Makai no Chevdo / Cornflakes Snack

August 10, 2017August 10, 2017 ~ Huma ~ Leave a comment

Makai no Chevdo is a gujarati snack. Packed with flavors of sweet, spicy & tangy, these chevdo is a great afternoon snack.

Back home it was a daily routine of having snacks with an afternoon tea. Tea was never served without the accompaniment of snack. But this custom has been lost in the busy lifestyle. But now it is just weekends, we have a leisure time having variety of snacks along with tea. Few years back I have posted one more dry snack Murmura

Today sharing you one of our favorite afternoon snacks, Makai no Chevdo aka cornflake snack. You can get dried flat makai in any Indian store. It is also called Makai Poha. In UAE, it is easily available in Al Adil stores in their lentils section. It comes in two varieties : white & yellow. Usually this snack is made from yellow one. Continue reading →

Aate Ka Halwa / Wholemeal Flour Halwa

January 26, 2017January 19, 2019 ~ Huma ~ 1 Comment

Aate Ka Halwa/ wholemeal flour halwa is Indian winter dessert loaded with nuts.

The horn of the milkman in the early morning was the call to get up and take the freshly squeezed cow milk. Our milkman patel kaka supplied the best cow milk. No mixing of water just pure milk. Once the milk was boiled, cooled and rested in fridge for few hours, it would form a half inch coat of balai aka cream. Balai would be removed and stored in a separate container. This process would continue for fifteen days to make ghee or sometime butter for cakes. Mostly ammi used to tell me to make ghee. The remaining brown crumbs after straining ghee were also kept. Ammi used to add it to different kinds of halwa. Specially aate ka halwa or a mix of sooji aur aate ka halwa. Continue reading →

Garam Masala

January 16, 2017January 16, 2017 ~ Huma ~ 1 Comment

Garam masala is a mix of different whole spices.

Garam masala is the concoction of different whole spices depending on the region. And the recipe for it varies from house to house. A must have in indian cooking it is sometimes roasted then made into powder depending on the requirement of the dish. Continue reading →

Chicken Patiala/Murg Patiala

January 5, 2017August 23, 2018 ~ Huma ~ 1 Comment

Chicken Patiala / Murg Patiala is curry from the land of Punjab. Cooked in fragrant spices this dish is served with chapati on the sides of Dal & Rice.
As you all know chicken is mostly consumed at our house and Mr. K needs variety now and then. So I am trying to cook different varieties of chicken curries from different Indian states and developing the recipe to our taste. I found many version of Chicken Patiala recipes available on the web. Use of cashew nut and cream were the most common. Then there was tandoori version of chicken patiala, which I found quite similar to tikka masala. Continue reading →