Servings: 5-6 Preparation time: 3 minutes. Cooking time: 20 minutes. Total time: 23 minutes. Our food today getting internationalised; I would like to revive India’s traditional culture of eating home cooked food. “Paneer (cottage cheese) ka kheer”, often known as “Chhannar Payash“ in Bengali, holds a special place in Bengali households, especially during festivals and […]
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Servings: Preparation time: 8-10 minutes. Cooking time: 22-25 minutes. Total time: 35 minutes. “Bottle Gourd Halwa”, popularly known as “Lauki ka Halwa” in Hindi, is a rich and traditional Indian dessert that celebrates the humble bottle gourd (lauki or doodhi) in a sweet, creamy, luscious dessert infused with cardamom and garnished with nuts. In this
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Servings: Preparation time: 10 minutes. Frying time: 12 minutes. Cooking time: 7-10 minutes. Making Laddu time:8-10 minutes. Total time: 42 minutes. Papaya is widely cultivated not only in India, but also in Brazil; India and Brazil are the major producers of papaya. I first tasted this exotic treat in Brazil during my son’s wedding, where
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Servings: Preparation time: 10 minutes. Cooking time: 10-15 minutes. Total time: 25 minutes. “Raw mango sweet pickle with saffron and green cardamom (phalahari aam ka chhunda)”, enriched with the luxurious aroma of cardamom and the golden hue of saffron, is a twist on the classic aam ka meetha achar. This pickle captures the essence of
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Servings: 4-5 Preparation time: 10 minutes. Frying time: 5-6 minutes(each batch). Total time: 16 minutes. “Aaloo (Potato) ka pakoda (phalahari fritters)” made with Kuttu ka Atta (buckwheat flour), is a delicious and satisfying phalahari (vrat-special) snack, perfect for fasting days like Navratri, Ekadashi, or Mahashivratri. This version replaces regular gram flour with gluten-free kuttu flour,
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