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Recipes by Indrani Dhar

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Barley & Veggie Salad with Greek dressing

Barley & Veggie Salad with Greek dressing by Indrani Dhar

Today I'll share a quick salad recipe with Greek yogurt dressing just perfect for summer. In summer during daytime, I don't feel like eating, I kind of loose my appetite (which happens to many people), during that time a simple cold salad what I prefer to indulge, which is healthy as well as yummy. To make this salad nutritious and…

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Pasta in Alfredo Sauce ( low-fat version)

Pasta in Alfredo Sauce ( low-fat version) by Indrani Dhar

Alfredo Sauce is a rich, creamy accompaniment to any pasta. Alfredo sauce is a white sauce, traditionally it was made with butter and Parmesan cheese, but more modernly, and especially in the United States, alfredo sauce also includes heavy cream. In many parts of the world, Alfredo sauce is prepared separately from the pasta. In…

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Sorshe Sim (Flat beans in mustard seed paste)

Sorshe Sim (Flat beans in mustard seed paste) by Indrani Dhar

Today I want to share a very simple recipe..i.e., Sorshe Sim. Sim, is the name for Flat beans in Bengali and Sorshe is Mustard. So, flat beans is cooked in mustard seed paste. It's very easy to make and flat beans cook very fast, tastes yummy with Hot rice.Flat beans are green and in their fresh form, they come with multiple beans in…

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Red cabbage, kidney beans and Tomato salad with a zesty salad dressing

Red cabbage, kidney beans and Tomato salad with a zesty salad dressing by Indrani Dhar

As Summer is approaching quite fast towards us, our meal should be light but nutritious and at the same time should fulfill our hunger pangs. Salad is one such sort of meal which fits these criterions. In summer, I don't feel like having a heavy lunch,…

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Tried & tasted Home remedies for cold and cough for kids'

Tried & tasted Home remedies for cold and cough for kids' by Indrani Dhar

As weather is shifting from cold to hot, this time is quite dangerous for kids as well as adults. Specially kids, it's really difficult to protect them from this change of season. So, they get cold and cough, sinus and so on. For my kids, I never use any cold & cough medicine/syrup. Because, for kids cold & cough syrup don't really…

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Mango custard (stovetop recipe)

Mango custard (stovetop recipe) by Indrani Dhar

Seeing so much sunshine in my blog, I thought to celebrate this joyous occassion with sunshiny yellow Mango Custard, which I made last weekend. Yes, every time I get some awards from fellow bloggers, I cheer up like I am getting my first award. Every time it feels the same, getting so much love and affection from fellow bloggers is…

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Mughlai Potato

Mughlai Potato by Indrani Dhar

Mughlai Cuisine : Mughlai cuisine is one of the most popular cuisines not only in India, even in Abroad, whose origin can be traced back to the times of Mughal Empire. Mughals were an Islamic imperial power and descendants of the Timurids of Turkistan. Timurid prince Babur who invaded India on sixteenth century. Mohammad Akbar,…

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The Chemistry of Food - Part 1

The Chemistry of Food - Part 1 by Indrani Dhar

There is obviously great deal of Chemistry present in every steps of food formations. Do you want to know what happens when eggs are boiled and how it gets hard or why ice is hard but ice cream is soft or why oil and water can never be mixed? Here are some facts chemically :1. Why does a sliced Apple turn Brown?An apple that has been…

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health benefits of Yoghurt and Orange Flavoured Lassi

health benefits of Yoghurt and Orange Flavoured Lassi by Indrani Dhar

Winter is almost out and Spring is knocking at our doors..even though in my part of World, as we are sitting on the Equator, this season changes doesn't work at all...we have couple of seasons at constant, hot and humid Summer and shower of rain. So, I always make a glass of lassi(a yoghurt drink) for us after our weekend lunch...just…

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Patol Posto (Parwal/pointed gourd in poppy seed paste)

Patol Posto (Parwal/pointed gourd in poppy seed paste) by Indrani Dhar

All knows that bengalis have a love affair with Posto or poppy seeds or khus Khus. Especially me, I can't live without this spice, just love it with anything. If you ask anyone, bengali recipe of Posto or poppy seed, everybody will say ,"Aloo posto/potatoes in poppy seed paste" , as only this one is the most well known bengali posto…

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