For the Chef in YOU!
Last couple of weeks have been really tough due to a total lockdown owing to the Covid 19 pandemic. We were used to having food stuff available easily in the market and now we have to stingily use every ingredient that we have so that we could go a long way! We were so used to being superfluous that now its a challenge to be meagre in everything! Continue reading “Chocolate Oats & Coconut Cookies”
With India in complete lockdown, it is our duty as citizens not to venture out of homes as much as possible. But with everyone at home, it is imperative that all are well-fed and happy. Paneer dishes are so popular with most Indians with an additional advantage of being rich in proteins. I often make paneer at home for a couple of reasons. Firstly, homemade paneer is yummier and healthier without any additives and secondly I can make it out of cow’s milk. I prefer the cow’s milk version for obvious reasons-:) Continue reading “Homemade Paneer”
Anything is good if it is made of chocolate ! And what if it is chocolate itself? Well here is a yummy recipe for dark chocolate truffles. I am using dark chocolate compound and I have paired the chocolate with orange, of course my favourite combination -:) What makes these truffles even better is the use of orange liqueur like cointreau. Continue reading “Chocolate Orange Truffles”
This is yet another one of the recipes from my mother-in-law’s treasure trove of Goan recipes. This can be classified as either a soup or a kadhi. It is called kadhan and is generally made with legumes like mung beans, horse gram, matki beans etc. I am sharing this recipe with sprouted mung beans. Continue reading “Mugache Kadhan”
Last couple of months have been tough world wide! The mayhem caused by the the virus COVID 19 continues and we all are trying to stay safe. We can take care by staying indoors, by practising social distancing and staying healthy and calm. To stay healthy it is important to consume healthy food, food that is rich in protein. It is common knowledge that proteins are a very important part of our diet. Not only do they build and repair body tissue but they also help to fight viral and bacterial infections. So this function of proteins of increasing the body immunity to fight infections is what is really important today. Continue reading “Sprouted Mung Side – Goan Style”
