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Fire, The Park Hotel, Connaught Place, New Delhi
Fire is the Indian restaurant at the Park Hotel, Connaught Place, New Delhi. Rated as the best Indian restaurant by the HT City Eating Out Guide for three years in a row, Fire has a warm and cosy ambience with attentive serving staff and comfortable seating. Read on to learn how it fared.
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How to Cook Indian Food – North India»
Indian food needs a little getting used to, especially the procedures and spices. This article attempts to simplify the basics behind cooking Indian food, lists some of the most commonly used spices and includes three recipes in different degrees of complexity.
Single Clove Garlic / Solo Garlic»
Single clove garlic is a variety of garlic that has a single, large clove. Contrary to what it looks like, single clove garlic has a very smooth and subtle flavor and can be used both for effect and flavor.
How to make butter at home»
Have you tried making your own butter? Nothing can beat the rich, creamy texture of homemade butter. Delicious with parathas, sandwiches or on it’s own with a light sprinkling of bhujia – making it is so simple!
INA Market, New Delhi»
INA Market is next to the government residential complexes in Kidwai Nagar where you’ll find just about anything you need, including fish, lobsters, sting rays, all types of prawns, chicken and much more.
Odds and Ends Bread Pudding»
A little milk, some eggs, bread, sugar and loads of love go into the making of this delicious pudding. Vinny walks through memory lane and shares her one of her mothers favorite recipes.
Breadcrumb Pancake»
This pancake or hyped up omelette, whichever way you look at it, not only looks delicious but tastes wonderful too. Excellent for kids who need their food to look like Noddy’s creations.
Non Vegetarian Food
Indian Chicken Dishes»
Chef Sanjiv Verma shares some quick tips on working with chicken. He also shares two very popular Indian chicken recipes – Tandoori Chicken and Kadai Chicken, both of which go very well with rotis or naan.
Potato Gnocchi Twist»
Exceptionally light and delicious potato gnocchi, with garlic butter, Parmesan cheese and a lightly sprinkling of coriander – delicious! It can be made very quickly and only needs the very basic of ingredients.
Chicken with Mustard and Yogurt»
A very quick dish with a south Indian touch, this chicken is easy to prepare and hardly needs any special ingredients and can be enhanced with a few quick cooking or blanched vegetables. Can be stuffed into sandwiches and pies too!
Whole Pomfret in Tangy Coconut Curry»
Whole pomfret gently simmered in a spicy, tangy and rich curry with a creamy coconut base. Goes very well with simple steamed rice or appams.
Breadcrumb and Onion Omelette»
Have left over bread, breadcrumbs or a batch of bread that didn’t really make it? Try this lovely omelette that makes for a filling breakfast and uses up your breadcrumbs too!
Baked Red Snapper»
Whole red snapper, spiced with freshly ground black pepper, sea salt, ginger, garlic and lemon, and served with some spicy noodle soup and roasted mushrooms. Not only is this a very filling meal for your family, it can also be made for dinner parties.
Vegetarian Food
Pineapple Pachadi»
In Kerala and Tamilnadu, pachadi is a side-dish curry similar to the north Indian Raita. Pachadi is eaten fresh and typically made of finely chopped and boiled vegetables with coconut, green or red chillies and tempered in oil with mustard seeds, ginger and curry leaves. Curd/yogurt based pachadi can be made of any vegetable, although cucumbers, squash, mango, bitter gourd or pineapple are common. Pachadi is commonly eaten with rice and a lentil curry.
Solah Parath Paratha»
This is a sixteen layered paratha (lightly fried, Indian flatbread) that is delicious with curd and a vegetable preparation of tomatoes and potatoes. It may just a wee bit high in calories though!
Bombay Club Sandwich»
Memories, bread, chutney and tomatoes – that’s what these sandwiches are made of. Served with a gentle sprinkling of nostalgia, fried potatoes and ketchup, they make quite a satisfying meal.
Colocasia (arbi) and Tomatoes»
This is a daily menu recipe that only uses colocasia, onions and tomatoes along with common condiments and is delicious served with hot rotis. You could try stuffing roti rolls with this, for tiffin boxes too.
How to make Aloo Paratha»
Stuffed Aloo Parathas are probably one of the most popular Punjabi breakfast dishes around. These are served with gobs of butter, yogurt and pickles, accompanied by hot, sweet milky tea and are quite delicious!
Arabic Bell Pepper and Caper Salad»
A very refreshing, crunchy and differently flavored salad that goes quite well with meaty foods. Using Bell Peppers, Tahini and Lemon juice among other ingredients, this salad is nutritious too!
