There are tried and true methods involving particular recipes, flavours, and textures that will likely hasten the return of the senses. Let’s look at some recipes that may help. Restore your taste or smell after COVID-19 We are over a year into the pandemic; and while we are still discovering certain after-effects of it, certain […]
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This simple ingredient transforms most the Punjabi/Multani dishes. Your diners will not know why the dish does not taste like the one they make and the secret is this simple concoction that I recommend you make and keep in your fridge (it will stay good for a month or so). Ingredients: 8-10 dried red cayenne
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I tried my best to recall the finer tastes of some dishes our neighbors (that fled from the Pakistani side of Punjab during partition) used to make. One of them was the very simple but delicious Aloo Jeera (or Potato cumin) and another very popular one is the Punjabi style chole (chick pea). For example, both
An unusual pratha dish that I recall from my childhood. It’s healthy and very quick to prepare (not counting soaking the mung beans). Ingredients: – 1 small potato, boiled and roughly smashed – 2C mung bean sprouts, best to sprout them at least overnight in a moistened paper towel) – 2t cumin (jeera) seeds –
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This is one of the simplest of recipes that takes very little time to make, yet tastes delicious. Ingredients: – 3 bittermelons (you can find these in Asian grocery stores), chopped – 1/2 onions – 1 small bunch of cilantro – 1 small pinch cayenne pepper powder [rml_read_more] – oil for frying Method: It is
One of the easiest to make accompaniment for Konkani dishes is sanna pollo (spicy pancakes). This version is made with bitter fenugreek leaves and sweet snake gourd seeds. Ingredients: 1 C rice 1 C fenugreek (methi) leaves 1/2C snake gourd (poddale) seeds (these can be harvested when cutting open a snake gourd for other dishes, placed in a ziploc
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