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Everyone has their own recipe for stuffed capsicum. I have tried atleast 4-5 varieties so far with besan filling, potato filling etc. Each one of them has a unique flavor.
I have mentioned about V’s very enthusiastic grandmom before. This recipe was given to me by her. Though she can’t cook now, she makes sure to [...]
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AvrekaLu or val is very new to me. I started using it from last year, but since then, we have been great fans of this. I had many recipes which called for dried avrekaLu. I really didn’t know how they looked like. So I bought the first “val” I saw in the Indian store here.
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Pakoras are one of the most popular snacks in India. They are called as bajo-singular or baje-plural in Konkani. They are also called as bajji.
We usually serve them along with meal. They are integral part of any Konkani festival/function meal. Cauliflower and capsicum baje are very popular, but people make them out of other [...]
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Wish you all a very happy Deepavali/Diwali.
Gulab Jamun must be one of the most loved sweets in India. These days it is very easy to make them at home using ready made Gulab Jamun mixes, but few years ago, that was not the case. I used to make them from milk. It was a long [...]
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After making so many sweets, I thought it is time for some deep frying. I had bought some sweet potatoes last week, as I like to eat boiled sweet potatoes. But they sat on the counter without being touched. Then I saw this shankarpali recipe in a book. So I thought of giving it a [...]
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It was some 10 years old story. I had been to my friend’s house for studying something. It was tea time and my friend’s grandmother, Mrs Diwan, served a laddoo. She asked me to taste it and guess what it was made of. I kept guessing, but every time I was wrong. The laddoos were [...]
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We didn’t realize when Navaratri went by. We didn’t celebrate it at all. Like always, though I had grand plans, I didn’t do anything for the festival. So I decided to cook a marathon for one of my favorite festivals - Diwali/Deepavali which is just round the corner. Instead of waiting till the big day, [...]
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Be aware of a big rant!!! read at your own risk…
I was thinking about this question for a couple of days, should I ask or should I ignore it? Finally I decided, I should go ahead and get it out of my system so that I can get some facts straight.
What do you expect when [...]
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We had been to a 1 week trip to Kashi-Gaya-Prayag and other holy places with our son and daughter-in-law. We came back home yesterday. It was a great feeling to have visited these places, but also got a bit sad at the way these places are maintained.
This recipe was given to me by one of [...]
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I am having one of those days when I want to stay away from the blog as much as possible. I am finding it increasingly difficult to keep up with the amount of work and dedication required to keep up with things. I have many recipes in drafts which I could post, but I find [...]
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