I am blessed with foodie girlfriends cum home chefs who prepare yummy cuisine of their region and care to make it all veg to suit the palate of few of us who are vegetarians. Few months back Anjali Bhattacharjee dished out a fantastic Bengali Cuisine meal for us. It comprised of – – Aam Pora…
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Annakut Bhog – The Prasad Of 56 Food Items 🙂
The festival of Annakut (meaning a heap of grain) Puja, popularly known as Govardhan Puja, is celebrated on the 4th day of Deepawli, the 5 day Hindu festival of lights. For the Annakut festival, a meal using 56 different kinds of grains and vegetables are used to prepare the prasad known as Chappan Bhog. In…
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…
Annakut Prasad 2019 🙂
The festival of Annakut (meaning a heap of grain) Puja, popularly known as Govardhan Puja, is celebrated on the 4th day of Deepawli, the 5 day Hindu festival of lights. Govardhan Puja is celebrated as the day Krishna defeated Indra, the king of the Gods by lifting the Govardhan hill. It is a festival dedicated…
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…
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…
Vegetarian Food And Reviews 