Puris are the ultimate Indian indulgence. They are generally made with wheat flour and fried to golden perfection. The most common kind is the plain or salted version which is eaten as a bread with any curry. This post is about the TikhaT MiThachya Purya or Masala puri. TikhaT is pepper and MiTh is salt,…
Makai Tikki – Sweet corn fritters
These makai tikkis are great as appetizers or cocktail snacks and go really fast. They can be simply served with ketchup or any chili sauce of your choice. Makai Tikkis or corn kebabs as some call them appeared on catering menus almost two decades ago, and were a delectable offering that were difficult to ignore….
Vegetarian Three Pepper Fajita Burritos – homemade Mexican treat
oooohhh ‘Fa-Hee-Taz’!! who doesn’t love fajitas..Chili’s has one effective ad, I am sure, because everytime the ‘Chilis to Go’ advertisement aired ( from a couple years ago I think) wooing you with how easily you could pick up a platter of smoking hot fajitas carside, I just wanted to run out, rain or snow, to…
Ajwaini Panch Daal – Five lentil Mix spiced with Carom Seeds
I have always liked mixed lentils – be it the 10 bean or 15 bean soup mixes of dry lentils you get in any grocery store or any homegrown/made mix that’s born just to clear out the pantry. One of my cousins had a Tarla Dalal book with a recipe called ‘panchmel‘ daal, and lately…
‘Cool’ Millet rolls with a curried tofu filling – checking out a new whole grain
Millet is also known as Ragi or as NachNi in Marathi. My introduction to this grain has been limited to nachNi papads which I may have eaten more than 10 years ago. The NachNi bhakri( thick pan bread or roti) is popular in Mahrashtra, but I have never had the opportunity to sample it before….
Achari Dum Alu (Potatoes steamed in a sauce of pickling spices)
‘Achar’ is the Hindi word for pickle, ‘Dum‘ means steam. Achari Dum Alu is just a simple vegetable dish of potatoes steam cooked in a spicy gravy using pickling spices. The pickling spices here are not your salt and vinegar kind, but Indian pickling spices. Dum Alu was a favorite growing up, since it traditionally uses…
Mung Beet Cutlets – nourishing finger food
Low carb diets have been popular for a while now. Ranging from the controversial Atkins to the still in vogue South Beach Diet, they promote rapid weight loss. There are several other factions who also promote whole grains, and ‘whole grains’ have become such a buzz word that even a box full of chocos or…
Beat the Heat – Pudine ki Paneer Kadai ( Grilled onions, peppers and paneer cheese in a yogurt mint sauce)
Summer has come early to Pune and the heat is unbearable. We are always looking for natural ways to cool the body and what could be more refreshing than a bunch of fresh mint? Spending the least possible time in the kitchen is desirable. Even the not so fresh variety of paneer available with the…
Banana Delight – Creamy Rice pudding sweetened with Bananas
I am not sure what is the first image this title will conjure up for anyone who reads it. A quick Google search revealed that people have called a wide variety of things ‘Banana Delight’. I got this title from the mater whose first reaction after tasting this was, its delightful! Why not call it…
Hara Bhara Kabab Masala ( Spinach cheese balls in a creamy tomato sauce) – Favourite appetizer goes mainstream
Hara Bhara Kabab Masala recipe is an adaptation or enhancement of something that I learned to make years ago – the Hara Bhara Kabab, when it was not common to see this kind of a ‘kabab’ on restaurant menu cards. They served a version of it at our club. Very different from now, when almost…
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