THE KITCHEN AFFAIRE

This is a dish I invented for my dearest hubby. Easy and yummy, thats the keyword. The best part is that your workplace is not strewn with food. Arun loves taking this to office. He can gobble this up and run for meetings. The phrase "Grab lunch" goes perfectly with "Stuffed Chappathi"!! :D  Let me start with the prep for you! Ingredients Chappathi - 4 For the stuffing Cumin Seeds - 1/2 t Onion, chopped - 1 Potato, mashed - 3 Carrot, mashed - 1 Cabbage, chopped - 1 C Cauliflower (If you have) - a few florets Turmeric Powder - 1 t Red Chilli Powder - 1.5 t Coriander Powder - 1 t Mango/Amchur Powder - 1 t Salt - to taste Oil - 2 T Method Heat oil in a pan and add cumin seeds. Add onions and fry till they turn translucent Once the onions are cooked, add all the masala powders and keep stirring. Add rest of the vegetables and saute again. Add extra oil if you feel that the vegetables are sticking to the pan. Sim the heat and c...

The first time I heard about "Chipotle" was from Arun. Now I am an ardent fan of "Chipotle" too, like him. :D Chipotle Mexican Grill is a fast food restaurant chain. The name "Chipotle" means dried jalapeno chilli pepper in Spanish. For us vegetarians, this is a very relishing cum healthy fast food option. It is at "Chipotle" that I had "Gaucamole" for the first time. "Gaucamole" is a spanish dip and I have to say that it was awesome. It looked a lil' too green but it tasted too good and reminded me of "Mike Wazowski" (Monsters Inc.). :D Try this out folks. You will love it. Ingredients Avocados - 1 Jalapeno pepper/Green Chilli - 1/2/1 Red onion, chopped - 1/4 Cilantro, chopped - 2 T Lime juice - 1/2 t Salt - 1/4 t Method Shell out the avocado pulp into a bowl. Add rest of the ingredients into it and mash until it forms a smooth paste like consistency. Adjust lime juice & salt to taste. ...

I preferred making homemade Pav Bhaji Masala rather than using the store bought powder. And I can gurantee, this PBM powder is just awesome :) Seriously!! Try it out naah. :) Ingredients 1T or 2 T of all these: Cumin seeds Methi seeds Fennel seeds Coriander seeds Pepper Ajwain Chilli flakes Cloves - 4 Amchur powder Dry garlic Cinnamon - 1" pc Cardamon - 2 Method Roast the above spices in a pan for 10 mins. You will know when they are ready as a mouthwatering aroma spreads around the kitchen. :) Simply grind this in a mixer/blender. And there you go!! Fresh homemade PBM powder. Oyee!!! Chakh de phatte!!!! ;)

Pav bhaji or Pao bhaji is one of the most popular fast food items that you can find in most cities.Pav bhaji consists of a potato based curry and "pav" which is bread. Its history takes us to Mumbai.Yes, we should thank Mumbaikars on bringing out this relishing dish to us. Though Pav bhaji was introduced to the world by Mumbaikars and to me by my mom ;) Not exactly. The first timeI had Pav bhaji was on a trip to Delhi. But that was quite some while back. Don't remember much!! So I can remember onlyMoms homemade pav bhaji. Moms Pav bhaji was not the Mumbaiah one but it was yummy too.Well, I wanted to always try homemade authentic Pav Bhaji. Now that I rule this kitchen, I gave it a try.Who else could I go to for such authentic recipe other than Tarla Dalal.I was an ardent fan of her cookery show on Star Plus and still follow her website, www.tarladalal.com. Voilaaa!! The Pav Bhaji came out great. Not simply great it was fantabulous. Really guys. I loved itand so did...