Simply Delicious Potato Paranthas (Indian flatbread)

I’ve been making chicken tikka rolls pretty frequently these days since it’s quite a hit with the family and suddenly chanced upon the idea of making a potato dough, and the result is a soft and delicious parantha that goes with everything. This, combined with the flavourful, succulent spiced meat is a gastronomic wonder and the best part, you’re controlling the oil…

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Eggless Vanilla Pancakes With Honey Lemon Syrup

Pancakes have been around forever. There must be more than a million pancake recipes on the internet and here comes someone with yet another one. Gawd. Rolling my eyes at myself. But I still will post these because they might be slightly different from most since they’re eggless and I’ve managed to make them fluffy and tasty. Two weeks ago I threw…

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Apple and Pear Crumble

What can one say about apple crumble? It’s one of the most easy, frequently made sweet treats and will most likely have been a part of the dessert menu in almost every second restaurant you would have eaten at. It’s certainly a part of every buffet in a five-star hotel. Made well, it’s delicious and hits all the right spots. However, it…

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Easiest 4-Ingredient Chocolate Hazelnut Spread (Copycat Nutella)

Last Sunday my daughter suddenly got bored. Really bored. Something that doesn’t happen to her often so after the fourth time being asked “mama what can we do now?’’ I responded by saying “lets make Nutella”. Received total enthusiasm from that quarter so we got down to making the good stuff. I had bought hazelnuts a few months ago keeping this in…

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Instant Fluffy Khatta Dhokla (Cheat’s Version)

Recently, I got presented with a dhokla maker by my husband’s aunt and I am beyond thrilled! Having lived in Mumbai for many years, fluffy white fermented rice cakes were things that my palate took so well to and I really missed them when I came up north. So when presented with the apparatus, I went on the internet for some ideas and…

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Spicy Sweet Potato Chaat – Street Foods of India

In winter, most markets around Delhi - which already has street vendors selling aloo tikki (potato cutlets with green and tamarind chutneys) and papri chaat, golgappas and stuffed pakoras and what not - get the addition of the sweet potato (shakarkandi) vendors. They have these massive roasted and smoked sweet potatoes which they cut up and mix with a huge amount of…

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Roasted Tomato Soup

This winter has been harsh in the Indian National Capital region (NCR) and the chills don't seem to go away. What the cold does to me is makes me want to eat even more than I already do and it’s not the healthy grilled vegetables kind of stuff. The cravings are for chole bhature, pooris, cakes, chocolate, fries, toast with butter and…

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