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Chutney Week: Part 2 , Mango Chutneys The second installment from Chutney Week, Mango Chutneys… Padma Anagol: Mango Chutney Ingredients: 1 big Raw Mango cut into pieces ½ Coconut grated 1/2 cup Jaggery 1 tsp Methi/Fenugreek), fried in oil & powdered Salt & Chilli powder, per taste 1 tsp Hing/Asaf…
Chutney Week: Part 1 , Tomato Chutneys The call was simple… Mona Malik : “Make a mean Chutney? We want it!! Calling all the Chutney Freaks at Indian Food Freak…declaring Chutney week on IFF…desi, videshi, old, new, sweet, sour, spicy, experimental, family recipe…post them and be a part of the gre…
Namkeen Gosht – This delicacy from the cuisine of Quetta, Baluchistan as well as other areas of NWFP including Peshawar, is made either during Eid-ul-Azha (Badi Eid) or for special family functions. My attempts to find the origin of this very elusive dish were quite painful. During the course of…
Natasha Ramarathnam shares her recipe of the Sweet potato croquettes with us. This is what Natasha had to say ” I keep buying sweet potatoes for the health benefits, and since I got fed up of having the same thing over and over again, got a recipe from the net. Definitely making it again. The…
Here is another one of Uma Prem Kumar’s family favorite recipe of Egg Makhani. Eggs can be substituted with Paneer, Potatoes or Chicken Ingredients: Eggs – 12 Oil –2 tbsp Cumin/ Jeera – ½ tsp Onion – 2 big yellow onions [red ones make the gravy darker], Chopped Ginger – 1’’ chopped Garlic – 3 clo…
Aamira Haseeb shared her recipe of Khichda with us. Its a mutton, lentil and wheat; all in one dish with a perfect balance of the right amount of proteins and carbs. Aamira is from Bangalore and this recipe has been handed down from generations. All parts of India have their own take on this dish.…
Katy Farokh shares her recipe of Gujrati dal with her special “only a mom can do” trick to get her son to eat spinach – Spinach Dhokli Here is the recipe: DAAL Toor dal 500 gms Ginger 1 tbsp Tomato 1 cubed Peanuts 50 gms Drumsticks 2 cut into small sticks Pressure cook dal for…
Murg Musallam always reminds me of the Hockins Pressure cooker jingle I heard in my childhood. Finally we get the recipe from Aamira Haseeb. Another gem as always. Ingredients: Chicken – 1, cut into 4 pieces Ground ginger – 1 tsp Ground ginger – 1 tsp Tomato – 2 Pureed Curds – 1 cup Onion…
Uma Prem Kumar shared her version Shahi Paneer with us…. a favorite with her kids. The original recipe called for green chilies but she skipped those and instead sneaked in some veggies like cauliflower and french beans along with the paneer. For the health conscious she suggests that the dish ca…
Nihari is a popular meat dish of Pakistan, Bangladesh and among Muslims in India. Its roots lie in the Muslim Nawab kitchens, having achieved fame via the storied royal kitchens of Lucknow in present-day Uttar Pradesh, long the seat of the Nawab of Avadh though it is also relished by non-Muslim f…
The first thing that comes to mind of on hearing Bengali savouries is this amazing mutton dish – Kosha Mangsho. Pritha Sen, a known expert in Bengali cuisines, graciously shares her recipe. Marination: 1 kg meat, 3 Tbsp curd, 3 Tbsp Onion Paste, 1 heaped ginger paste, 1Tbsp Garlic paste, 3 Tsp Tu…
Recipe: Beat 2 eggs well with a little milk. Add a pinch of salt, chopped green chillies, chopped onions, fresh coriander, some garlic paste (optional. I like garlic, so…), some grated coconut and about 2 tsps of mustard paste (this mustard paste already had some haldi, chilli powder and raw must…
