Cucumber, is one of those vegetables which is used in almost every household. It is from Bitter Gourd family and is mainly used to make salads. While you can just slice the cucumbers and it on their own or you can make different kinds of salads by pairing it with different vegetables and adding your choice of dressing into it to make it more delicious and flavoursome.
Hyderabadi Bagara Baingan is a delicious preparation that is made from roasted brinjal/eggplant/ baingan. The base curry of the Bagara Baingan recipe is made from tamarind, peanuts and sesame seeds.
If you are looking for a delicious vegetarian curry to serve along with your Biryani, then this spicy and tangy curry is your go to dish.
The gravy is a little thick in consistency and you can adjust the consistency according to your taste and preference. The golden and yellow hue of the gravy makes it inviting to dig in. Hyderabadi Bagara Baingan goes well with all kinds of biryanis, pulaos and Indian breads.
Serve Hyderabadi Bagara Baingan Recipe along with Hyderabadi Vegetable Biryani and Tomato Onion Cucumber Raita to make a delicious meal for your festival.
If you like this recipe, then you can also try other Baingan/Eggplant Recipe, that can be made for your everyday meals:
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:
Pan Grilled Balsamic Chicken Breast And Mushrooms Recipe is a continental dish that is a delicious way to cook a chicken breast with a balsamic glaze and subtle merger of flavours.
The perfect balance of butter and the marinated chicken breast to put on the grill then wait until charred golden brown. This is a stress free simple grilled dinner to cook and serve your family, or guests. This recipe gets done in about half an hour and makes a complete meal in itself.
Serve Pan Grilled Balsamic Chicken Breast And Mushrooms Recipe as a dinner along with Roasted Mushroom Zucchini Salad Recipe and Delicious Herbed Hasselback Potatoes Recipe.
If you like this recipe, try more recipes like
Catholic saint? Pagan goddess? Mythical brewer? A break in Kildare sheds light on a woman now honoured with her own bank holiday on 1 February
“She really believed that if she brewed a lake of beer, it would solve the problems of the world …”
When publican and brewer Judith Boyle, whose family has been in pubs and beer for five generations, utters these words in her namesake bar in the commuter town of Kildare (a 30-minute train ride from Dublin), you’d be forgiven for thinking that she was talking about an ale-making relative. But in fact she’s referring to St Brigid, a woman who – I was learning – is the patron saint of (among many things) beer.
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Oven Crisped Burritos with Shredded Chicken Recipe is a twist on the authentic burritos that are wrapped in soft tortillas and stuffed with various filling. We have made a homemade tortillas using olive oil and stuffed it with cumin flavored shredded chicken and wrapped into small burritos pockets and baked. These will make the perfect appetizer for any parties and best to be had as a healthy snack.
Serve the Oven Crisped Burritos with salsa, Mexican Beans Salad Recipe and Corn & Soy Quesadillas to create a Mexican meal for your Sunday brunch.
If you are looking for more Burrito recipes here are some :
The region between the Cairngorms and the Moray Firth is rightly famous for its whisky, but that is just one of its many charms
The world outside my sleeper-train compartment was black and white: trees with feather-like branches silhouetted against snowy fields; the grey stretch of the A9 and then the sleek steel of a river; white candy-floss clouds against an ever paler sky.
By the time I was in my hire car, driving east from Inverness, colour was slowly returning to the landscape, though the hills beneath the milky sun were still cloaked in snow. I was heading for Moray Speyside, edged by the Cairngorms in the south and the wide Moray Firth in the north. Over the course of my weekend, the water of the latter dipped in and out of view, while the mountains remained tantalisingly distant.
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Garlic Shrimp Linguine Pasta is an easy pasta recipe with creaminess and goodness of shrimp. This recipe is perfect when you want to eat some delicious but also gets prepared in less time. It is a delicious dish to serve for your weekend dinners along with some soup or salad. Garlic adds an extra flavour to the recipe and makes it even more delicious. This pasta can be prepared for your weekend brunch too when you are expecting guests at home. So next time you throw a house party, don't forget to make this delicious pasta.
Serve Garlic Shrimp Linguine Pasta with Garlic Bread With Herb Butter Recipe, and Cream Of Mushroom & Spring Onion Soup Recipe for your weekend dinner with family.
If you like this recipe, you can also try other Pasta recipes such as
In our new series, we explore a city through its musical landmarks and songs. First stop, Germany’s hip, historic capital, home trailblazing clubs and inspiration for Dietrich and Bowie
Music soundtracks our travels, kills time and distracts, entertainingly. In Berlin, which has more than 300 train stations and where you can see everything panoramically from the overhead S-Bahn, a well-loaded smartphone or MP3 player turns a journey into a film with a score.
I have more records related to Berlin than to any other city. I can’t help feeling the city should have a nexus or mother venue where all the currents cross – a musical equivalent of the mighty Berlin Hauptbahnhof, opened in 2006, a powerful symbol of reunification.
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This Gutti Vankaya Recipe is an Andhra and Telangana speciality of making stuffed eggplant. Eggplant or brinjals are cooked with a spicy peanut based stuffing and gravy base.
Serve the Gutti Vankaya recipe can be served as a side dish with Biryani or goes well with Akki Rotti or Phulkas.
Here are few more creational possibilities with brinjal
Waldorf Salad Recipe is a most common salad that consist of apples, grapes, celery and walnuts which are dressed in mayonnaise and then served over a bed of lettuce. At Archana’s kitchen we always try to think of adding a healthy twist to the recipes to keep it nutritious. So we have decided to make salad that consist of same ingredients but the dressing has been made healthy by adding fresh yogurt and lowfat cream. This will still keep the salad rich and creamy.
Serve the Waldorf Salad Recipe along with beetroot wellington and a glass of cocktail by the side to complete your meal.
If you are looking for more Salad Recipes here are some :
Bengali Bhaja Masala is a unique and aromatic spice powder that captures the essence of Bengali cuisine. This special blend is meticulously crafted to bring a burst of flavors to a variety of dishes. "Bhaja" in Bengali refers to the art of shallow-frying or toasting, and this masala is aptly named for the toasting process that enhances its rich aroma and depth of taste.
The Bhaja Masala typically consists of a harmonious combination of roasted spices, each contributing its distinct character to the blend.
Bengali Bhaja Masala adds a delightful complexity to various dishes, including vegetables, lentils, and seafood. Its warm and earthy notes make it a staple in Bengali kitchens, elevating the taste profile of traditional recipes. Whether used as a marinade for fish, a seasoning for roasted vegetables, or a finishing touch to lentil-based dishes, this spice blend is sure to enhance the overall culinary experience, bringing the authentic taste of Bengal to your plate. Sprinkle a pinch of Bhaja Masala to infuse your cooking with the robust and aromatic essence of Bengali spices.
Udupi Style Alsande Kayi Saaru Recipe (Long Beans Gravy Recipe) is a favorite among the locals in Udupi. It is a gravy that is made out of long beans. It is rich in Vitamin A which is one of the essential requirement for our body as it helps to improve our skin completion. The curry is made by grinding the roasted spices to provide the authentic flavor from the Udupi.
Serve the Udupi Style Alsande Kayi Saaru Recipe (Long Beans Gravy Recipe) can be had along with steamed rice and Yellow Pumpkin Dal Recipe for a comforting Sunday lunch.
If you are looking for more Udupi recipe here are some:
Goan Poee Recipe is simple and delicious recipe made from whole wheat flour, maida and wheat bran. It is a very popular bread in Goa that is typically sold in the early morning hours on the streets or you can find them being sold in most Goan bakeries.
Serve Goan Poee with Goan Style Mushroom Shagoti and Potato Vindaloo for a Goan meal or you can even serve it with a Continental meal made of Cream of Pumpkin Soup and Walnut Mushroom Veg Bolognese .
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From roast goat in Greece to rhubarb cake in Romania, we ask the experts where they’ll be going for their culinary fix this year
A few years ago, visiting Devon in a wet and windy summer, chef Margie Nomura, host of the Desert Island Dishes podcast, stumbled across Beachhouse cafe on a soggy dog walk at South Milton Sands.
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Lava soup in Iceland, assassins’ pasta in Bari, Georgian breads and Norfolk seafood … our tipsters pick their favourite culinary treats across the continent
Hidden in the main hall of Varvakios Agora market in Athens is seafood so fresh that the air smells of saltwater. At Hasapika, you can choose your fish and specify how you’d like it cooked: seared octopus, salmon ceviche, gigantic fried prawns – the choice is endlessly delicious. But the highlight is the Hasapika pan – handmade pasta in a decadent tomato broth overloaded with crayfish, mussels and shrimp. It can serve three, but two of us fought for every last scrap, wiping the pan with warm, olive oil-soaked bread. My Italian friend declared it some of the best pasta he had ever tasted. Well worth €28 for two.
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Mung Bean & Tofu Salad Recipe is a healthy twist to much-loved sprouts chaat. Sprouted mung beans have proven health benefits - an extremely rich protein base with added tofu for extra nutrition. This colourful, spicy, tangy, nutritious dish and can be served as a snack or as a side for a no-fuss lunch when you haven’t had the time to make any other vegetables. Health, taste and nutrition all packed in one - this salad recipe is a keeper.
Serve the Mung Bean & Tofu Salad along with Cream of Celery Soup for a weeknight dinner.
You can also try some other delicious salad recipes packed with superfoods such as:
Goan Style Tonak Alsanyache Recipe (Black eyed beans cooked in Tonak Masala Recipe) is a typical Goan dish that is made from a legume and potatoes. The gravy is traditionally made from a red cow peas but the masala that is used in this gravy can be used for any legumes or vegetables.
The Tonak masala spice mix used in this recipe has unique blend of whole spice such as coriander seeds, cinnamon, red chilies, peppercorns, star anise, cloves, cumin and cinnamon.
Serve the Goan Style Tonak Alsanyache Recipe along with hot Pavs or Phulka along with a goan fish fry to enjoy your Sunday meal.
If you are looking for more Goan recipe here are some:
Goan Raw Banana Sabzi Recipe is a simple goan stir fry with plantains. Plantains are a great source of potassium, which helps in regulating the blood pressure. They are also great source to boost the immune system, making it healthy enough to include in our diet.
In this recipe, plantains are stir fried with simple tempering and then finished with the hand pounded mix of coconut and cumin seeds which further enhances its flavour. Goan Raw Banana Sabzi Recipe makes for a wonderful side dish with simple meal of Rice and Dal or even Rasam. It is delicious and comforting at the same time.
Serve the Goan Raw Banana Sabzi Recipe along with Phulka, Steamed Rice and Feijoada Recipe (Spicy Goan Black Eyed Peas Stew) for a rainy weeknight dinner.
If you like this recipe, try more Goan Recipes for your everyday meals:
Not only did we find much cheaper accommodation outside Paris but we discovered a whole new area to explore
Plus four more ideal towns for ‘commuting’ to European capitals
We wanted to pack a lot into our few days in Paris: Inventing Impressionism at the Musée d’Orsay (until 14 July), and, for my techie husband, the new Maison Poincaré maths museum near the Sorbonne (monoglot polymaths can relax: it’s bilingual). We’d been too late to book for Serge Gainsbourg’s house on the Left Bank (already sold out for 2024!) but the new Quai de la Photo floating contemporary photography museum was showing work by the late Jane Birkin’s daughter, Kate Barry. We also wanted to wander round galleries in newly arty Rue Béranger in the Marais and maybe catch Franco-Gabonese artist Myriam Mihindou at Musée du Quai Branly.
We had a shock, however, when we looked for somewhere to stay. Paris hotels are now so expensive: €300 a night is not uncommon. Then we hit on a cool solution: stay outside the capital, but on a fast train line. The small town of Chantilly is known for whipped cream, horse racing and fine handmade lace, and is less than half an hour (about €5 each way) from Gare du Nord.
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If you are looking for a calcium rich recipe then you must make this tasty Palak Lobia Curry Recipe/ Keerai Karamani Kuzhambu. Cooked lobia or black eyed beans is simmered in a gravy made with dry roasted spices, coconut and tamarind paste. This curry tastes great with roti and rice.
Did you know: It contains almost all essential vitamins and minerals including vitamin A, B1, B2, B3, B5, B6, C, folic acid, iron, potassium, magnesium, calcium, selenium, sodium, zinc, copper, phosphorus, etc.
Serve the Palak Lobia Curry Recipe/ Keerai Karamani Kuzhambu with Pavakkai Poriyal, Drumstick Leaves Ragi Roti and Burani Raita for a wholesome high protein diabetic friendly meal.
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You can take it easy on the slopes of Tignes. But if you have a yearning to go higher, further and faster, this beautiful eco-friendly resort is hard to beat
‘You should be very proud,” said Chemmy Alcott, as my face smacked into thick snow for the third time and my goggles began to steam up with the exertion of constantly righting myself. “You’re one of the first 100 people to come through here this season. You’re flattening the trail, making it easier for everyone else.”
Alcott, a one-time Olympic downhill ninja and now the effervescent co-host of the BBC’s Ski Sunday, had swung us into the Hidden Valley, one of her secret showstoppers in the Tignes area, after delivering a warning. “This is off-piste,” she said, suddenly serious. “So you do this at your own risk.”
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Roasted Eggplant and Chickpea Curry Recipe is a flavorful dish made in a coconut milk curry. The distinct flavors of curry leaf, turmeric, coriander along with garam masala leave a delectable taste to the palate. Serve Roasted Eggplant And Chickpea Curry Flavored With Curry Leaves And Mustard Seeds along with Indian Breads and rice for lunch/dinner.
Here are a few more curry recipes that might interest you
Wholesome Lentil Salad uses Whole Masoor combined with oven roasted tomato. The boiled lentil is tossed in an olive oil dressing and the fresh mint leaves that gives a refreshing taste to the salad for the summer season. The lentil salad can be a quick dinner for the busy weekday and it can also be packed in the lunch box.
Did you know: Like all other lentils of its kind, Masoor is rich in essential nutrients, especially dietary fiber and protein, as well as micro-nutrients like iron, phosphorus, thiamine and folate. Lentils are a great source of healthy starch for people with diabetes, due to their low levels of readily digestible starch (5%), and high levels of slowly digested starch (30%).
Serve Wholesome Lentil Salad for the weeknight dinner along with Pasta Aglio Olio Recipe or as an evening snack.
More salad recipes are here to try
हरे मूंग की सब्ज़ी एक सरल और आसान डिश है जो आप अपने रोज के खाने के लिए बना सकते है. इसमें मूंग दाल को उबालकर राइ, जीरा, अदरक का तड़का दिया जाता है. यह एक गुजराती रेसिपी है और हर गुजराती घर में बनाई जाती है.
हरे मूंग की सब्ज़ी को गुजराती कढ़ी और मेथी थेपला के साथ दिन के खाने के लिए परोसे.
अगर आपको यह रेसिपी पसंद आई हो तो, आप यह भी बना सकते है
Shingle beach, drained farmland or a bare plain under huge skies; flat spaces distort distance and make me want to run and yell
If you visit the flat fenlands of Cambridgeshire on a clear day, and walk along the ruler-lined channels and droves, you might – if you’re lucky – see a freight train pulling itself out of the horizon like a conjuror’s endless scarf. Stand and watch, as long as you can. The train traces the top of the level land, wagon by coloured wagon, until the whole distance is trimmed with its purpose. Your attention will drift off, and drift back in, and that train will still be there, streaming along. And even when you can no longer hear its roar – when the wind’s slap of silence takes over your ears again – you’ll still be able to see the freight carriages, taking their time to vanish from that bare landscape.
We don’t talk much about Britain’s flat places. From the Cambridgeshire fens to the West Lancashire coastal plain, we pass over them hurriedly, looking for forests or rivers or mountains. Flat places seem hardly to count as places. They’re just the gaps between landmarks. If people think about flatlands at all, it’s usually to call them boring. Nothing to look at, nothing to focus on, no hidden places to discover. To be flat is to be dull: a cut-and-dried equation. So in Noël Coward’s play Private Lives (1930), divorcee Amanda demolishes her ex-husband’s new wife – met at a party in East Anglia – with the bland statement: “Very flat, Norfolk.” Norfolk has been trying to live this down ever since. “There are a lot of misperceptions about Norfolk,” pleads the Visit Norfolk website, “not least that the county is flat, far away and the weather isn’t great. Read on and we’ll debunk them all …”
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Bengali Style Basanti Pulao Recipe is made from a heady fragrance of Gobindobhog that is soaked in turmeric to a get a golden touch. An overload of cashews, raisins and a hint of perfume of whole spices makes this a heaven for rice lovers. Rice is been a comfort food for generations and this is a nice and lovely recipe that you will want to indulge in, time and again.
Serve Bengali Style Basanti Pulao Recipe along with Lauki Raita Recipe and Kumro Patai Ilish Paturi Recipe. To end the meal on a sweet note, you can aso serve Rasgulla Recipe.
If you like this recipe, try more Bengali Recipes that you like to try in your kitchen:
Maharashtrian Style Farasbi Chi Bhaji Recipe, a simple recipe made from French Beans that is made in every Maharashtrian household. Very nutritious and simple to make, you can pack it in your everyday Lunch Box too.
Here, the beans are cooked in mild goda masala and then tossed with roasted peanut powder to give it a nutty taste.
Did You Know - Farasbi are nothing but French Beans in Marathi. French Beans have many health benefits. It has the highest amount of chlorophyll, which blocks the carcinogenic effects of heterocyclic amines generated when grilling meats at a high temperature, which increases the risk of cancer otherwise.
Hence, it is advised to include beans along with grilled meats in our diets to decrease the risk of cancer. It also, contains large amount of fibre, making it suitable for the overall health across all age groups.
Serve the Maharashtrian Style Farasbi Chi Bhaji Recipe along with Phulkas and Dal Tadka for a simple weeknight dinner. Serve Boondi Raita to complete this meal.
If you like this recipe, you can also try other Maharashtrian Recipes such as
The Höllentalbahn is a spectacular line through south-west Germany’s forests and magical towns. Enchanting stop-offs en route include gothic Freiburg and pretty Titisee lake
In the tucked away Black Forest town of Donaueschingen, the mighty River Danube begins. It rises as a clear, three metre-deep wellspring in the town centre, encircled by a stone basin sculpted with zodiac symbols. From there, the Danube – Donau in German – flows full tilt onwards for 1,771 miles to its mouth on the Black Sea, passing through the great cities of Vienna, Budapest and Belgrade.
There’s so much poetry in that journey from dark woodland to dark water. But while my trip started at this blessed pool, where the Danube begins its course east, I was heading in the opposite direction – into a part of Germany’s south-west with which I was unfamiliar.
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It is difficult to make elaborate dishes everyday especially during the week. These quick 30 minutes south indian dry vegetable recipes are high on flavour and makes a great side dish with any South Indian meal of Sambar, Rasam, Kuzhambu, Rice etc or it can also be served along with any Indian bread like Phulka, Paratha etc.
Way back in 1993, when I was young and eager to learn, there was a young Colombian Chef who had come to New Delhi in search of nirvana. He was an absolute dope head, but cooked like an angel. Once in awhile in lieu of a free meal at the restaurant he would cook something for us. He was the first to give me the taste of these arepas - corn cakes made with a starchy cornmeal.
The Corns Cakes are made with starchy cornmeal, corn kernels and cheese. It is one of the most delicious corn cakes that you can savor that are flavored with onions, green chillies and olive oil. Serve Corn Cakes With Mozzarella and Avocado Salsa Recipe for a party appetizer.
Serve Corn Cakes With Mozzarella and Avocado Salsa Recipe along with Homemade Guacamole Recipe - Perfect Mexican Guacamole Dip and Strawberry Mojito Recipe
If you like this recipe, try more appetizers like
If you have drumsticks at home, then the Chuin Aloo Besara - potato and drumsticks fry in a mustard paste is an easy and quick side dish with dal-rice combo.This dish goes very well with steamed rice. The pungent taste from the mustad sauce blends very with the potatoes and drumstick.
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 Odia Style Chuin Aloo Besara along with Moong Dal Tadka, Kachumber Salad and Phulkas for a weekday lunch or dinner.
If you like this recipe, you can also try other Potato recipes such as
Maskasangi Magge Koddel Recipe-Drumstick and Mangalore Cucumber Curry, Koddel one of the traditional curry made by people in the Konkan region. Koddel is basically a coconut and dry red chilli gravy that seasoned with good amount of garlic. The vegetable that is being added into the curry may vary depending on the seasonal produce. It is usually the mangalore cucumber that are locally available and it is accompanied with lentils like horse gram or black eyed peas.
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 Maskasangi Magge Koddel Recipe with steamed rice or Mangalorean Neer Dosa and Chettinad Pepper Chicken Dry Recipe.
If you are looking for more Konkan Recipe here are some:
Till Wale Aloo Recipe is an easy recipe and gives our routine potato veggie a twist. It can be served in lunch or dinner. You can also stuff the leftover sabzi into paratha and give a twist to your aloo paratha. Pack this sabzi for you and your kids lunch box or serve it as a side dish along with your meal.
Serve Till Wale Aloo along with Gujarati Dal, Roti and Kachumber Salad for a weekday meal.
If you like this recipe, you can also try other Potato Recipes such as
Dreaming of warm seas and quiet, sunny shores? Our travel writers pick their favourite beaches in Greece, Spain, France, Croatia, Italy and Portgual
Seychelles, Ikaria
One of Lonely Planet’s best-value destinations for 2024, the Blue Zone island of Ikaria is renowned for the longevity of its inhabitants. On an island dotted with spectacular coves, Seychelles beach, 15 miles west of the capital, Agios Kirikos, is still a major lure. It’s a steep scramble to reach the sand, which is indicated by a roughly painted arrow in the middle of the road near the remote port of Magganitis (itself famed for a taverna where they serve seafood fresh from the boat).
You must try these delicious Banana Pancakes made using Archana's Kitchen Millet Vanilla Pancake Mix, a delightful fusion of wholesome ingredients that makes breakfast a breeze! Crafted with a blend of Oat flour, Jowar Flour, Foxtail Millet Flour, Whole Wheat Flour, and sweetened with the goodness of Jaggery Powder, this pancake mix not only satisfies your taste buds but also packs a punch of nutrition.
In just 5 minutes, you can whisk up a stack of these golden beauties, each bite delivering a burst of flavors and a boost of protein. The combination of diverse flours adds a nutty richness, while the subtle sweetness from Jaggery Powder elevates the overall taste experience.
Perfect for the hustle and bustle of busy mornings, these pancakes are not just a breakfast option but a versatile treat that transitions seamlessly from the breakfast table to the lunch box. Packed with essential nutrients, they make a wholesome addition to your child's lunch, ensuring they have the energy they need to conquer the day.
Serve these pancakes for breakfast with a drizzle of honey, pack them for your kid's lunch box, or indulge in them as a guilt-free dessert paired with a scoop of creamy vanilla ice cream. The possibilities are as endless as the smiles these pancakes are sure to bring to your table.
Go ahead and shop Archana's Kitchen Millet Vanilla Pancake Mix– where convenience meets nutrition, making every meal a moment of joy.
Whether you're looking for a tasty breakfast or a decadent dessert, our Vanilla Pancakes made with Archana's Kitchen Millet Pancake Mix are the perfect treat for any occasion.
From remote sandy coves in Galicia to bustling town beaches in the Cinque Terre, our tipsters dream of sunny climes and limpid waters
On an out-of-season trip to Zakynthos, a Greek island famed for intoxicated British teenagers that also happens to be beautiful, we stumbled upon Xigia Sulfur beach on the east coast. We were first greeted by the smell of rotten eggs, because of its sulphurous springs. Despite the smell, it’s brilliant: the glistening turquoise waters are framed by the towering cliffs, and the sulphur bubbles out of the seabed. A dip on this beach is said to be good for the skin and generally therapeutic. There are other little coves nearby, linked by paths.
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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:
From Slough to Stockton-on-Tees, these provincial towns have been derided, mocked and caricatured. But there are so many reasons to visit places that are snubbed by the guidebooks
part one | part two | part three | part four | part five | part six
There’s Crap Towns. There’s UK Grim. There’s John Betjeman. And then there’s James Cleverly, the Lewisham-born MP for Braintree. British towns get punched from above, below and the side – even from inside: if you serially humiliate people, they’ll begin to loathe where they come from in a twisted lunge for self-esteem. What riles when a politician slags off a place he doesn’t know or care about is the lack of self-awareness: anything and everything that is wrong with provincial Britain is a result of decisions taken by politicians over decades. Austerity, though, was the biggest, heaviest wrecking ball since deindustrialisation. These five “seldoms” are towns that have seen plenty of demolition and all have been derided, mocked, ignored, caricatured and dumped at the bottom of specious rankings. Seen through a thoughtful, engaged, flaneur-minded filter, however, they are wondrous, poetic, musical places.
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Karnataka Style Baledindina Kosambari Recipe (Banana Stem Salad) is a fresh and healthy salad made with banana stem and tossed with freshly grated coconut, green chilies, onions and coriander leaves. The dish is very good for diabetic patients as the bitterness of the stem is a natural remedy for diabetes. It has zero fat and no cholesterol and helps in managing the weight.
Serve the Karnataka Style Baledindina Kosambari Recipe along with Chitranna or steamed rice and Karnataka Style Sorakkai Palya Recipe.
If you are looking for more Karnataka recipes here are some:
Our slow travel expert alights from the express train in Domodossola to discover a rural route through the hills into Switzerland
Frequent Eurocity trains dash north from Milan via the Simplon Tunnel to Switzerland. On the way to the tunnel, those express trains speed by Lake Maggiore, affording fine views of the Borromean Islands. For Switzerland-bound trains, the last station stop in Italy is at the small Piedmont town of Domodossola. The station here is remarkably grand, as befits what was once an important gateway into Italy, with all the paraphernalia of customs and immigration. From Domodossola, it is just another half-hour through the Simplon Tunnel to Brig, an appealing Swiss town that guards the northern end of the Alpine tunnel, before trains head on to Berne, Basel and the north.
If you don’t mind missing the gorgeous scenery around the Swiss-Italian border, then travelling via the Simplon Tunnel route into Switzerland is fine. Simplon darkness is no different from the darkness on the London Underground, though the Eurocity trains that ply the Simplon route are far more comfortable than anything the tube has to offer. But those not in a hurry can do much better by turning right at Domodossola, then heading east into the hills to find a beautiful back-door route into Switzerland by using a cross-border rural railway.
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Karwar Style Valval Recipe (Mixed Vegetables In Coconut Milk) is a delicious creamy mixed vegetables curry cooked in coconut oil. It's basically a no onion no garlic dish and is one of the comfort food in Karwar region. This simple dish with mild spice and lots of flavour will surely spice up your everyday food. It is easy to make and takes very few every day ingredients to prepare.
Serve Karwar Style Valval Recipe (Mixed Vegetables In Coconut Milk) along with Whole Wheat Lachha Paratha and Beetroot Pachadi for a weekday meal.
If you like this recipe, you can also try other Karwar style recipes such as :
Sipping biodynamic wines, hopping on new sleeper trains, improving habitats and planting trees are among our picks of breaks that will leave a positive imprint
Global campaigner the Conservation Collective is making waves across the Mediterranean, helping visitors protect the region’s increasingly under-pressure ecosystems. Its Sicily Environment Fund supports local hiking company Astrid Natura and Collettivo Rewild Sicily to train more walking guides, who will focus on the benefits of rewilding. Walking tours with qualified naturalist guides can also be booked with federescursionismosicilia.it.
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Karwar NKGSB style Vataane Ananasaa Shaak Recipe- Pineapple & Whites Peas Sabzi is a delicious gravy from the NKGSB cuisine is the, Vataane Ananasaa Shaak Recipe, which is a Sweet And Sour White Peas And Pineapple Sabzi. Safed Vataane refer to dried white peas and ananas means pineapple.
Safed Vataane Ananasaa Shaak is another gem from the NKGSB cuisine of Karwar. This cuisine makes a lot of use of seasonal fruits like raw mangoes, ripe mangoes, ambade, pineapple, jackfruit, etc. in the daily cooking. Also, coconuts, coriander seeds and dry red Byadgi chillies make an important part of the base of this community’s cooking.
Did you know: Pineapple is tropical fruit that are rich in vitamins, enzymes and antioxidants. They help build the immune system, build strong bones and aid digestion. In addition to all this, pineapples are low in calories too! The benefits of pineapples are many!
Dried peas are rich in soluble fiber, potassium which helps reduce blood pressure, important vitamins and have virtually no fat. They help in lowering cholesterol too!
A delicious combination of these healthy foods with still more nutritious coconut and jaggery makes this vegetable high on the health quotient!
Serve this Karwar NKGSB style Vataane Ananasaa Shaak Recipe- Pineapple & Whites Peas Sabzi along with Dhaba Style Spicy Ghee Rice Recipe Made From Whole Spices and Spring Onion and Peanut Raita Recipe for a simple weekday lunch.
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It’s one of the world’s northernmost communities, but as well as profound natural beauty, at its heart is a lively hub full of Norwegian cheer
Don’t worry,” says our guide Charlotta, flashing her rifle. “I’m really quick if I need to be.” My 12-year-old daughter glances around the Arctic wilderness anxiously. As much as she loved Philip Pullman’s armoured bears, one of the reasons she longed to visit, our proximity to the real thing is starting to dawn on her.
There are road signs all over town warning us about the risk of polar bears. They number around 3,000 here, compared to 2,500 or so human inhabitants – which is why the Svalbard authorities insist you walk beyond the main settlement only with an armed guide.
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A medley of freshly roasted whole spices combined with coconut, this Mushroom Shagoti is an authentic Goan curry that is bursting with flavours. With a hint of sourness from the tamarind and richness from the poppy seeds and mushroom as a star ingredient, this Indian recipe is something different from the usual and worth a try.
Serve this Mushroom Shagoti Recipe with Goan Style Sana Recipe (Soft Steamed Rice Cakes) or Steamed Rice or pav for a weeknight dinner with your friends and family.
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Cherry Tomato, Cucumber, Onion Salad in Red Wine Vinaigrette Dressing Recipe is a fresh salad that can be made in a jiffy. The plump rich cherry tomatoes go really well with crunchy fresh cucumber and onions. All these ingredients are tied together by a very sour red wine vinaigrette dressing.
Cherry tomatoes are rich in Vitamins and potassium and on the other hand cucumber are full of anti-oxidants. Cucumber are also naturally low in calories so therefore the salad will be a best choice for a healthy diet.
Serve the Cherry Tomato, Cucumber, Onion Salad along with Baked Frittata or an omelette to enjoy your morning breakfast.
Other recipes that you can try are:
Mooli Jowar Ki Roti is a healthy and wholesome breakfast roti that fills your stomach to keep you going for a long time. Kambu Roti/Chapathi as it is known in South India, is a diabetic friendly recipe as Jowar is a complex carbohydrate ingredient.
The roti dough is prepared by mixing all the ingredients with very little hot water and kneaded to a soft dough. The dough is then patted and rolled on butter paper or a plastic sheet and cooked on medium heat.
Serve Mooli Jowar Ki Roti along with Aloo Gobi Ki Sabzi, Curd and Gor Keri Pickle for a complete North Indian Style Breakfast.
If you like this recipe, here are a few more recipes that use Jowar/ Sorghum/Kambu as the main ingredient.
From antiquity in Spain to modern art in Denmark, via three Erics in Morecambe, our tipsters reveal the places that left them feeling inspired
The spectacular House of Music is in Budapest’s beautiful City Park. After going through the mushroom-like main entrance, you find a museum dedicated to the history of music. From the beginning of music to the modern day via Gregorian chanting and Hungarian folk, the House of Music is a fascinating place. With a superb audio guide, and for just 1,000 forints (£2.25), it is well worth a visit.
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Chicken Meatball Tacos Recipe includes delicious meatballs made of juicy mince chicken mixed with spices and herbs, crispy taco shells, and some lip smacking Mexican flavours like refried beans, cheese, guacamole.
It is a fabulous dish for any dinner party where these tacos can be served as appetizers or great to be served at a high tea party as well.
Serve Chicken Meatball Tacos along with Spinach Enchilada for a delicious weekend dinner and end it with a Tres Leches Recipe (Mexican Three Milk Cake).
If you like this recipe, you can also try other Mexican recipes such as
This pastoral landscape – dotted with medieval towns and villages, quirky pubs and ancient churches – is easy to navigate using buses, trains and hiking routes such as the 1066 Country Walk
Ancient oaks flash past the train windows. There are wide views across a medieval patchwork of farmland and rolling downs scattered with conical oast houses and tile-hung brick cottages. The railway line to Hastings runs straight through the High Weald, England’s fourth largest Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Unlike Cornwall or the Cotswolds, this pastoral landscape is sometimes overlooked. But it’s easy to reach by train and ideal walking country: picturesque timber-framed villages with cheerful pubs and cafes set among gentle wooded hills with a choice of footpaths.
From Wadhurst station, the recently renamed 1066 bus takes me down into Wadhurst village. I pick up savoury olive-studded bread and mulled apple crumble cake from Delicatus and begin to make my way cross-country towards Bewl Water, the largest lake in south-east England. This reservoir on the border with Kent, storing water from the River Medway, sprawls into numerous tree-lined creeks. Thirteen miles of trails circle its straggling shores through waterside woods and meadows. I’m following them today as far as Downash Wood, an imaginative collection of secluded cabins and treehouses close to Bewl Water. Downash is a beautiful afternoon’s hike from Wadhurst or a few minutes’ stroll from the Tinkers Lane bus stop in neighbouring Ticehurst.
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Creamy Cabbage, Sweet Corn Cole Slaw with Hung Curd Recipe is a healthy start to your morning. The salad is a take on a coleslaw but made healthy by using hung curd instead of mayo to give it a rich and creamy texture and yet keeping it healthy as we all love. Salads should be added as an integral part of our everyday diet. Fresh vegetables is much better than processed one as the nutrients in them will be obtained fully. You can whip up this salad for a nice continental main course to enjoy Sunday brunch with loved ones.
Serve the Creamy Cabbage, Sweet Corn Cole Slaw with Hung Curd Recipe along with Healthy Black Bean Burger Recipe or a Cheesy Spaghetti Pasta Pie Recipe.
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It’s celebrated as a place that influenced generations of artists. Our writer attempts to recapture the spirit on an overland journey from London to Marrakech and the Atlas Mountains
In Tangier, fresh off the ferry from Spain, I walk along the esplanade in cool morning air, then take the steps up into the casbah. My journey to Morocco started at St Pancras station in London three days earlier, and I spent a night each in Barcelona and Algeciras. I feel none of the dislocation or awkwardness that a flight would entail. I’ve seen the landscapes change: the lavender fields of Provence, the peach groves of Catalonia, then the wild upland magic of La Mancha. I spotted my first Arabic sign in Spain yesterday. Now the crafted casbah of Tangier seems like the natural next step. I take a turn up a narrow alleyway and pass an elderly couple, the woman in a straw hat decorated with fresh flowers, her husband hooded in a thick woollen burnous.
The casbah is quiet. I stumble into the only place where things are happening: the meat market. By western supermarket standards, this bazaar is a challenge: entire blood-dripping carcasses on hooks, a man sorting through yards of slithery steaming intestines with his bare hands.
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Andhra Style Munakkada Masala Kura Recipe (Drumstick Dry Curry Recipe) is a dry gravy made with drumstick cooked in a rich gravy made with ground roasted peanuts, coriander seeds, cinnamon and cardamom pods. The Andhra cuisine is mostly spicy and rich. They prefer to use ground spice in most of their dishes.
Serve the Andhra Style Munakkada Masala Kura Recipe along with Kollu Rasam Recipe (Nourishing HorseGram Stew), Steamed Rice and Chow Chow Thoran to enjoy weekday dinner.
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The Miles Without Stiles initiative has opened up the fells and lakes to people with limited mobility. Our writer helps his friend try out a bracing route at Windermere
As the largest national park in England, and muse to the likes of Wordsworth and Swift (Taylor, not Jonathan), the Lake District needs no introduction. My friend Anthony, on the other hand, who has yet to appear on a postcard or be recognised by Unesco, almost certainly does.
Anthony and I have been mates since university. Between our second and third years, Anthony found himself bearing the awkward responsibility of marketing the drama society’s production at that year’s Edinburgh fringe. When I spotted Anthony’s call for assistance pinned to a noticeboard in the campus launderette, I unwisely volunteered to be his aide for a fortnight. While the task of flogging a feminist reworking of The Wind in the Willows was rarely straightforward, the ordeal did pay the significant dividend of forging a solid friendship that continues to this day.
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Lasaniya Batata Recipe (Garlic Potato Curry) is a flavorful Gujarati potato curry with prominent garlic flavors. Gujarati lehsunia batata is a dry curry made with boiled baby potatoes and flavoured with garlic, but the consistency can be moderated as per one's choice.
Serve Gujarati Lasaniya Batata along with Palak Dal, Lauki Raita and Phulka for an everyday meal.
If you like this recipe, here are some more Baby Potato recipes such as