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Khara Bhath

On days when I'm really busy, I try to get past the cooking as fast as possible. I try not to make cooking an elaborate affair and keep it as simple as possible. The quickest thing to make on such days is a mixed vegetable rice or pulao. Its really something that you can fall back upon on days when you don't have too many vegetables or too much time! In Maharashtra, we make something called Masala Bhath , which is very similar to Khara Bhath in Karnataka. Offlate, eating out during my lunch time, I've taken a liking to the Khara Bhath served in Adigas. Diligently, I have tried to dissect the flavors so that whenever I get an opportunity I could make it taste like that. I made it last evening after a hectic day's work. Ingredients: 2 cups  rice , washed, drained, 1  carrot , chopped, 3-4 green   beans , chopped, 1/2 cup of cauliflower florets, 1  onion , chopped, 1  tomato , chopped, 1/4 cup  green   peas , pe...

Walnut Brownie

I feel like a newbie all over again. I've not updated this blog for more than 2 years now. Its just that my schedule has become pretty hectic now. But I've made a promise to myself to update atleast 1 post per week. In this post, I'm sharing my Walnut Brownie recipe with you. Its the most amazing recipe I have and I have always received overwhelming response from all my customers for this one. Since its New Years, I decided to make Walnut Brownies instead of the regular cakes or cookies. Ingredients: 80 gms  cooking butter , 150 gms  dark cooking chocolate , broken into pieces, 3  eggs , 120 gms  castor sugar , 1 tsp  vanilla essence , 80 gms  flour , 20 gms  cocoa powder , 1/2 tsp  baking powder , 1/4 cup roasted walnuts , coarsely chopped, Method: 1.) Preheat the oven to 175 degrees, for 10 mins. 2.) Grease a baking tin ( 9 x 9 inch) with butter and line with butter paper. 3.) Stir the butter and choco...