Celebrating Passion for Food
Holi, the festival of colors- gets celebrated with great pomp and joy in North Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. While the daytime celebrations are colored with rang and gulal, the evenings are enjoyed with Folk songs and food. Folks songs like – “Fagua” played on dhol and manjira reverberates the atmosphere along with pleasant aroma of Gujiyas.
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Sattu Ka Paratha is a quick and easy, yet healthy variant of stuffed Parathas. Not that I personally mind smearing my Parathas with some Ghee, but I am aware of reservations expressed by many, off late many of my acquaintances have hopped onto no oil food bandwagon.
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Dear readers, for me, there could never be a sight more gratifying than a perfectly puffed Bhaturas. I would go so far and borrow a word from the urban dictionary (don’t go looking for this word in your pocket dictionary)- foodgasmic. Yes, that’s how I feel every time I order that plate of Chole Bhatura and when its brought to my table by the server.
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Panchmeva Paag is an authentic and traditional preparation that is prepared in some pockets of Uttar Pradesh (Agra/Vrindavan) on the occasion of Janmashtami and is specially offered to Lord Krishna who is known by several names like Shyam, Mohan, Banke Bihari, Bansidhar and my favorite name- Ladoo Gopal.
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“यदा यदा हि धर्मस्य ग्लानिर्भवति भारत ।
अभ्युत्थानमधर्मस्य तदात्मानं सृजाम्यहम् ॥
परित्राणाय साधूनां विनाशाय च दुष्कृताम् ।
धर्मसंस्थापनार्थाय सम्भवामि युगे युगे ॥”
भावार्थ : हे भारत! जब-जब धर्म की हानि और अधर्म की वृद्धि होती है, तब-तब ही मैं अपने रूप को रचता हूँ अर्थात साकार रूप से लोगों के सम्मुख प्रकट होता हूँ! साधु पुरुषों का उद्धार करने के लिए, पाप कर्म करने वालों का विनाश करने के लिए और धर्म की अच्छी तरह से स्थापना करने के लिए मैं युग-युग में प्रकट हुआ करता हूँ!!
संदर्भासाठी वाचा
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Dahi Vada, amongst plethora of mouth-watering and tantalizingly delicious Chaat dishes that occupy street food scene in India, could quite clearly be termed as leader or a hero dish of a chaat platter.
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Mooli Ka Paratha is a popular North Indian shallow fried flatbread, made by stuffing grated radish mixture that has been spiced and seasoned with some basic Indian spices.
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Hare Matar Ki Dal is an authentic and traditional Dal preparation, prepared and relished with great joy in many Uttar Pradesh households during winters, that brings with it a bountiful of fresh green peas harvest.
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Yakhni Pulao is our third and the last recipe of the Christmas series that we started on our YouTube Channel last week. We started this series with delicious and flavorful Paneer Makhani Biryani and continued with a massively popular street food snack option of India-Samosa. Finally, we culminate this series with a non-vegetarian dish, a classic and equally popular -Yakhni Pulao.
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Samosa, has rightly earned the identity of being India’s first Fast Food. Having dominated the street food scene in India for decades now, it has spread in its various forms all over the country and has earned millions of followers spanning various corners of this country. In fact, with the migration and movement of people throughout the globe from India, this humble street food migrated along and has now become part of world cuisine.
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