Hello there, Best Friend! We’ve been inseparable ever since we first met, haven’t we? Through so many adventures, crazy times, good times, bad times, really bad times and hey, before this gets way too serious, some really fun times too! We’ve grown up and grown wise together. I’ve enjoyed everything more because you were there…
Reunion : #15to50
They started planning their school reunion with great gusto. All united with the thought of meeting after ages. As the euphoria wore off, differences of ideas crept in. Bickering was next. Pettiness followed soon after, with shades of meanness coloring an ugly picture. They met alright, never to meet again.
Super quick Chicken
Ingredients: Chicken: 1/2 Kg (cleaned and washed) Plain Dahi / Yogurt / Curd: 1 Cup Ginger-Garlic paste: 2 Tsp Red Chilly Powder: 3/4th Tsp Haldi (Turmeric powder): a little over 1/4th Tsp Garam Masala: 1/2 Tsp Dhania Powder (Coriander powder): 3/4th Tsp Freshly ground Black Pepper powder: 1/2 Tsp Salt, to taste 1…
Khandvi – A popular Gujrati snack
Serves 4 Ingredients , for the Khandvi: Besan/Gram flour: 1/2 Cup Buttermilk: 2 cups (mix 1 cup water+1cup curd, if you don’t have buttermilk) Ginger-Green Chilly, crushed finely: 1 Tsp Haldi/Turmeric Powder: 1/2 Tsp Lemon Juice: 2 Tsp Salt, to taste Ingredients for the Tadka: Oil: 2 Tsp Hing/Asafoetida: 1/4th Tsp Rye/Mustard Seeds: 1/2 Tsp…
Vietnamese Iced Coffee
Serves 1 Ingredients: 2 Tbsp Milkmaid 2 Tbsp Filter Coffee Decoction, of your choice 1 Glass Lots of crushed Ice Method: Pour the milkmaid into the glass Add the coffee decoction to it and stir well, till they both mix Add crushed ice to this and stir together. Enjoy!
Akuri : Spicy, scrambled eggs, Parsi-style with Pao
Serves 1 Ingredients 2 eggs 1 small onion, chopped very fine 1 small tomato, chopped fine (keep aside a little for the garnish) Turmeric Powder, a generous pinch Ginger-garlic paste, ½ tsp Green chilles, 2 medium sized, chopped very fine Milk, 2 tbsps Pepper and salt, to taste Butter/Ghee, ½ tsp Oil, 1…
Chatpata Dal-Bread
Daddojanam – Andhra style Curd Rice
Daddojanam is an Andhra Style Curd Rice. Or as I refer to it as, ‘Curd Rice all dressed up fancy’ . Made on festivals and auspicious occasions, the addition of Pomegranate and a special tempering / tadka makes this a delicacy. Ingredients 1 Cup slightly over-cooked Rice 1 and 1/2 to 2 Cups plain…
Milk Cake : Recipe post
Ingredients: 3 Cups Milk 1 Cup Sugar 1 Cup Milk powder 1 Cup Curd 1/2 Cup Ghee *The ratio is always 3:1 and half for the Ghee, irrespective of what vessel you use for measuring the ingredients* Method: Heat the milk in a heavy-bottomed pan. Once it starts boiling, add…
Kandi Pedha
Makes 18 medium sized Pedha’s Ingredients: 160 ml/a little less than half a can of Nestle Milkmaid 1 cup Milk Powder 2 Tbsps Ghee Method: In a bowl, add all the ingredients. Mix very well. Heat a heavy bottomed pan, and add the above mix. On the lowest flame, keep stirring the mix till it…