Indian Cuisine, Daily food habits & Everything related

[shade2]

patyud sabzi or pakoda :- this dish is made with arbi (colocasia) leaf nd basen (chickpea flour)....nd some use wheat etc also. this dish is present in many state with different names. but in uttarakhand its known as patyud. one of best pakodi or sabzi or snack according to me, with cup of tea during mansoon.

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We call it patted(d pronounced as in hindi ped(tree))

>Uttarakhand
>Punjab

The patrode leaf/plant seems to grow all over the country?
preparation also seems to be the same

I used to think this was a "western" dish like limited to Gujrat/MH only
In konkani the name for this is patrode, it is put in coconut curries.

 

[johny_baba]

>Uttarakhand
>Punjab

The patrode leaf/plant seems to grow all over the country?
preparation also seems to be the same

I used to think this was a "western" dish like limited to Gujrat/MH only
In konkani the name for this is patrode, it is put in coconut curries.

patrode plant easily grows everywhere except cold regions or during cold seasons where temperature may drop drastically thorough day and night, and it's damn easy to grow too - heck, i've seen farmers growing it in those plastic 10-20 litre water jugs after cutting their tops off, or like in big plastic buckets, and filling it with soil and dirt

there is some road near my hometown where one side of lane has patrode plants and other side of lane has sahjan (moringa) trees, desi imli (tamarind) trees etc...we'd often take a stroll there and fetch those stuff for free jisne bhi kheti kari uska dhanyawaad, aur kya...

 

[iNorthernerOn9]

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[johny_baba]

this thread has grew and yet no one's talking about daal? let's talk about pulses and lentils

so apart from typical toor ki daal, we have got mung ki daal, chane ki daal, masoor ki daal, urad ki daal, mattar ki daal and what not, and the amount of varied recipes we've for these daals could easily fill an encyclopedia lol

my personal favourite daal that's not toor ki daal, is
urad ki daal, goes super bombastic with baajre ka rotla + lehsun ki chutney + taajaa kataa pyaaz

 

[johny_baba]

@shade2 bhau, someone said you're a goan?

whatya say about goan sausages?

Goa sausage - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

also, introduce some good goan pork recipes here

 

[iNorthernerOn9]

this thread has grew and yet no one's talking about daal? let's talk about pulses and lentils

so apart from typical toor ki daal, we have got mung ki daal, chane ki daal, masoor ki daal, urad ki daal, mattar ki daal and what not, and the amount of varied recipes we've for these daals could easily fill an encyclopedia lol

my personal favourite daal that's not toor ki daal, is
urad ki daal, goes super bombastic with baajre ka rotla + lehsun ki chutney + taajaa kataa pyaaz
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I am tilted towards moong & masoor dal for daily consumption.

While I love sambhar with rice and it's made in arhar dal.

Sambhar-rice with dry spicy aloo sabji is something that I love for lunch.

Love Rajma with rice & kabuli chana(chickpeas) with poori or bhatura.

In uttarakhand, Himachal & Jammu... Rajma-rice is available on almost every dhaba... & certain varieties grown there have gr8 taste.

 

[iNorthernerOn9]

Try these 2 things together for breakfast... Poha & moong sprouts mixed in 3:1 ratio.

Aah! Swarg!!

 

[GaudaNaresh]

So i wonder if there are any cooks amongst us who like to try new recipes and fusion food.
I once created a fusion dish for an ex of mine, that i happen to like a lot and so far, its been a hit for most people who eat meat : desi shepherds pie.

So shepherds pie is basically keema + mashed aloo.
What you do, is fry keema with onions +garlic ( absolutely no ginger btw) + european spices & herbs such as rosemary, thyme & parsely.
Then when the meat is well fried, you add tomato puree, a bit of vegetable broth & some flour to give it both moisture and stickyness ( you want the pie to hold together like a cake, not fall apart like keema), then you add some diced carrots, peas and mushrooms to the meat and cook it down.
Once its cooked, you boil potatoes, peel potatoes, mash them to a fine paste.
Then you layer the mashed potatoes on top of keema - proportions vary but i find ideal proportion is 50-50 keema and potato in thickness- add some cheese ( mozarella or cheddar) on top of potatoes and stick it in the oven or a toaster oven till the cheese melts and viola !! you have shepherds pie.

Its a dish i used to make a lot in college days, because its a low effort dish, that isnt easy to fuckup and if you cook in big enough dishes, you can cook once and eat for 3-4 days. Plus its a complete meal once u add some salad or sabji or fruits on the side.

But unfortuately it is bland and usually people hit it with ketchup or hot sauce on top of the potatoes to bring out some zest and flavour.

So one time, i had this idea - i desi-fied the shepherds pie, by basically making the aloo into dosa aloo - cook it with some dal +curry leaves + indian spices etc ( most indians know/should know how to make basic dosa potatoes or samosa potatoes).
Rest of the recipe was the same, i just altered the potatoes. And holy moly was that a super duper instant hit.
To the meat-lovers here, i highly recommend trying it out.
( PS : DO NOT use ground chicken for shepherds pie. Use lamb or goat).

 

[iNorthernerOn9]

Anyone who knows cooking & recipes... plz help

A question based on faded memory.

I want to know what I saw.

So... as a kid I was living in Patna... and from my rooms window the cooking area of a "community hall" that was just adjacent to my house was clearly visible.

And you know we are the land of seasonal marriages and I used to get overwhelmed by all the aroma coming through my window. I used to sit at the window and look at what was being cooked.

Once I observed making of a dish of which I remember outline details which I will describe here(&I have no idea till date what it was)... let's see if you guys can guess.

So what they did was... first boiled whole potatoes... then peeled them... then deep fried the whole potatoes... then mashed them and mixed with spices and some flour(maybe cornflour)... and evenly spread on a large dish... cut it in cuboidal shapes and fried again for a while... and then added that to a gravy.

What was it?

 

[GaudaNaresh]

Anyone who knows cooking & recipes... plz help

A question based on faded memory.

I want to know what I saw.

So... as a kid I was living in Patna... and from my rooms window the cooking area of a "community hall" that was just adjacent to my house was clearly visible.

And you know we are the land of seasonal marriages and I used to get overwhelmed by all the aroma coming through my window. I used to sit at the window and look at what was being cooked.

Once I observed making of a dish of which I remember outline details which I will describe here(&I have no idea till date what it was)... let's see if you guys can guess.

So what they did was... first boiled whole potatoes... then peeled them... then deep fried the whole potatoes... then mashed them and mixed with spices and some flour(maybe cornflour)... and evenly spread on a large dish... cut it in cuboidal shapes and fried again for a while... and then added that to a gravy.

What was it?

What you are describing is a standard potato fritter curry. We bengalis make it sometime, so do maithilis. its basically the potato version of the dholka curry. we dont do the fry it after boiling stage - that is one layer of extra oil we skip. we normally do the boil --->mash---> fry with spices--->put in curry mode.

Maybe this bihari got back from Mexico and learnt about refried beans and refried the potatoes.

 

[iNorthernerOn9]

What you are describing is a standard potato fritter curry. We bengalis make it sometime, so do maithilis. its basically the potato version of the dholka curry. we dont do the fry it after boiling stage - that is one layer of extra oil we skip. we normally do the boil --->mash---> fry with spices--->put in curry mode.

Maybe this bihari got back from Mexico and learnt about refried beans and refried the potatoes.

There used to be many bengali weddings there as well... I know bcoz of that sound... don't know what it's called... you may have understood what I am hinting at.

 

[GaudaNaresh]

There used to be many bengali weddings there as well... I know bcoz of that sound... don't know what it's called... you may have understood what I am hinting at.

You cant tell bengali weddings apart from sound - we dont play rabindra sangeet, its still the same sehnai stuff.
You tell apart a bengali wedding by seeing 'kola bou' - we dress up a banana tree as a bride and do rituals around it before the actual marriage ceremony. I have never seen kola-bou outside of bengali wedding so i am assuming its a uniquely bengali thing.

 

[iNorthernerOn9]

You cant tell bengali weddings apart from sound - we dont play rabindra sangeet, its still the same sehnai stuff.
You tell apart a bengali wedding by seeing 'kola bou' - we dress up a banana tree as a bride and do rituals around it before the actual marriage ceremony. I have never seen kola-bou outside of bengali wedding so i am assuming its a uniquely bengali thing.

I was referring to this sound


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[GaudaNaresh]

I was referring to this sound


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Ohhhhh the ululating.
Well its not a wedding thing only, so you had me confused. we do the ululating for pretty much anything we see as 'traditional' -we do it for annaprasan, we do it for thread ceremony, we do it for weddings, pretty much funerals are the only place we dont do the ululating.

 

[Sanatani]

Every alternate Sunday I prepare kichidi ,a little modified than what we used to prepare in my hostel days.
Soak 1 cup rice and 1 cup of arhar ,urad and moong dal taken together in water for 3 hrs.
Cut french beans ,peas ,cauliflower ,carrot ,onion and large pieces of potato.
Heat oil in a large bowl ,put panch foran ,Tej patta, cinnamon ,cloves and black pepper ( saboot). Put all vegetables in it ,roast for 2 mins ,add all masalas as per youtlr taste ,put a little tamarind water. Add the soaked rice and dall. Cook it ,add some butter on top and at last when semicooked ,add tomatoes . Once cooked properly add some tadka with oil ,Rye,jeera and saunf.
Your awesome khichdi is ready. Eat it with papad and raita.

 

[GaudaNaresh]

Every alternate Sunday I prepare kichidi ,a little modified than what we used to prepare in my hostel days.
Soak 1 cup rice and 1 cup of arhar ,urad and moong dal taken together in water for 3 hrs.
Cut french beans ,peas ,cauliflower ,carrot ,onion and large pieces of potato.
Heat oil in a large bowl ,put panch foran ,Tej patta, cinnamon ,cloves and black pepper ( saboot). Put all vegetables in it ,roast for 2 mins ,add all masalas as per youtlr taste ,put a little tamarind water. Add the soaked rice and dall. Cook it ,add some butter on top and at last when semicooked ,add tomatoes . Once cooked properly add some tadka with oil ,Rye,jeera and saunf.
Your awesome khichdi is ready. Eat it with papad and raita.

raita ?! with Khichuri ??? what kaala jaadu is this ?
Khichuri has two MUST haves - beguni if you are veggie or fried fish and beguni if you are not. No khichuri is complete without beguni !!!!

 

[iNorthernerOn9]

In Bihar there's a saying... "khichdi ke chaar yaar... dahi, papad, ghee, achar"

 

[GaudaNaresh]

In Bihar there's a saying... "khichdi ke chaar yaar... dahi, papad, ghee, achar"

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all i will say is, TRY a beguni with khichdi. Once you try it, you will never go back. beguni are those deep fried besan dipped slices of eggplant we eat as snacks by the roadside in kolkata.

 

[johny_baba]

Every alternate Sunday I prepare kichidi ,a little modified than what we used to prepare in my hostel days.
Soak 1 cup rice and 1 cup of arhar ,urad and moong dal taken together in water for 3 hrs.
Cut french beans ,peas ,cauliflower ,carrot ,onion and large pieces of potato.
Heat oil in a large bowl ,put panch foran ,Tej patta, cinnamon ,cloves and black pepper ( saboot). Put all vegetables in it ,roast for 2 mins ,add all masalas as per youtlr taste ,put a little tamarind water. Add the soaked rice and dall. Cook it ,add some butter on top and at last when semicooked ,add tomatoes . Once cooked properly add some tadka with oil ,Rye,jeera and saunf.
Your awesome khichdi is ready. Eat it with papad and raita.

here in gujju side, Kadhi Khichdi is a common comfort food

most people prefer it plain, but many can add veggies and give it a tadka to make 'vaghareli khichdi' - something like described by you

heck, kadhi khichdi is also given as prasad to bhakts here at many temples or annakshetras

 

[Sanatani]

here in gujju side, Kadhi Khichdi is a common comfort food
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most people prefer it plain, but many can add veggies and give it a tadka to make 'vaghareli khichdi' - something like described by you

heck, kadhi khichdi is also given as prasad to bhakts here at many temples or annakshetras

My mom prepares kadhi with khichidi. But that doesn't contain veggies, only peas