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There was so much food at the party. The birthday girl made chicken skewers with a peanut sauce. Open salmon sandwiches. Homemade hummus and aubergine dips. And her half Chinese bf brought a box of the...
View ArticleSafe and simple Upma
Bring a robust frying pan to heat on a high flame with the semolina. Keep shifting and stirring the semolina around until it goes warm golden evenly. This takes a good 5-7 minutes. Tip the semolina...
View ArticlePaneer Bhurji – Scrambled Paneer
Chop the onion, tomatoes and paneer into little pieces. In a small saucepan, heat the oil over a high flame. When it is hot, add the cumin seeds and bay leaf. As they sizzle up, stir in the onions and...
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Heat the yogurt in a microwave for 30 seconds until warm. This helps break the four down. You can do this on the cooker also or just use room temperature yogurt. Traditionally, only water is used for...
View ArticleMixed vegetable poha
Feeds 4: 2 large cups of poha (about 225gm) 1 large carrot 100gm fresh or frozen peas 1 small onion 15 curry leaves Half tsp mustard seeds 1 tsp turmeric powder Half tsp chilli powder Juice of one and...
View ArticleHidden cabbage paratha
In a large mixing bowl, put all the ingredients bar the extra oil for frying. Using two tablespoons of water at a time, mix the ingredients into a solid dough ball. You will only need about six...
View ArticleSimply Bread Upma
Chop the tomato and onion roughly. Slice the bread into large bite-sized pieces. You don’t want them too small as they’ll just crumble. In a frying pan, bring the oil to heat on high. When it’s hot,...
View ArticleSavoury pancakes – Pudla
In a large mixing bowl, place the besan, salt, chilli powder. Chop finely the chilli and coriander and toss in and grate in the ginger. Mix in the water slowly removing any lumps that may have formed....
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Cook the eggs by placing them in cold water, bringing to boil and cooking for 5-6 minutes. Drench in cold water, peel and quarter. Bring the milk to boil, and then lower to simmer and poach the haddock...
View ArticleBest Besan ka Chilla
Place the besan in a large mixing bowl with the spices. Chop the onion, green chilli and fresh coriander and add it in. Next add the warm water little by little, stirring the mixture well with the back...
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