Kadhai Gosht is basically cooked and served in a wok called kadhai, but to speed up the process I usually cook in the pressure cooker, really I don't have the patience to cook otherwise. However, I have mentioned the time required while using both the methods of cooking in the recipe below.

Kadhai Gosht is a Mughal dish popular in North India. It uses a special blend of dry roasted spices called the kadhai masala. It's an easy to prepare dish and you can make and store the kadhai masala in advance for instant use thus saving on time. You can make this recipe from dry to semi gravy type and I have opted for the later. It is also the dhaba style Kadhai Gosht

our dressing table converted into a magical sea world

It was a lazy Sunday afternoon and my five year old kid was getting bored not knowing what to do. I gave him a couple of options like drawing, playing some games on I pad or to go for swimming to keep him engaged, but he refused all that and kept lazying around. Just then, our door bell rang and there was courier guy with a pack from Colgate. All excited and with high curiosity to know what was inside, he unpacked it and was so happy to receive his favorite sea creatures card boards from Colgate. We both immediately sat down and had a good time for over an hour, as I got busy cutting across all the dotted lines and he started fixing them with the base. All along we also had a good read about some amazing facts printed on these wrappers. At an instant, he got himself fully lost in the magical sea world creating so many stories while he decked up our dressing table.

Pepper Chicken Roast is a spicy dry chicken preparation with a lovely aroma of curry leaves and loads of spices.

It is an easy to make South Indian dish using both crushed black pepper corns as well as black pepper powder. You can also add diced capsicum in this recipe. It can be had as a starter or as a side dish as well.

Paneer Kolhapuri is a fiery red Indian gravy recipe with soft paneer pieces.

It is made using a special mix of spices called the Kolhapuri masala from which it also derives its name. I have listed down in detail the ingredients of this masala, each of them has to be dry roasted and then coarsely powdered together along with the fried onions. You can also make this masala in bulk and store in a glass jar and use as and when required.

It is a shahi style of cooking as it includes cashew nuts, desiccated coconut, sesame seeds and poppy seeds. My kid has enjoyed this gravy with roti, so I'm planning to include this as a menu in his lunch box as well.

You must be wondering, snacks box and lunch boxes gets so much mentioned in my posts these days. Well, my son is in grade 1 now (see pic below) and he has to carry tiffins to school everyday. I keep scratching my head on what to pack in his boxes as he is a picky eater and hence keep on trying new dishes and checking if it is to his liking. Anything which he enjoys and eats by himself, he gets in his tiffin :P :P :P

Eid Lunch - Day 1

We are blessed once again with Eid-ul-Fitr today, and here's my wishing to you "Eid Mubarak".

The first Eid that I ever celebrated in India was at my in-laws place and that was six years back. Eid back home involves lots and lots of preparations specially the sweets and desserts as you will have friends and relatives visiting you throughout the three days of the festival. I still remember the amount of gulab jamuns that we had prepared that I felt dizzy seeing them. In my native, sheer khurma is not prepared, instead qimami sewaiyan is prepared in bulk and its really yummy. Apart from that chane ki daal ka halwa is very famous and must have for Eid. Also, shahi tukda/double ka meetha and rasmalai are not left out, some prepare suji ka halwa as well. We had guest throughout and the whole time we were just serving them and then doing the dishes. Eid was really hectic for me and I did not go out anywhere. For lunch the special menu was chicken qorma with naan and ghee rice.

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Being a mother of a five year old kid myself, I'm always on my toes to feed my kid a healthy meal. But inspite of my best efforts he doesn't eat proper nutritious meal and that's what worries me the most. And it is not only the case of my child, but rather most of the kids living in my apartment. During every visit to my pediatrician, I raise my concern if my child's growth is right? And believe me that is the most common questions posed by parents to their doctors.