http://cooksjoy.com/blog A vegetarian cooking blog with recipes that tickle your taste buds and leave you craving for more !!! Sat, 08 Aug 2020 00:27:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/09/dahiyogurt-papdi-chaat.html http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/09/dahiyogurt-papdi-chaat.html#comments Fri, 13 Sep 2013 14:39:57 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=10691 This is my final entry to the chaat event. I hope you all enjoyed the chaats that were posted this month. “Dahi” means yogurt and along with chutneys, it lends a tangy flavor to this snack. Once the papdis were made, I had to safeguard them for this chaat because they were quite addictive on...]]> http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/09/dahiyogurt-papdi-chaat.html/feed 6 http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/09/bhel-puri-poori.html http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/09/bhel-puri-poori.html#comments Thu, 12 Sep 2013 05:03:35 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=10630 With just a few days left for my event and giveaway to end, I have been scrambling to finish posting all the chaats that I had made a few months ago. Chaat is an Indian street food and is quite addictive. There are tons of variations and it is easy to put together. I have tasted...]]> http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/09/bhel-puri-poori.html/feed 3 http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/09/corn-chaat-snack.html http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/09/corn-chaat-snack.html#comments Tue, 10 Sep 2013 05:19:47 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=13016 Although the corn season is beginning to fade, you can still find corn here and there. This is a simple and healthy snack with corn and summer vegetables. There is no hard and fast rule with this snack, use as much or as little of the vegetables. You can also add different items like pineapple...]]> http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/09/corn-chaat-snack.html/feed 4 http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/09/sev-papdi-chaat.html http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/09/sev-papdi-chaat.html#comments Fri, 06 Sep 2013 04:44:27 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=10726 Chaat is an Indian street food and there are tons of varieties. Even though papdi is a snack on its own, it is widely used in a variety of chaats. Likewise most chaats use sev that can also be made at home. This is a simple chaat using papdi and sev. Like I mentioned before, once you have...]]> http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/09/sev-papdi-chaat.html/feed 4 http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/09/papdi-snack.html http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/09/papdi-snack.html#comments Thu, 05 Sep 2013 04:53:51 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=10581 One ingredient that is commonly found in chaats in papdi. Is a deep fried snack that can be had as is or be added to chaats. When the chaat bug bit me 6 months ago, I made every chaat ingredient from scratch and also made a ton of chaats. Do not panic since you get...]]> http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/09/papdi-snack.html/feed 4 http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/09/puffed-rice-pori-chaat.html http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/09/puffed-rice-pori-chaat.html#comments Mon, 02 Sep 2013 22:42:21 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=14091 This is an extremely simple snack. My mom used to whip this up in a jiffy when we were kids and we had no idea it was this easy to put together. The puffed rice I got here was nowhere close to the ones I have had back home and that disappointed me a bit....]]> http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/09/puffed-rice-pori-chaat.html/feed 5 http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/08/aloo-channa-chaat-potato-garbanzo-snack.html http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/08/aloo-channa-chaat-potato-garbanzo-snack.html#comments Fri, 30 Aug 2013 05:35:01 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=10584 Chaat is an Indian savory snack and there are tons of varieties. They are very easy to put together once you prepare the basic ingredients like chutneys in advance. You can also take shortcuts by buying some ingredients like sev from the store. The nice thing about chaats is that there is no serious recipe and...]]> http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/08/aloo-channa-chaat-potato-garbanzo-snack.html/feed 6 http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/08/chaat-chutneys-green-chutney-and-tamarind-chutney.html http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/08/chaat-chutneys-green-chutney-and-tamarind-chutney.html#comments Mon, 19 Aug 2013 05:14:02 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=10571 As mentioned in my chaat event post, chaats are new to me. Chaat is used to describe Indian street food and are normally savory. You will be amazed at the tons of varieties that one can come up with when it comes to chaat. The common thing that most chaats share is that they use the...]]> http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/08/chaat-chutneys-green-chutney-and-tamarind-chutney.html/feed 6