Celebrating Passion for Food
I grew up in the era of 90s in a middle- class family and dining out was an luxury for a family like ours. It was restricted to being an annual or biannual occasion that had a significance akin to any festivities celebrated in the family. The celebratory mood was palpable on such days.
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Methi Thepla are a traditional Gujarati soft flatbread that has now acquired a distinction of being a popular healthy breakfast/snack dish. Its fame is much at par with some of the other popular breakfast choices like Idli, Dosa or Parathas.
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Bajra Khichdi is one of the healthiest one-pot meals that not only ticks all the (right) boxes in a nutrition and health chart but also won’t disappoint you on the barometer of taste.
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Pithla, a well-known dish from the Maharashtrian cuisine, is a gram flour (Besan) based preparation, which for me is our contribution to what we know as ‘comfort food’. Pithla is nothing but comfort in all sense. It pairs up beautifully with steamed rice or Bhakri and together this combination is an ideal menu for weekend lunch that should usually be followed with a deep slumber.
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In Indian cuisine, Curd plays an important role. It’s a dairy product obtained by coagulating milk in a process known as curdling (source wiki).
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Ghevda ki Sabzi or as it is known in Marathi- Ghevdyachi Bhaji is a stir fry, veg preparation made with one of the commonly found green vegetable- Ghevda or flat beans. This simple yet delicious veg recipe is a perfect lunchbox menu and goes very well with some hot Phulkas/Chapatis.
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Paneer Bhurji is a popular Paneer based street food dish, equally popular, insanely delicious and vegetarian’s answer to Egg Bhurji . There is different variation of Paneer Bhurji-a dry version which is commonly available in street food of Mumbai and the gravied version of Paneer Bhurji which is commonly eaten in Amritsar.
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A humble Maharashtrian take on Stir Fry Potato which is as versatile in the Maharashtrian cuisine as the Potato itself.
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Egg Curry or Anda Curry is one of my favorite comfort foods particularly since it can be quickly made in a microwave in just 15 mins.
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Cabbage Thoran is a quick stir fry dry preparation from Kerala made of finely chopped Cabbage tempered in basic spices and cooked until it still has its crunch retained and finally finished with freshly grated Coconut
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