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Easy Indian Cooking, Tips

Tips and tricks to help you with Indian cooking

This Cooking Tips series is all about making cooking easier- right from buying and storing groceries / produce to kitchen hacks, time saving shortcuts and tips to make your life easier in the kitchen. This post rounds up some of the useful tricks to have up your sleeve for Indian cooking! [This list will be updated regularly, so do bookmark it for easy reference.] If you liked this post, also check out:

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  • Throwback to my trip to York and the fabulous food festival in Malton
  • Soup's on! Looking for something light and flavoursome to make for dinner? Try this vegan mulligatawny soup with seasonal cauliflower and potatoes. Save this post with the full recipe and try it out! 🌸For more such seasonal recipe inspirations, follow @saffrontrail🌸 . 1 bay leaf 1 tsp cumin seeds 1/2 tsp crushed whole black pepper corns 1 small onion sliced 4 cloves garlic sliced 1 tsp grated ginger 2 green chillies slit 2 cups cauliflower florets heaped 2 medium potatoes peeled and diced (2 cm cubes) 1/3 cup masoor dal (pink lentils), washed 3 cups veg stock 2 tsp coriander powder 1 tsp cumin powder 1/2 tsp salt 200 ml coconut milk for garnish toasted cumin seeds fresh parsley or coriander leaves 2-3 tsp coconut milk INSTRUCTIONS Heat the olive oil in a pressure cooker or instant pot. Fry the bay leaf and cumin seeds. Stir in the crushed pepper corns, onion, garlic, ginger and green chillies. Fry for 2-3 minutes. Add the cauliflower florets, potato cubes and washed-drained lentils. Saute for 3-4 minutes on high flame. Pour the veg stock / water, spice powders, salt and pressure cook for 5 minutes. (in a pressure cooker, reduce flame to sim after one whistle and cook for 5 minutes). Fish out the bay leaf and discard. Transfer contents to a blender. Cool for a bit and blend to a smooth puree. Return the soup to a saucepan. Stir in coconut milk and bring to a gentle simmer for 2 minutes. Squeeze the lemon juice into the pot of soup. Ladle into bowls. Garnish with toasted cumin seeds, fresh herbs and a swirl of coconut milk. Serve hot. . #saffrontrail #stcooks #f52soup
  • MONDAY GREENS🌿🌿🌿 December flowers in my kitchen garden making it look colourful and pretty ...swipe to see how many you can identify 🌿🌾🌻🥀 scroll down for answers . . For more such garden love, follow @saffrontrail #saffrontrail .. . . . Yard long beans Rocket Sunflower Nasturtium Onion Long green brinjal Tomato Chilli Double beans Bitter gourd
  • A simple salad with whatever was there in the fridge because I wanted to eat a light dinner. But then ended up eating a bowl of Natural’s Coffee walnut ice cream. Facepalm and back to square one 😕😕😕 Does this happen with you too?In my salad: Shaved ribbons of red carrot (I avoid the yellow core) cucumber Yellow bell pepper Rocket Cubes of paneer Tossed in... - bit of whole grain mustard -extra virgin olive oil -lemon juice . For more such healthy recipe inspirations, follow @saffrontrail #saffrontrail
  • Carrot Pomegranate and Fresh turmeric salad from my column Double Tested in @livemintlounge - swipe for the recipe . How do you use the fresh turmeric-- cooking / home remedies etc. Do share in comments so all of us can benefit from your tips! . For more such healthy recipes follow @saffrontrail #saffrontrail
  • Our kitchen garden in December -- Double beans, baby bitter gourd, rocket, red amaranthus, lemons and more!
  • I don't buy sarees online much because the feel and fall of the fabric is something I can never tell by looking at a picture. However, this Diwali I was browsing websites for sarees online, not being in the mood to go out and brave crowds. . This charcoal grey vintage floral linen from @ekdori was love at first sight. I bought it immediately and luckily it got delivered just on the day I wanted to wear it. Paired it with a crop top from Westside and @swarovski jewelery. I love how versatile this saree is- going from casual to dressy depending on how you choose to style it. I can see myself wearing this a lot. Some of you asked about this lipstick shade from you earlier posts - it's a matte brown from Color Bar- D Surprise 89
  • New potatoes from Ooty are in season now and what better way to highlight them than in a potato salad—- no mayo, no hard boiled eggs, just a bunch of vibrant greens, herbs and spices. Even if you don’t have the exact greens or herbs I’ve used in my recipe (which you’ll find right at the top on saffrontrail.com) you can use your own substitutes. In fact, I would urge you to try it with small leaves of the seasonal sarson KA saag which has pretty much the same flavour profile as rocket or arugula. . Are you excited to try this out?🤩 . 🌸🌸🌸For more such recipe inspirations follow @saffrontrail #saffrontrail . Microgreens are from @livingfood.co - Sango radish and yellow carrot

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