DESHI BITES

09/04/2023

Drink
Aam panna or Aam Jhora is an Indian drink renowned for its cooling properties. It is made from unripe mangoes and is yellow to light green in color, and is consumed to fight against the intense Indian summer heat. Mint leaves are often added to the drink, enhancing its green color.

07/04/2023

29/03/2023

Special Bhog & Prasad for Kanya Pujan!
The holy festival of Navratri is about to come to an end. Kanya Puja is performed on Ashtami and Navami, due to which 9 days of Goddess worship and fasting are considered successful. In Kanya Puja, treat small girls as goddess and feed them mother's food. According to Hindu beliefs, the favorite food of Mata Navdurga is halwa puri and gram. In such a situation, the mother is pleased by offering pudding gram and puri in the prasad even in the worship of the girl.

28/03/2023

Dahi puri is an Indian snack food which is especially popular in the state of Maharashtra. The dish is a type of chaat and originates from the city of Mumbai. It is served with mini-puri shells, which are also used for the dish pani puri. Dahi puri and pani puri chaats are often sold from the same vendor.

28/03/2023

Papri chat or papri chaat is a popular traditional fast food and street food from the Indian subcontinent, in India, Bangladesh, Nepal and parts of Pakistan. Many various additional dishes throughout India are also referred to as papri chat.

28/03/2023

Patashi/Pani puri (Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh)
Golgappa, gol gappay or gol gappa (Haryana, Delhi, Punjab, Karachi or other Urdu-speaking regions of Pakistan)
Fuchka"/"Phuchka/Phuska/Puska/Fuska (Bengal, [Bangladesh and West Bengal] Bihar, Nepal, North Odisha and Assam)
Gupchup (Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Southern Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh)

28/03/2023

There are more than 40 Indian spices. Many are obscure and used only in certain regions, like stone flower and garcinia. We've come up with this list of 24 essential spices that are used in just about all Indian food, encompassing several centuries-old culinary traditions from all over the broad subcontinent.

Combining traditional spices to produce beautiful cooking is an almost spiritual act. Certainly exploring Indian food will greatly expand your cooking repertoire. Below are the the 24 top spices used in Indian cooking. Getting familiar with these spices is a great first step in your knowledge.