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May 17, 2015 Posted by Shweta Shanbhag
I love creamy buttery tomato gravies. I was looking for a good recipe online and came across this good North Indian curry recipe for boneless chicken from chef Aditya Bal. You can call this a butter chicken recipe. I am sure you will like it. Not very spicy as the tomato base and the cream…
October 26, 2013 Posted by Shweta Shanbhag
Try this healthy pulao recipe which is yummy too – dont get mislead by the spinach in the recipe 🙂 Method Wash 2 cups of rice and soak it in water for about 20 mins. After 20 mins,…
October 26, 2013 Posted by Shweta Shanbhag
I like Onions with my chicken and hence decided to cook this Murgh Do Pyazza today. This dish is so called because you add a lot of onions to the gravy. The gravy is very rich and goes…
July 14, 2013 Posted by Shweta Shanbhag
This is a dish we ate in London at Wagamama – a Japanese chain in UK. This dish was highly recommended by friends and we really liked it prolly because it was very close to Indian cuisine. Last…
July 14, 2013 Posted by Shweta Shanbhag
Tasted this soup in a restaurant and really liked it. Decided to give it a try. Took the cream of Chicken Tomato recipe and then added the fried okra to try and replicate what I ate at the…
June 22, 2013 Posted by Shweta Shanbhag
Banana Walnut cake is one of Yash’s favorite. Found this interesting recipe online where buttermilk is used and to my surprise the cake turned out really moist and juicy. I decided to throw in some choco chips to entice…
May 11, 2013 Posted by Shweta Shanbhag
So yeah!! I finally have started baking!!! Have been baking since Feb, but its tough to find time to blog when you have a toddler who ensures you spend all your time with her 🙂 My first cake…
May 11, 2013 Posted by Shweta Shanbhag
I chanced upon this recipe while browsing for newer Mutton side dishes. “Chukka” means dry gravy in Tamil, and this apparently is a very famous Chettinad dish. The south indian flavors of curry leaves and the spices gives…
April 18, 2013 Posted by Shweta Shanbhag
This is another all time favorite among the easy to cook dishes. Falls in the day to day cooking category and takes less than half an hour of cooking time including the chopping 🙂 Method 1. Cut 250…
April 11, 2013 Posted by Shweta Shanbhag
Came across this recipe on Tarla Dala’s website and decided to try it. The ajwain seeds and the pav bhaji masala give a distinct flavour to this dish. Did not take me even 30 mins to cook including…
March 30, 2013 Posted by Shweta Shanbhag
These days have been experimenting a lot with mixing different juices and making mocktails when I have friends over esp friends with children below 18 🙂 I had tried Sangria recently and fell in love with the drink….
March 23, 2013 Posted by Shweta Shanbhag
Been wanting to try this dish ever since I bought my new oven. The key to this dish is in its marination. If you want well marinated chicken, you need to plan in advance. I marinated the chicken…
March 16, 2013 Posted by Shweta Shanbhag
A few weeks ago, I had a few Punjabi friends visiting and I knew they loved Butter Chicken. Decided to try my hand at it for the first time so went online scouting for recipes. Came across this…
March 3, 2013 Posted by Shweta Shanbhag
I love the Usal Pav made by my mom. It was always a special breakfast /snack option at home. Wanted to replicate that the other day but did not have the white peas at home. Decided to just…
February 10, 2013 Posted by Shweta Shanbhag
My friend Virag and his wife Kruti are strict Jains. Even though they do not use onions, ginger and garlic in their cooking, the food they cook is always amazingly tasty. This is a dish I ate at…
January 1, 2013 Posted by Shweta Shanbhag
Tried this recipe last week from Sanjeev Kapoor’s Khana Khazana and really liked it I did not add as much butter and cream as the recipe recommended – yet the gravy was very rich thanks to the cashew nut paste….
December 18, 2012 Posted by Shweta Shanbhag
Tried this recipe from vahrevah.com last Saturday when friends Preeti Patil and Jay came over. This starter with its south indian flavors was a hit with them.. Very easy to cook and the key is in cooking the…
December 13, 2012 Posted by Shweta Shanbhag
I love Italian food and though I like Pasta more than Risotto, I decided to cook Risotto again after a long time. Having tried Risotto with pumkin and one other time with chicken and mushrooms, today I decided…
December 2, 2012 Posted by Shweta Shanbhag
Tasted this dish for the first time at Sahana and Vijay’s place in Leeds. Loved it for its simple flavors. I like Beetroot for the unique color of the dishes and have cooked this dish many times after…
December 2, 2012 Posted by Shweta Shanbhag
Last week, I had lunch with some colleagues at Rayalseema Ruchulu – one of my favorite Andhra cuisine restaurant. We ordered Chicken curry the Seema style and the gravy was spicy and extremely tasty. Wanted to try the…
November 17, 2012 Posted by Shweta Shanbhag
Came across this interesting recipe on a youtube video last Sunday and decided to cook it. This is probably a Hyderabadi dish because the fried onion, curd and mint combination is something I see a lot in Hyderabadi…
November 13, 2012 Posted by Shweta Shanbhag
My blog is heavy on non-veg dishes so decided to cook some veg dishes today to balance it out 🙂 Last time when I cooked paneer butter masala, I realised that the taste of methi, tomato and paneer is…
November 8, 2012 Posted by Shweta Shanbhag
I had always heard of ghee roast but never tasted it. Decided to cook it finally and it did turn out well. Extremely spicy, hot and tasty 🙂 Method 1. Marinate 1/2 kg chicken with 1 tsp turmeric…
November 4, 2012 Posted by Shweta Shanbhag
Had an unused bunch of spring onion lying in my fridge for a week now..wanted to use it for my cooking today was in no mood for Chinese.Hence went online and googled for spring onion recipes and came…
October 28, 2012 Posted by Shweta Shanbhag
The usual chicken gravy recipe with onion and tomato paste. Very easy to cook, this spicy chicken gravy is ready in less than 45 mins. . You can hardly go wrong with this recipe. Method Clean and chop…
October 24, 2012 Posted by Shweta Shanbhag
As you must know by now, Bhindi(Okra or ladies finger) is one of my favorite vegetable. Felt like cooking okra with dahi. Searched online and found this easy recipe on Tarla Dalal’s site. This dish was really easy…
October 13, 2012 Posted by Shweta Shanbhag
I had seen this episode of Chak Le India – Kachcha Raasta long back and had noted down the recipe. I like Aditya Bal’s style of cooking where I see him char the aromatics regularly. This reduces cooking time…
September 9, 2012 Posted by Shweta Shanbhag
Have been very busy lately and haven’t been able to update the blog. I had read this recipe in a magazine sometime back and the simplicity of the dish made me want to cook it. This dish took…
September 9, 2012 Posted by Shweta Shanbhag
I generally cook this raita as a substitute for a side dish when I feel like having healthy food 🙂 Just love the color of this dish Method 1. Boil 1 beetroot in the pressure cooker. I generally…
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I come from a Konkani family from Karwar (North Karnataka) and I can say that cooking is the most discussed topic among all the women in the family. My mom, grand mom and aunts are all awesome cooks and conjuring elaborate, delicious dishes is how we show love and care for the family...
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