snacks & starters

Tofu Tikka has been adapted from traditional paneer tikka recipe. These bite sized treats go down very well with chilled beer and some warm company! Do try!
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These days I am living the wonderful life, each day I wake up to delicious mornings, infused with the rich smells and sounds of my homeland. I am in India, and boy! am I happy!! I have just been busy unwinding and also taking care of home – my mum hasn’t been too well...
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An eye-opening documentary about the food industry, a humble unlabelled corn in the refrigerator, a winning recipe, guess who's the sucker?
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Even though it feels vain I really might like to grow old like Dev Anand the evergreen heart-throb of atleast a couple of Hindi movie going generations. Yes he’s gazillion years old, and someone really ought to tell Dev saab that dyeing his hair black (or is that a black wig) does nothing to...
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Now only a rare person will not yell potatoes! when you say ‘comfort food’! well the same goes for me as well… but while potatoes continue to dominate the favoured list in the rest of the world, in the emirates that special place is reserved for chickpeas and eggplants! In India we have tikkis, bhajjis,...
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Today’s recipe is a dish called Fattéh (with yoghurt and pine nuts). At the very outset let me tell you dining out in UAE’s many Arabic/Lebanese joints is not a very bright prospect for vegetarians. First of all the very idea of being a vegetarian is baulked upon! However having said that, let me...
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Lovely recipe I found here for egg puffs, lovely snacks and a great way to get eggs and beet into your kid! My version follows, Ingredients: Puff Pastry – 1 sheet (thawed) Eggs – 2 Onion – 1 Beetroot – 1 Garlic – 1 clove Cariander/Cilantro- 1 bunch Garam Masala- 1 tsp Turmeric – 1...
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