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My favourite kind of shopping 💕 Aromatic Spices, dried rose petals, whiff of everything beautiful is my kind of pure love. Meerut, you have my heart ! . . #myorganicfoodlife #photography #photooftheday #photography #instaart #instaspices #spice #spicesouk #travel #foodblogger #foodblog #someerut #sadar #meerut #instameerut #photo #spices #fragrance #instatravel #rustic (at Meerut)

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Today on the menu is chole bhatura also known as the hearty North Indian breakfast which my darling loves. He was craving for these so I thought why not make it as a Saturday brunch menu and make his tummy happy. Spicy chickpeas with fried bread along with achari potato, spicy green chilly and onion on the side is sure to make anyone go slurp slurp ! Recipe up on the blog soon :) . . . . . #instafood #instagram #instaday #instalike #food #foodporn #foodblogger #foodlover #foodbloggerindia #foodbloggers #mumbaifoodie #mumbaiblogger #mumbaifoodblogger #chickpeas #potato #greenchilly (at Mumbai, India)

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This is my sisters @sumirastogi afghani kaḍhai chicken. And my husband is drooling all over it. I am a vegetarian but I was so tempted ṭo try this yum thing right away. Recipe will be soon on the blog. Keep Tuned in :) . . . #myorganicfoodlife #mumbaifoodbloggers #mumbaiblogger #mumbaikar #foodblog #foodgasm #foodlover #chicken #afghani #afghanifood #cream #koyla #instapic #instalife #instagood #instafood #instagram #instadaily #instahealth #instalife #starter #meatlovers (at Chembur)

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I usually crave lots of fooooodd and heavy breakfast after my swim but then, that does more harm and kills my entire hardwork. While I was super hungry yet I took some time to make something healthy, full of veggies and carbs to keep me going all day long. With my home made pesto sauce always in my fridge, I thought to experiment with it and made this yummily delicious pesto egg macaroni with mushroom broccoli. Its soooooooo good that I finished it all and licked the entire bowl clean .. slurp slurp. Find the recipe on my blog - myorganicfoodlife . Link in the bio ☝🏻 . . . #mumbaifoodbloggers #foodbloggers #healthy #aesthetictumblr #mumbaifoodbloggers #pasta #macroni #warmsalad #mushrooms #pesto #igers #carbs #afterswimfood #foodporn #foodlover #foodie #mumbai #mumbailife #foodbloggers #lovers #copper #bowl

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Sautéed Exotic Sesame lemon Salad

Hello Folks, Welcome to the world of Food experiments.I love how you all appreciate my efforts and that is what motivates me to write more. 

My Relationship with Simple food is that of An old Crush. I Desire him but seeing him everyday will eventually kill all the butterflies in my stomach. Same is with simple food. I can eat it but after 2 days ,I would definitely cheat and gorge on something heavenly. Now we don't want that ? Do we? So i keep experimenting with my food because no matter how simple and healthy it is if it does not taste good and look good AF, I won't have it and I will end up gorging on Buttery cheesy take outs. Lets move on quickly to the recipe part so you can cook and enjoy this Delish meal.

Preparation Time: 10 mins

Cooking Time: 5 minutes 

Ingredients:

Broccoli flowers, Button Mushroom, Green Zucchini, Yellow Squash, Red yellow Green bell peppers, Cucumber, Beetroot, carrots, Cherry tomatoes, Green Olives, Lettuce.

1 tbsp Olive oil / Butter

1 lemon juice

1 tsp Black pepper

1 tsp Sea Salt

1 tsp Roasted sesame seeds

1 tsp finely chopped garlic (Optional)

Finely chopped parsley

Method:

Heat a Pan on low flame and add Olive oil and chopped garlic to it. If you put garlic in cold oil then it absorbs the pungent flavour of it completely and gives the entire sautéed vegetable a beautiful flavour. Once it starts crackling, add all the vegetables except lettuce, olives & Cucumber and cover it with a  Lid. On another stove take a small fry pan and add sesame seeds to it on low flame. Keep stirring it till it turns slightly golden brown then keep it aside. Keep stirring the vegetables and you will notice a slightly brown texture on them. Switch off the flame and keep the lid on. 

Now for salad dressing, In a small bowl add lemon juice, pepper, sea salt, finely chopped parsley and mix it well. Serve your salad in a serving bowl and add the dressing to the sautéed salad. Mix well and then sprinkle the roasted sesame on top. Serve it hot. 

Sautéed hot salad is good for body and is extremely healthy. So don't hesitate to experiment and add / subtract the vegetables. Keep enjoying and experimenting with your food because life is not meant for boring food. Life is meant to live it & Love it.

Whenever in doubt always remember my three golden words “Anyone can cook”.

Cheers !!

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Paanki

Tried this Gujarati snack for breakfast yesterday and it turned out to be super yum and of course healthy AF because it’s neither fried nor baked . It’s cooked using steam hence almost negligble oil is used while cooking this delicacy. Paanki, as the name suggests is cooked in between giant banana leaf. Wondering how is that possible?? well, Let me show you an easy and quick way to make this mouth watering steamed panki for those Kitty Parties, weekend snacks and anytime hunger pangs !!

Preparation time : 5 min

Cooking time : 2 mins                           

Quantity:About 6-7 Paanki

Ingredients:

3 Banana leaf

Coconut oil / ghee/ Rice bran oil /Olive oil to brush on leaf ( You can use any)

5 tbsp Rice flour (Its readily available in the market )

2 tbsp Vigna mungo flour (Urad dal flour) (Blend the dry urad dal in mixer and use that as flour)

2 tbsp curd

2 Chopped green chillies

handful of coriander leaves

1 tsp Asafoetida (Heeng)

1 tsp cumin (Jeera)

1 tsp Ginger garlic paste OR garlic powder

1 tsp salt

Water as required

Method : 

Take a bowl and add rice flour, urad dal flour, cumin, Heeng, salt, coriander leaves, ginger garlic paste, curd and mix it properly. Make sure that no Lumps are formed. Add water to it and make a slightly soft batter which is neither too runny nor too stiff. Keep the mix aside for 10 minutes.

Take a Banana leaf , fold it in half vertically and chop off the centre stem. Now you will have one side of leaf on top of the other leaf. Cut it into 3 equal parts or according to the size of your skillet.

Take the darker part of leaf and brush a bit of oil on both the leaves. Make sure you don't brush oil on both the sides of a leaf. Now add 2-3 spoons of the mix and spread it evenly. Now place the other oiled leaf on top of it and press it gently.

Heat skillet on medium flame and place the leaf on top. You will hear a crackling sound. The leaf will start to shrink .Flip it and cook it. The leaf will shrink and turn golden brown. Try to remove one side for checking . The Paanki should easily come off the leaf. 

Your Paanki is ready to eat. Serve it hot with Green chutney and curd. Though I love eating it without anything on side :)

Enjoy your meal and make sure to leave your comments below for us to improve our blog.

Much Love :)

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Banana Cinnamon Pancakes with Honey & Chocolate chips

I Love Everything about Holidays. They just make you want to gorge on all the utterly Butterly delicious food. Since its christmas time, so what better way to start your day with a wholesome delish breakfast - Pancakes :)

Ingredients:

1 cup of All purpose flour (Maida)

2 tsp of Baking powder

1 tsp salt

1/4 tsp baking soda

1 cup Milk

3 tbsp melted Butter (Room temperature)

1 egg

2 tbsp white sugar

2 tbsp cinnamon powder

4 tbsp honey

2 finely chopped bananas

1 tbsp powdered sugar

choco chips

Method:

In a bowl whisk butter and sugar till nice and smooth. Add the egg and  milk to it. Whisk.

Sift flour, baking powder, baking soda, Cinnamon powder , salt and keep it aside.

Now make a well in the centre and add wet mixture to it slowly. Mix until smooth.

Heat the Skillet on low/medium flame and brush some oil on it. Pour the batter  in a single go and don't mix it. Just drop it on the pan.

once it starts to dry up , check from the side and turn it upside down. It should look golden brown from the done up side.

Serving:

Place one pancake and drizzle some honey onto it. 

Add finely chopped banana to it and sprinkle some cinnamon powder. 

Add another layer of pancake and drizzle some honey onto it. 

Sift some powdered sugar on top and add chocolate chips or more banana, whatever you like !

Happy experimenting. Feel free to comment and ask for anything :)

Footnotes:

You can replace banana with apple,plum, pear, strawberry,cherry, blueberry etc. 

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Red Wine Nutty cup cakes

I Absolutely hate the way they look.Though it’s the first time i have ever tried my hands on Icing so its cool. Though the optimistic me then thought, so what!!! Even if they are messy, they taste even better than Messi.. wink!! And my husband said look, they even resemble a christmas tree and that made me happy and love him even more. My friends have been asking me to share the recipe so here it goes from an amateur chef to all my future super star chefs:)

Ingredients: 

1 cup of self rising flour 1

 tsp baking powder

 1 tsp cinnamon powder 

¼ tsp baking soda 

2 room temperature eggs 

1 cup melted butter (approx 100 gas) 

50-100 gms brown sugar or regular sugar or palm sugar (cur) 

1 over ripe banana 

½ lemon juice 

1 tsp vanilla essence 

2 tsp curd handful of walnuts, raisin,Almonds- soaked in rum/red wine (for baout two hours or overnight) 

For icing- 

1-2 drops of yellow & green food colour 

100 gms Icing sugar 

1 tsp vanilla essence 

100 gms Butter (I used salted ) 

Method:

 In a pan on medium heat melt the butter until it turns slightly golden brown. 

Take a big bowl and whisk together sugar and butter.Slowly add vanilla essence and the eggs to it. Whisk. 

Now pour this mixture in a grinder and add banana, lemon juie and curd to it and grind it once on a normal pressure till its smooth. 

Sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon powder and keep it aside. 

Now slowly add the flour mixture into the wet mixture untill its smooth without lumps. Please dont over mix. 

Add the nuts to the mix and drink away the wine from the soak:) 

Line the cup cake baking tray with butter and sprinkle some dry flour on it so that the cupcakes/Muffins come off easy. 

Pour the mixture and cook in the oven at 175 degree celsius. Since i have a Micowave/convection so i bake mine in that.press pre-heat/microwave convection button, set temperature to 180 for about 25-30 minutes. 

Check after 25 mins for the doneness. Put a knife in it and if it comes out clean then viola! Its done. cool on a wire,unmould and enjoy as hot muffins or let them cool down and place them into the cupcake liners. 

For Icing: 

Take a bowl and add 50-100 gms room temperature melted butte. Since I wanted mine to be salty, so I used Amul butter. 

Add the Icing sugar available in the market.Whisk till its smooth and fluffy. 

Add 1 drop of yellow and 1 drop of green food colour and vanilla essence to it.Whisk. 

Add this into a cone and decorate however you like. 

Sprinkle your favourite toppings like choc chips, starts,fresh fruits,tutty fruity or chopped almonds.

Freeze it if you like them cold like I did. 

Happy holidays:)

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#homemade #experients #foodgasm #foodblogger #foodie #breadbasket #calzone #pizzabuns #healthyfood #wholewheat #lowfatcheese #instagood #dinner recipe will be soon posted on my blog - watch out for it !

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Juicy Lucy from the leftovers #homemade #burgercravings #healthyrecipe grilled vegetables , avocado mayo dressing

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Zucchini fries with avocado Mayo dip #homemade #foodporn #foodblogger #instafood #instamood #experiments

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Roasted vegetables and avocado dressing salad for lunch #homemade #foodporn #foodlover #foodphotography

To prepare this quick healthy colour rich chunky salad follow the instructions below . Ingredients For salad: 5 medium mushrooms, 1 Small brocolli, 1 small sized green & Yellow Zuccini, 6-7 cherry tomatoes, half red & yellow capsicum,few leaves of lettuce, 1 medium sized cucumber, 1 tsp salt, 1 tsp crushed black pepper, 2 tbsp dried oregano seasoning, 3 tbsp olive oil, 1 tsp dried garlic powder. Chop all the vegetables in a medium dice. Place all of them in a big bowl except cucumber and add salt, black pepepr ,garlic powder , oregano seasoning and olive oil. stir it well and add this mix into a baking tray.Cook it on 200'c / 400'F for about 15-20 minutes on grill/microwave mode. For Dressing: 1 avocado, ¼ cup olive oil, 1 tsp salt, 1 tsp crushed black pepper, 2 tbsp honey, 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar, 1 tbsp lemon syrup, ¾ garlic cloves. place all the ingredients in a blender and blend well till the texture looks creamy. For Serving: Place lettuce leaves in a serving bowl , add cucmber and add the roasted vegetables.The veggies will appear a lot juicier after the roast.Add the after roast syrup of that to the salad as well.pour 3-4 tbsp dressing on it and mix well. P.S- Honey & Apple cider vinegar are my secret ingredients in the dressing because avocado has a tinge of bitterness to it. Honey stabilizes the bitterness and apple cider vinegar provides a milky texture to it. Enjoy the yummyliscious health freek salad :)

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Here you go:)

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#homemadecooking stuffed pizza #experiment #beauty

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#garlicpancakes #homemade #newreceipemadebyme (at Mumbai, India)

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#foodporn #instafood #instadaily #instagram #datenightathome #mangocheesecake #homemade #experiments bhavu's love for mangoes inspired this mango delight cheesecake (at Four Bungalows)

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#dinnertonight pindi chana , methi mushroom malai and roomali roti #foodblogger #loveforfood #instagram #instadaily #instafood #foodporn can't wait for the dessert #datenightathome (at Four Bungalows)