Category: Food recipes

Gajar Halva – Carrot Halva

November 9, 2023November 11, 2023 Maya

Gajar means carrot in Hindi, Bangla and Nepali. This is a very unique dessert, very simple to prepare, popular in all of northern India and Nepal. We got to know it in West Bengal. Indians say that it is impossible to not add ghee to halva, as it will not have the proper aroma. Cardamon is added only by some Indians, many do... Read More

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Ras malai

June 3, 2023October 13, 2023 Maya

My favorite dessert in India. Sweet and delicate in the same time. To prepare it you must make: Rabri – the sauce you put chenna into Chenna – means paneer Sweet syrup – to soak paneer in it Notes: To make chenna you can use ordinary milk If you don’t have the cardamom powder you can crush the fresh cardamom... Read More

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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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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

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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

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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

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Samosa

November 23, 2021April 17, 2022 Maya

Samosa are fried dumplings popular almost in whole Asia. We made them in Poland, stuffed with meat, baked, not fried, according to the Uzbek recipe under the name of “samsa”. In India samosa is the most available snack stuffed with vegetables – most often potatoes with the dal. In Tamil Nadu they are tiny – maybe 5cm each, stuffed with fried... Read More