Spicy Curls

  A classical North Indian pickle recipe. Ideal for most of your lunch and dinner meals. INGREDIENTS: Mustard oil- 1/2 cup Ginger- 130gms Green chilli- 200gms Garlic- 150gms Mustard- 1tbsp [yellow] Fennel seeds- 2 tsp Methi- 1/4 tsp Cumin- 2tsp Kashmiri red chilli powder- 2tbsp Amchur- 1/2 tbsp Turmeric- 1/2 tsp Salt- 1 tbsp Vinegar- 1tbsp Hing- 1/4 tsp PROCESS: Chop ginger, garlic and green chilli or crush them. In a pan, dry roast yellow mustard, fennel seeds, methi, cumin. Let them cool and grind them to a coarse powder. In a bowl, put finely chopped/ crushed ginger, garlic and chilli. Add to it turmeric, salt, hing, amchur, kashmiri red chilli powder and vinegar. Mix them. In another pan, heat mustard oil. Now add this oil into the bowl of ginger-garlic and chilli. Mix all the ingredients together. Pickle is ready to eat. Enjoy it! Recipe by -  Suchi Srivastava Instagram - suchisrivastava26 Facebook -  Suchi Srivastava

  In a world full of apples, be a papaya and stand out with flavour. Homemade halwa- a treat for the senses. INGREDIENTS: Raw papaya grated- 2 cups Sugar- 1 cup Khoya- 1/2 cup Almonds/ Raisins- [as needed] Green food colour- 1 drop [OPTIONAL] Cardamom powder- 1tsp Ghee- 1/2 cup PROCESS: Grate the papaya and keep aside. Steam grated papaya. Heat ghee in a pan, add the streamed grated papaya and fry till it looks more than half cooked. Add mava and cook again for another 5 minutes on low flame. Add sugar to the mixture and stir continuously till its all well mixed. Add cardamom powder. Dry and saute well. Add a drop of green colour to make it to a beautiful green coloured halwa. Sprinkle almonds and raisins. Serve warm. Recipe by -  Suchi Srivastava Instagram - suchisrivastava26 Facebook -  Suchi Srivastava

  It is an Indian twist to scrambled eggs. Perfect and delicious for any meal of the day! INGREDIENTS: Eggs- 4 Oil- 2tbsp Cumin seeds- 1tsp Green chilli [chopped]- 1-2 Onion [large]- 1.5 cups Tomato- 0.75cup Cilantro- [to garnish] Salt- [as per taste] Turmeric powder- 1/4 tsp PROCESS: Break the eggs and add to a bowl. Whisk the eggs well and set aside. Heat a pan over medium heat and once its hot, add oil and cumin seeds. Saute for about 30 seconds until the cumin seeds change colour. Add onion and green chilli. Saute onions for about 5-7 mins until they become golden brown in colour.  Add tomatoes, turmeric and salt. Mix well. Cover with lid so that tomatoesare soft for about 2-3 minutes. Add the egg mixture and cook for 1-2 minutes, scrambling the eggs until cooked. Once cooked switch off heat. Garnish with cilantro and serve with bread, pav, roti or paratha. [ NOTE- You can add bell peppers, green peas or mushrooms to vary the taste of the scrambled eggs.] Recipe by - ...