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Happy International Hummus Day 🧆✨

Celebrated the best way possible, with a homemade Mediterranean grazing platter made with love for a cozy gathering at home.

Simple Homemade Hummus Recipe~

Ingredients

For Tahini (optional)

* Roasted sesame seeds
* Olive oil
* Salt
* A few ice cubes
(Or simply use store-bought tahini.)

For the Hummus

* Soaked and boiled chickpeas (cooked until soft)
* Garlic cloves
* Olive oil
* Salt, to taste
* Cumin seeds
* Fresh lemon juice

Method

1. Prepare the Tahini (if making fresh):
Blend roasted sesame seeds with olive oil, salt, and a few ice cubes until smooth and creamy.

1. Make the Hummus:
In the same blender jar, add the boiled chickpeas, garlic, olive oil, salt, cumin seeds, and lemon juice.

1. Blend everything until smooth and creamy. If needed, add a little cold water or ice cubes for a silkier texture.
2. Taste and adjust the seasoning, lemon, or olive oil as needed.

Ingredients

For Tahini (optional)

* Roasted sesame seeds
* Olive oil
* Salt
* A few ice cubes

(Or simply use store-bought tahini.)

For the Hummus

* Soaked and boiled chickpeas (cooked until soft)
* Garlic cloves
* Olive oil
* Salt, to taste
* Cumin seeds
* Fresh lemon juice

Method

1. Prepare the Tahini (if making fresh):
Blend roasted sesame seeds with olive oil, salt, and a few ice cubes until smooth and creamy.

1. Make the Hummus:
In the same blender jar, add the boiled chickpeas, garlic, olive oil, salt, cumin seeds, and lemon juice.

1. Blend everything until smooth and creamy. If needed, add a little cold water or ice cubes for a silkier texture.
2. Taste and adjust the seasoning, lemon, or olive oil as needed.

Pro Tip 🌟

You can also remove the outer skin of the chickpeas after boiling for an extra smooth and creamy hummus texture. I skipped this step to save time, and it still turned out delicious!

There’s something so special about bringing people together over good food, shared conversations, and comforting homemade flavors.

Homemade hummus just hits different 🤍 by @trystwithspices

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5 months ago

Banana Walnut Tea Cake | A true autumn delight ~

For those of you who know me know this very well that food is my love language and tea at 5 a ritual. So, I officially announced autumn in my kitchen by baking my fav (and of late @anityavaibhav’s too) Banana Walnut Tea Cake. I believe BW tea cake is the greatest invention of humankind since sliced bread. It was a cozy rainy day to spend the evening in kitchen surrounded by the smell of cinnamon and banana, a warming winter aroma excellent in savoury too! Doesn’t it sound just…oops sorry for dilly-dallying with the story…But you do get the emotions, don’t you? 😋 the writer in me got distracted and bemused, let me cut to the chase and present the recipe.. 😋

What you’d need~
- [ ] 3 bananas mashed
- [ ] Chopped walnuts
- [ ] 1tbsp -baking powder (for lift)
- [ ] 1/2 tbsp - baking soda (for fluffy texture)
- [ ] 1 and a half cup of Wheat flour
- [ ] 4 tbsp of olive oil (you can use any veg oil or butter)
- [ ] 1/2 tbsp salt (to adjust the flavours
- [ ] Generous amount of cinnamon powder
- [ ] Sugar as per your taste
- [ ] 2 eggs beaten (optional)

That’s how you make it~

Put your oven to Preheat your oven at 200degrees for 10mins. Because That’s the exact time you’ll take to prepare the dough. 😋

In a bowl whisk beaten eggs, mashed bananas, cinnamon powder, olive oil all together. In a different mix the rest of the ingredients wheat flour, baking soda, baking powder, sugar.

Now combine the two mixtures and beat for 2-3 minutes until everything has
Combined nicely and the texture turns fluffy and creamy.

Add the chopped walnuts and pour the batter in your baking tin. Don’t forget to grease the tin with butter beforehand.

Now, once your oven is nicely heated bake it at 180 degrees for 45-50mins. I stopped it at 43mins and applied butter and milk mixture on the surface. I guess it helped the cake to stay moist.

Once the cake is ready cover it with moist cloth and let it cool naturally. Slice it and enjoy with a cuppa ☕️

#recipe #cakerecipe #easyrecipe #bananacake #teacake #bakeit #bananawalnutcake #baking taken in Gurugram by @trystwithspices

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3 years ago

Carrot & Tomato Soup 🥕 🍅

Ingredients-
- 3 tomatoes
- 3 red carrots
- 2 cloves of garlic
- 1/2 chopped onion
- Grated ginger
- 1/4 tbsp cumin seeds
- Powdered spices:
- A pinch of black pepper powder
- Black salt and white salt as per for taste
- Chopped coriander for garnishing

Process~
1- In a vessel (Curry pot/kadhai/one pot) add 1 tbsp of oil, add garlic cloves and grated ginger once it turns brown add onions and sauté. Adding garlic and ginger gives a sharp taste to the soup and onion enhances the flavours overall.

2- Once onion starts sweating add tomatoes and carrot. Stir and add 2 cups of water.

3- Cover the vessel if you are using curry pot and if you are using a pressure cooker cook until 3 whistles.

4- Once it cools down use the hand blender to blend everything or alternatively you can strain the veggies from the broth and in a mixer/blender make a smooth paste.

5- Now, in a vessel/kadhai heat 1tbsp of oil/ghee/butter and add 1/4 tbsp of cumins once it turns brown add the 🍅-🥕 puree and let it simmer for 4-5mins.

6- Garnish it with coriander and it is ready to be served as an appetiser 🙂

Enjoy the soup with the side of Sourdough bread toasted in butter or any regular toasted bread. 👩🏻‍🍳

#indianfoodie #foodgram #souplife #foodiesofinstagram #healthyrecipe taken in Gurugram by @trystwithspices

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4 years ago

Vrat brekkie in a jiffy!

Dish- Sabudana Vadas

Swipe 👉🏽 >> to see the pictures

Ingredients-
-1 bowl Soaked Sabudana (4-5 hours)
-3 Boiled Potato (mid size)
-1/2 cup coarsely grounded peanuts
-grated ginger
-Salt as per taste (for fast use rock salt-Sendha namak)
-Powdered spices: 1/4 tbsp of jeera powder, red chilli powder and dry mango powder.
-Chopped coriander

Process~
Mix all the ingredients together and for better binding grate the boiled potatoes instead of mashing it with hands. Add salt as per your taste in the end. Do not use water while preparing the mixture.

Vada making ~
Grease your hands with ghee to keep the mixture sticking to your hands and make flat round Vadas. 🙂 Don’t worry if it is not perfectly round it will still be Yummy 😋

For Zero oil cooking make it in Air fryer (as shown in the picture), however you can either choose to deep fry or shallow fry it.
Air fryer cooking time: 10 mins each side at 200°C.
Cook it on both the sides until it turns golden brown. That’s it enjoy with mint chutney or coriander chutney. 😊

#recipeoftheday
#vratrecipes
#indiansnacks taken in Gurugram by @trystwithspices

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4 years ago

Salads can never be boring for me 🙂

Here is an easy and quick recipe to help you turn your side salad into the most delicious part of the meal.
- Do try and thank me later 💕 taken in Gurugram by @trystwithspices

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4 years ago

Oats Chilla ~

Time to reveal the secret ingredient! Best part about this quick-breakfast and easy-to-make Chilla is that you can experiment with various ingredients. That’s why Chilla for me is a comfort food. 😊

Swipe 👉🏽 >> to see the pictures

Ingredients-
-Oats (put it in a mixer and prepare its flour. It goes well as a replacement for Maida)
-Flax seeds powder
-Gram flour (besan)
-Salt as per taste
-Powdered spices: 1/4 tbsp of jeera powder, dhaniya powder and red chilli powder. Just for the sake of taste.
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Process~
Mix all the dry ingredients, veggies, add water and prepare a nice batter. Consistency should match the one of dosa.

Take a flat tava, preferably non-stick and spread the batter gently. Don’t worry if it is not perfectly round it will still be tasty 😋

Cook it on both the sides until it turns golden brown.
That’s it enjoy with mint chutney or coriander chutney. 😊
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#cookingathome #foodie #foodporn #cookingtime #recipes #healthyrecipes # taken in Bangalore, India by @trystwithspices

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6 years ago

Quinoa Upma~

Here’s another healthy recipe for all those who made serious diet goals this new year. 😋😄

Ingredients-

-1/2 cup Quinoa (washed).
-Veggies: Onion, tomato, beans, capsicum, -Peas and corn.
-For tadka- mustard seeds, chopped green chilli and curry leaves for the nice flavour.
-2 cups- water
-Powdered spices: haldi, garam masala, red chilli powder and dhaniya powder.
-Salt as per taste.

Process-

In a kadhai heat 1 tbsp of oil/ghee and add mustard seeds, curry leaves and chopped green chillies (if you like spicy). Once it starts to splutter add chopped onions and sauté until it turns golden and soft. To this now add all the other veggies mix well and sauté. Don’t overcook the veggies you only need to cook it till the raw smell is gone. Once the veggies are done add the quinoa and the powdered spices, mix and sauté for 1min for the spices to blend well. Now add 2 cups of water and salt...let it simmer and cook until the quinoa is fluffy and translucent. It took me approximately 30mins to cook it on a medium flame. Once it is done garnish it with coriander and lemon juice if you like it tangy else just add ghee and have it with Mint coriander chutney or coconut chutney.
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Do try and thank me later 😊😄😋
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#foodie #foodiesofinstagram #healthyfood #healthylifestyle #recipes #foodblogger #food #eatclean #dietrecipes #breakfastrecipe #breakfast by @trystwithspices

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6 years ago

Shahi Paneer~
Are you on a diet?? And still craving for Shahi paneer!!! 🤪 well here’s the recipe with which you can cheat and yet save yourself from drowning in guilt!

>>swipe👉🏽 to check the steps.

Ingredients~
-Paneer 200gms
-2 Onions
-2 tomatoes
-1tbsp ginger garlic paste
-Cashew
-1tbsp cooking oil
-Kasuri Methi
-Dry spices: dalchini, 3 choti elaichi, 1 Badi elaichi, Jeera, 2 sukhi laal mirch, half star anise and tez patta.
-Milk half cup
-Salt as per taste

Process~

Shahi gravy-
Heat a kadai with 1 tbsp cooking oil and add all the dry spices. Fry until it turns golden. Now add roughly chopped onions and cashews.. fry until it turns soft. Add a tbsp of ginger garlic paste, sauté and let it blend with the onions. Now take half cup of curd and add the powdered spices to it- haldi, garam masala, dhaniya powder and red chilli powder. Mix it well and add it to the onions, you will see curd releasing the oil and that’s how we don’t have to add any extra fat to this...
Once it has released the oil completely add tomatoes to this and let it turn nice and mushy! Add water after 2-3 mins to blend everything together nicely. Once you see tomatoes releasing its colour and turn nice and soft turn off the heat and let the mixture cool down. Now blend it to a smooth paste and your gravy is ready! Add paneer cubes, milk and salt as per taste to the gravy and cook for another 5 mins... ⏰
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That’s it your easy peasy not-so-rich Shahi Paneer is ready garnish it with Kasuri methi and Eat guilt free!! 😊😊
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#merirasoise #indianfood #foodbloggers #fodies #foodiesofinstagram #indianfoodrecipes by @trystwithspices

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6 years ago

Veggie cheese sandwich

Confused what to prepare on a busy weekend morning?
Here’s a quick recipe for you, prepared with just the handful of ingredients that we mostly have in the pantry. It goes well for breakfast and evening snack.

Ingredients-
-4 sandwich bread slices
-Butter
-Veggies of your choice. I’ve used 🫑, 🥕, 🍅, 🧅 and 🌽 (capsicum, carrot, tomato, onion and corn)
-Cheese- I’ve used mozzarella but you can use mozzarella or processed cheese.
-Salt
-Black pepper powder
-Veeba sandwich spread (you can use any spread, mayonnaise or even hung curd will do)
-Pan or Tawa- Yes! We will not use any sandwich maker.

Process-
1- Finely chop all the veggies and add salt to it as per taste. Mix it well and let it release the water. Squeeze the veggies and remove the excess water. Now add the sandwich spread or mayonnaise, black pepper powder, pinch of black salt and grated cheese for binding. That’s it filling is ready. Coat the bread with butter generously, spread the filing evenly on the bread and add grated cheese on top.

In this complete process we have to keep the tawa on the low flame. Once your tawa is heated keep the stuffed sandwich and toast it on both the sides until golden brown
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Now all you need is a mint chutney or tomato ketchup to enjoy the sandwiches 😊

Swipe 👉🏽 >> to see the process. by @trystwithspices

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6 years ago

Aaj Wasim Barelvi Sahab ko sunte-sunte khana banaya hai. Dil ka sara pyaar khane me utar aya hai.. 😄❤️
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-Pesh hai Desi style Chicken Curry aur sath me dher sara pyaar...🤗
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#foodie #foodiesofinstagram #indian #recipies taken in Bangalore, India by @trystwithspices

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6 years ago

Only the pure in heart can make a good soup. Winter is the time to get cozy and have easy peasy food.
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Tell me, what’s your favourite winter comfort food? Comment below 😊❤️
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#instagram #instagood #foodiesofinstagram #foodies #foodporn #soup #recipes taken in Bangalore, India by @trystwithspices

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6 years ago

I did an experiment today with two recipes- Chicken lababdaar and chicken lehsuni, and trust me when I say this, it turned out amazing AF!! 👩🏻‍🍳😄
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#chicken #chickenlovers #foodstagram #foodie #foodporn #foodlover #indianfoodbloggers taken in Bangalore, India by @trystwithspices

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6 years ago