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Here is the second installment from Traditional Week – Vegetarian… 6) Shruti Gandhi : Lasaniya Bataka /Garlic flavored Baby Potatoes Shruti says that Lasaniya Bataka is a famous dish from her native Saurashtra. Whenever she visited she never missed going out to have authentic Kathiyawadi food. Ye…
The area of Andheri East in Mumbai is the only area in Mumbai which has 7 of the major 5 star hotels in Mumbai. It also boasts of a very important industrial area and a heavy office going population; and yet when it comes to food, its food panorama is quite bleak. Barring the high…
Godi Huggi, or De-husked Wheat Kheer, is in the list of Indian desserts since time immemorial. It is probably the oldest dessert served, with a minimum of change in taste. During any marriage in the village, long folded carpets, Durries, and blankets would be laid down alongside the wall of the p…
IFF hosted a Traditional Family Recipe Contest sometime back. The contest invited recipes that virtually every household possesses, passed down from generations and carried forward to the next. Here are the Top 5 popular vegetarian recipes from the week… 1) Anjali Thankur Uppal : Aloo Vadiyan Anj…
Monica Bakre shared this recipe for Roast Chicken with Mashed Potatoes and Multicolours Vegetables with us. This is what she had to say about the dish- “Traditional, this??? Whose ??? Well, yes, its traditionally English but adopted since generations by the coffee planter community of Chikmagalur…
Dals become your best friends when you are watching your calorie intake. High on nutrients, equally high on taste, they play a starring role in many salads, soups, spreads and dips. IFF members share eight of their favourite recipes with us. Padma Anagol: Kosambari Ingredients: 50 gms moong dal 2…
Sumod Tom sent in this traditional Syrian Christian recipe for Appams. He says, “No special occasion, whether it be Easter, Christmas, or just a feast for special guests, is complete without Appams. In olden days it was made by adding Kallu (Toddy)to the batter instead of yeast. There are many va…
When you think of dals, you visualise something you mix with your rice, or dip your roti into during lunch or dinner. But dals also play a starring role in many Indian snacks. Whether it is the starring role in gojha, or a supporting role in dosas and idlis, dals rule even at snacktime. IFF…
The mere mention of the words “rajma-chawal” is enough to get people drooling, and IIF-ians are no different. Here are four recipes of rajma chawal, each clamouring to be tried out right away. Mona Malik: Punjabi Rajma/Kidney beans cooked the Punjabi way Ingredients: Rajma/ Rajmah/ Kidney Beans,…
Many many moons ago I had Cucumber cake/Dhondas(Kakdhicha) during Ganesh Utsav at a friend’s place. Cucumber Cake ??? It was unacceptable and how can one make a cake out of Cucumber ??…. just as it has proven to be for many of you here on this forum. However it tasted yum and I ate it…
Chole, or chickpea curry, is arguably the one dish that personifies North Indian cooking, and there are as many variations to the basic recipe as there are households! Five members of IFF share their favourite chole recipes here. Mona Malik: Pindi Chana Pindi Chana is a treasure that Mona Mallik…
Most Indian households have at least one version of a dish where rice and pulses are cooked together, with or without vegetables, and with different combinations of spices. Whether it be the humble khichadi or pongal, or the slightly more exotic kadambam or bise bele bhat, these “one dish meals”…
