Summer drinks: Earl grey and beetroot ice tea
Kewra/pandanas flavoured sweet rice
A quick dessert made with leftover white rice cooked in coconut milk and sugar. Add the hazlenuts and kewra water and serve with some black chocolate cookies. A light dessert with a lovely flavor.
Avocado pooris or baked snacks
Make the dough with flour, avocado pulpe, oil, salt, pepper, pepper, carom seeds and dried fenugrec leaf powder. Fry as pooris or bake for healthy snack sticks.
Red onion & beetroot poyas
Rice flakes/petals or poyas cooked with mustard seeds, curry leaves, beetroot and red onions.
Launch of our French cookbook at the Indian Embassy, Paris
Ambassador Mr. Arun K Singh, Poonam Chawla, Pushan Chawla Bhowmick
Sweet rose ladoos/sandesh
Ingredients: Paneer, fresh coconut, fine semolina, sugar, cardamom, rose syrup and nuts to add colour and taste to your life or la vie en rose… Continue reading
Sweet tamarind lassi
To make one glass blend 1 plain small yogurt container with about 2 tbs of sweet tamarind pulp (about 5-6 ripe tamarinds). Add some salt, pepper and roasted cumin powder to give this lassi a chaat flavor.
Canapés/Appetizers/Starters
Grilled eggplant pulp cooked with onions, garlic, coconut milk and mixed with cashew nuts, salt, pepper, fresh cilantro and mint and served on toasted banana bread or green banana chips.
Cooked white rice mixed with olive oil, diced carrots, salt, pepper, mustard, amchur, fresh cilantro, mint served on green banana chips from India.
Balushai/donut fruit cake
Caramalize summer fruits with brown sugar and add in some green cardamom powder and grand marnier. Top it with balushais/donuts and decorate with varq/edible silver sheets.
Poonam's Khana, Pina & Pakana in Paris 