Recipes by Karishma Pais (Page 6)

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	Recipe : Roasted Pumpkin (Vegan) by Karishma Pais When we visited Canada a couple of years ago for a cousins wedding, we had a BBQ at U Ossie & Aunty Aureen's house and one of my (many, many) aunts - Belinda (who hates being called "Aunty" by me cause it makes her feel "old" LOL) roasted some butternut squash which was amazingly tasty.Seeing that we don't get a variety of squashes in…	1 vote 298 views
	Recipe : Green Mango Salsa & Bean Dip for Nachos (Vegan) by Karishma Pais There are some wonderful varieties of nachos and other corn or multigrain type chips available in India these days which are not as salty as the ones that were initially available and much healthier than potato chips.Most of the additional calories comes from topping them with cheese or greasy dips, so here are 2 easy sides that you…	1 vote 457 views
	Recipe : Mango Fool by Karishma Pais There's an abundance of ripe mangoes in my freezer. In the summer, we get boxes of mangoes home and then once they have ripened, I clean and chop them and freeze them in smaller boxes and then defrost them one at a time to last the rest of the yearThe husband loves to have them mixed into his morning muesli or cereal and the watery…	1 vote 301 views
	Recipe : Khichdi / Kedgeree / Kichudi / Khichadi (Vegan) by Karishma Pais Khichdi is a light and simple dish, often cooked at my husbands house when lunch has been too heavy or someone at home is sick. Its great food for someone down with a fever or a blocked nose or sinus or even an upset stomach.If made with moong dhal (split yellow or green gram) or masoor dhal (Egyptian / red lentils) it is extremely…	1 vote 276 views
	Recipe : Goan Feijoada - Pork and Beans Stew - (Vegan option possible) by Karishma Pais The Last batch of Joao's sausages that I bought and turned into a Choriz Fry, weren't very good (Joao's buys their sausages from various suppliers and then brand it with their name, so you can't be sure what you are going to get). The flavour was…	1 vote 348 views
	Recipe : Malabar Inspired Chicken Pilaf / Pulao by Karishma Pais Husband suddenly came home early the other day and wanted dinner immediately, before he had to leave again for an evening meeting (he prefers eating healthier at home, than later filling up on deep fried snacks & nuts that are served at such functions/meetings)All I had was some boneless chicken marinating in curd, salt and ginger…	1 vote 296 views
	Black Food - #WhatTheBlack by Karishma Pais Black as a colour in food is often associated with being burnt. As a child, my sister went through a phase where she would assiduously remove every bit of black from her food before she would even begin to eat. Given that mustard and jeera were standard ingredients in the tadkas at home, it often took her longer to pluck out the black…	1 vote 270 views
	Recipe : Sanjukta's Mum-In-Law's Drunken Dates - Cornflakes Cake (Eggless) by Karishma Pais My friend Sanjukta, recently shared her MIL's (Mrs Ranju Dutta) Drunken Dates - Cornflakes Cake Recipe. This time, the recipe was a little more detailed than her Assamese Pork Fry recipe :)Since the recipe needed no butter or eggs or maida (all purpose…	1 vote 220 views
	Recipe : Goan Choriz Fry by Karishma Pais This is the simplest of all the choriz recipes that I know. My mum often made this at home and served it as a side with rice and dhal.My friend David, used to get really good quality choriz, which he used to cut like regular sausages and then serve a piece of sausage and a piece of potato on a toothpick as an appetiser with…	1 vote 272 views
	Recipe : Italian Whole Wheat Focaccia (Vegan) by Karishma Pais I've never baked bread before. I have baked cakes and savoury muffins (also known as biscuits in American terminology), but I have never worked with yeast before (except to make wines).I felt like I had got into a cooking rut, so I wanted to challenge myself and bread seemed a great challenge to rouse myself out of a cooking…	1 vote 284 views