Spicy beef mince with crispy potato cubes kukskitchen style :D with some Potato wisdom from Heston Blumenthal

Hey there, thank you so much for the support through my facebook page. It is just so encouraging and makes blogging ever so exciting. Here I am posting the recipe on your request. It is one of the simplest of recipes which even beginners can try and get a great result out of.

Also I think it is a good opportunity to share some facts about potatoes in general. I am inspired by Heston's wisdom and much of this comes from him. Thanks to channel 4.

Aloo Paratha | Wholemeal flatbread stuffed with spiced potatoes | Kukskitchen

It is lent and I am on with some great tasting vegetarian recipes for you readers. 


Aloo paratha is a traditional punjabi flat bread. I present my take on it with my style of stuffing. The stuffing I make is similar to stuffing I use for masala dosa or puri masala (I add a little grated ginger to the mix for poori masala).

100th post | Green peas kachori and spicy dum aloo | SNC challenge 5 | Kukskitchen

Hello dearies, its that time of the month again. I can't believe SNC challenge has reached its 5th month. I was so gutted last month as due to work-related reasons I couldn't participate in the Jan challenge. I am so glad I finally made it to this months challenge. Better late than never eh? And what better time to post this recipe than my 100th post :-)

Also, a special thanks to Divya for understanding my circumstances and not kicking my humble-self  out even though I couldn't complete last months challenge. :-)

You guys who follow my blog knows exactly what this challenge is about. Just in case some of you are visiting my blog for the first time, here is a snap shot of what has happened in the SNC family till now.

As you can see, the recurring theme is that the south team wins hands down. he he. What say north team????????

 :P

Kadha ithu vare/ The story so far

Challenge	Year	Month	Northern team		Southern team		Winner
			Recipe	Challenger	Recipe	Challenger
SNC-1	2012	October	Mysore pak	Divya Prakash	Bhel Puri Chat	Shruti Dhingra	Northern team
SNC-2	2012	November	Adhirasam	Yashodha	Gulab Jamun	Pallavi	Southern team
SNC-3	2012	December	Medu Vada	Sherin	Misal Pav	Meena Bhatia	Southern team
SNC-4	2013	January	Vadakari	Ramya	Ghewar	Manjula Bharath	Southern team
SNC-5	2013	February	Green Peas Kachori &Spicy Dum Aloo	Sanoli	Paal Kozhukattai	Tamil	Wait and see

Sanoli, thank you for challenging us southerners with such a yummy combo.  Here is how I made it.

Chicken Cafreal: A goan recipe with potatoes | Kukskitchen

Cafreal is a spicy chicken preparation consumed widely in the Indian state of Goa. The preparation originated from the Portuguese colonies in the African continent. It was introduced into the Goan cuisine by the Portuguese.( wiki yude kripa)

Presented is how I made this recipe.

The sauce I should say tastes a lot like peri-peri sauce.