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Recipes by Karishma Pais (Page 8)

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Recipe: Batega - Goan Coconut Cake

Recipe: Batega - Goan Coconut Cake by Karishma Pais

Recipe: Batega - Goan Coconut CakeThis is a Goan recipe. It is baked like a cake, but the consistency isn't what you would normally expect in a cake. It isn't light and fluffy. Its slightly heavier. A cross between a burfi and a cake if you will.There is a lot of standing time for this cake, so if you start preparing it at lunch time,…

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Recipe: Nutella and Nut Rippled Ice Cream

Recipe: Nutella and Nut Rippled Ice Cream by Karishma Pais

The ice cream flavours I have swimming in my head, can't be matched by any ice cream chain. Yet its not very easy to churn out ice creams at home, without an ice cream maker (hint hint to the husband)While its easy to churn out sundaes with store bought ice cream, why not take it to the next step? All you need is imagination and a…

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Recipe: North African Meal - Peasant Stew, Grilled Lamb Merguez and Lemon Cous Cous

Recipe: North African Meal - Peasant Stew, Grilled Lamb Merguez and Lemon Cous Cous by Karishma Pais

Recipe: North African Meal - Peasant Stew, Grilled Lamb Merguez and Lemon Cous CousThis is a post that has been in my drafts for quite awhile. Finally got around to getting it together.I'd just come home after a 10 day trip. And normally when I take…

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Recipe : Aloo Bhartha (Indian Mashed Potatoes)

Recipe : Aloo Bhartha (Indian Mashed Potatoes) by Karishma Pais

Recipe : Aloo Bhartha (Indian Mashed Potatoes)Aloo Bhartha is a dish that is often prepared in my inlaws house as a side dish with rotis when the women have come home and need to serve up a fresh meal quickly.It is also a side dish eaten on train journeys and picnics, as you just carry boiled potatoes with you, some salt and chilli…

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Recipe : Vermicelli Kheer (Indian Sweet dish)

Recipe : Vermicelli Kheer (Indian Sweet dish) by Karishma Pais

Recipe : Vermicelli Kheer (Indian Sweet dish)Vermicelli Kheer is a very popular Indian sweet that is prepared across the country. Each household may have a different version of the dish. I have eaten versions with dates in the Middle East and with mashed bananas and jaggery in South India.My recipe does not use raisins, as most of us…

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Recipe : Thevo Chu - Pork with Bamboo Shoot (Nagaland)

Recipe : Thevo Chu - Pork with Bamboo Shoot (Nagaland) by Karishma Pais

Recipe : Thevo Chu - Pork with Bamboo Shoot (Nagaland)I had picked up a copy of Hoihnu Hazel's The Essential North-East Cookbook some time ago, but as is the case with many of my cookbooks, I hadn't really cooked from it. (guilty smile)My recent experiments with eating North Eastern food at the Assamese Stall in Dilli Haat and the…

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Recipe: Chicken Piralen - Kerala Style - from Flavours of the Spice Coast

Recipe: Chicken Piralen - Kerala Style - from Flavours of the Spice Coast by Karishma Pais

Recipe: Chicken Piralen - Kerala Style - from Flavours of the Spice CoastChicken Piralen is technically a semi dry dish, I left a little more gravy in it than normal because I wasn't in the mood to make a dhal or another curry for dinner.I roughly…

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Recipe: May's Chilli Chicken - Dynamited

Recipe: May's Chilli Chicken - Dynamited by Karishma Pais

Recipe: May's Chilli Chicken - DynamitedMy friend May, recently posted a recipe for Chilly Chicken She spoke about how it reminded her of the chilli chicken at RR restaurant in Bangalore. Our personal favourtie Andhra joint in Bangalore is Nandinis and they make a really fiery Andhra chilli chicken. If I had to guess the ratio, I'd…

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Recipe: Chorizo & Cheddar Biscuits

Recipe: Chorizo & Cheddar Biscuits by Karishma Pais

Recipe: Chorizo & Cheddar BiscuitsWhen I made the Sweet Corn Cheddar Biscuits for my Sister-in-law, I also needed to make a non-vegetarian option for myself :) I had some unsliced chorizo in the fridge and I wanted to incorporate that into the biscuits. I knew the chorizo would have enough flavour of its own and not need any other…

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Recipe: Kharam - Manglorean Cucumber Salad - Vegan

Recipe: Kharam - Manglorean Cucumber Salad - Vegan by Karishma Pais

Recipe: Kharam - Manglorean Cucumber Salad - VeganThis dish is one of my favourites from my grandmothers repertoire of Manglorean vegetarian dishes. On the 8th of September for the Feast of the Nativity - Monthi Saibin Festh which our community also celebrates as the Harvest Festival, we eat an odd number of vegetarian dishes. When…

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