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Murmura Chikki Recipe, How To Make Murmura ki Chikki

2019-01-14 by Anjana Chaturvedi 4 Comments

murmura chikki

Murmura Chikki- Easy and quick recipe to make Rice crispy brittle-With Just 2 Ingredient Murmura Chikki- Makar Sankranti is tomorrow and its a custom to make some crispy or chikki on Sankarati . Chikki’s are made with so many things ,you can make chikki with sesame seeds, peanuts ,daaliya, coconut, nuts and with Murmura. These…

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Filed Under: Desserts /Sweet dishes /Mithai, Festival recipes, North Indian Food, Uncategorized, Winter Special recipes Tagged With: bhogi, brittle, chikki, crisp, fudge, lohri, makar, mamra, murmura, puffed, Rice, sankranti, uttarayan

Maayeka under Maintenance

2017-01-10 by Anjana Chaturvedi Leave a Comment

Namaste Readers, Maayeka is undergoing some planned maintenance. We should be back online by 0900 hrs GMT. Thank you for your patience! Warm Regards, Anjana

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Zaatar – How to make your own Zaatar spice blend

2016-10-13 by Anjana Chaturvedi Leave a Comment

zaatar spice

Zaatar – a popular and flavorful spice blend from the Middle East Zaatar (or Za’atar) is a blend of different herbs commonly used in Middle Eastern cuisine. Adding a small amount of Zaatar adds a unique dimension to dishes, and can turn a very simple dish to an interesting one. It is believed that Zaatar…

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Filed Under: Just Home made, Spice mix and podis, Uncategorized Tagged With: middle east, spice, spices and masala, zaatar

You are the best wife – A special book review

2015-11-23 by Anjana Chaturvedi 1 Comment

You are the best wife book cover

Hello Readers – First – apologies for not being able to post frequently in the last few weeks. We have moved to a new residence, and I am still setting up my new kitchen. Once things settle down (soon), I will be coming up with some new and more exciting things. Today’s post is a…

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Maayeka’s Renovating!

2015-06-25 by Anjana Chaturvedi Leave a Comment

….and it was high time too! I’m moving from Blogger to WordPress today, and if things look a little different, you’ve landed on the new wordpress page (which is what it should be), and if they look a little odd – you know I’m working on getting that fixed in the background. Just like a…

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Red Coconut Chutney Recipe

2014-11-05 by Anjana Chaturvedi 4 Comments

Red Coconut chutney recipe – A hot and tangy dip of roasted lentil,coconut and red chilies Red coconut chutney -In south Indian cuisine chutney and podi are very important part of the meal .Different types of chutnies are made to serve with snacks like idli ,dosa and vadas.The most popular chutney from south India is…

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Filed Under: Chutnies /Dips, South Indian Food, Uncategorized Tagged With: chili, chutney, coconut, condiment, dip, No onion garlic recipe, Pickles and Chutneys, side, southern indian recipes, spread, tomato, Vegan

Going home! Will be back soon! :)

2014-01-19 by Anjana Chaturvedi 3 Comments

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How to deal with people stealing photos/content off your blog

2013-05-19 by Anjana Chaturvedi 28 Comments

Today I’m posting a guest post by my son. Desichef.com recently stole 141 recipes with photos off my blog, and shamelessly posted them on his website as well as Facebook page. It was very frustrating and disturbing that hundreds of hours of my work had been shamelessly stolen by someone without my permission, and that…

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Featured !

2013-03-23 by Anjana Chaturvedi 27 Comments

BBC GOOD FOOD MIDDLE EAST-March-2013-Meet the Blogger Hi friends!! Wanted to share this news with all of you. I’ve been featured in the March issue of my favorite magazine BBC Good Food Middle East. So proud that my blog is featured and mentioned in such a popular magazine! All thanks to all of you –…

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Going to my maayeka !

2013-01-07 by Anjana Chaturvedi 8 Comments

Going to my maayeka for a short break !!!!

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About Maayeka

"Maayeka" means a mother's home. I am Anjana Chaturvedi, and I share on this blog traditional vegetarian and vegan recipes from India, that have been handed down to me from my mother, aunts, and grandmothers. All of these recipes are "Sattvic" - cooked without using any onions or garlics - which are known as "taamsic" or negative ingredients in Ayurveda. Hope you enjoy these recipes and feel free to reach out to me for any questions or feedback!

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