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Aloo Chole or Aloo Chana Curry recipe is a Punjabi dish that is served as an accompaniment with Indian flatbreads like chapathis, naans and especially bhaturas. It is made with potatoes and chickpeas (white chana / Garbanzo beans) in an onion and tomato b

As you all might have noticed the frequency of my posts has been slow these days, the reason is loosing the luxury of Nanny. Oh Yeah, it is tough to keep up with kids, cooking, photography and posting. So from now onwards you will see 1 or 2 recipes per w

Gooseberry rice is a new type of mixed rice which you dont do often. The taste of this would be similar to lemon rice..But has a lovely taste of the gooseberry. I love variety rices, you can check out my rice recipes right here , i have quite a few of th

The pine nut, which is the fruit of a pine tree hidden inside a woody structure known as a pine cone, is one of the oldest known foods of the human species. Anthropological studies show that the Stone Pine tree has been cultivated for its seeds (pine nuts

My mum will make her own nian gao every CNY and its only during this time of the year my kids get to eat it as I never like those ready made ones that are sold in the supermarket. I strongly believed those contains lots and lots of other unhealthy ingre

Before my sister moved back to Sabah, she gave me a big packet of whole almonds. Have been planning to use it for Biscotti but just did not find the time. It seems to be a pattern for me that when I plan to bake something, it always ended up with me bakin

The Mediterranean Bay Laurel trees I planted a few years back as a screen between my house and the neighbors create an endless supply of bay leaves for many of my cooking projects. At one point I worried that a big freeze would wipe them out, like what h

One fine day one of my friend asked me, ?How we-Indians got independence?? I said we fought, struggled and latter got the freedom. To this my friend said a story behind this fact that how we actually got the freedom from the Britishers. My friend said t

Ingredients 1 kg Chicken(Washed) 2 tbsp Cashew nuts 2 tbsp Ghee 1/2 cup Curd(Beaten) 1 cup Onion (sliced) 5 flakes Garlic (minced) 6 Green Cardamom 2 tsp Aniseed 1 tsp Red Chilli Powder 2 Tomatoes (cut into small pieces) 1'' fresh Ginge

Piada; my new love. I can?t get enough of it! In fact, I?m seriously afraid it might be becoming an addiction. But what a lovely addiction it is. If you have not been there yet, you really need to go NOW. The food totally rocks! Piada is the lat

I have invited the ' wild boar ' to be my guest writer again for I know he enjoys sharing his cooking adventures with all of you. Well...he did cook something great on my birthday...a special treat for me :) I would like him to share his cooking adven

Well, I finally got my laptop back from the shop. I'm not sure exactly what was wrong, but they fixed it...who hoo! Now for the awesome pasta dish! I took several short cuts with store bought ingredients because...I'm a busy mom...I can't al

Somehow I have stumbled upon a whole category of foods in Guatemala that took me by surprise-envueltos! It all started off with Carlos teaching me how to make Guatemalan Chilaquilas . While learning that one he told me about doing the same thing with

Serves - 2 Ingredients Required: Brinjal - 5-6, chopped Moong Dhal - 1/4 cup Salt to taste Mustard Seeds - 1 tsp Urad Dhal - 1 tsp Oil Peppercorn - 1 tsp Cumin Seeds - 1 tsp Grated Coconut - 2 tblsp How to make? Press

It is the CCD (Caked Crusader?s Da) and CCU?s (Caked Crusader?s Uncle) birthday; I have mentioned in the past they are twins...and they still are! Recently, the CCD has discovered a love of mocha coffee ? the sort that?s more like a dessert with cream

a Sometimes we come across recipes that become such favourites simply because they work like a charm every single time. These stuffed buns is one of the recipes that I have made 5-6 times since the first attempt and have always yielded amazing

Mango is originally from India but you can find this tree in Venezuela, Peru, Mexico, Spain, Costa Rica, Paraguay, China, Colombia and Italy. This tree do not require to much water, so it can survive in very dry climate and resist fire A very importa

he celebration of Love is the most special kind of celebration. Love is eternal and omnipresent. It needs no special day or moment to be enjoyed but still having a day a year in our lives when we take time out to sit back and marvel at its wonders, expres

My husband is a big fan of sriracha sauce . I wasn?t until I tried my friend Jennifer?s Sriracha Chicken Wings . (She also has a recipe for Crispy Baked Panko Sriracha Chicken Tenders on her blog, Savoring the Thyme .) I made her sriracha chicken w

Two days off from school because of his runny nose, returning to school frighten Gabriel. He cried and peeked through the glass panel from his class, seeing the tiny shadow pressing on the glass panel it was hard for me. His eyes looked worries, searched

I long for a Chicha, this delicious drink made with rice, milk and sugar, serve with crushed ice and topping with ground cinnamon and condensate milk, very refreshing and filling. I really miss this drink. Back in Venezuela you can find "El Chichero"

This weekend I was given quite the culinary challenge: make a meal for ten people without breaking the bank. I would be feeding everyone at the beach, so my mind immediately went to shish kabob (I want summer and barbecues to be here so badly!). This is a

The original inspiration for this recipe came from one which is attributed to Gino D'Acampo. Mine isn't exactly the same as his, as his calls for thick ham and different cheeses. However, I think the spirit of the thing was similar - and the result was

I had so much fun making these Boston Cream Pie Cupcakes. The recipe is from the cookbook Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World , so I can t post it here sorry! I was so excited when I won this cookbook from Nicole @ Another One Bites the Crust , and I kne