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Steamed Salmon4 comments

chandna wrote 2 months ago: This recipe is the same as for steamed trout, but Indira loves salmon cooked this way so much … more →

Tags: Easy One Pot Cooking, Quick meal ideas, Starters and Snacks, Rosemary, Salmon, steamed

Desi scrambled eggs - Egg Bhurji

chandna wrote 2 months ago: A desi version of scrambled eggs, this is a really versatile dish. It makes for an indulgent Sunday … more →

Tags: Breakfast Ideas, Easy One Pot Cooking, Quick meal ideas, picnic food, Eggs, scrambled, bhurji

Baked Sweet Potato Chips

chandna wrote 2 months ago: I just love the color of these. Sweet potato is a vegetable that always brings back memories of holi … more →

Tags: Starters and Snacks, sweet potato, baked, Chips, shakarkandi

Prawn Balchao

chandna wrote 3 months ago: This  recipe,  like the sabudana vadas, is courtesy Chef Sanjeev Kapoor of “Khana Khazana … more →

Tags: Curries

Sabudana Vadas

chandna wrote 3 months ago: It was Indira’s birthday last Sunday and after a good lunch at the Auberge Provencale and a ve … more →

Tags: Starters and Snacks, picnic food, peanuts, Potatoes, Sabudana, Ginger

Pretty Pasta Salad !2 comments

chandna wrote 3 months ago: This is a personal favorite, one that I would love to make more often except I know that the rest of … more →

Tags: Salads, Easy One Pot Cooking, Quick meal ideas, picnic food, Tomatoes, Basil, olive oil, Salad Leaves, sweet corn

Wheat berry Salad

chandna wrote 3 months ago: This salad is excellent picnic food and I make it to take with us sometimes when we go out for the d … more →

Tags: Salads, Quick meal ideas, picnic food, Tomato, salad, pesto, chickpeas, Green Beans, sweet corn

Steamed Trout

chandna wrote 3 months ago: Fish is one of those things I strangely cannot remember having watched my mother cook when I lived a … more →

Tags: Starters and Snacks, Easy One Pot Cooking, Quick meal ideas, Trout, Rosemary, lime juice, lime slices

Garlic Bread

chandna wrote 3 months ago: Inspired by Shefali, I have started to make garlic bread at home finally. Shri misses the frozen kin … more →

Tags: Starters and Snacks, Breads, Basil, thyme, garlic bread, Garlic, oregano, butter

Potato Salad with Lemon and Chive Vinaigrette2 comments

chandna wrote 3 months ago: At one point during these summer holidays, I found myself utterly exasperated with cooking the same … more →

Tags: Salads, Easy One Pot Cooking, Quick meal ideas, picnic food, Mint, Potatoes, chives, vinaigrette, Spring onions

Green Beans with Coconut

chandna wrote 3 months ago: I once passed off – successfully so – this very Indian subzi as a warm salad. Either way … more →

Tags: Salads, Everyday Subzis, Easy One Pot Cooking, Coconut, Green Beans, poriyal, Chana Dal, Tamilian, yellow split peas

A Summer Lunch- Couscous Salad with Grilled Trout

chandna wrote 5 months ago: One might even call this salad tabbouleh, as many cooks and supermarkets do. However, I made the mis … more →

Tags: Salads, Easy One Pot Cooking, Quick meal ideas, picnic food, salad, chickpeas, olive oil, Couscous, tabbouleh

Grilled Salmon or Trout with Pesto

chandna wrote 5 months ago: This is just the nicest way to cook with either of these two varieties of fish. Grilled Salmon/Trout … more →

Tags: Starters and Snacks, Quick meal ideas, Recipes, Baked Main Meal Dishes, pesto, Grill, salmom, Trout

Moong Sprouts Chaat

chandna wrote 9 months ago: Our lunch today started as a little holiday experiment. The girls have done some planting in school … more →

Tags: Salads, Starters and Snacks, Breakfast Ideas, Quick meal ideas, picnic food, mung, Chaat, sprouts, chaat masala

Tomato,Mozzarella(or avocado), and Pesto Sandwich

chandna wrote 10 months ago: There is a wonderful Mediterranean salad, which brings together tomatoes, mozzarella, and either fre … more →

Tags: Starters and Snacks, Quick meal ideas, picnic food, pesto, Mediterranean, mozzarella, avocado, Salad Leaves, olive bread

Dhokla in 3 Minutes !!

chandna wrote 10 months ago: I have never been able to make good idlis, and therefore had never tried to make dhokla either, sinc … more →

Tags: Starters and Snacks, Breakfast Ideas, Easy One Pot Cooking, Quick meal ideas, picnic food, Coconut, besan, chickpea flour, Dhokla

Rosemary-scented Baked Potatoes

chandna wrote 10 months ago: This one is worth making just for the heavenly aroma of rosemary that permeates the air as the potat … more →

Tags: Starters and Snacks

"Fantastico" Chicken Tikkas

chandna wrote 1 year ago: That is how Indira described the taste of the chicken tikkas we had for lunch today. Ever since I st … more →

Tags: Starters and Snacks, Chicken, Grill, chicken tikkas

Honey and Nutmeg-flavored Chicken Tikkas2 comments

chandna wrote 1 year ago: I have been thinking for a while that I would like to extend the repertoire of starters I am able to … more →

Tags: Starters and Snacks, Starter, salad, Nutmeg, Chicken, tikkas, honey, Grill


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