Category: Cooking

This is Lucknow special. I haven’t come across this anywhere else. Making this is simple. Boil white/yellow matar after soaking it overnight. You might need 6-7 whistles. Spread it on a non-stick. Keep disturbing it with a spatula at regular intervals. When it gets stuck to tawa, peel it and mix…

25 years back. We used to stay in Lucknow. Big town for us after living in much smaller cities in Uttar Pradesh. DD used to rule the air waves those days. I happened to hear recipe for this dish on TV and I thought I will give it a shot….

You can make this with leftover rice also. It will transform your rice to a yummy dish which you can even serve to your guests. If your guests figure out that this was made using left over rice, the lunch is on me.   So take a little bit of…

This is Namma Bengaluru stuff, mind it. If you are a Bangalorean, you obviously know what Congress Peanuts are. The red spicy peanuts which you get at every bakery shop across the city. If you are not lucky enough to be a Bangalorean. Here is an easy way to make…

Haven’t you enjoyed the taste of Maggi as a kid. Here is an interesting twist to that. In our home kids love the maggi with almost no masala so we always end up with a lot of maggi masala packets. I thought it would be a nice idea to put…

This is the easiest salad and usually served with burgers/sandwiches on the side. Take a bowl full of shredded cabbage.  Finely mince some capsicum and grate some carrots and add it to the cabbage.  You can also add fresh herbs like parsley. Add half a bowl of mayonnaise and mix it well. Add…

So you don’t have time. Who does? All of us have 24 hours only.   Take 2 nice red tomatoes and chop them into fine pieces. Put 2 cups of water in a pan on gas and add these tomatoes to it. Let this mixture boil for 5-8 mins on…

Recepie by Avantika and Amlan Ingredients: 5-6 medium potatoes, 2 green chillies, 2 tblsp mustard oil, 4 tblsp poppy seeds, salt to taste, Onion, Kala Jeera Cut the potatoes into one inch sized pieces, Keep them in water, Soak poppy seeds in one cup warm water for fifteen to twenty minutes.grind to a…