Raungi Masala(Curried Black-eyed Beans)

Noor seemed to really enjoy her dinner today. I had made raungi after a long while, and she did not seem to remember what it was called. But after a couple of spoonfuls she said, “I would love to eat raungi for dinner everyday” !! and in fact asked for a second helping ; a [...]

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Matar Paneer

I was delighted to see how much the girls enjoyed this too, last weekend.
Matar Paneer

For the paneer:

1 liter of whole milk
125 gms of whisked yoghurt
2-3 tablespoons of lime juice

For the gravy:

2 small onions, chopped very fine
2 large tomatoes
½ a tsp, or a little more, of grated ginger
2 large cloves of [...]

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This one’s for Neelam: Chole masala

This evening, I was somewhat taken aback at dinner time when Indira exclaimed, on spotting her katora of raungi curry  “Oh no, i don’t like raungi anymore !! please make chole next time !!”
She has never shown much of a preference fo chole until today; for her it has always got to be varan-the simplest [...]

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