Beverages

Fresh Bael Sherbet/ Wood Apple Juice

Bael ka Sherbet

Bael ka sherbet is a fresh drink or juice made from the pulp of Bael or wood apple, fruit of ...
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Shahtoot ka Sherbet

Shahtoot ka Sherbet or mulberry squash is a fruit sherbet known for its cooling properties. Mulberries are freshly available at ...
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Kali Gajar ki Kanji

Kali Gajar ki Kanji  or Black Carrot Kanji is a fermented drink made in North India with black carrots around ...
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Aam Panna

Aam Panna, is a popular beverage made from raw green mangoes in the hot summer months in North India. It ...
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Appetisers

Fruit Chaat

During religious fasting in India, one abstains from regular meals. Fruits are popularly eaten either by themselves, as juice or ...
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Makhana, Melon Seeds & Peanut Namkeen

A healthy namkeen or savoury snack made by gently tossing the foxnut, melon seeds, peanuts and potato chips in ghee ...
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Sabudana Tikki

Sabudana tikki, is made with boiled mashed potatoes, re-hydrated sago pearls, crushed peanuts, chopped green chillies, which are combined and ...
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Kuttu & Singhara Atta Pakoras

Kuttu and Singhara pakoras are fritters made with buckwheat and water chestnut flours. Mashed boiled potatoes are used to bind ...
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Kuttu Paneer Pakora

Kuttu Paneer Pakora are cottage cheese batons coated in buckwheat flour and fried to crispness. Ever since my childhood, I’ve ...
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Bhuna

Bhuna is a humble snack made of puffed and beaten rice, roasted gram and peanuts tempered in fragrant mustard oil, ...
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Salads

Make ahead Cold Hawaiian Chicken Salad

Hawaiian Chicken Salad

Hawaiian Chicken Salad is a combination of boiled chicken white meat, pineapple chunks, celery, boiled eggs coated with mayonnaise. The ...
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Savoury Dishes

Indian Raita

In most parts of India, yogurt or curd is eaten at every meal. It is either eaten plain or with ...
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Sukhi Arbi ki Sabji

Sukhi Arbi ki Sabji or sautéed spicy taro root vegetable is a perennial favourite of my family. Arbi or taro ...
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Kadoo ki Sabji

Kadoo ki sabji is a spicy pumpkin vegetable made across north India. Even though the pumpkin is such a humble ...
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Singhare ki Sabji

Singhara or Water Chestnut is a fruit therefore eaten during religious fasting in India. It can be eaten raw, boiled or ...
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Khatte Aloo ki Sabji

Khatte aalo ki sabji or a potato stew which has been soured by dry mango powder, is a simple recipe ...
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Khatti Arbi ki Sabji

Khatti arbi ki sabji or a taro root stew which has been soured by dry mango powder and yogurt, is ...
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Breads

Kuttu & Singhara Atta Roti

During a religious fast in India, grains are not eaten and as both Kuttu and Singhara flour come from the ...
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Makki ki Roti

Makki ki Roti, a Punjabi staple in the winters, is a grilled, unleavened flat bread made with maize flour.  It is ...
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Bloody Mary Cocktail Cake

Bloody Mary is a popular cocktail made up of tomato juice, addition of the spirit vodka, and combinations of spices ...
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Rice Dishes

Samak ke Chawal

In the Navratri diet Samak Chawal is a good replacement for rice eaters as it is not a cereal but ...
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Condiments

Imli Chutney with Fruits

Imli chutney is a sweet and sour sauce made from tamarind pulp boiled with sugar or jaggery and spiced with ...
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Green Coriander & Mint Chutney

Green Coriander & Mint Chutney, is a fresh herb chutney made with fresh green coriander and mint leaves. Its taste ...
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Preserves

Meetha narangi ka achar / Indian sweet kumquat pickle

Meetha Narangi ka Achar

Meetha narangi ka achar or sweet kumquat pickle is made with Indian narangis which are round and orange when ripe ...
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Marmalade

Marmalade is a fruit preserve made from the juice and peel of citrus fruits boiled with sugar and water. It ...
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Punjabi Gobi, Gajar, Shalgam ka Achar

Sharda Kapur shares with us her recipe of a Punjabi Cauliflower, Carrot & Turnip Pickle or as it’s popularly called Gajjar, Gobi, ...
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Katta Meetha Mirchi ka Achar

Urmila Kapoor shares with us her sweet and sour chilli pickle recipe, in which she uses large red chillies spiced ...
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Sweets

Pina Colada Cocktail Cake

The Piña Colada is a sweet, rum-based cocktail made with rum, cream of coconut, and pineapple juice, usually served either ...
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Appletini Cocktail Cake

An Apple Martini, Appletini for short, is a cocktail containing vodka and either apple juice, apple cider, apple liqueur or ...
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Sex on the Beach Cocktail Cake

The cocktail, Sex on the Beach, is made from vodka, peach schnapps, orange juice, and cranberry juice. One interesting version ...
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Cocktail in a Cake

With the count down to the year end and the feeling of festiveness in the air, I thought why not ...
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Phirni

Phirni is a rice pudding made with milk, ground rice and sugar, flavoured with saffron or cardamom and garnished with ...
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Meetha Malpua

Sweet Malpua or Pura is made with using some or all of the following ingredients: maida (refined flour), semolina, milk, ...
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