Baingan Bharta is the classic cuisine from North India where fire roasted eggplant mash is cooked with aromatic spices. Baingan means Eggplant and Bharta(mash) refers to the dishes in which the ingredients are roughly mashed either before or after the dish is prepared. Before starting to cook the recipe,remember to roast the eggplant on direct gas flame to…
Cashew Macaroons – Celebrating Christmas
Cashew Macaroon / Thoothukudi macaroon / Tuticorin macaroon is a special type of macaroon which was first made in the port town of Thoothukudi formerly know as Tuticorin in the state of Tamil Nadu in India. While macaroons are traditionally made from ground almonds, these macaroons are made with cashew nuts as their major ingredient. These macaroons also owe their…
Restaurant style Palak Paneer- cottage cheese in a spinach gravy
Palak Paneer is a delicious restaurant style dish where cottage cheese cooked in spinach puree and aromatic spices. This Palak Paneer Recipe is a favorite across the length and breadth of India. Spinach and Cottage cheese is very nutritious and takes care of calcium, iron and protein levels of our body. The Palak Paneer curry with all the goodness from Spinach and Paneer…
Methi Murgh-chicken in fresh fenugreek leaves
Methi Murgh/ Methi Chicken is a mildly spicy chicken recipe with a subtle flavour of fresh methi/fenugreek leaves. This is a very creamy and tasty chicken gravy recipe to serve and enjoy. Fenugreek leaves or Methi leaves offers a very strong and distinctive flavor to any recipe. The fenugreek seeds and the fresh leaves are usually…
Instant Jalebi with Anjou pears
Happy Diwali Friends. With Diwali being just a day away, I wanted to share a traditional homemade and instant crispy jalebi recipe with you all. Jalebi can be made in a number of ways. The traditional way in which the batter is fermented to get a sourness, which is a distinct characteristic of this Indian…