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Pomegranate Banana Smoothie

Pomegranate Banana Smoothie

Pomegranate Banana Smoothie is a healthy and can be made quickly. You can use the whole pomegranate with seeds or can use pomegranate juice.
Add banana to it as it helps reducing the tartness of the pomegranate and gives natural sweetness to the smoothie.

Review : Holachef – Food Ordering App+Website

Holachef is one such online food delivery service currently operating in Mumbai and Pune offering a wide range of food menu to the busy working professionals. They have collaborated with many talented chefs, who design their dynamic menu which includes regional cuisines, international cuisines and last but not the least the Saffola fit foodie cuisines- a boon for all the healthy eaters.

Chana Dal Fara /Gojha / Peetha – Steamed lentil stuffed dumplings

Chana Dal Fara /Gojha / Peetha – Steamed lentil stuffed dumplings

Chana Dal Fara Recipe
Chana Dal Fara Recipe
Chana Dal Fara

Chana Dal Fara is another popular dish of UP and Bihar. I posted the Kala Chana Ghugni recipe earlier and hope to post more regional cuisine recipes. Fara is also called gojha or peetha in different parts of the state. It is a gujiya shaped steamed lentil stuffed dumplings. There are two variations of fara or gojha, one is made with wheat flour and another one with rice flour. At my place, we prefer to make the wheat flour fara. We use soaked chana dal mixed with some spices as stuffing and stuff it in poori sized fara shells. Continue reading Chana Dal Fara /Gojha / Peetha – Steamed lentil stuffed dumplings

Review: The Koffee Works, Kharghar,Navi Mumbai

I am a coffee lover, but not an ardent one. There are days when I can give up my cup of tea for a cup of coffee and anytime I will opt for filter coffee over a cappuccino. For me, a perfect coffee cup should be silky smooth, have balanced bitterness and aromatic. Wondering why am I sharing details about my coffee love because my recent review invite was at “Koffee Works”, a newly opened beautiful cafe in my vicinity that is Kharghar, Navi Mumbai.

Egg Pepper Masala Fry

Eggs are my savior when it comes to the “cooking for one” days. Here is another lazy day lunch or dinner side recipe which is Egg Pepper Masala Fry.
This is a popular dish of the South, where they call it Muttai Milagu Varuval or Egg Pepper Roast and they serve it with dal or rasam as the side dish. I stir fry the eggs with onions, few spices and gave it a South Indian touch by adding mustard seeds and curry leaves and it turned out to be really good.