Bajre Ki Khichdi 😊

Made with bajra aka pearl millet, Bajre Ki Khichdi is a popular and nutritious winter food of Rajasthan and Haryana. The recipe – (Serves 3-4) Ingredients: 1 cup raw bajre ka daliya 1/4 cup husked moong dal 3 cups water 2 tbsp ghee Salt to taste Method: 1. Wash husked moong dal properly. Mix it…

Capsicum Pickle 😊

An unusual but healthy, tasty and easy to make pickle. Ingredients: 1 kg capsicum 1/2 cup mustard oil 150 gm sugar Salt to taste Grind into a paste – 4 tsp cumin seeds 2 tsp methi seeds 2 tsp yellow mustard 3-4 pinches asafoetida 2 tsp fennel powder 2 tsp haldi powder 50 gm ginger…

Aam Ki Kheer 😊

It’s a lovely mango and rice pudding infused with the richness of nuts and candied fruits. An apt summer dessert. The recipe (Serves 4) – Ingredients: 2 medium sized mangoes 2 cups full fat milk 1.5 tbsp rice 1/2 tsp ghee 1/4 cup sugar 20 almonds 20 unsalted pistachios 12 candied cranberries Method: 1. Soak…

Vegan Choco Banana Muffins 😊

When vegetarian food is devoid of even any by-product of an animal or better still any living creature, it is called vegan food. In layman’s term we can say that vegetarian food devoid of dairy based products is vegan food. Veganism is on a perpetual rise since last few years. It happens to be one…

Raw Mango Chutney 😊

Sweet & sour aka khatti-meethi Raw Mango Chutney is a must in our household during summer. From last few years, I have been toying with assorted recipes, ranging from simple to complex, along with my personal brainstorming infused into the recipes at hand, till I found this perfect one, popularly known as Kokub’s Green Mango…

Mango Custard 😊

A simple and seasonal dessert, best served when chilled. Recipe of Mango Custard (Serves 3) – Ingredients: 1 medium sized mango 1.5 cups full cream milk 3 tbsp sugar 4 tsp custard powder 0.5 tsp finely chopped pistachios Method: 1. Peel, deseed and cut the mango into medium sized pieces. Using a mixer, make a…

Pudina Chaach 😊

A tasty and thirst quenching summer coolant. Pudina Chaach (Serves 2) Ingredients: 1 cup fresh curd 1 cup chilled water 1/3 cup mint/pudina leaves finely chopped 1 small green chilli finely chopped 1/4 tsp rock salt 1/3 tsp salt 1/4 tsp saunth/dry ginger powder 3/4 tsp roasted cumin powder Method: 1. Keep aside 2 mint…

Badam Daab Sharbat 😊

Ours is one if those households, wherein every Holi, bottles of Badam and Thandai Sherbats are bound to enter the kitchen via self purchase or as gifts (well, we also gift them) and barring 3-4 times around the Holi festival, they are never to be opened again for any kind of consumption but stored till…

Recipe of a Summer Coolant ☺

Daab Water With Sabja Seeds (Serves 1) Ingredients: 1 daab 1 tsp sabja or basil seeds 3-4 mint leaves Method: 1. Make a hole in the centre of the daab and take out it’s water. Sieve it. 2. Fill 3/4 portion of a glass with daab water. 3. Take 3-4 mint leaves. Wash them. Put…