Mainstays

Mainstays

Dhaba Style Chicken

This is a popular and widely available north Indian chicken dish. As the name suggests, you can definitely find this on the menu card of the numerous Dhabas dotted along the highways. I was pleasantly surprised to find that this dish is not loaded with cream, spices, nuts etc. which tend to make...

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Soya Masala Dry

This is a simple vegetarian recipe with a south Indian touch. As we all know soya chunks are rich in protein. The challenge is making this healthy meal tasty. So after experimenting with a number of combinations, I was happy with this recipe which the family enjoyed and I wanted to share it with...

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Kolkata Chicken Chaap

When we were growing up in Kolkata, any celebration worth its salt whether it was a wedding or a Poila Boishak feast, was incomplete without the quintessential Chicken Chaap. Who can forget the mutton rezala and chicken chaap of Shiraz, Nizam or Golbari. Mouths watering already? On Poila...

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Prawn Curry with Lemon Leaves

Not a combination one would typically associate with Prawn and certainly not something you can pick up in recipe books. This is an adapted recipe and more homestyle I would say. Just to clarify this is not the regular oriental/Thai dish. Like in any prawn dish, the key is good quality fresh...

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Tandoori Pomfret

  Here’s one for the fish lovers. This is one of the least fuss and effort Tandoor dish one can prepare. The Tandoori Pomfret can be cooked using a tawa/griddle or an oven. It can also be done in a frying pan over a slow flame. I have used the oven and was pleasantly surprised with the...

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