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Dal Khichdi | How to make Moong Dal Khichdi |  Moong Dal Khichdi Recipe | Indian Recipe Over the past year and a half I have grown to like, love and enjoy cooking. Not just for the 'gram but as a therapy and a mode of relaxation too! It is so true when people say, some food is more comforting than the others and that is why they are called COMFORT FOOD! I feel so accomplished when I can cook an Indian Recipe, successfully! Recently and very often, I have been craving Dal Khichdi. I've tried making it a couple of times earlier and have always been disappointed with the texture. It is either too dry or the rice isn't mashed enough. This particular time, I NAILED the Dal Khichdi / Moong Dal Khichdi (I think) and that is why I am confident enough to pen down the recipe here, for you. I did not want to have just the Dal Khichdi so I made a side of Palak to go with it. (I have hyperlinked the Palak recipe here .) So let me tell you the whole process of getting this di...

Palak Recipe | How to make Palak| Palak Sabzi Recipe | Indian Recipe Spinach/Palak. Why you ask? Because? Popeye had tins full of spinach. WHAT YOU NEED TO MAKE THE PALAK SABZI 1 packet of spinach/palak leaves Oil/Ghee Jeera/Cumin Seeds 3-4 garlic cloves  Red Chilli Powder Haldi/Turmeric Powder Cumin/Jeera Powder Finely chopped onions Corainder/Dhaniya Powder Salt PREPS YOU NEED TO MAKE THE PALAK SABZI Keep the above ingredients ready. Wash the spinach thoroughly and pat them dry with a napkin.  Keep aside. ACTUALLY MAKING THE PALAK SABZI Heat oil/ghee in a pan  Add cumin seeds and wait for them to splutter Then add finely chopped garlic cloves and wait till they turn slightly brown Then add in the finely chopped onions and stir a little till they turn translucent To this mixture, add red chilli powder, haldi, jeera powder and dhaniya powder and make a paste Now add in the spinach leaves. Mix.  Add a pinch of salt and cover...

Bali is an Indonesian island known for its pristine beaches , beautiful temples and street food. There are a host of Indonesian delicacies that one would come across while walking along any road in this beautiful island. The food they serve in these small eateries ( “Warungs”) looks tempting and is too difficult to resist. Since the Indonesian Rupaiah runs in lakhs don’t be surprised if you are asked to pay up two lakh rupees for a simple dish. On my recent trip to Bali I ended up gorging on authentic Balinese/Indonesian cuisine ; right from street vendors to fancy hotels. The best part is they customize their non-veg dishes to suit the vegetarian palate too. Here are a few items that I devoured on the trip and absolutely loved. 1) Bakso This is a traditional Indonesian delicacy and one of the most popular ones. You will find plenty of street vendors selling Bakso along the streets of Bali. It is an eclectic mix of  tangy,spicy soup, meat balls, wontons, tofu and noodles....

I've gone to Gokarna three times in a row. 2013, 2014 and 2015 and I know the three times is most definitely going to increase to uncountable number of times. Gokarna is actually a temple town in Karnataka,India. Devout people come there only to visit the Gokarnanatha Temple in the main town and see  (dirty) Gokarna Beach. We chose to go away from the usual track and explore the beaches on the other side of town. The first time around we took a train from Bangalore (Yeshwanthpur Station) and got off at the Gokarna Road railway station. The next time we boarded a bus from Navrang Stop at Rajajinagar and got off at the Gokarna Bus Stop. The third time around we boarded the bus from the same stop as above but got off at Kumta since we decided on having a detour before heading to Gokarn (Goks as we call it). Note : I might have to include some images from the internet as my hard disk has got corrupted and I have lost a significant number of pictures :( THINGS TO DO IN GOKARNA ...

Went on a family holiday recently after ages. It has been our desire to visit the Golden Temple and pay our respects. DAY 1 : We took a flight an afternoon flight from Bangalore to Delhi and then another one from Delhi to Amritsar. We had an amazing lunch in the flight thanks to Jet Airways. We reached Amritsar in the evening and were welcomed with a bouquet of flowers at the Airport by the Manager and our driver from  Premium Luxury Travels . We were then driven to our residence for the next two days - The Ritz Plaza . The rooms were lavish and extremely clean. Since we reached post sunset we decided to give The Golden Temple a visit and see it in all it's shining glory. The Golden Temple is surrounded by a huge complex on all four sides. As soon as you enter the complex you are in awe of what you see. It is a beautiful glistening image of the temple structure in the middle of the water. There is extremely cool breeze blowing on all sides and the music that is play...