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Rava Upma: 1 katori Rava 1 tsp ghee 1 tsp oil 1 small onion, sliced lengthwise 1 small carrot, peeled and grated 2-3 cloves 1/4th tsp Urad Dal 1/4th tsp Chana Dal 1 Green Chilly, slit Kadipata leaves A few cashews, broken to bits Method: In a pan add ghee and oil and mix till…
For the basic Qurma Paste: 1 tbsp Cashews + 1 tbsp White Til (sesame seeds) + 1small piece of coconut OR 1 tbsp Peanuts + 1 tbsp Khus Khus + 1 small piececoconut Blitz the above ingredients with a little water, to form a thick paste. This paste can be frozen in an airtight container…
Pressure cook 1 katori Tur Dal with 2 katori’s water (or as per desired consistency), ¼ th tsp Turmeric powder and salt to taste. For the Tadka: Heat 1 tsp of oil, To it add hing, jeera, rye, finely chopped Onion (1/4th of a large one), 2 large pods of finely chopped Garlic, 1 green…
Pav Bhaji is quintessential Mumbai street food. Pav is Bread and Bhaji is the literal translation of ‘vegetable’. Who would have thought that a mix of vegetables cooked together and scooped up and eaten with a piece of fried bread could be so delicious? Serves 4 Ingredients for the Bhaji: Potatoes: 3, large. Washed,…
I started learning cooking in 2012. One day I got a little ambitious and decided to cook a Chinese meal for The Husband. I followed multiple recipes by very popular Chefs and each time I finished buying, chopping and prepping the never ending list of ingredients that those recipes required, I was exhausted. Post which…
Hello and welcome to #WoWe our hashtag for this Blog Hop called Words On Wednesday. We are Mayuri and Rashi, your hosts. A new prompt will be up on both our blogs, every Wednesday morning.. Subscribe to our blogs and follow us on Twitter @Mayuri6 and @Rashi_AMital to get your Weekly Prompt. Write a 200 word story relevant to the Prompt of…
May is the perfect time to travel around Europe. Between Winter making the last of its very reluctant exit and Summer gearing up for a blazing entrance, Spring struts about in all its resplendent glory. Multihued flowers sprout and sway out of every fertile spot and lush trees in myriad shades of green pleasantly nod…
Local Currency: Lira. The Lira is also referred to as YTL. Exchange Ratio: Lira to Indian Rupee: 31.01(Approx) Local Language: Turkish is the official spoken language while Arabic is widely spoken too, among other languages. English is neither spoken nor understood and it would be a smart decision to hire an interpreter to get around….
On a gloomy, grey afternoon in May, I traveled 50 km outside Krakow, Poland to visit Auschwitz and Birkenau, or Auschwitz-2 as it is also referred to. Which are 2 of the surviving camps of the 3 that the Nazis set up to eliminate the Jews and other lower races. Auschwitz was spread over 92…
There is something intensely liberating about being in a place where no one speaks, or even attempts to speak, your language. This is why a trip to China, which included Beijing, Shanghai, and the picturesque Guilin, got the nod from me right away. My first morning there and I woke up to find out that…