Recipe: Turkish Fig Pudding Turkish Fig Pudding also known as Incir Uyutmasi is an easy to make, delectable, melt in the mouth, luscious pudding that can be enjoyed for breakfast or as dessert. Basically you need only 2 main ingredients, dried figs and milk. This dessert is sugar free and excellent indulgence for diabetics. This…
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Continue ReadingRecipe: Savoury Chickpea Flour Pancakes These savoury chickpea flour pancakes are loaded with vegetables, filling, nutritious, gluten free, versatile and easy to make. What I like about this recipe is that unlike the traditional chila pudla recipe, I am able to add a generous amount of vegetables. The eggs added to the batter not only…
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Continue ReadingRecipe: Dangella | Tawa Handvo Dangella | Tawa Handvo is a traditional Gujarati recipe where the handvo batter is cooked on a tawa instead of baking it. It is a Gujarati style savoury pancake. Above all, it is a delicious and healthy breakfast, tea time snack or a light dinner or lunch meal. The advantage…
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Continue ReadingRecipe: Amaranth Paratha Amaranth Paratha is gluten free, vegan, soft, tasty and healthy flatbread. Pretty easy to make, it is a good way to include amaranth in your diet. Known as rajgira paratha in Hindi, these parathas can be enjoyed during fasting days like Ekadashi, Navratri, Ram Navmi, etc. Addition of tapioca pearls is optional,…
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Continue ReadingRecipe: Tricolour Mini Rava Idlis Want to celebrate India’s Independence in style? Try out this easy instant tricolour mini rava idlis where I have not used any artificial colours. For orange idlis I added cooked carrot puree and for the green ones cooked spinach puree. Rava idli batter is white. Healthy, easy to make and…
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Continue ReadingRecipe: Avocado Tomato Sandwich Avocado Tomato Sandwich is a filling, delicious and healthy meal option especially for days when you don’t feel like cooking in summer. Best time to enjoy those fresh juicy tomatoes. When it comes to sandwiches, I love tomato ones, with avocado and the classic cucumber one. I bought those large juicy…
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Continue ReadingRecipe: Chole Bhature Chole Bhature is a popular dish in the Northern part of India. Apparently, it originates from Delhi. Chole is a spicy chickpea curry and bhatura is a soft puffed up flatbread that goes with the chole. One is bhatura and several are called bhature. It is also known as chana bhature. Generally…
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Continue ReadingPotato Bread Potato Bread is a white, soft and fluffy homemade bread. Leftover mashed potato is added to the dough. To make it more flavourful, I have added fresh rosemary and cheddar cheese. This bread makes a lovely sandwich bread. Memories Sometime back I had baked, (well actually some years ago..) an Irish Freckle Bread…
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Continue ReadingRecipe: Carrot & Apple Bread Carrot & Apple Bread is a quick bread full of raisins, nuts and seeds. Using wheat flour, jaggery powder or brown sugar this nutritious bread is enjoyed both as breakfast or dessert. We enjoyed it as a dessert with some hot custard poured over it. Though this bread can be…
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Continue ReadingRecipe: Breakfast Tarts These Breakfast Tarts are prepared from puff pastry with a bit of vegetables and egg. A delicious savoury breakfast idea, you can add vegetables of your choice. Can also add bacon, sliced sausages, your choice of cheese, etc. I have chosen to use spring vegetables, fruit and herbs – baby spinach, fresh…
