Cooking - Fresh Beginning (Page 3)

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Making Ragda-Patties

Making Ragda-Patties

So finally after 2.5 years I was successful making Ragda patties once again. Last time it was could easily be a mid-2013. There is not much to say about this recipe. It's quite straightforward. Unlike usual, I drifted away from VahChef this time too. Sanjeev Kapoor's Khana khajana Video

Making Tri-Color Dhokla

This time I took a break from VahChef's YouTube channel and followed Sanjiv Kapoor's Khana Khajana channel. I bitched quite a bit about Sanjeev Kapoor Khana Khajana channel not as good as VahChef's. But keeping aside all disliking and bias, I am going to follow Zee Khana Khajana Official Channel.

What's for Dinner?

What's for Dinner?

Being a single, this is a million dollar question for me every night. I didn't have to answer this question as my mom would take care of it when I used to live with my parents. However, since I left the home, went away and now staying alone - this

Sabudana (Sago) Wada

Sabudana (Sago) Wada

I almost forgot to write about this recipe. I made Sabudana vada last Sunday. The last time I made Sabudana Vada was 3 years ago in Bloomington. It was quick and easy affair, unlike the one I prepared Jalebis. It took 15 minutes for preparation and another 30 minutes for

Onion Rings

It was my last day in the week for cooking session. I thought I'd cook something complicated and impressive. But having exhausted for last 2 days and almost full fridge with previously cooked delicacies, thought I would go rather slow at the end. I still have chicken curry and tandoori

Indian Samosas

I am feeling quite refreshed today. About to finish 'Death on the Nile' by Agatha Christie. Just 30 pages remaining. I am glad to have spent first day of the year with sheer productively. 😇 As with my ongoing trend, I prepared something new tonight. It's an Indian snack dish called

New year's eve with Chicken Tandoori

New year's eve with Chicken Tandoori

It was new year's eve and something special was waiting to happen. Of course, it was time for Chicken tandoori. The thing I have been planning forever since I had it for the first time. As always, thanks to VahChef channel which taught and inspired me to try out new

Tomato soup with Basil

Tomato soup with Basil

Tomato soup is one of the simplest recipes I recently tried my hands on. It does not demand too many exotic ingredients and cooking time is less than an hour too. As always, this recipe was derived from VahChef YouTube channel. It is pretty straightforward like any other soup recipes.

Home made Jalebies - Indian Dessert

Home made Jalebies - Indian Dessert

This is a holiday season and hence it is imperative that we make something sweet to celebrate it. What could be better than Indian Sweet called Jalebi? Turns out making Jalebi was harder than I thought while watching VahChef video on the YouTube. But making batter was easier and straightforward.

Mumbai Style Batata Vada

Mumbai Style Batata Vada

It's been a while since I had authentic Mumbai style Vada paav. Too bad that I do not have indian bread which is used to eat batata vada with. If I have missed, in Marathi language Batata mean Potato. In short, this would also mean Potato Patty in English Thanks

Butter Cookies with Eggs - Attempt #2

Butter Cookies with Eggs - Attempt #2

This is the second article in my cooking series on how to bake cookies. Of course as I mentioned in the Previous post, my main source of reference and inspiration is VahChef YouTube channel. So, in the second part I used similar ingredient and procedure to make cookies with few

Butter Cookies - Attempt #1

Butter Cookies - Attempt #1

This week I made butter cookies. Thanks to Vah Chef channel on YouTube. This is quite simple recipe and you can even use these cookies to dip into tea or coffee. So here we go. Ingredients 1. All purpose flour 2. Butter 3. Yellow color 4. Sugar 5. Baking soda

Vegetable Cutlet

Vegetable Cutlet

I didn't actually plan for it, but somehow I ended up preparing Vegetable Cutlet for my dinner today. Thanks to Vahchef Vegetable Cutlet recipe which was a original source of inspiration for this delicious dish. However I made one change which will follow within next few paragraphs. So here's the

Preparing Masala Dosa (Indian Delicacy)

Preparing Masala Dosa (Indian Delicacy)

Ever since I moved into my new apartment, I have submerged myself into cooking. So far there were only general food items I cooked, this was the time for something South Indian special. Since I didn't have dosa batter, I started with masala a.k.a Potato gravy. I assure

French Toast

I am not a good chef to say, but it's not a bad idea to keep trying and experimenting new food once in a while. Yesterday, I ran out of food for dinner. Neither I had any ready to eat or prepared food. I had Maggie packets, but unfortunately it

Authentic Homemade French Fries

Authentic Homemade French Fries

Today I got a vibe to go back to my old self and make something out of the box. I used to do it while in the school, but I long left this habit. However, today was different. While browsing some cute YouTube cat videos, I came across This Link

Indian Chicken Curry for Dinner

Indian Chicken Curry for Dinner

Those are one of the best days of my life when I plan to cook Chicken curry and it's raining outside. Just reminds me of old days back in India. Speaking of rain, it's been drizzling outside for almost a day now in Columbus, Ohio. I love rain. Being grown

Writing Blog - Again

I was wondering to write a blog for quite a long time. Seems like that time has come now. At least the fact that I am paying some bucks to maintain this space would motivate me to write meaningful posts. That was joke, but I am really happy to be