Salad with Creme Fraiche Dressing
Now that the weather is getting warmer, people will start to have make and eat more salads. What salads, raitas and pickles can be served with Indian meals? With the Indian meals, it’s traditional to Read More …
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Instant semolina and cornflour dhokla with spinach
Dhoklas are a favourite snack in our family and often get made as brunch. I usually make dhoklas by fermenting the chick pea flour batter overnight. My friend Nayna Kanabar from Simply food, did Read More …
Jalebi ladoos
Yep – you read that right!! I made some jalebi ladoos a couple of weeks ago! I usuallymake jalebis following this traditional recipe but wanted to learn how to make instant jalebi so joined an Read More …
Mumbai Ice Halwa made in Microwave
Mumbai Ice halwa is also called Bombay halwa or suko halwo too. Years ago tins of Bombay Halwa, made by Mohanlal Mithaiwala, were popular at Diwali time and not a lot of people made them Read More …
Pickled Cabbage – Japanese style
I love raw white cabbage and often made a quick salad by adding just salt, pepper, lemon and sugar to it. I usually add the spices into the cabbage and serve it with our meal. Read More …
Traditional Shrikand- A sweet dish made with yogurt and sugar
SHRIKAND is a sweet dish always served chilled. It can be served with pooris. Most Gujarati thalis have this as one of their sweet items and it provides a refreshing change when eating hot Read More …
Classic Apple Crumble
Lately, I have been shopping online for groceries and often find that I don’t often get the best fruits choices. Lately, the apples we got weren’t tasty and we ended up with lots of apples Read More …
Sweet Boondi (An Indian sweet)
Sweet Boondi/Bundi is one of my favourite Indian sweets. I prefer them to Boondi Ladoos which are one of the most popular sweets in UK. Boond/bund means a droplet. Boondi/Bundi is made by dropping little Read More …
Basic Tomato Curry Sauce
I tend to make curries at least 3 times a week so like to make concentrated basic tomato curry sauce which can be added to curries and dalls when required. It saves me the preparation Read More …
Pineapple, mango and passion fruit chutney (vegan)
Like most Indians I tend to make a selection of chutneys and pickles to serve with our food. I remember my mum and MIL coming up with different variations of chutneys and raitas depending Read More …