Chicken Xacuti is an authentic and popular chicken gravy dish in Goa which is made using fresh coconut and mixture of fresh spices. It is pronounced as Sha-goti in Konkani.
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How To Make Homemade Ghee / Clarified Butter
Pure Ghee or clarified butter is supposed to have originated in India. It is used to prepare a wide variety of sweet as well as savoury dishes in Indian cuisine. Ghee is made by boiling white butter. Like white butter ghee too has many medicinal properties and is consumed in our Indian diet everyday.
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White butter is known as Loni in Marathi and Makkhan in Hindi. Loni /white butter is very rich in nutrients and has many health benefits as per Ayurveda.
Continue ReadingHomemade Chicken Stock / Easy Chicken Broth
This is a very easy recipe of chicken broth. It has a light flavour of chicken and can be used in soups and other gravies.
Continue ReadingNamak Mirch Pudina Paratha/ Easy Flaky Masala Paratha
You know how some days you just can’t think of what to make and you are stressed about the fact that you have not really thought of and ordered the veggies? This is the paratha recipe that will save you.
Continue ReadingGreen Thai Curry/ Easy Asian Aromatic Curry
Here is a very tasty recipe of Green Thai curry. It is served with rice and makes a nourishing and tasty meal. You can prepare the green masala paste in advance and use it to prepare a quick weekday lunch or dinner.
Continue ReadingAuthentic Goan Mori Xacuti/ Goan Style Shark Curry
In goa we call this dish mori mutton (mori = shark fish and mutton because we use the xacuti masala which is also used in the mutton version.:-)) This is an authentic Goan delicacy made once in a while whenever baby shark filets are available in the fish market.
Continue ReadingHow to make Ginger-Garlic Paste
While cooking any dish the cutting chopping and prep part takes time and keeping some essentials ready in the refrigerator helps a lot in reducing the time that you spend in the kitchen. Ginger garlic paste is one such item. Ginger garlic paste is an essential ingredient in many Indian and Asian dishes.
Continue ReadingEasy Chicken Curry/ Malabar Chicken Curry
The most annoying question most of us invariable have is what to make for lunch/dinner????? Especially on a weekday!
I am a big fan of one pot kind of meals or easy curries with rice. A good chicken curry makes everyone in my family happy. Hence I am always on a look out for quick and easy curry recipes. I like to take some elaborate recipes and tweak it to an easier version.
Continue ReadingEasy Nolen Gurer Payesh / Date Palm Jaggery Kheer
Nolen gurer payesh is a traditional Bengali rice kheer made by using nolen gur. Nolen gur is a type of jaggery made from the sap of date palm tree.
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