Starters &Appetizers

Kachari (Fritters) – Ghughani

Kachari (Fritters) – Ghughani

Servings: 4 Soaking time: 6 hours. Preparation time: 10 minutes. Frying time: 10 minutes. Cooking time: 15 minutes. Total time: 35 minutes. “Kachari (Fritters) – Ghughani “is often cooked in my parent’s house as evening snacks; ‘kachari’ is nothing but a kind of bhajia (fritters) prepare with soaked lentil and ‘Ghughani’ is chickpea dish.  It […]

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Stuffed Pittha/ Bagiya with Poppy Seed

Servings: 2-3 Making stuffing time: 12 minutes. Making dough time: 3 minutes. Stuffing raw pittha time: 1 minutes(each). Cooking time: 12 minutes. Total time: 28 minutes.  Pittha is one of the authentic Bihari cuisine made with rice flour, while new crops of rice flood the farmer’s fields in the early winter. It is customary to

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Pasta (Macaroni) in Creamy White Sauce

Servings: 2 Boiling time: 10 minutes. Preparation time: 5 minutes. Frying time: 5 minutes. Cooking time: 5 minutes. Total time: 25 minute Yesterday, I got up early in the morning, it was calm and quite dawn; I opened the sliding door to enter my balcony and the propelling sound of motor boat attracted me, coming

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Romanesco Broccoli/cauliflower Pakoda (Broccoflower Fritters)

Servings: 4 Preparation time: 7 minutes. Frying time: 5+4 minutes. Total time: 16 minutes. In my opinion ‘Roman cauliflower/ Romanesco Broccoli’ is better than cauliflower and broccoli in looks as well as in taste too. The beautiful spiral florets of the vegetable fascinated me and made crazy to prepare fritters (Pakoda); although you can prepare

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Makhane (Fox nut) Fry with South Indian Masala Flavor

Servings: 2 Preparation time: 2 minutes. Roasting time: 5 minutes. Seasoning time: 3 minutes. Total time: 10 minutes. Makhane is a water plant mainly cultivated for its edible seeds (after popping, it is called Makhane in Hindi or Fox nut in English). It is treated as dry fruits, by itself has very-very mild flavour and

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