Purvi Sanghvi

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  • Mung Sprouts fried rice

    Mung Sprouts fried rice

        I don’t like buying ready-made sprouts from a shop or from a vendor at a vegetable market in plastic bags. Just as you don’t know what kind of water is used to water coriander leaves and the green leafy veggies, I am a bit skeptical about the water used to soak and sprout Read more

  • Ajada

    Ajada

    Ajada pronounced as (a-ha-da)   While studying the MA, I made few friends, however I found a good friend in P. She is Spanish. She introduced me to Spanish food. We would share our lunches during the last stressful crazy days of the MA studies in the jewellery workshop (though we weren’t allowed to eat Read more

  • Maash ki Dal

    Maash ki Dal

    Maash ki dal   I was introduced to this dal by my friend Z many years back when I had visited her home in Hyderabad. It was usually eaten for breakfast with hot rotis on Saturdays. This is a delicious, simple and light tasting dal. The recipe : Ingredients Udad dal – 1 cup Onions Read more

  • Jai Ambe, Station Road, Vile Parle West, Mumbai

    Jai Ambe, Station Road, Vile Parle West, Mumbai

    Jai Ambe Shing chana I have noticed that you will usually find a Shing chana shop near a railway station in Mumbai. Jai Ambe is near the Vile Parle west station. I have been buying peanuts from this shop since I can ever remember. My mother also remembers buying Shing/peanuts, chana,rice flakes, rice puffs from Read more

  • Purohit Attarwala , Nathdwara

    Purohit Attarwala , Nathdwara

    This post is the best example to demonstrate ‘looks are deceptive’ I have always seen Sohanbhai sit at the shop with the same safari suit and the same hat. Would never have guessed how wealthy and enterprising he and his family are. Purohit Attarwala Mandir Marg Nathdwara Fatehlal Purohit – Eldest son – Sohanbhai + Read more

  • Mahesh Purohit, Chaiwala, Nathdwara

    Mahesh Purohit, Chaiwala, Nathdwara

    There are several chaiwala’s selling chai in the small lanes running up to the temple. I had tried 3 different chaiwala’s but his was the ‘bestest and freshest!’ Mandir Marg Mahesh Purohit I ordered for a pudina chai (mint tea) in a kullard (clay pot) There were glasses as well to drink in. Made from Read more