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Author: alkajena

Curries, Poultry & Meat chicken, curry, fenugreek

Methi Murgh-chicken in fresh fenugreek leaves

November 29, 2018

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…

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alkajena
Jalebi
Dessert

Instant Jalebi with Anjou pears

November 6, 2018

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…

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Diwali sweet
Dessert diwali, fruit, Sweets

Persimmon Barfi- A fruity twist to traditional Diwali sweet

November 4, 2018

Diwali sweet when we talk about Indian festivals, sweets are a must to be made at home or brought from the market to relish and celebrate.Diwali is such a festival when our houses are  loaded with sweets and savories. Barfi, jalebi, malpua, kaju katli, peda, kheer, etc are few of the delicacies which I usually…

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Dessert diwali, fruit, pudding, rice pudding

Persimmon Rice Pudding

November 1, 2018

Persimmon Rice Pudding/ Kheer is a creamy, soft pudding filled with a hint of cardamoms and juicy Persimmons/Amar Phal can be made either by baking or boiling. Persimmon  is known to have been brought into India by the British. It’s found mainly in the hilly regions of Himachal and Uttarakhand and also in Ooty in the south.…

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Dessert apple, baking, Chenapoda, dessert. diwali 'diwali dessert, fall, winter

Upside down apple Chenapoda

October 31, 2018

With winter around the corner and the falling leaves of the autumn, I am enjoying this pleasant weather and the aroma of the warm fall spices like ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, and cardamoms . These spices really bring out the warmth and gives an edge to the food we cook. One spice, which is not…

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