Fatafat Potato Bhaji

We all have those days, when we wake up late and have to scurry around to fix that lunchbox! Here is my quick recipe of making masala Potato Bhaji
(Prep time :20mins)
Potatotes-4 (medium sized) (Finely chopped)
Onion-1 (medium sized- finely chopped)
Red chilly powder (I tsp)
Coriander powder (1/2 tsp)
Turmeric (1/2 tsp)
Oil (1tbsp)
Salt to taste

Heat some oil in a kadhai (pref non stick), then add the finely chopped onions to the oil, saute it till they turn really nice and  crisp, (almost carmelized). Add the masalas, and mix properly add salt
and then finally the chopped potatoes. Mix poperly, turn the gas to  sim, and cover the kadhai with a lid. Keep checking to see if the  potatoes are cooked and keep mixing it. Masala potato is ready:) If
you are an egg eater, you can break some eggs after the potatoes are  cooked, this will then turn it into egg-potato bhurji.:)


You can use this bhaji in a chapatti roll and add a slice of cheese to make things really interesting for your tiny tots!

Parsi Omlet..

Its a very simple Omlet..

Take Onions , Some coriander leaves, Chillies, Ginger garlic Paste, Little Turmeric Powder, Little bit of Chilli Powder, Little bit of Dhaniya powder , Salt as per taste .

Take all this in a bowl and add eggs to it . Mix Well.

Take some oil in a fry pan and make your delicious omlets.

Payasam with a Twist!!!Carrot Payasam

Carrot payasam

250gms carrot (scraped.and.cut into rounds
100gms cashewnuts
Around 15-20 badam
Around 2 tablespoons of kishmish
500gm milk
Elaichi powder according to ur taste
Suagr according to ur taste
Pieces of coconut

Clean carrots and cut into round pieces big pieces
Put the carrot and the cashews into the pressure cooker and cook add water

Once done make puree
Boil milk along side
Take a vessel add ghee around 2 tablespoons (depends on u)
Crush all the badam and add kismis and coconut pieces and fry once ksimsi becums fluffy add boiled milk and mix then add sugar and the puree mix well keep stirring till the paste gets dissolved in the milk once u see bubbles or it start boiling put off the gas and ur Carrot
Payasam is  ready

Enjoi

Bhappa Doi cheesecake – Steamed yogurt cheesecake!!

When life brings friends from your past together, it must be marked by something sweet! 

To everyone who has made this journey from little girls in pinafore's to  beautiful,gorgeous women so memorably captivating, starting with dessert would be epic :).

Here is an east meets west sweet something.

I used low fat versions of all the ingredients.

Ingredients

1 cup thick yogurt ( Greek works great)

1 cup condensed milk ( I reduced this to 3/4 cup because I did not want it to be too sweet)

1/2 cup evaporated milk

A pinch of saffron soaked in 2 tbsp of milk

1 tsp cardamom powder

For the crust

9 graham crackers or digestive biscuits crushed

2 tbsp of melted butter

Mix butter and crushed graham crackers. Pack it at the bottom of a single serve bowl or a cake pan or a spring form pan. Bake for 10 mins at 400 degrees.

In the meanwhile mix all

Ingredients for the custard. Remove the pan with the crust from the oven and leg it cool for a bit. Pour custard in it. Now place this pan in an oven safe bowl, fill with hot water half way and bake at 400 degrees. The cheesecake is ready when the center is still a little wobbly but a knife comes out clean. Remove from oven and chill in the refrigerator for at least 8 hours.

Foodies Ahoy!

"There is no sincerer love than the love of food."  George Bernard Shaw


After the laughter, I remember the food...that awesome crab curry that a classmate Carmeline had in her tiffin box, the sumptuous soya pulav that Rani had in her lunch box, the fabulous pav bhaji that Vrushali had in hers..and the list goes on! So this blog is dedicated for all our cooking triumphs and "ayyo" moments in the kitchen...long after the pig-tails were un-braided as we made our way to womanhood..So here's to some more laughter and some more food...

Good old days....reliving memories