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Goan Style Mushroom Vindaloo Recipe

Goan Style Mushroom Vindaloo Recipe is a variation of the classic Goan Pork Vindaloo recipe. This traditional dish was introduced by the Portuguese in Goa. In this recipe, the mushroom is cooked in a vinegar based curry infused with Indian spices.

This is for all the vegetarian lovers who will be dreading to try the traditional Vindaloo Recipe. In Goa, the dish is prepared for all the special occasion when people gather around for a festive lunch meal.

Serve the Goan Style Mushroom Vindaloo along with steamed rice or even lachha paratha for lunch.

If you are looking for more Goan Recipes here are some of our favorites :

  1. Goan Style Chicken Vindaloo With Vegetables
  2. Goan Moolya Cho Ross Recipe (Goan Radish Curry)
  3. Here’s The Weekend Menu For Goan Inspired Lunch



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How taking up running changed the way I travel

Learning to run was inspirational, but it has also changed my approach to travelling, which is now based on staying near green spaces and beautiful places to jog

Riga’s Kronvalda Park had taken on a Christmas-card look with icicles hanging from trees and the canal frozen solid. It was minus 14C so I’d lost the feeling in my hands but I ran on, crunching through the snow, avoiding black-ice patches and taking corners slowly.

“If you can walk on it, you can run on it,” was the motto I’d adopted. The park linked easily to other surrounding gardens, all ringed with theatres, kiosks, statues and churches, making for a scenic jog. I had been running for 40 minutes and soon I’d be back at my hotel, overlooking Vērmane Garden, in time for breakfast – Rīga’s famous sprats on dark rye bread – and a hot shower.

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Sweet Corn Spring Onion Momo Recipe - Sweet Corn Dumplings

Corn Spring Onion Momo Recipe is a delicious momo recipe where the sweet corn is ground to a coarse mixture and then sautéed along with spring onions.

The flavour added by the corn and the spring onions to the momo is simple and delicious. Mixing it with some Sriracha sauce, salt and pepper elevates the falvour of the filling.

Everyone loves momos and they are sold in every corner of India now as an evening snack. They make a perfect snack for the kids and an appetizer for parties and can be served with sweet chilli sauce or chili garlic sauce.

Serve the Corn Spring Onion Momo Recipe along with Peanut Chilli Dipping Sauce Recipe and Vegetarian Thukpa Recipe  for a delicious weekend dinner.

If you are looking for more Momo Recipes here are some : 

  1. Mushroom Dumpling Recipe With Potatoes (Momos)
  2. Vegetable Ragi Momo Recipe - Finger Millet Dumplings/ Dim Sum Recipe
  3. Shanghai Mantou Recipe (Pan Fried Filled Momo Recipe)



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Stanley Spencer’s ‘village in heaven’: an arty weekend in Cookham, Berkshire

The bucolic banks of the Thames, dotted with fine pubs and historic locations, make a picturesque setting for exploring the life and times of one of England’s greatest artists

Cookham, a Thames-side village in Berkshire, was described as “a village in heaven” by the artist Stanley Spencer (1891-1959), who lived there most of his life. He is best known for his paintings of biblical events transposed to Cookham’s streets, gardens and riverbanks. Today the village houses the Stanley Spencer Gallery, a converted Methodist chapel run entirely by volunteers. The gallery opened in 1962 and was refurbished in 2007, with a mezzanine floor added to show more of the 100-odd works in the collection. Two exhibitions are staged every year. The summer show, A Brush with History: Stanley Spencer and Modern British Art, runs until 5 November. The winter exhibition, Everywhere is Heaven: Stanley Spencer and Robert Wagner, begins on 9 November and is the gallery’s first collaboration with a living artist. As well as paintings and drawings, the museum contains memorabilia such as Spencer’s pram, which the eccentric artist used to push his canvas and easel around the village – wearing his pyjamas under his suit if it was cold.
£7 adults/£3.50 age 18-25/under-18s free, daily until 5 November, Thursday to Sunday only from 9 November to 24 March

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Chettinad Kathirikai Chops Recipe - Brinjal Curry for Biryani

A lip smacking robust spicy dish, the Chettinad Kathirikai Chops gets its aroma from the freshly roasted and ground spices. Although it can be served with Chapatis or Jeera Rice, the brinjal chops served with biryani is a match made in heaven. 

Serve Chettinad Kathirikai Chops along with Hyderabadi Biryani With Basmati Rice (Mutton & Chicken) or Ambur Star Chicken Biryani Recipe and Sweet & Spicy Coriander Tadka Raita for a complete Biryani meal. 

If you like this recipe of Chettinad Kathirikai Chops Recipe, take a look at some more Brinjal/baingan recipes: 

  1. Kathirikai Podi Curry Recipe (Roasted Brinjal with Spices)
  2. Safed Achari Baingan Recipe - White Aubergine in pickled spices
  3. Palak Baingan Ki Sabzi Recipe (Spinach Eggplant Stir Fry)



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All stations to Athens: crossing Europe by train and boat

Travelling overland from London to Greece allows time to soak up the atmosphere and scenery as you ride through France, Switzerland and Italy

There’s been a rockslide somewhere in the Maurienne Valley, deep in the French Alps. By the time I’m due to set off on an intricately planned, early autumn European rail trip from London to Athens, nearly a week has passed since the incident. My intended path through France, Italy and then on to Greece via sea had relied on a connection from Lyon to Milan passing directly through this region. Now the route is out of action and it could be months before the railway tracks are dug out from the rubble. Initially, I’m irate. En route to the Eurostar terminal at London’s St Pancras at 6.30am, however, I encourage myself to think differently.

My decision to opt for a flightless pilgrimage in search of late-September sun wasn’t only environmentally driven. I’d also chosen to take the slower way in the hope of learning to enjoy the journey; seeing it not as an inconvenience but as a part of the adventure. Diversions needn’t be a drag, I tell myself, but an opportunity. In this case, to visit Switzerland.

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Every witch way: a spooky walk in Germany’s Harz mountains

This 60-mile trail through northern Germany takes in eerie folklore, industrial heritage and forests recovering from a devastating pest

The inscription on the wooden shelter where I stopped to eat my Käsebrötchen made quite the pledge. “Wanderer,” it said (at least, according to Google translate), “I protect you from wind and weather, a saviour from evil hands.” Extreme? Perhaps – but you need that sort of promise when loitering with cheese rolls in these spooky parts.

A hut was first built on this spot as a rest stop for medieval donkey drivers shifting goods from the nearby town of Osterode to the mines of northern Germany’s Harz Mountains. Today this newer building performs the same function, but for hikers – like me – following the Harzer Hexen-Stieg (Harz Witches’ Trail).

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Ridge Gourd Tambli Recipe - Spicy Ridge Gourd in Coconut Curry

Ridge Gourd Tambli combines the traditional preparation of tambli, a cold curry made with curd (or buttermilk) with ground spices and coconut, with the humble ridge gourd. Many mistake this to be a tasteless, fibrous vegetable, but it has innumerable health benefits. By combining it with a cold curry, best had with hot rice and a dollop of ghee, it makes a comforting and wholesome main component of any South Indian meal. Serve the Ridge Gourd Tambli along with hot steamed rice for lunch or a quick weeknight dinner.

Did you know: Ridge gourd has many nutritional benefits as it is loaded with fibers, vitamins, and minerals. From an Ayurvedic point of view, ridge gourd increases vata and kapha, but it cools down and pacifies the dosha pitta in the body. Known to be an effective blood purifier, it boosts liver health too. Also very low in saturated fat and cholesterol, it is an ideal vegetable to include in a diet for those who are looking for weight loss.

If you like this recipe, you can also try other recipes such as

  1. Chena Kaya Erissery Recipe
  2. Moong Dal Dubka Recipe
  3. Paneer Kundan Kaliyan Recipe



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In search of strange and sacred sites – the UK’s weirdest walks

Created by three friends fascinated with ancient places, the Weird Walk zine has a cult following. Comic Stewart Lee introduces three magical routes from their new book

Two books bestrode my childhood, and made me the man I am: The Magic Bridle, a collection of British and Irish myths retold by the folklorist Forbes Stuart, which ignited my six-year-old imagination in 1974, and Mysterious Britain by Janet and Colin Bord, published two years earlier, and part of a then burgeoning bookseller phenomenon of often unreliable Earth mysteries compendiums. Nonetheless, they set this particular boy off, seeking out ancient sites whenever possible. Now everything has wilted but I still have calves of iron, and I can identify the outline of a hilltop earthwork from a moving car on a motorway as surely as a falcon seeing a field mouse 500 feet below.

Through childhood and adolescence I worked towards my targets, assembling my own apostolic archive of similar but unrelated 70s texts, light on detail and heavy on conjecture. Where were these places of power? I would see them! “You and your old ruins!” my gran would cluck dismissively, as I politely requested we broke our Morris Marina journey southwest to the caravan site, at Stanton Drew or Glastonbury. And when I stumbled in my cub-scout shorts to find the Longstone Barrow, which I had only seen in a blurred pamphlet picture, my divorcee dad waited patiently in a car at the bottom of Challacombe Common, counting down the functional alcoholic hours to opening time. God bless him! Today I feel his pain. But we were all weird walking blind back then, confused men with their hands on the shoulders of the equally confused man in front, seeking silhouettes of standing stones in the mists of imaginary moors.

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Milagai Bajji Stuffed with Masala Chicken Recipe

Milagai Bajji Stuffed with Masala Chicken Recipe is an innovative recipe created with South Indian spices.

Milagai bajji refers to the long Indian peppers that is generally used to create a fried Tea time snack. In this recipe we have stuffed the chilli with masala chicken and then roasted on a griddle pan till it is well cooked.. The masala chicken has the authentic flavor from the chettinad which is made from spices like onions seeds, coriander seeds, fennel seeds, cumin seeds and peppercorns.

Serve the Milagai Bajji Stuffed with Masala Chicken Recipe, along with Hyderabadi Vegetable Biryani and Tomato Onion Cucumber Raita to make it a complete meal.

You can also serve it along with a steaming hot cup of Gulkand Chai Recipe or Kesar Chai Recipe

If you are looking for more chicken recipes here are some : 

  1. Arabian Chicken Mandi Recipe
  2. Yakhni Pulao With Chicken Recipe
  3. Lucknowi Murg Biryani (Awadhi Chicken Biryani) Recipe



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‘An awe-inspiring journey back in time’: readers’ favourite ancient sites in Europe

From the cave art of the Dordogne to Yorkshire’s mighty barrows, our tipsters recall visits to unsung sites in the UK, Ireland and elsewhere in Europe

Ale’s Stones in Sweden’s far south (Ales Stenar) may resemble Stonehenge, but instead of being surrounded by roads, Ale cleverly put his stones on cliffs, providing visitors with spectacular views. Ponder the competing theories of what the stones are: a burial monument, a sun calendar? After a decades-long dispute, including a court case, the county agreed to let the opposing theory (sun calendar) also have a sign. Today, the area is a nature reserve. Easily accessible from Ystad (Wallander country), and an hour’s drive south-east from Malmö, it’s perfect for a day trip. Enjoy local food in the superb Kåseberga Fisk, a very Swedish shop/cafe beneath, which includes a vegan fish option.
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Mushroom Tikka Masala Dry Recipe

Mushroom Tikka Masala Dry Recipe, a perfectly roasted chunks of marinated mushrooms, bell pepper and onions in a fragrant and spicy yogurt based gravy. Skillful to make and a crowd pleaser for sure. The gravy has a twist in the usual tikka masala gravy that we make.

Instead of tomatoes we have made the gravy with just yogurt and besan to give a more rich texture to the dish. The dish has the same set of spice powders used to create the quintessential flavors of tikka masala that we all love to eat.

Serve the Mushroom Tikka Masala Dry Recipe along with with Pudina Tawa Paratha or Butter Garlic Naan Recipe and Bharma Baingan Aur Pyaz Ki Sabzi Recipe (Spicy Stuffed Brinjals With Onions).

If you are looking for more Mushroom Recipes, here are some : 

  1. Creamy Cheese Mushroom Bruschetta Recipe
  2. Grilled Mushroom Sandwich Recipe With Herbs
  3. Baked Stuffed Mushrooms With Cheese Recipe



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Feel the glow: under the mountain into a radon spa in Austria

Bad Gastein’s curious attractions include tunnels where visitors can soak up low doses of natural radiation, which is claimed to help cure eczema and other ailments

The Austrian Alps are known for their visually dramatic walking trails. But equally alluring are the sumptuous spa-hotels where hikers can relax aching limbs in a maze of saunas and steam rooms, all scented with eucalyptus. And no spa is more labyrinthine than the radioactive caves I found myself (naked) in in Bad Gastein.

This elegant spa town was built on a rocky perch beside a spectacular waterfall in the declining years of the Austro-Hungarian empire: in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, belle époque hotels were tapping the radon-rich thermal waters to offer curative stays to bourgeois visitors.

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Konkani Style Vengaya Sagle Recipe - Eggplant Drumstick Curry

Konkani Style Vengaya Sagle Recipe is a very famous dish among the Konkani. “Sagle” in konkan means anything that is made with ground masala like coconut, coriander seeds and urad dal.  It has a very spicy and sweet flavor to it.  You can add any choice of your vegetable to this dish, keeping the ground masala constant.

Did you know - Drumstick pods helps to build strong bones, it is very good for pregnant women also. Drumstick pods which are known as moringa in local language is rich in calcium, Iron and vitamins. They are also have properties such purifying the blood, improves digestion and protects against infection.

Serve the Konkani Style Vengaya Sagle Recipe along with Goan Chana Ros Recipe (White Peas Curry) and Neer Dosa to make it a complete meal.

If you are looking for more Konkan Recipes, here are some: 

  1. Mande ( Mandige/ Chavde) Recipe- A Delicious Konkani Sweet
  2. Solkadhi Recipe (Konkani Style Kokum Kadhi)
  3. Doddak Recipe (Konkani Lentil Pancakes)



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Coorg Style Bollari Barthad Recipe - Mangalore Cucumber Stir Fry

Bollari Barthad Recipe is a simple stir fry using Mangalore Cucumber made commonly in Kodava and Coorg household. Mangalore cucumber are green-yellowish cucumbers with or without stripes. These Mangalore cucumber is a vegetable widely used in Karnataka, especially in Coastal Karnataka recipes. Here is a Coorg Style Bollari Barthad which is a stir fry made with Mangalore Cucumber.

Serve Coorg Style Bollari Barthad Recipe (Mangalore Cucumber Stir Fry) along with Steamed RiceNuggekai Kharbyaali Recipe (North Karnataka Spiced Drumstick Sambar)Pineapple Gojju Recipe, and Phulka for a complete meal.

If you like this recipe, try more South Indian Recipes such as

  1. Konkani Style Southe Koddel Recipe
  2. Maskasangi Magge Koddel Recipe
  3. Karnataka Style Southekayi Seppe Chutney Recipe
  4. Tamil Nadu Style Pala Kottai Sambar Recipe



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Egg Scramble With Drumstick Leaves Recipe

If your favourite way to cook and eat eggs is a scramble then here is one new idea to make it more healthy using a superfood, Drumstick leaves or Moringa Leaves. Be it breakfast or anytime snack just mix in few handful of leaves to get that nutrients that Drumstick Leave have to offer in your system. For all those who do not consume egg yolks, this scramble recipe, goes well with Egg Whites too. A perfect breakfast egg recipe to include in your menu from today. 

Did you know ? Drumstick leaves is known for its excellent source of nutrition and is natural energy booster. Drumstick leaves also known as Moringa, helps lower blood pressure, blood sugar in diabetics and is a also sleep aid. Its detoxifying effect may come from Moringa's ability to purify water. Moringa acts as a coagulant attaching itself to harmful material and bacteria.

Serve Egg Scramble with Drumstick leaves recipe for breakfast along with a cup of Adrak Chai

If you like this recipe, here are a few more Egg Scramble Recipes

  1. Scrambled Eggs With Ridge Gourd Sabzi Recipe
  2. Cream Cheese Scrambled Eggs Recipe
  3. Akuri Recipe (Parsi Style Seasoned Scrambled Eggs)



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French made: the Paris festival celebrating centuries of unique crafts

Couturiers, spirit-makers and neon-sign merchants are among the 600 artisans opening their ateliers next month to showcase their traditional trades

Stepping into the Brûlerie de Belleville in Paris’s 19th arrondissement feels like entering an old-fashioned apothecary. Floor-to-ceiling dark wooden shelves filled with glass jars, tins of roasted coffee beans and a huge variety of coffee makers line the walls; bar counters are topped with wine-coloured marble where you can sip on freshly made espresso.

The Brûlerie is one of Paris’s oldest quality coffee roasters and one of the artisans taking part in this year’s ParisLocal, a festival held over three days in November to promote locally made, environment-friendly businesses and craftsmanship.

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Rail route of the month: along the Franz Josef railway from Prague to Vienna

Our slow travel expert explores a historic central European rail route served by rural trains operating at a pace that would have been familiar to the Habsburgs

The classic rail route from Prague to Vienna through southern Bohemia was relegated to secondary status in the 1970s, but today it still offers one of the most engaging railway journeys in central Europe. Never ones to rush, my partner and I decided earlier this month to travel the length of the Emperor Franz Joseph Railway by slow trains.

We could, of course, have just hopped on one of the fast Railjet services which dash from Prague to Vienna via Brno in little more than four hours. But we were keen to travel through an out-of-the-way region of southern Bohemia by recreating a Habsburg-era slow travel experience.

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Chotti Aloor Dum Recipe - Baby Potatoes In Tomato Gravy

Chotti Aloor Dum is a spicy gravy prepared with small baby potatoes and usually served with luchis or puris. Potatoes are universal favourite and any dish prepared with them is a sure hit. Baby potatoes are boiled and cooked with spices in a tomato base. Prepare this delicious dish once and you will prepare it often for its flavour and taste.

Chotti Aloor Dum is a versatile dish and can be served along with Bengali Luchi and Boondi Raita for a delicious meal.

If you like this recipe, you can also try other Potato recipes such as

  1. Bloomed Potato Cheesy Muffins
  2. Tamarind Chilli Potato
  3. Baked Sweet Potato Boats

 




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Kongunadu Style Senai Kilangu Masala Recipe - Yam in Spicy Gravy

Kongunadu Style Senai Kilangu Masala Recipe (Yam in Spicy Gravy) is a recipe that is from Tamil Nadu. Kongunadu is a part of Tamil Nadu cuisine which is famous for its spicy flavor. In this recipe we have used different spice mixtures that are roasted well and ground into a spicy paste and cooked along with yam.

Yam is a kind of root vegetable that has a meaty texture and flavor which goes really well with the ground spice mixture. The vegetables is rich in dietary fiber which is very essential for our diet.

Serve the Kongunadu Style Senai Kilangu Masala Recipe along with Tawa Paratha, Palak Dal  and Steamed rice to enjoy your everyday lunch. 

If you are looking for more Yam Recipes, here are some that you can try: 

  1. Suran Fodi Recipe (Goan Semolina Crusted Yam)
  2. Bihari Suran Chutney Recipe (Bihar Style Elephant Yam Chutney)
  3. Chena Vazhakkai Erissery Recipe ( Yam Stir fry with Coconut & Spices)



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Half-term fun in Kent: 10 family days out on a tight budget

From crabbing off the pier to visiting Britain’s most haunted village, a Kent local shares tips on value-for-money things to do with children

As a child I can remember trying to swim out to a wrecked fishing boat off the beach at Camber Sands on the Sussex/Kent border. I stared at the horizon until the whole universe felt blue. It felt like the most exotic place on Earth. The south-east coast clearly made an impression, as I later settled in Kent and I am raising my own family here.

I work as a guard and bouncer, earning £11.76 an hour, which doesn’t buy a lot of excursions, even with my girlfriend’s wage chucked in (she works in a school for vulnerable children).

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Moongphali Bhindi Sabzi Recipe - Lady's Finger Peanut Stir Fry

Moongphali Bhindi Sabzi Recipe is a quick and easy recipe with the crunch of peanuts and spices. The addition of peanuts, coriander powder, dry mango powder and chillies along with the bhindi works like a charm and creates one delicious dish out of the simple ingredients.

Serve Moongphali Bhindi Sabzi along with Punjabi Kadhi Pakora or Kerala Olan and serve it along with hot steamed rice or even millet phulka.

Did you know: Okra also known as Bhindi/ Vendakkai/ Lady's Finger is a low-calorie vegetable and contains no saturated fat or cholesterol. They are rich sources of dietary fiber, minerals, and vitamins; often recommended by nutritionists in cholesterol controlling and weight reduction programs.

If you like this recipe, you can also try other Vegetable recipes such as

  1. Lauki Badi Ki Sabzi
  2. Malvani Kurkuri Bhindi 
  3. Senai Kizhangu Varuval



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Udupi Style Ash Gourd Coconut Curry Recipe

Udupi Style Ash Gourd Coconut Curry Recipe is a quick coconut based curry made from Ash gourd. Coconut being the main ingredient used in most of their cooking in Udupi, the curry has a strong flavor of coconut as well the roasted spices which gives out a wonderful flavor and aroma.

Ash gourd in other words called as winter melon, it has a good amount of minerals and Vitamins. A good amount of ash gourd in your diet will help in curing thyroid disorders, will also help in reducing cough and cold.

Serve the Udupi Style Ash Gourd Coconut Curry Recipe along with steamed riceElai Vadam  and Pisarna Manga for lunch.

If you are looking for more Indian Curries here are some : 

  1. Mughlai Aloo Matar Gobi Recipe
  2. Mutter Paneer Recipe (Paneer in Peas Gravy)
  3. Aloo Dum (Slow Cooked Potatoes in a Spicy Tomato Gravy)



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Healthy Yogurt Parfait with Oats and Fresh Fruits Recipe

Healthy Yogurt Parfait with Oats and Fresh Fruits Recipe is a must try breakfast dish which is packed with nutrient in one jar. It is layered with creamy coconut oats, chopped apples, fresh and sweet yogurt parfait, chopped banana and topped up with pistachios and prunes. You can add your own twist and change the fruits of your own choice.

Serve the Healthy Yogurt Parfait with Oats and Fresh Fruits Recipe as a breakfast recipe to start your morning in a healthy way. 

If you are looking for more Parfait Recipes here are some : 

  1. Blueberry Parfait Recipe
  2. Crunchy Corn Cereal Yogurt Parfait Recipe- A Wholesome Breakfast
  3. Oats, Mango and Yogurt Breakfast Parfait



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Amazing Adriatic: the top five places to visit

History, culture and great cuisine are waiting to be discovered from the Istrian peninsula to the Venetian Lagoon

The uppermost tip of the Adriatic is a curious mix of cultures, cuisines and architectural styles. Pack lightly and tour the Istrian peninsula, before hopping over to the Venetian lagoon opposite. On a clear day, you can see from one side of the sea to the other. Forgo car hire, it’s more serene to travel by ferry, train and bus – and the occasional taxi out of season.

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One Pot Vegetable Pasta With Beans Recipe

One Pot Vegetable Pasta with Beans is filled with the goodness of vegetables, black beans and whole wheat pasta. Therefore it is packed with vitamins, minerals and fibre. If you’re not a fan of whole wheat pasta, regular pasta can be substituted. The main protein source in this pasta is canned black beans, which makes the dish even more healthy and flavourful.

Serve One Pot Vegetable Pasta With Beans with Minestrone Soup and a glass of wine for a light and healthy weekend dinner.

You can also try other Pasta recipes such as : 

  1. Burnt Garlic Pasta with Mushroom
  2. Desi Style Masala Pasta
  3. Broccoli Pesto Pasta



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Konkani Style Batata Song Recipe - Dry Red Chili Potatoes Fry

Konkani Style Batata Song Recipe-Dry Red Chili Potatoes Fry is a dry dish made simply with ground dry red chillies and tamarind into a smooth paste and mixed with soft potatoes.

The dish is from a part of Konkan Cuisine which belongs to Saraswat Brahmin. They are a community who are primarily Brahmins who live in the west coastal region of India. Saraswat Brahmin are strictly vegetarians.

Serve the Konkani Style Batata Song Recipe along with PhulkaTawa Paratha and Gujarati Dal Recipe by the side for a weekday meal.

If you are looking for more Konkani Recipes, here are some:

  1. Konkani Style Mande/Mandige/Chavde Recipe
  2. Konkani Style Mooga Ghushi Recipe
  3. Doddak Recipe (Konkani Lentil Pancakes)



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20 of the UK’s best hotels, pubs and B&Bs – for under £150 a night

In this extract from the new Good Hotel Guide, we choose places to stay with great cuisine, chic interiors and scenic walks from the front door

Brockencote Hall, Chaddesley Corbett, WorcestershireYou might think you’ve rolled up at a luxury Loire valley chateau when you arrive at this Victorian manor in landscaped parkland. There’s nothing too luxe about the price, though, with B&B from £138. Spend what you save on a nine-course tasting extravaganza in the restaurant, perhaps matching it with a flight of wine. A normal two- or three-course dinner might feature local produce such as Worcestershire duck breast with confit duck hash and artisanal cheeses. There’s plenty to do during the day – fishing, tennis, or a stroll around the 29 hectares. The 21 bedrooms range from contemporary classics to feature suites.
Doubles from £138 B&B, nine-course dinner £85, brockencotehall.com

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Misa Maas Kordoi Tenga Recipe (Shrimp With Star Fruit Curry)

Misa Maas Kordoi Tenga Recipe (Shrimp With Star Fruit Curry) is an Assamese seafood recipe. Fish cooked with Starfruit (kamrakh), kordoi in Assam. Any fish can used in this recipe I used Shrimp. Traditional recipe is very simple. Only few ingredients; hence I have also used crushed tomato and garlic for extra taste and a interesting twist. Starfruit goes well with shrimp, it is an exotic and exceptional fish delicacy of Assam. Serve Misa Maas Kordoi Tenga Recipe (Shrimp With Star Fruit Curry) hot with warm steamed rice.

Here are a few more Assamese recipes

  1. Sandah Guri Recipe
  2. Assamese Sweet Kordoi Recipe
  3. Egg Shoap Recipe
  4. Assamese Style Dil Pasand Recipe



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Kidney Beans, Crumbled Feta, Basil Salad with Lemon Vinaigrette Recipe

Kidney Beans, Crumbled Feta, Basil Salad with Lemon Vinaigrette Recipe is a high protein rich salad that is a must to be added into your everyday diet. The softly cooked kidney beans works perfectly with soft and salty feta cheese. The overall salad is then paired rightly with some fresh basil leaves. The tangy lemon vinaigrette dressing ties the whole salad up.

Kidney beans are rich in antioxidants and also help in providing a good protein. Crumbled feta is a key supply of vitamins and minerals. Therefore these two ingredients will help you obtain a balanced diet for your meal.

Serve the Kidney Beans, Crumbled Feta, and Basil Salad with Lemon Vinaigrette along with some pita bread and hummus to make a complete meal. 

If you are looking for more salad recipes, here are a few more

  1. Couscous Salad with Raw Mangoes
  2. Fresh & Juicy Chickpea Salad with Fruits & Vegetables
  3. Carrot Cucumber Tomato Salad with Lemon and Coriander Recipe



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Goan Bimbla Uddamethi Recipe

Bimbla Uddamethi or Bilimbi curry is a vegetarian Goan Curry prepared by cooking sour Bimba fruits in Coconut gravy.

Bimbla fruit is found in most backyards of coastal Karnataka and are mostly used in making pickles as the sour taste of the fruit makes it really delicious. In this preparation, the fruit is cooked in a coconut gravy with a few spices and there is a burst of taste in your mouth with the sour from the fruit and the sweet from the coconut gravy. 

Serve Bimbla Uddamethi with Steamed Rice and Mixed Vegetables Ajethna Recipe (Mangalorean Style Mixed Vegetables Sabzi) for a complete meal.

If you are like this recipe, here are a few Konkan recipes:

  1. Vali Bhajji Ambat Recipe (Konkan Style Spiced Malabar Spinach Dal Recipe)
  2. Mangalorean Padengi Gassi Recipe (Sprouted Moong Dal Curry)
  3. Pathravade Recipe (Colocasia Leaves Snack- Patrode)



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‘Ablaze with russets and golds’: readers’ favourite places for enjoying autumn

From an expanse of saltmarsh in East Yorkshire to Croatia’s verdant islands, our tipsters share their most memorable places to visit in the fall

We loved Ljubljana in Slovenia during autumn, but less than an hour’s drive away is the beautiful Lake Bled. It has a rustic and tranquil vibe, its focal point being the Assumption of Mary church on its island. The lake is surrounded by mountains and forests, and it is these that bring the place alive. The leaves turn a stunning array of orange, yellow, red and purple, creating an unforgettable scene.
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Spicy & Masaledar Aloo Gobi & Beans Tawa Sabzi Recipe

Spicy & Masaledar Aloo Gobi & Beans Tawa Sabzi Recipe uses a blend of Indian spices and is tossed in a tawa to give it a roasted flavor. It is a semi dry dish that is cooked with lots of onions, ginger and garlic which adds to the extra flavors of the dish.  

Serve the Masaledar Aloo Gobi & Beans Tawa Sabzi along with Tawa paratha, Punjabi Kadhi Pakora and Curd rice to make it a complete meal. 

If you are looking for more Aloo recipes here are some : 

  1. Aloo Tikki Recipe (Spicy Potato Patties or Cutlets)
  2. Aloo Baingan Ki Sabzi Recipe (Ringna Batata Nu Shaak)
  3. Aloo Parwal Sabzi Recipe (A Classic Bengali Dish)



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Spinach Corn & Cheese Momo Recipe

Spinach Corn & Cheese Momos Recipe is a delicious momo recipe, that will melt in your mouth.  Thin sheets of momo skin packed with a healthy continental filling of spinach and corn, with some cheese, that is steamed makes these irresistible and absolutely lip smacking. 

Did you know: Spinach helps improving blood glucose control in diabetics, lowering the risk of cancer, lowering blood pressure, improving bone health, lowering the risk of developing asthma and more.  Spinach is an excellent source of vitamin K, vitamin A, manganese, folate, magnesium, iron, copper, vitamin B2, vitamin B6, vitamin E, calcium, potassium, and vitamin C. It is a very good source of dietary fiber, phosphorus, vitamin B1, zinc, protein, and choline.

Spinach Corn & Cheese Momos Recipe is popular with all and your kids will absolutely love them. 

Serve Spinach Corn & Cheese Momos Recipe as a snack along with Homemade Red Chilli Garlic Sauce Recipe or Peanut Chilli Dipping Sauce Recipe on a rainy monsoon evening. 

Try our other Momo recipes: 

  1. Mushroom Dumpling Recipe With Potatoes (Momos)
  2. Vegetable Ragi Momo Recipe - Finger Millet Dumplings/ Dim Sum Recipe
  3. Shanghai Mantou Recipe (Pan Fried Filled Momo Recipe)

 




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Pav Bhaji Flavored Pasta Recipe-Fusion Fusilli Pasta

Pav Bhaji Flavored Pasta Recipe-Fusion Fusilli Pasta is one of the most interesting fusion recipe made to suit the Indian palate, which comes with pav bhaji flavour. Pav bhaji is one of the most loved Indian snack recipe and I have fused this luscious flavour with the Italian pasta to make it quite drooling and appetizing.

Serve this fascinating Pav Bhaji Flavored Pasta Recipe-Fusion Fusilli Pasta with a crusty bread like Tandoori Chicken Crostini or Garlic Bread with Herb Butter and Rasgulla Custard Pudding for dessert.

If you like this recipe, here are a few more fusion recipes you can also try

  1. Pasta in Pudina Chutney Recipe (Fusion Recipe)
  2. Schezwan Noodle Sandwich Recipe
  3. Pasta In Tomato Onion Chutney Recipe



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‘Change is in the air’: a stay at a rewilding project in Yorkshire

The Broughton Estate dates back to a time when wolves still roamed England. Now they are working to restore this ancient landscape – and provide a sanctuary for guests to recharge

When Roger Tempest inherited Broughton Estate at the age of seven, tadpoles flowed from the taps and the main house was so exposed to the elements that in winter the billiard table gathered a light dusting of snow. The family dined in hats and gloves. The land had been given to his ancestors in 1097, in the aftermath of the Norman invasion, when wolves still roamed England. For almost a millennium, these 3,000 acres on the edge of the Yorkshire Dales have mirrored the history of our land: the enclosures, the persecution of predators, deforestation, modern agriculture and the gradual eradication of the wild. Today, Broughton is part of a new conversation about land use that could rewrite the book on what England looks like.

Roger is the 32nd generation, and that weight of history came with a certain responsibility. Astronomically expensive to run and managed by people not predisposed to management, many English estates were being dissolved. But when Roger came of age, he was determined to save the place. It was the late 1980s, and the fax machine was enabling offices to be set up in places hitherto unimaginable. He built a business park in the crumbling barns which breathed new life into the place. Today it houses 52 companies with more than 700 employees. With the estate solvent, other changes became possible, to the extent that it was recently described by Alastair Driver, director of Rewilding Britain, as “the most rapidly transformational” rewilding project in the country.

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Broccoli Pakora Masala Recipe - Broccoli In Spicy Yogurt Gravy

Broccoli Pakora Masala which is a quick, yummy and healthy side dish that can be prepared in no time for a busy weekday lunch or dinner.

The pakoras here are baked and made with a mix of broccoli, onion, besan and a little spice. The yogurt gravy is light and refreshing and goes wonderfully with the pakoras. You can make this curry for your house parties and we are sure your family will love it.

Serve Broccoli Pakora Masala along with Tomato Onion Cucumber Raita, Jeera Rice and Phulka for a weekday meal. 

If you like this recipe, you can also try other Broccoli Recipes for your Indian Dinner such as

  1. Kadai Broccoli Masala Recipe
  2. Tamil Nadu Style Broccoli Poriyal Recipe
  3. Broccoli and Potato Poriyal Recipe



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Sleep in a shop: the French town breathing new life into its high street

Formerly a hub of luxury shoemaking, the medieval town of Romans-sur-Isère is turning its empty shops into stylish self-catering stays

It’s certainly an eye-catching shop window, full of interesting artefacts – an old sewing machine stands poised over a sheet of leather, with an oil lamp on one side, ancient shoe moulds on the other. There’s more leather hanging above, with footsteps cut into it. I step into the Tannerie, then lock the door behind me.

I’m not here to shop, but to sleep in the appealing apartment inside it, with an inviting living room leading up several steps to comfortable sleeping quarters. A kitchenette and a swish modern shower room complete the picture. It’s spacious, tastefully decorated and better than many hotel rooms – yet a fraction of the price, at €75 a night.

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Jamaican Style Vegetarian Stew Recipe

The Jamaican Style Vegetarian Stew Recipe is a lovely spicy, soupy Caribbean stew that has mild spices and the rich flavors of coconut milk. The original recipe had meat and I substituted the meat with vegetables. I also noticed a very strong resemblance to the stew we have in Kerala.

Serve this Jamaican Style Vegetarian Stew Recipe along with Saffron rice for dinner for weeknight or parties.

If you like stews then you must try some delicacies

  1. Moroccan Style Vegetable Stew Recipe
  2. (Persian Vegetarian Pomegranate Walnut Stew)
  3. Kerala Olan Recipe with Pumpkin and Black Eyed Beans



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Masala Vada Curry Recipe - Chana Dal Vada Curry Recipe

Masala Vada Curry Recipe also known as the Chana Dal Vada curry is a delicious South Indian curry made from masala vada cooked in a tomato onion gravy.

Masala Vada Curry Recipe is a delicious and one of the best side dish for Idli/Dosa/Chapati. This curry is mostly made in north eastern parts of Tamil Nadu. It is packed with proteins and the goodness of Indian spices.

Traditionally, this dish is made with deep-fried masala vadas. But, this one is made out of steamed vadas which is much simpler and healthier.

Serve Masala Vada Curry Recipe along with Tawa Paratha, Palak Raita and Satvik Carrot Sprout Salad for a weekday meal. You can also serve this curry along with Ghee Roast Dosa or a Karnataka Style Set Dosa Recipe

If you like this Masala Vada Curry Recipe, you can also try other South Indian curries that you can make for your everyday meals:

  1. Bendakaya Pulusu Recipe
  2. Milagu Keerai Poricha Kootu Recipe
  3. Tamil Nadu Style Paneer Kurma Recipe



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Bihari Shakarkand Bhujiya Recipe - Spicy Sweet Potato Sabzi

Bihari Shakarkand Bhujiya Recipe is a simple delicious recipe prepared with sweet potatoes, regular potatoes or for that matter arbi as well. This sweet potato is tossed in a kadai with cumin and green chillies along with the touch of turmeric powder and salt. They typically make these Aloo Bhujia really crispy on the outer and soft on the inner, making it like an Indian French fry, which is not deep fried.

Prepare this Bihari Shakarkand Bhujiya and serve with Whole Wheat Lachha parathas and Boondi raita for a weekday meal.

If you like this recipe, you can also try other Bihari recipe such as




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Chieftains, saints and sinners: eight of the best unsung castles and abbeys of Ireland

In a country where historic buildings appear around almost every corner, these lesser-known treasures offer brilliant visits without the crowds

The Rock of Cashel, a medieval stronghold that once served as the seat of Ireland’s kings, is undeniably magnificent. Perched high on an outcrop overlooking lush Tipperary farmland, its round towers, high crosses and 13th-century Gothic cathedral attract a steady stream of visitors. But it’s not the only Irish castle or abbey to draw large crowds. Even off season, there are long queues for internationally recognised sites such as Bunratty, Clonmacnoise, Glendalough, Dunluce, Blarney and Kylemore. Unesco-designated world heritage site Skellig Michael (famous as Luke Skywalker’s island sanctuary in Star Wars) has limited access, and other ancient buildings have been made into five-star hotels.

But this is a country where a castle or abbey can appear around almost every windswept corner, so there are thousands of off-the-radar places to visit. These sites have equally impressive architecture, and possibly even more intriguing backstories, but a noticeable absence of tour buses and crowds because they haven’t featured on the big or small screen – yet. In most cases, you’ll share the space with just a handful of Hibernophiles. With that in mind, we’ve selected eight of the best lesser-known abbeys and castles in Ireland dating from the seventh and to the 19th centuries.

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Roasted Cauliflower Salad With Quinoa & Garlic Yogurt Recipe

Roasted Cauliflower Salad With Quinoa & Garlic Yogurt Recipe is a healthy dish that you can make when you are craving to have simple and nutritious meal. The cauliflower are marinated well in some spicy masala which is roasted into the oven and topped over a bed of seasoned quinoa. Then a dollop of creamy garlic yogurt is topped over the salad to give it a refreshing flavour to the salad. Adding some fresh pomegranate seeds also gives a nice texture to the dish. 

Quinoa is a wonderful grain to substitute with rice, it is filled with dietary fiber and is rich in protein. It keeps you full and helps to reduce weight. 

Serve the Roasted Cauliflower Salad With Quinoa & Garlic Yogurt Recipe along with Creamy Chicken Pesto Spaghetti Pasta and Light And Creamy Broccoli Soup for your weekend dinner meal. 

If you are looking for more Salad Recipes here are some : 

  1. Couscous Raw Mango Salad Recipe
  2. Sweet Potato & Green Bean Salad Recipe
  3. Chickpea Orange Salad Recipe with Sun Dried Tomatoes



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Share a scenic bus route in the UK – you could win a holiday voucher

Tell us about your favourite public bus route through great scenery – the best tip wins £200 towards a Coolstays break

Many rural bus routes have been cut in recent years but those that remain still offer a great window on to the UK’s countryside. And with the bus fare cap – now at £2.50 –on single journeys across England running until 30 November 2024, it’s possible to enjoy views of large swathes of glorious woods, peaks, coast and meadow for a fraction of the price of most rail tickets or travelling by car.

Please tell us about your favourite routes for enjoying UK scenery and explain any details, such as timetable quirks and seating tips, that will help visitors enjoy them.

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Keeping it surreal: my Dalí-inspired art trip to Catalonia

Portlligat, Cadaqués and Cap de Creus provide the ‘hallucinatory’ backdrop to an emotive journey into the natural world that helped create the artist

I have been made in these rocks. Here have I shaped my personality,” Salvador Dalí said of the landscape around his home of Portlligat, plus neighbouring Cadaqués and Cap de Creus. Dalí lived in this village for most of his life, setting up home in a fishing hut from 1930. It was, for him, a place of “geological peacefulness”.

This area of Catalonia – the most easterly point of Spain – is the endpoint of my road trip from Brighton via Chartres, Carcassonne and Languedoc. Dalí brought me here. His beguiling and surreal imagery fired my young imagination; his art was a gateway to the weird. Ever since discovering that the hallucinatory landscapes that frame his work are every bit as strange as Dalí portrayed them, I’ve wanted to visit. I’m here for Dalí and for the rocks. In my pocket a geological curio from Brighton beach also makes this something of a pilgrimage.

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Kaju Karela Recipe - Bitter Gourd And Cashew Nuts Stir Fry

Kaju Karela Recipe, as the same suggests, is a sabzi or dry vegetable prepared from Bitter Gourd (Karela) and Cashews (Kaju). Kaju Karela Recipe (Bitter Gourd And Cashew Nuts Stir Fry) is a very popular recipe from Gujarati cuisine and is a favourite item on the menu list for marriage functions and is also amongst the many delicacies served in Gujarati Themed Restaurants for Thali menu.

Bitter taste of karela is masked by adding spices, sesame seeds and desiccated coconut.

Serve Kaju Karela Recipe (Bitter Gourd And Cashew Nuts Stir Fry) with Gujarati Dal Recipe and Phulka or Gehun Bhajra Thepla Recipe for your everyday lunch.

If you like this recipe, try more Bitter Gourd Recipes that you can make for your everyday meals:

  1. Karela Masala Sabzi Recipe
  2. Bitter Gourd Juice Recipe (Karela Juice)
  3. Stuffed Karela With Aloo Recipe
  4. Karela Muthia Recipe (Bitter Gourd Steamed Dumplings)



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Top 10 activity breaks for a supercharged half term

Get moving in or outdoors then relax in one of our selection of hotels, lodges, manor houses or even a castle

In the heart of the Devon countryside sits an Arts and Crafts manor house and 58 lodges with private hot tubs. Rolling hills and 125 acres of parkland provide the ideal setting for families (and their dogs). Dive into the indoor pool then try your hand at tennis, archery or pickleball. Book a bushcraft and survival course and learn to build shelters and make fires – essential skills come the apocalypse. A jam-packed itinerary is recommended to make the most of the facilities: a fully equipped gym, group fitness classes, a spa, games room and seemingly endless child-friendly courses. Then feast in one of three restaurants, or enjoy a DIY roast dinner kit delivered to your lodge for a cosy night in (themoleresort.co.uk, from £225 a night for a 2-bed lodge for 4 people).

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Foxtail Millet Lemon Rice Recipe-Elumichai Thenai

Foxtail Millet Lemon Rice Recipe also known as Elumichai Sadam in Tamil is a healthy version of the rice dish that is made from thinai, also known as foxtail millets. The Lemon millet recipe is packed with flavors from lemon, green chillies and curry leaves. The millet adds to the nutrition and fiber to the diet and making it a perfect lunch box for kids.

Serve Foxtail Millet Lemon Rice Recipe along with Elai Vadam Recipe and tomato onion raita, or plain yogurt.

Did You Know: Foxtail millet (Thinai) is a millet that is high in carbohydrates, rich in fiber and minerals such as copper and iron. Millets release sugars slowly and thus have a low glycemic index making it a super food for diabetic.

Here are a few more millet recipes to try

  1. Maheri Recipe
  2. Pachchai Maa Puli Upma Recipe (Ragi Flour Upma)
  3. Fried Barnyard Millet Recipe (Fried Samvat Rice)
  4. Bhagar Recipe (Maharashtrian Style Spicy Barnyard Millet Pulao)



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‘I drove to the Alps in my electric car’: readers’ favourite eco-conscious ski trips

Our tipsters use trains, hi-tech ferries and electric vehicles to hit the slopes from the Pyrenees to the Tirol

I’ve often travelled by train to ski resorts, but my favourite low-carbon ski holiday was when I drove to the French and Swiss Alps in my electric car last year. I was full of range-anxiety before I left the UK, but the Tesla supercharger network is so good across Europe it was never an issue. Chamonix has plenty of EV chargers and I parked and charged at Täsch, to visit car-free Zermatt, catching the 10-minute shuttle train there.
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A mountain walk in the Hebrides to a great pub: Seumas’ Bar, Isle of Skye

A hike in the footsteps of mountaineering royalty also takes in some of the Scottish Highlands’ finest views

Excitement rises from the get-go. Ahead, a clearcut path leads through ankle-high heather across a landscape bound on either side by the Red and Black Cuillin, two dark-frowning massifs with deeply scarred features and bones of rugged gabbro. Even half-hidden in mist on this overcast morning, they are to me the most beautiful mountain ranges in Britain.

Yet beyond these, almost coming into the light between the two, is Sgùrr na Strì, a far more modest 494-metre knuckle of coagulated rock that threatens to upstage them. Many say the view from its summit is the most spectacular in Scotland, and the shifting of shadows from the hilltop’s panorama, across the Black Cuillin to Loch Coruisk, the Small Isles and the Sea of the Hebrides, make it feel as if it is always in motion.

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Foxtail Millet Pongal Recipe

Incorporating millets in our diet is very important and Foxtail Millet Pongal Recipe is an effort at this. I try to include different types of millets in my breakfast dishes. Also healthy, they make the dish tasty too. For all health conscious people, millets are a boon. This foxtail millet Pongal is one such recipe that includes health and taste. Soaked foxtail millet and yellow lentils are cooked and seasoned with cumin, whole peppercorns, ginger pieces, curry leaves and cashews fried in ghee to prepare it. Foxtail Millet Pongal Recipe one of the popular and comforting south Indian breakfast recipes.

Take a look at our other popular Pongal recipes

  1. Ven Pongal Recipe (South Indian Rice and Lentil Pudding)
  2. Oats Ven Pongal Recipe
  3. Sakkarai Pongal Recipe (Sweetened Rice And Jaggery Pudding)
  4. Barnyard Millet Sweet Pongal Recipe (Kuthiraivali Sakkarai Pongal)



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Pakistani Style Tinde Ki Tarkari Recipe - Apple Gourds Cooked With Tomatoes

Pakistani Style Tinde Ki Tarkari Recipe is an Apple Gourd's curry recipe cooked with tomatoes. Since the apple gourds have abundant moisture in them, this is a summer perfect vegetable to include often in summer time dinners. 

The red chillies and chilli flakes used in the recipe balances the sweetness of the apple gourds in the curry. This recipe uses basic spices like red & green chillies, chilli flakes, garlic, and cumin seeds.

Serve Pakistani Style Tinde Ki Tarkari Recipe (Apple Gourds Cooked With Tomatoes) along with Methi Ragi Soy Wheat Thepla Recipe and Kale Chane Ki Kadhi Recipe for a weeknight dinner.

Did you Know: Apple gourd known as Tinda or Tindsi in Hindi is a vegetable with high Vitamin C, riboflavin, niacin, calcium, and copper among the other nutrients. Eating apple gourd is effective in mitigating acidity, diarrhea, indigestion, kidney stones and high blood pressure. It is known to reduce the risk of skin diseases, prostate & lung cancer and delay the greying of hair. 

If you like this recipe, here are more Everyday Sabzi Recipes for you that you can make for your Lunch/Dinner:

  1. Aloo Baingan Ki Sabzi Recipe (Ringna Batata Nu Shaak)
  2. Aloo Gobi Ki Sabzi Recipe (Spicy Potato and Cauliflower Vegetable)
  3. Turia Muthia Nu Shaak Recipe (Turai Sabzi-Gujarati Style)
  4. Kaddu Simla Mirch Sabzi Recipe (Pumpkin Capsicum Stir Fry)



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Capsicum In Coconut And Peanut Gravy Recipe

Capsicum In Coconut And Peanut Gravy is a delicious gravy recipe which you can make for your everyday food. Flavours of Capsicum come out very well along with peanuts. Addition of coconut makes the gravy rich and nourishing. You can also pack this for your lunch box with parathas and your choice of raita.

Serve Capsicum In Coconut And Peanut Gravy Recipe along with Tawa Paratha and Palak Raita for your everyday meal.

If you like this recipe, you can also try other Capsicum Recipes which you can make for your everyday meals:

  1. Chole Capsicum Masala Recipe
  2. Capsicum Thokku Recipe
  3. Baby Corn Capsicum Masala Recipe

 




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Bhaat Na Rasawala Muthia Dhokla Recipe | Gujarati Rasiya Dhokla

If you love Kadhi Chawal, then you will absolutely love this one dish meal bowl which is a classic and traditional kathiyawadi dish called Bhaat Na Rasawala Muthia Dhokla made from rice dumplings simmered in a delicious kadhi.

Serve the Bhaat Na Rasawala Muthia Dhokla as a one dish meal for any weeknight dinner when you are looking for a comforting meal.

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How I stuck my oar in – and saw a Venice I’ve never seen before

Venetians are reviving a centuries-old rowing tradition to promote a sustainable way of getting around, and to show visitors the city at its most authentic


One of the clues to how Venice was built is the stone it’s built on: the white, pocked stone capping the fondamente that line the city’s canals is pietra d’Istria – a type of limestone that was quarried in what is now Croatia. So how did it get to the other side of the Adriatic sea, to form the foundations of Venice? By boat, of course.

“The city was built with traditional boats and for traditional boats. You have to see the city from the water to understand it,” says Emiliano Simon, one of the founders of Venetian rowing and boating association Venice on Board, as we stand on the white stone next to its offices in the northern Cannaregio district.

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Crunchy Asian Vegetable Salad Recipe With Honey Garlic Dressing

Crunchy Asian Vegetable Salad Recipe With Honey Garlic Dressing is a flavourful ribbon salad with a sweet, spicy and tangy dressing. Carrots, cucumbers, zucchini cut to resemble ribbons, along with spring onion greens tossed in flavourful ingredients like honey, ginger, garlic and lemon juice. The addition of sesame seeds made all the difference. 

Serve Crunchy Asian Vegetable Salad Recipe With Honey Garlic Dressing along with Asian Shrimp And Veggie Bowl Recipe followed by a dessert of Homemade Apple Pie Recipe.

Try our other Asian recipes: 

  1. Asian Style Stuffed Omelette Recipe
  2. Asian Carrot Ginger Lentil Soup Recipe
  3. Asian Style Sweet Potato Croquettes Recipe



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‘I slept in ditches and dreamed of marauding raiders’: a wild walk on the Hadrian’s Wall path

The vandalism at Sycamore Gap may have hogged the headlines, but walking the length of the national trail puts these borderlands into thrilling historical context

Hadrian’s Wall has perhaps the most single-minded personality of all the National Trails, tracing as it does the 84 miles from Bowness-on-Solway to Wallsend, which represented the north-west frontier of the Roman empire for nearly 300 years. It was built by the Roman army (the soldiers dug the ditches, quarried the stones and laid them) on the orders of the emperor Hadrian after his visit to Britain in AD 122.

The Hadrian’s Wall path celebrates its 20th birthday this year. I’ve now walked all 17 National Trails, including the Coast to Coast path and King Charles II England coast path (officially opening in 2024 and 2025 respectively). I’m not sure why it took me so long to get round to walking the Hadrian’s Wall trail; perhaps it was a perception that it was too busy or that there was too much road walking. All my concerns proved unfounded.

‘The wall was built from east to west, but I’d decided to go west to east so the prevailing wind was behind me and my load of camera and camping gear’

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