Category: Food

Bhaji Aloo Parwal – Vegetables with potato and parwal

January 12, 2023February 2, 2023 Maya

Today I have another recipe from the Indian cuisine. The dish is well know in Orissa. It uses the vegetable that is similar to cucumber. But it’s small in size and is orange inside. Its seeds are totally not like cucumber’s as they are big and round. After good frying they are crunchy. And it’s not juicy inside. Parwal goes very... Read More

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Aloo Chana – Potato with chickpeas

October 6, 2022October 8, 2022 Maya

This is a recipe for a delicious Exotic meal. It’s well known dish in all Nepal and north India, served with chapati or puri made for breakfast. Recipe for 5 servings: Notes Depending on the and the softnes you want to acheve, you need to boil it different amout of time. There are 2 types of chickpeas, one is big and... Read More

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Pancakes with chocolate sauce

September 22, 2022September 22, 2022 Maya

One day while I was tasked with making dinner, I thought of what to do. Mom told me to, again, make noodles which I made the day before. And I said ‘No, it must be something new’. As I’m a specialist at noodles I mostly do them. But this time I thought to make something I wanted but mom was... Read More

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The biggest kitchen in the world

June 30, 2022July 7, 2022 Maya

Guess where will you find the biggest kitchen in the World. In Puri! And specifically, in the Jaganath Temple. Sri Jagannath is the Lord of the Universe. His kitchen is considered as the largest and the biggest kitchen in the world. The length of the kitchen is 150 feet, breadth is 100 feet and height is about 20 feet. It consists... Read More

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Puri – popular crispy bread

May 19, 2022May 8, 2022 Maya

Puri is a popular crispy bread known in India, although it is also a traditional Nepali dish. It is a bread made of whole wheat flour, usually eaten with Potato Curry (Aaloo ko tarkari). Recipe for 20 pieces: Preparation: Mix flour and salt in a bowl and add water little by little to dough while kneading. Add 1 spoon of... Read More

Culture Food Interesting facts

Laphing, Tibetan fast food: My experience

May 12, 2022May 7, 2022 Maya

A snack that cools and gives strenght on a cool summer day. Origin Laphing is originally from Sichuan cuisine which is one of China’s most popular ones. It was called ‘liang fen’. Tibetans, as followed, have enjoyed the dish and have brought it straight to Nepal where it, too, starts to gain popularity. Serving The consistency of laphing is jelly-like, made of mung-bean or... Read More

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Recipe for a laphing – Tibetan snack

April 21, 2022April 21, 2022 Maya

A jelly-like Tibetan snack eaten with sauces and spices. I have written more about this snack and what it is here. Recipe for 6-8 people: Note: The laphing needs time to set. Usually it is done overnight. Preparation of laphing: Mix the starch and water together until you get an even texture. Heat the mixture on stove, stirring frequently until the... Read More

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Paneer curry

March 23, 2022April 17, 2022 Maya

Paneer is Indian / South Asian white curd that goes great with many other products. And it also maintains its shape during thermal processing. I did not believe that this cheese would behave so well during frying, that’s why my pieces of cheese are oblong and a bit larger than they should be. However, a cube with a side of... Read More

Food Health Interesting facts

From a basket of a Nepali medic: Reishi

February 2, 2022April 17, 2022 Maya

Dried mushrooms are sometimes available in the offer of street sellers. One of these experts – with whom communication was carried out with the help of sign language and the little of my Nepalese – asked “what it is” answered only “chiau”, meaning mushrooms. I got more information about the species somewhere else. I learned, however, from the man another interesting thing. It was his knowledge... Read More

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Fiddlehead ferns with garlic butter

January 28, 2022April 17, 2022 Maya

The nipple is very delicate in its structure … and as such it is considered a royal delicacy replacing the rarely met asparagus. Niuro – as it is called in Nepali – belongs in the category of vegetables to the deciduous group and serves as many other types of greens for preparing saag. The recipe given below is not much different from... Read More