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SARSON KA SAAG

SARSON KA SAAG

Ingredients 500gms Mustard leaves 200gms Spinach 200gms Bathuwa 3 Garlic cloves 1 inch Ginger 2 Green chilli Salt To Taste 1 tbsp Maize flour 1 Pinch Sugar 2 tbsp Ghee 1 Asafoetida 1 Pinch Onions, 1...
Tikka Biryani

Tikka Biryani

Tikka biryani-is a spicy n mouth watering yummy dish ,its a little bit tandoori style biryani. For Chicken marination: Chicken 1 kg Yogurt 1 cup Cumin powder 1 tsp Ginger garlic paste 2 tbsp Tikka...
Karwa karela

Karwa karela

The humble bitter gourd makes a tasty dish. Vasundhara Chauhan explains how Menus don’t change. I remember my grandfather telling us how, in the Government College hostel in Lahore, the boys...
Mirch Masala

Mirch Masala

Scientific technology is wonderful, but does it matter to someone who just loves chillies what the numbers are? Vasundhara Chauhan shares some spicy information and recipes  One winter lunch at the...
Situation

Situation

Vasundhara Chauhan on cooks and pressure cookers, and a recipe to top it off with The cook left, ignoring my most eloquent, humble entreaties. It’s another matter that within exactly a week he...
Cooking without tears

Cooking without tears

Vasundhara Chauhan generously shares her cousin Neetu’s Kashmiri Roghan Josh recipe, and more Despite a lifetime of eating curries – especially chicken and mutton – based on a...
Ras se bhari

Ras se bhari

Vasundhara Chauhan on the delectable flavourful rasbhari, called amor en bolsa (“love in a bag”) in Portuguese and ‘cape gooseberry’ by Anglophiles Physalis peruviana it may...
Mirch Masala

Mirch Masala

Scientific technology is wonderful, but does it matter to someone who just loves chillies what the numbers are? Vasundhara Chauhan shares some spicy information and recipes One winter lunch at the...
Flavour rules Foodistan and taste buds are currency

Flavour rules Foodistan and taste buds are currency

Foodistan, the first Indo-Pak joint cooking contest By our correspondent LAHORE: Jang Group’s strong resolve of finding common ground to kindle the peace initiative, “Aman Ki Asha”,...
A winter’s tail

A winter’s tail

Vasundhara Chauhan heralds the disappearance of winter with an article on the goodies associated with the cold months, like ‘sarson ka saag’ and ‘makkai ki roti’ – and...