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Vegetable Au Gratin With Smoked Cheese

Vegetable Au Gratin with Smoked Cheese is a wholesome one-pot baked dish with plenty of vegetables and loads of cheese.

Vegetable Au Gratin With Smoked Cheese has a distinct taste of the cheese even after it is baked.  Au Gratin is generally baked with lots of cheese, mostly in a shallow dish, topped with extra cheese before baking to give it a crusted appearance upon baking.

Thanks to my sister-in-law, Manju, who brought me this smoked cheese from Amsterdam.  I had never tasted or used this form of cheese earlier. This smoked cheese variety from the regions of Netherlands is wrapped in an elongated manner and looks similar to a sausage. See the picture below.

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Breakfast

Batata Vada Pav, The Indian Burger

vada pav, potato filled buns

Batata Vada Pav or Potato Vada Pav or Vada Pav is one of the popular street food snacks of Mumbai.  The Vada Pav is similar to a burger; in this snack a potato patty is placed in between a bun with loads of spicy chutney or Indian sauces to give it a delectable experience to the palate.

No wonder that this humble Vada Pav started by street vendors years ago in Mumbai comprising of bun and fried Potato Vada or Potato Bonda (as it is called in the south) served with varieties of spicy chutney turned into an iconic street food.  Today the Vada Pav is found in cafes and restaurants across India.

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Side-Dish

Methi Paneer In Creamy Tomato Gravy

methi paneer, cottage cheese and fenugreek leaves curry, north indian side dish

Paneer is a very versatile Indian cheese that can be easily adapted into preparing variety of dishes.  Methi paneer is a typical Punjabi dish that is found in most restaurant menu. Here I have tried to replicate this and have titled it methi paneer in creamy tomato gravy.

This time around when I made the methi paneer in creamy tomato gravy I wanted to make it a true restaurant kind, the ones the family will love because of the richness of butter and cream used.  I know this will be sneered by weight watchers but when you know your children’s choice of food and why they prefer eating out or ordering from restaurants, isn’t it worth making this once in a while at home.

The gravy turned out finger licking good and tasty in spite that I did not use any onion or garlic.

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Soups and Drinks

Broccoli Spinach Soup

broccoli spinach soup

The moment I poured the Broccoli Spinach Soup into the soup bowls I was remembered of the below lines from Alice in Wonderland.

“Beautiful soup, so rich and green
Waiting in a hot tureen!
Who for such dainties would not stoop?
Soup of the evening, beautiful soup!
Beautiful soup! Who cares for fish
Game, or any other dish?
Who would not give all else for two
Pennyworth of beautiful soup?” – Lewis Carroll, ‘Alice in Wonderland’…

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