Category Archives: Jaggery
Kathal ki sabzi
Difficulty — Easy Time taken – 1 hour Serves – 4 Ingredients : 2 Cans of green tender Jack fruit (kathal) 16 oz can I large onion – finely chopped 1 large tomato – finely chopped 6 – 8 cloves … Continue reading
Cauliflower,carrot and turnip pickle (gobi,gajar,shalgum ajar)
In North India, one looks forward to making and eating this special vegetable pickle! I learnt this particular pickle from my cousin’s mother-in-law Sushila Aunty. She passed away a few years ago. While going through my recipe file I came … Continue reading
Penang style Prawn and Pineapple Curry
Serving : 4 to 6 Time : 30 min Difficulty : easy Ingredients: 1 1/2 tablespoons oil 2 tablespoons Penang curry paste (store-bought) 1/2 cup coconut milk 1/2 cup water 8 oz shelled and deveined shrimp (tail-on) 1 cup … Continue reading
Watermelon Rind Doddak
I come from a community known as Bhanaps or Saraswat Brahmin from the Chitrapur Math. We use a lot of fresh coconut- either freshly grated or as coconut milk, in our curries, dals, dosas, chutneys and for garnishing salads and … Continue reading
Surnoli – Sweet
Surnoli is served for breakfast amongst the Saraswat Bhramin community from West Coast of India. It is a spongy pancake and is served with freshly churned butter and curry leaves dry chutney(called Pitti chitni) The secret of the spongy and light surnoli is the … Continue reading
Brinjal Pickle
Ingredients: ½ kg small Brinjal – (Indian eggplant) 2½ tbsp cumin seeds 2 tsp mustard seeds½ tsp turmeric 2-3 tsp red chilli powder 12-14 cloves garlic ¼- 1/2 cup vinegar ½ cup cooking oil Raw brown sugar( jaggery) & salt … Continue reading