Rhodes Island also known as the “Knights’ Island”, has a rich history. Huge stone walls, stone-paved streets, and palatial mansions create a time travel to the period of Kings, Queens, and Knights. This island once upon a time housed one...
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Starters, Snacks & Street Foods
Masala Puffed Rice Recipe | Masala Murmura
The December of 1901, botanist Alexander Pierce Anderson created puffed rice /murmura/pori while experimenting with starch crystals in his laboratory. Known as ‘laja” in Sanskrit our ancient texts mention the use and consumption of this processed grain. Consumption of “madhulaja”...
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Upma Kozhukattai Recipe | Pidi Kozhukattai
Pidi kozhukattai or upma kozhukattai is a steamed dumpling made of broken raw rice grains and coconut slivers. Subtly tempered, this very low oil’ tiffin “is a good choice for breakfast, a packed lunch, or a dinner. A great travel...
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Banana Chips Homemade | Air Fryer Recipe
The history of potato chips dates back to 1853 when George Crum, a renowned chef of Native American and Black heritage, took offense at a request in the dining room of Moon’s Lake House in Saratoga. The potato fries that...
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Vada Pav Recipe | Mumbai Street Food | Homemade Recipe
The rise and the royal reign of the Bombay Vada Pav is a perfect blend of need-based entrepreneurship ably assisted by politics to enhance the economics of several families during the tumultuous times of 1970.Bal Thackeray in the 1960 appealed...
Starters, Snacks & Street Foods
Surati Locho Recipe | Mumbai Street Food | Homemade Recipe
The street food experience at Mumbai steered me on to a very interesting snack invented in Surat several years ago---The LOCHO. The name and the plating intrigued me to tasting this popular street food which is available in several avatars.Locho...
Starters, Snacks & Street Foods
Kutchi Dabeli Recipe | Mumbai Street Foods
Kutchi Dabeli, a desi burger reigns high as Mumbai Street food, for its lip-smacking taste, satiety and ease to eat on the go. Dabeli which literally means ‘squashed’ is a pressed bun or pav that holds a potato mash doused...
Starters, Snacks & Street Foods
Spicy Corn Bhel Recipe | Chaat Recipes
Ingredients for Spicy Corn Bhel:Puffed rice- ½ cupBoiled sweet corn -½ cupBoiled, cubed potatoes- ¼ cupRoasted peanuts- ¼ cupFine sev ¼- cupChutney mint and tamarind Chutney - as required Finely chopped onions- ½ cupGreen chilly finely chopped- 4Chaat masala -1 tspRoasted...
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Sabudhana Bhel | Chaat Recipes
Sabudana or sago a popular wartime staple has now transformed into a Mumbai Street food- sabudhana bhel. It was in the 1940s that processed Sago made an advent into India. The manufacturing units, more of a cottage industry were mostly...
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Chinese Bhel Recipe | Chaat Recipes
Chinese bhel is an Indo-Chinese fusion food invented on the streets on Mumbai. Sinfully soaked in Chinese sauces, the fried noodles mingle with the stir-fried vegetables resulting in a crisp, spicy, on the go snack. Brisk sales at every street...