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
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
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
Carrot, largely a winter vegetable, is used in many savoury dishes, currys and even in salads. Again Carrot halwa is a very popular Indian dessert, perhaps adored by all. For me , I love to use carrot in many of my dishes, just because its colour brings vibrancy in the Continue Reading
Cinnamon is a very common spice used in many a Indian cuisines, mostly in savoury dishes. I never knew it can even be used in cakes and breads. So when I found this recipe in my baking book, I got really surprised and initially was not very keen on baking Continue Reading
Parathas are anonymous with North Indian breakfasts. The heavily stuffed hot parathas with a piece of melting butter is nothing short of heaven for the tongue. The stuffing is an art too. Perhaps you have heard the legends of ‘paratha wali gali’ in Old Delhi, famous for varieties of stuffing Continue Reading
We the Bengalis know the plain puris by a cuter name, “luchi”. For us, Luchi with potato curry is a fascinating combo for Sunday breakfast to kick start the lazy morning with an utmost luxury. The truth is that both the plain puris and the potato curry are individually very Continue Reading