Tag: indian

  • Rajkumar Jaag uta.

    Ha! Politics, noun, A strife of interests masquerading as contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage – says Ambrose Bierce, in The Devil’s Dictionary. How true, look at the great tamasha that has been going on over the bill. Modi, wave is on, he is being himself without actually bothering about…

  • sweet potato Usali

    Sweet potato ½ kg. Green chilli 2 Coconut scraping ¼ cup Cooking oil  2 tbsps. Asafoetida pinch Urad al 1 tsp Salt  to taste Jaggery to taste Mustard Kharipatta  Clean the sweet potato, kin and dice to small pieces. In wok pour the oil, and season with mustard, urad dal, green chilli and kharipatta add…

  • noodles Bhel

    Noodles bhel. Preparation time    10mnts. Cooking time             20mnt. Serves 4 INGREDIENTS: Maggie 2 minutes noodles (masala)   1 packet. Maggi hot and sweet sauce            4 tbsp. Raw peanuts                              ½ cup Papri  crushed                            ½ cup Sev                                           ¾ cup Puffed rice                                 1 cup Water                                        6-8 tbsp. Onions finely chopped                  1 Potatoes boiled diced                     1 Coriander…

  • Ghatte- Paneer Jalfrayzee

    Ingredients: Cooking oil    1 tbsp. Paneer cut to long pieces   150 g Carrots   50g French beans   50g Capsicums   2 Onion chopped 100gm. Soya chunk/gate/mangodi/wadi   10gms. Red chilli 3 no. Chilli powder   ½ tbsp. Cumin seeds ¼ tbsp. Ginger-garlic paste 1tbsp. Vinegar1 2tbsp. Tomato sauce 4tbsp. Saffola salt  to taste.   Method: Soak make the ghatte2,…

  • Paani-puri

      Here I am in my kitchen and soaking takes a new connotation.   The begins with making usal/Misal with soaked grains, ends with soaking for Idli/dosa/or whatever. Today, I am planning pani-puri where soaking manifests at many levels.  For those who are interested and follow my footsteps in stupidity, here is making pani puri…

  • kariwallah Bhindi

    Kairiwallah Bhindee Okra with raw mango Once upon a time, before TOI became euphemism for toilet paper, they ran a column called cook-in with Jiggs Kalra, some recipe’s were actually do able in a daily home kitchen once we mastered the basic recipe it took just as much time as our standard dishes did. This…