks | Appetizers | Breakfast | Diwali | Eggless | Gujarati | Jain Food | No Onion Garlic | Roti/Naan/Paratha | Shitala Satam Randhan Chhath | Tea Time/Snacks

Farsi Puri
ByBhavna October 24, 2012

Farhi Puri is crispy flat bread. These puris are kids favorite homemade snack and I love these puris with my Indian tea. I also love to take these puris during long trip. You can prepare these puris simple or layered. Below you will see video for prepareing with layers. Those layered rolled puris are known…

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