Kochuri or the stuffed puri is one of the most celebrated and loved road side breakfast snack for people in Bengal. On their way back from the morning walk they take a halt, relish hot kochuri with a typical alu curry and if possible pack for their family; if not Continue Reading
Pancakes are popular all over the world. A starch-based batter with milk and egg is used to prepare a thin, flat cake on hot griddle or frying pan. Sweet pancakes accompanied with jam, nutella, whipped cream or a scoop of ice cream can make lip smacking desserts. Whereas a large, round, Continue Reading
Bread is perhaps the most common item for breakfast around the world. Even in India, a slice of bread has replaced the traditional regional foods for breakfast. I cannot think of my busy weekdays mornings without bread, which you can just bake and have it with a spoon of butter Continue Reading
Paratha stuffed with seasonal vegetables apart from the usual Aloo or Muli parathas are pretty common in Northern India. Likewise, spinach puree in partaha dough infuses a certain kind of herb flavour in the paratha and makes it pretty tasty too. Known as Palak paratha, it is actually quite popular Continue Reading
Being stationed in North India, which can unarguably be regarded as “land of parathas”, I come across every possible kind of parathas to be imagined and you start to doubt if anything more can be done with them. Today, however, I present you a very different and one of its Continue Reading
Today I am here with the recipe of a very common and immensely popular south Indian dish of Idli. It remained in my “To Do” list for a long long time. Partially due to the absence of Idli mould and then because of my infamous laziness, I managed to come Continue Reading
After a long sabbatical of almost three months, I again find my calling here to share with you a well known snack “Dahi Vada”. Originated sometimes during the 12th century, in the present day Karnataka, as Dahi Vada kept on making fans all over India, it can hardly be called Continue Reading
I have started a new phase of my life in Delhi six months back. Again a new city, new people around with some interesting foods to explore 🙂 Though Delhi is famous for its Mughlai food, I bet one would love the parathas available here, even in small road side stalls. Continue Reading
Sattu or Chatu (in Bengali) is a flour of dry roasted grains such as barley, bengal gram, millet, corn etc. In Bihar sattu is used extensively in different sweet and savoury dishes. They generally use the sattu of bengal gram. Whereas in Punjab barley sattu is much popular. One can Continue Reading
It has always been our priority to start a day with healthy breakfast. At the same time, these days, leading fast lives, we can’t afford to go for a lengthy recipe. Although our taste bud always look for something different from regular bread and butter. Vegetable Upma, a savoury dish Continue Reading