Servings: 4-5 Soaking time: 2-3 days. Preparation time: 10 minutes. Boiling time: 5 minutes. Layering time: 1 day Cooking time: 15 minutes. Total time: 30 minutes. Growing up in small town of Bihar at Barh; I remember grand-parents pricked the gooseberry and prepared ‘Gooseberry murabba’, and used to be busy for this work about 5-6 […]
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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: 5 minutes. Preparing dough time: 5 minutes. Rolling time: 1 minute (each) Frying time: 10 minutes. Roasting time: 2 minutes(each). Total time: 23 minutes. This recipe came to life when my friend’s daughter called me one day, saying, “Aunty, I have a big bunch of mint leaves; how should I consume
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Servings: 3-4 Preparation time: 7-8 minutes. Cooking time: 15 minutes. Seasoning time: 15 minutes. Total time: 38 minutes. We can’t control heat waves; so can cool our self and family with this ‘bottle gourd recipe’. Bottle gourd has a high percentage of water which will keep you hydrated and cool. It is also easy to
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Servings: 3-4 Preparation time: 10 minutes. Cooking time: 15 minutes. Total time: 25 minutes. Straight from our Kudankulam kitchen garden to the plate, this “Snake gourd (Trichosanthes cucumerina) ki sabji (chichinda ki sabji)” celebrates the freshness of homegrown produce. Snake gourd’s mild flavour and tender texture soak up the spices beautifully, creating a light, wholesome
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