There are number of spice blends used in Indian cooking, though the tantalizing flavor that you taste in most Indian snacks, street foods, and salads is chaat masala. Chaat in Hindi means to Lick; it refers to both and a special savory delicacy served at roadside stalls that just make your mouth water. It is…
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Digestive Lemon Pickle
Lemon is one of the popular fruit used for making pickle and keeping the digestive system healthy. This recipe for pickle is one of the most easiest which any beginner can make as it requires no cooking. This recipe is oil free as well.
Green Chilli Pickle
Love it or hate it but admit that chilies deserve respect for their flavor, texture and heat. They are used fresh, dried, ground, canned and pickled in Indian cuisine. Chilies are available all year but in late summer and early fall they appear in abundance and are the hottest and best to pickle.
Mixed Pepper Corn Sauce
Black pepper has been widely used in Indian cooking for its medicinal properties and aromatic flavor. It is also the most traded spice used in western cuisine. There are different colors of peppercorns and its interesting that all the pepper varieties are derived from the same vine. Their difference comes from picking the berries at…
Mint Cucumber Raita with Boondi
I have grown up eating yogurt pretty much everyday and it is delicious. I didn’t know its health benefits years ago other than that it is good for digestion besides having vitamins and calcium. Now a days yogurt has become a top health food. Studies show that it can control high blood pressure. People who…
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