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Tandoori Paneer Tikka in the Oven

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This is the best Tandoori Paneer Tikka in the oven you’ll ever make at home! Same restaurant style taste, but grilled in a home oven. Making tandoori paneer tikka in the oven at home is serious business guys. And I’ve made sure this recipe is fool proof before I decided to share it here. Because you guys deserve only the best and nothing else! Honestly, I was a little nervous because tandoori paneer tikka has quite the God like status in our house. We are picky about our tikkas and we don’t like to mess around. They have to be light, the paneer has to be soft, each piece of tikka has to be flavored just right and marinated well and there should be char to lend that smokiness we love so much. But obviously I don’t have a full fledged tandoor  at home, so I decided to try out hacks. One hack after another and I think I’ve finally settled on this one. Which IMHO makes the best tandoori paneer tikka in the oven. It’s really as easy as this: How to make Tandoori Paneer Tikka in t...

Perfect Pooris – Fluffy and Light as air!

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Craving fully puffed up crispy pooris but haven’t quite mastered the technique yet? Here’s the Perfect Poori 101 with tips on how to make the dough for poori, how to roll the pooris, best way to fry them, and how to enjoy them! Is there anything better in life than perfectly puffed up, light as air pooris?  Pooris just bring back so many memories for me – my mum gave us kids little balls of dough to play with and we would watch in wonder as the puris puffed up in the hot oil.  I see the same excitement in Mahi now when I make pooris at home. Life’s come a full circle 🙂  I’ve been making puris for years now, but I never really paid attention to the finer details. Off late, a lot of you asked me for tips on how to make restaurant style pooris, and that’s when I started recording and testing my puri recipe. We did several trials of this poori and we are super satisfied – They turned out fluffy, crispy, delicious and so satisfying! Let’s break this down into three impor...

South Indian Style Egg Curry

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Bring South India and its incredible flavors to your table with this South Indian style Egg Curry. A few spices, onions, tomatoes and coconut milk make this utterly satisfying and comforting egg curry recipe that tastes best with parathas (flatbread) and rice. Make extra portions because everyone will go for multiple servings! This south indian style egg curry. Because it’s cold and dreary and I’m shivering in jackets and boots and only a hot bowl of curry can make me feel better. Coconutty, creamy, spicy and tangy with a big bowl of rice and parottas on the side. I know we’ve done egg curry before but that was my north indian version, and the south indian part of me was begging me to share this with you guys! Hello Kerala and some inspirational cooking. I don’t know how they manage to get everything right! I mean, up north I wouldn’t dream of having egg curry for breakfast! You too? But next time, buy some idiyappams , pour that curry on top and go crazy! It’s the most satisfyin...