Author: neha.bhide

Upwas Food

Upwas Food

Upwas/ Upaas/ vrat : A word for fast (as in fasting). It is typical in Hindu culture to observe a fast on certain days/ festivals/ periods as a spiritual practice of abstinence. Today, July 21, 2020 – marks the beginning of the month of Shravan 

Shahi Paneer

Shahi Paneer

Mild spicy lightly sweet, creamy onion gravy with chunks of cottage cheese and dry fruits and raisins Whenever I make the gravy for this dish, I love to make extra gravy, because I am not going to lie, its a bit of work. But the 

Palak Paneer gnocchi

Palak Paneer gnocchi

You can follow @nypoonam on Instagram to find a video of this recipe and many other eclectic and carefully curated recipes. You can find the video link for the gnocchi recipe here. Gnocchi is a go-to when deciding what to order in an italian restaurant. 

Mediterranean  Chicken Kebabs

Mediterranean Chicken Kebabs

Is it even July 4th weekend if you don’t grill? Well, the weather this year on the east coast hasn’t been exactly favorable for grilling. This delicious chicken kebab recipe won’t let you miss the barbecue experience, even if you just make it in the 

Lemon Berry Cupcakes

Lemon Berry Cupcakes

You’ve gotta try these scrumptious, moist, fruity cupcakes. I made these last week to take to a picnic party. Everybody loved them so much – they are unbelievably moist and rich yet light and vibrant at the same time. Within a week of having these, 

Mysore Dosa Chutney

Mysore Dosa Chutney

Udupi restaurants menus can be daunting. One they are very prolific and two everything lip-smacking-ly delicious! The uthapa, the sandwiches, idli-wada, cutlets and of course the 100 different dosas! How does one even.. So, when in doubt (read every single time) I end up ordering 

CKP style fish fry

CKP style fish fry

One of the cuisines I am growing to learn more is CKP-style cooking. I had heard CKP-style food is tasty but had never tasted it and experienced it until I married Neel. And the funniest part is that I was unaware that he was CKP 

Methi Matar Malai

Methi Matar Malai

Literally translated fenugreek, peas and cream. This is a classic North Indian dish. The sweet green peas perfectly balance the slightly butter umami flavor of the methi (fenugreek) leaves. Although this normally is the second or third dish you order at a restaurant as a 

IQF technique for storing herbs and pastes

IQF technique for storing herbs and pastes

IQF stands for Individual quick freezing – It is a common freezing method in the food industry. It is a technique of freezing individual pieces of food separately from the other pieces at low temperatures, so that they remain frozen but are separate and not 

Sambar

Sambar

My favorite kind of Sambar is the one you get in Udupi restaurants. Which probably isn’t the authentic south Indian Sambar, but I am conditioned to like that better having grow up in Pune. This sambar has very little dal in it. Its more like