Paneer Kathi Rolls ~ Or how to use extra rotis

Stuck with extra rotis and don’t know what to do? Or tired of eating sabzi roti for a packed lunch? Here is an easy no fuss way to make Kathi rolls at home. I have deliberatedly omitted adding raw onions as a courtesy to a working lunch! but feel free to add them in the…

Celebrating the Monsoons ~ Paneer Pakoras

If I am heating up a kadai of oil for deep frying (or even the oven) I try and make a couple of things to get more bang for my buck. P, my neighbour who taught me to make Pindi Chole once mentioned Paneer Pakoras that she would make. They moved to the US atleast…

Baking ~ Multi Grain Bread Rolls Stuffed with Cottage Cheese and Herbs

I made these yummy bread rolls and used it in an article on healthy eating I did recently for a publication. Healthy bread ~ did you just do an eye roll? Well they’re made from the same multi grain atta (flour) that is used for regular rotis (Indian flat bread) and the stuffing was a…

Home made Cream Cheese Spread with Celery, Cumin and Chilli Flakes

Too much milk on hand and a thick bunch of fresh celery gave me an idea. I started off making herbed cottage cheese using the milk, cumin and celery. I felt lazy and instead of draining it out and using a muslin cloth with a weight to make it into a block, I let the…

Recipe for Moroccan Vegetable Stew with Brown Rice

*getting a decent photograph at night is like trying to go hiking in high heels There are some days when a single sentence spoken between two people is the basis of a whole story….or you put together a whole look based on what bag you want to carry…… this meal too came about like that!…