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spiced amla jam or my grandmother's Chyawanprash recipe
Remembering my grandmother again as I talk about the 'Chyawanprash' she used to make every winter. While we used to hate the commercial Chyawanprash manufactured and marketed by a reputed Ayurvedic...
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recipe of sooran ke laddu | a sweetmeat made of elephant foot yam, Diwali...
Sooran ka laddu is an unusual recipe of mithai. Even I heard of sooran ka laddu quite late but being in Banaras I wouldn't have stayed ignorant for long. One or two tiny sooran ke laddu used to be...
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recipe of sem ka chokha | mashed broad beans with chilli-garlic and mustard oil
Sem ka chokha is not very common in the thalis people serve to guests now a days even in Banaras or surrounding parts of the state. The koftas and the palak paneer and matar paneer is preferred over...
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recipe of kachri ka achar | traditions of foraging and preserving the best of...
Kachri is a small cucumber that grows wild by the fields in the end of summer season. Some smaller kachris keep growing till early winter and that is how I found them when I went to Tijara farm couple...
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recipe of dal ki dulhan | a light lentil soup with whole wheat dumplings
Dal ki dulhan or dal pithi was our favourite one pot meal during growing up years. The fun shapes of the whole wheat dumplings probably made it more enjoyable I guess.Dal ki dulhan is a name that comes...
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Banaras food festival at ITC Maurya, New Delhi | Banaras ka khana goes places
As I mentioned in the last blogpost about Dal ki dulhan, Banras ka khana was showcased once again and this time at ITC Maurya in Delhi. It is a matter of pride that the food from an ancient city is...
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sagpaita recipe | bathua wala sagpaita
When winter greens are cooked with dals (lentils) the preparation is called as sagpaita in UP homes. Dals are rarely cooked without greens during winters and the use of hing (asafoetida) and garlic is...
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kale til ka tilkut | black sesame and jaggery balls spiced with ginger
Kale til ka tilkut (black sesame and jaggery balls) was an annual affair in my home and how eagerly we used to wait for it. This kale til ka tilkut is traditionally made for a festival called Sankashti...
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recipe of shakarkandi ki kheer : a rich creamy dessert with taste of roasted...
Shakarkandi (sweet potato) ki kheer is a recipe I don't cook much but whenever I do I make it a point to do it the way I like. Yes I don't eat desserts much but if a dessert has some character that has...
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sagpaita recipe | urad dal aur palak ka sagpaita
Sagpaita is simply a dal cooked with winter greens. As I mentioned in the bathue ka sagpaita recipe, dals are rarely cooked without greens in winters. Many times the dals are replaced by the various...
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murgh ki tahiri | a one pot chicken and rice dish
Murgh ki tahiri or chicken tahiri is one of the comfort foods we love, sometimes more than Biryani because of the simpler flavours and the fact that the chicken tahiri is more moist than a chicken...
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alu sowa ki bhujia | a warm fragrant stri fry with potatoes and dill leaves
Sowa or Soya is Dill leaves and is also known by the name of Shepu, a fragrant winter herb that is used liberally all over UP. Sowa methi is a popular combination of flavours and works great when...
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sagga pyaz ki subzi recipe | spring onion stir fry UP style
Sagga pyaz is just another name by which spring onions or hara pyaz are know as in UP, eastern Uttar Pradesh to be precise. Sagga pyaz literally means greens of onion or pyaz ka saag and even a saag...
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when Tunday's kababs come to town
People have started wasting so much food these days, lamented Mohd. Usman, fondly known as Usman Bhai in Lucknow, when I asked him about the new experimental Mughlai foods. People want more variety so...
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recipe of sana hua nimbu, a Kumaoni recipe
Sana hua nimbu is a very unusual way of eating lemons. Lemon segments mixed with a unique seasoning and fresh yogurt is something you wouldn't experience anywhere else. But in Kumaon region they make...
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Kumaoni food at Abbotsford Nainital
Nainital is not just a hill station known for the beautiful Naini lake. This quaint little town is known for the wild life, the wild life conservators, educational institutions, clubs and the lush...
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everyday subzi : alu parval ki rassedar subzi
Alu parval is a summer time subzi that is on our table at least once a week. Alu parval bhujia is a popular recipe on this blog and even the parval ki mithai gets great feedback but strangely the alu...
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recipe of alu ke gutke, let the simplicity rule
There are some recipes so simple that the experts miss the point. You know how simplicity is always misunderstood, people want to add more value to the things they do to create something good and miss...
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gudamma or gudamba, a dessert recipe with raw mangoes
Mangoes are celebrated in several ways in India. While the ripe mangoes are made into countless number of desserts and even some curries the raw mangoes keep tingling the taste buds with aam ka achar...
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sama ke chawal ka bhakka | barnyard millet porridge
A few foods we start loving just because our parents are always raving about those. I have witnessed this tendency of kids even in recent times when I see them following their parents in the choice of...
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