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Sabudana Vadas

Posted in Picnic Food, Starters and Snacks, Versatile Accompaniments, tagged , , , on September 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

It was Indira’s birthday last Sunday and after a good lunch at the Auberge Provencale and a very fun afternoon at  Aquasplash in Antibes, we came home to a dinner of sabudana vadas and the tomato-avocado-pesto sandwich that is Indira’s current favorite thing to eat.
These vadas may not be quite like the original – and [...]

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Crispy Peanuts

Posted in Picnic Food, Starters and Snacks, tagged , , on November 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Some days ago, I asked my mother for ideas for a starter, to serve to guests we had invited to dinner last weekend.
She suggested these peanuts, that are coated in chick pea flour and then fried. As she described how to make them, the memory of having eaten them, long ago when I still lived [...]

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Everyone’s Favorite Carrot Salad

Posted in Picnic Food, Salads, tagged , , , , on July 2, 2008 | 2 Comments »

When I say everyone, I mean EVERYONE. Not just the four of us, but pretty much anyone who has ever tasted this salad loves it.
I first found this recipe 8 years ago, when I invested in a book that has since become my cooking Bible -Kaumudi Marathe’s “A Family Treasury”, a great collection on Maharashtrian [...]

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Nuts about Peanuts- Peanut Raita

Posted in Raitas, tagged , , on June 29, 2008 | 2 Comments »

For the dinner at our place last night for some family friends, one of the things I made is the raita that is our family favorite.
The magic ingredient that goes in to it is peanuts, which along with yoghurt would probably top the family’s “my best things to eat” list.
Peanuts’ “koot” – (peanuts ground into [...]

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