But that was in the past, now you won’t find kulfiwallah knocking your door, since this has been commercialized in a big way and kulfi is sold by popular brands in every grocery store & supermarket. Apart from ready to eat kulfis, there are also instant kulfi mix available in many flavors. But all these commercial stuff are loaded with preservatives, colors and stabilizers. Moreover these don’t taste real!...

🇫🇷Welcome back to FRENCH BISTRO WEEK!🇫🇷 Welcome back to the final instalment of French Bistro Week! 🇫🇷 This is a week in which I’m sharing all the recipes you need to recreate your very own French Bistro experience at home. Here’s the menu of recipes I shared: Starter: Warm Goat’s Cheese Salad – A classic French Bistro starter. This fresh leaf salad sports nuts, bacon, and pan-fried goat’s cheese medallions that are golden outside and oozing inside....

All it takes is a hint of spice flavourings, bay leaves and finishing it off with a touch of lemon to elevate this soup. It’s an easy recipe that delivers terrific results, a 5 star reader favourite with hundreds of feedback from readers! Want to add some protein? Try this Beef & Lentil Soup! Lentil Soup Lentil soup is quite possibly the least sexy sounding soup on the planet. At least, in my world....

It is meaty enough to have on its own as a main, accompanied with a light salad, like my Middle Eastern Chickpea Salad (suggest excluding the chickpeas though) or Pasta alla Norma. Middle Eastern Roasted Eggplant The roasted eggplant is shown here with a dollop of yoghurt, but I’ve also provided a Tahini Drizzle (vegan) which I also love to use. This is a must try recipe!! This is a recipe adapted from Yotam Ottolenghi’s Jerusalem cookbook (the Chermoula Aubergine with Bulgar & Yoghurt recipe)....

While the rest of the word is obsessed with “50 Shades of Grey”, I am obsessed with the Jon Favreau movie “Chef”. Have you seen it? If you are a foodie, it is a must-see! There are classic moments in the movie that only “foodies” will appreciate. Like when one of the actors is swaying away to the beat of Latin music while he rubs marinade into the pork (seriously, cooking has never been so sexy!...

Plus my little trick to make extra buttery mushrooms using LESS butter! Mushroom Pasta Anyone who has sautéed mushrooms will know that the minute mushrooms hit the skillet, the bottom layer of mushrooms soaks up the oil, leaving the top layer dry. So I used to think that the best way to sauté mushrooms was with loads and loads of butter or olive oil. As you sauté the mushrooms, they start to leech water, creating moisture....

Mushroom Soup It’s easy enough to sauté up some mushrooms in butter, then add some flour, broth followed by a good glug of cream, and call it a day. And while it will taste just fine, it won’t really taste that much like mushrooms, except for the bites you get with mushroom bits in it. So in presenting you with a mushroom soup recipe I wanted to make sure it actually tasted like – gasp, shock, horror – mushrooms!...

Neer dosa are a staple in the Konkan region of India and are enjoyed any time of the day for a meal. The beauty of these crepes is they are just made with minimal ingredients – rice, salt and water. They pair well with any chuntey but they are usually served with this coconut chutney, veg sagu or veg kurma in some restaurants. About Neer Dosa The word ‘Neer’ means ‘Water’ in Tulu & Kannada languages so ‘neer dosa’ translates to ‘water dosa’....

Chivda is a traditional Indian Snack usually made with Poha, (flattened rice), spices, nuts and herbs. Here in this oats chivda version we replace some of the poha with rolled oats. Replacing all of it with oats won’t give you a crispy and crunchy snack. However if you do not prefer to use poha you may replace the same quantity with corn flakes (cereal) or crispy puffed rice. This Oats Chivda is easy to make and makes for a guilt-free snack as it is pan fried and not deep fried....

The best part about these paneer popcorn is they remain crunchy even after an hour. These can also be prepared ahead and kept in the fridge. Just need to fry them when desired. Since I made these paneer popcorn for kids I have used very little spice powders which will go well with them. If you are making for grown ups then double the spice powders or as desired. To make these paneer popcorn, I have just followed the same method I shared on the chicken popcorn recipe....

About Papdi Chaat You will find different versions of papdi chaat, I am sharing the simplest and easy one for making at home. To make papdi chaat, papri/ puri is the main ingredient which can be made at home or store bought. There are so many kinds of papdis available in the market like baked, fried, frozen and ready to fry or bake. These are either made with plain flour or whole wheat flour/atta....

Pasta Primavera Today’s recipe is a big, wholesome vegetable fix disguised in the form of a creamy pasta. So you can pitch it to your clan as a decadent creamy pasta for dinner but know that there’s also a good hit of nutritious vegetables in it too. Life is all about balance, after all! Primavera means “spring” in Italian, and this meatless dish is all about celebrating the best green bounty the season offers up....

Try this with homemade pesto. It’s amazing! How to make a JUICY pesto pasta with pesto sauce If you’ve ever made pesto pasta and found that it a bit on the dry side, then tried to salvage it by adding more and more olive oil only to end up with an excessively greasy pasta, you’ll love the technique I’m sharing today: Add pasta cooking water It will thin out the pesto so it coats everything nicely and creates a glossy pesto sauce that coats every bit of pasta....

About Pumpkin Curry This pumpkin curry is made in Indian style, where diced pumpkin is simmered in a curry base made with chopped onions, tomatoes, garam masala, cumin and other pantry staples. Various whole and ground spices compliment the earthy sweet flavor of pumpkin. Coconut milk or almond milk is optionally used to enhance the nutty flavor and sweet notes of the dish. This is a South & North Indian fusion recipe, so you will find ingredients from both South & North Indian cuisines....

Raw banana fry can be made in so many ways, the recipe I am sharing today is different from the aratikaya vepudu shared earlier. This is a family recipe from my mum and we all love it. To make this delicious mildly hot and spicy raw banana fry we don’t need any special ingredients. But the method of frying them is a bit unique which lends a great flavor and taste to the raw banana....

*** This recipe is part of a Christmas Special where I show you how to make 3 mains and 4 side dishes that take 1.5 hrs to prepare and can be largely made ahead. So this Christmas, you can spend less time in the kitchen and more time with your family! 🙂 *** When it comes to salads for a Christmas spread, two things spring to mind: Can I make ahead?...

FavoritePinShare This simple and refreshing Salami Sandwich is full of salami, garlic and herb cream cheese, tomato and arugula. It’s a flavor packed and quick meal that is sure to satisfy! I love a good sandwich. There’s just something about them that I can’t resist, and I end up making them pretty often! I know what you might be thinking, do I really need a recipe to make a sandwich? Think of this recipe as inspiration for how you can make more than just a ham and cheese sandwich this week!...

Noodles. Satay Chicken. Veggies. And a creamy peanut dressing. What an awesome combination! It’s like Satay Chicken and a noodle stir fry had a baby. Or a noodle stir fry and a salad had a baby. No, wait – more like Satay Chicken and a salad had a baby. It’s a hybrid! And it’s INCREDIBLE with a capital I. A BIG capital I. I can assure you, with the Japanese blood running through my veins, I am very fussy about feaux-Asian food....

Shaoxing Wine is used in practically every single Chinese recipe I’ve shared – because it’s key ingredient! What is Shaoxing Wine? Shaoxing wine is a type of Chinese cooking wine, and is alternatively spelt Shao-hsing or Shaohsing wine. It is made from rice and is one of the most popular types of of Chinese rice wines for cooking thanks to its complex and sweet flavour. It’s the default rice wine I use for Chinese cooking and so I refer to it simply as Chinese Cooking Wine in almost all my recipes....

Sheera It is known as Sheera in Maharashtra, Karnataka and some parts of Andhra Pradesh. The same is known as Suji halwa in North India. South Indian rava kesari or kesari bath is a variation of this which is made much the same way but with an addition of kesari color. Sheera is most commonly offered to the deities/Gods as Prasad or Naivedya during festivals like Ganesh Chaturthi, Varalakshmi Pooja & Navratri....