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Potato And Cauliflower Curry Recipe / Alu Gobi

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Today , I would like to share with you an interesting recipe. Its a vegetarian delight.  Vegetables as we know is an edible plant generally used for cooking or eating raw. Today's recipe is cooked with such vegetables that cant be eaten raw. Now , quickly think of the names of two such vegetables . Relax , don't stress ! Its as easy as potato and cauliflower. The combination of these two vegetables turns out to be a recipe that is prepared in almost every household in India. I normally , prepare it on thursdays , as thats the day we eat only vegetarian food. This recipe is called by different names ; alu phulkopi ( in bengali ) , alu gobi  ( in hindi) and potato cauliflower curry ( in english ). preparation time : 15 mins cooking time : 30 mins serving : 2 Ingredients: cauliflower ( 1 small whole ) potato ( 3 medium ) onion ( 3 medium ) tomato (4 medium ) garlic cloves ( 6 to 7 ) green chilli ( as per taste ) turmeric powder ( 1 tablespoon ) red chilli po...

Amritsar : A Foodie's Paradise

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Watch Towers Inside Golden Temple In my last travel post as I stated ,  to give all my readers an insight to one of India's most spiritual cities 'amritsar' ,  that I visited last month . The city boasts of one of the world's most highly visited tourist attraction ' the golden temple ', with more than one lakh visitors on weekdays alone. The city is also known for the tragic incident of jallianwala bagh massacre in 1919 under the british rule in India. Golden Temple during daylight A Brief Info : Amritsar is a historical place I would say. amritsar is also known as ramdaspur  . its one of the largest cities of the state of punjab in india . it is the spiritual and cultural hub of the sikh religion . amritsar is geographically very close to pakistan's lahore city , ( the second largest city of pakistan ). the city also lies on the main grand trunk road. the grand trunk road is one of asia's oldest and longest major roads. the road connec...