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  • 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…

  • Spongy dosa

    3 cups dosa rice 4 tsps methi seeds 1 cup avalakki(beaten rice) 3 cups sour curd Salt to taste Soak the rice and methi seeds for about 2hrs. Grind with sour curd once the batter turns smooth, add in the beaten rice and grind further. The batter should be of dropping consistency. One ladle of…

  • Chinese Bhel — a pleasantly surprising flavour

    a blend of chinese and indian flavour Bhelpuri A food that I was really surprised to like was the Chinese Bhel. The great Indian cuisine has assimilated and modified most of the cuisine that the invaders brought with them. The Chinese who came to India and created the Chinatown in Calcutta started out with traditional…