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Indian street food

Masala Dosa

April 2, 2021 //  by Chetna Makan

A dosa is a kind of Indian pancake, a very popular street food best enjoyed with sambhar, spiced potatoes and a selection of chutneys. As the rice and lentils need to soak and ferment, it does take a couple of days to prepare, but it’s well worth the wait! Ingredients for the dosa 300g basmati …

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Category: Recipes, Snacks, VegetarianTag: Chetna Makan, Dosa, Indian street food, Masala, vegetarian recipes

Sambhar Masala

April 2, 2021 //  by Chetna Makan

This spice blend recipe was passed down to me by a family friend and is tried and trusted. It is the key ingredient to making authentic sambhar masala or South Indian lentils. Ingredients 50g coriander seeds10 dried red chillies (mixed varieties, stalks removed)1 tbsp black mustard seeds1 tbsp urad dal (split black lentils)1 tbsp chana …

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Category: Accompaniments, Recipes, VegetarianTag: Chetna Makan, indian dal, indian recipe, Indian street food, Masala, Sambhar, Spice mix

Potato Chickpea Chaat

March 14, 2021 //  by Chetna Makan

A delicious and quick aloo chaat, a very popular Indian street food. A chaat can be anything, and just means something sour with something sweet, and the key is that it is quick to make. Serves 4 Ingredients ½ tsp salt½ tsp chilli powder1 tsp ground cumin1 tbsp amchur (dried mango powder)1 tsp chaat masala3 …

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Category: Recipes, Snacks, VegetarianTag: Aloo chaat, Chetna Makan, chickpeas, Indian street food, potatoes, vegetarian, vegetarian recipes

Veg Kadhai Pulao

March 8, 2021 //  by Chetna Makan

This delicious recipe is inspired by tawa pulao, a very popular street food from Mumbai. Serves 4 Method Cook the rice in boiling water until soft. While the rice is cooking, finely Heat a pan until hot and add the sunflower oil and the salted butter, heat until the butter is melted. Next add a …

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Category: Recipes, VegetarianTag: Indian food, Indian street food, Pulao, Rice, vegetarian

Karela Papdi from The Cardamom Trail

May 30, 2016

These light crispy snacks are great fun and simple to make. My mum makes these a lot. You won’t be able to stop eating them! You can find the full recipe in my book ‘The Cardamom Trail’. Enjoy!

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My little taste of Punjab

February 21, 2016

It was my first ever trip to Punjab. My grandparents originally came from Punjab before they moved to central India but I had never had a chance to visit before December 2015. My whole family decided to take a trip to Amritsar in Punjab as I had long wanted to visit the Golden Temple. We …

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Category: LifestyleTag: Amritsar, Amritsari chicken, Butter chicken, Chetna, Dal makhani, Food blog, Food with Chetna, foodie travel, GBBO, golden temple, indian breads, Indian street food, Naan, North Indian food, Punjabi food, The Great British Bake Off, Travel blog, Travelling, Trip to India

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