Akshayapatram

Walnuts

Walnuts are extremely nutritious. There are various benefits of walnuts. Not only are they rich in protein but also vitamins B and E. They serve as good snack however, check how much you eat lest you want to put on some extra pounds / kilos. Walnuts if taken in moderate quantities are extremely good for health.

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Colorful Holi

Gujiya - Indian Sweet

When you think of gujiya your think of HOLI (the colorful festival of India) or vice versa. I have fond memories helping my mom in the kitchen making gujiya and storing them in huge containers more for our consumption than distribution Ahh…those were the days!

If you plan to store dough in refrigerator for more than 3 days then coat it with oil and store it in an airtight container to avoid it getting black..

Spanish Tortilla Image: Priya Q

This one I learnt to make while my stay in Barcelona. The Spanish Tortilla or omelette made with potatoes and bell pepper is a typical Spanish breakfast which is wholesome and delectable. Only tricky part is the transferring of the omelette…but what fun without creative cooking..yeh? so let’s get going!

Eggs – 4 nos

Kiwi White Forest Cake image: Priya Q

Rich whipped cream topping with green kiwis on a super soft spongy cake.  Kiwi White Forest is my favoritest (just coined to emphasize how much I love baking and eating this cake ).

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Now if you already have tried your hand at making dosa (Indian pancakes)…lets move one step ahead and make its with some filling…yeh just like French Galette . You can be creative with your filling cooked spicy mutton / chicken to paneer (cottage cheese) and soya! Use what you like or comes to your mind.

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photo credit: norwichnuts

Well, Europeans love their potatoes. Come every meal and they wont mind having it in different styles….hash browns, mashed potatatoes, baked, roasted or with pumpkin sauce . This one is so simple and delicious that you might end up making it quite too often check it out!!

Potato – 5-6 large sized (peeled and diced in big cubes)

Try kneading dough for chappatis / rotis using whey*. You will get softer chappatis / rotis.

* Whey is the leftover liquid after you hang curd

Don’t know how to knead dough? Click here!

image : Priya Q

Indians love their halwas, be it be carrot halwa, kesari / suji halwa or aate ka halwa (made from wholewheat flour). This one just melts in your mouth as your devour it. The best one I have ever had is at the Gurudwara (religious place for the Sikhs) where aate ka halwa is distributed to the devotees as khada prasad. No matter how many time I tried, I must admit I never even was close to the one we get at Gurudwaras! But, it is still doable…so do try it out

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The guest will arrive anytime.  You are almost done with you cooking when you decide to taste your curry a bit to see everything is just about perfect. And lo! you realise the salt is tad more. What do you do? Panic?

Nah! all you need to do is add a chunk of potato and see how it takes off the excess salt from you curry

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