Ingredients: For making Gatte Besan (Gram Flour)- 2 cups Oil- 2 spoon Salt- As per taste Red chill powder- As per taste Asafoetida (Hing)- 1 pinch Baking Powder- 1 Pinch Yoghurt (Dahi)- Half cup Coriander seeds- 1 tea spoon Cumin Seeds- 1 tea spoon Green chilli (finely chopped)- 1 Water- as per need…
Author: crunchnspice
A marketing professional and a Home-cook turned blogger!
Rajasthani Gatte ki Sabji
There is a comfort hidden in the traditional food, they have a power to transform a normal day into a celebration. This is one such recipe, this always takes me back to ‘home, to my mom’s cooking. And I can proudly claim, that no one can make “gatte ki sabji” better than my mom, but…
Thai Peanut Noodles
Thai food, my love affair with Thai began when I moved to Singapore. Twice a week I would eat thai food for my lunch. It is a complete sensation of a meal, it has crunch, spice, sweet, savory and sour in every bite, making it moreish and oh so amazing. I made these noodles sometime…
Cream of Mushroom One-pot Pasta
I love cooking food from scratch, there is a sense of completion, a sense of accomplishment that I get, along with off course, a really yummy meal. But sometimes we all are really short on time or just plain lazy and need a meal which is wonderful but doesn’t take much time to get ready….
Quinoa Rawa Uttapam
I love Uttapam, there I said it. Just a plain uttapam made with butter, I can gulp it down without feeling the need of any chutney or sambhar to go with it. I make dosa or uttapam once a week, this time I thought to get a little creative with it. Instead of the original…
Masala Aloo – Spiced Potato
We will all remember year 2020 as the COVID19 year, the year that made us feel we live in an ordinary world which is vulnerable and where even the powerful can be brought to knees by an invisible threat. Ensuring that we save our world and go on about our life, the whole world is…
Pulled Jack fruit Sandwich
Jackfruit, I have always dreaded it, since my childhood. Never liked or always avoided anything that has jackfruit in it. However, a couple of years back, I came across a basic stir-fry of jackfruit and onion spiced with Cumin, and I realized the great taste Jackfruit can bring to the plate and that started a…
Handrolled , Handmade Pasta (Garganelli)
Life is a combination of Happiness and Pasta!!
Don’t you agree, I mean who doesn’t like a well made bowl of pasta, a true comfort food isn’t it?
I love simple, fresh foods and I love fresh pasta. A little labor intensive, however one bite and you will agree, its all worth it. Fresh pasta is a combination of labor and love, and I enjoy the process of making it.
Shahi Paneer (Cottage cheese cooked in fragrant cashew based gravy)
I am back after a long hiatus, it has been a rough couple of months, work and family has kept me truly busy. My husband underwent a minor surgery, all good-by gods grace now, though I did have my “why god why moment” I won’t lie to you. Since he was on a different diet…
Dum Aloo (Potato)
I am back with another potato preparation, what to do my love for potatoes is never ending! Dum Aloo normally you find of 3 styles in India, Kashmiri dum aloo, Punjabi Dum aloo and Banarasi Dum aloo. This particular preparation that I have made is Punjabi Dum aloo, smooth rich gravy with fried baby potatoes, it is a delightful dish.
I have made it with Baby potatoes, in case you would like you can use normal potatoes boiled and cut in half and then fried
Mix veg with Cilantro
Whenever I can’t decide what to cook for dinner, I take out one of each veggie from my fridge and make a mix veg. This time when I was making mix-veg I decided to give it a little green twist and added Cilantro puree to the vegetables while cooking. It not only gave a beautiful colour to my dish but also a wonderful aroma. In case you are not a big fan of cilantro you can totally skip that, it will still turn out to be equally good minus the green colour and aroma of cilantro
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