Foodie By Heart - Rohan Bhatt

A balanced diet is one with a chocolate in both my hands and more in my mouth... . I mean who doesn't love chocolates? Milk, Dark, White, Sweet, Bitter, Bitter and Sweet, Salted, Caramel infused... Coated over random stuff that we love to eat? So a dear friend and a fantastic Home baker friend of mine @utsavib who already runs her home based baking business by the name of @sugarrush.utsavi just recently started a hand crafted chocolate brand of hers which is built around the incomprehensible love and passion for chocolates . Firstly, the products she makes are carefully tried and tested (sometimes by me too) and I can be a very sharp critic to food businesses owing to the fact that my crazy love and passion for food is relentless and undying in itself.  . So, Utsavi happens to see me and asks if I can try out some of her products just to get a feedback on the technique that she had to master without the use of costly sophisticated equipment but an indigenously designed

© 2020 - Rohan.bhatt5 - FoodieByHeart5 #OnMyPlate #KitchenExperiments #FoodieByHeart #CookingIsTherapy #FoodIsLove #eat #kitchen #tasty #foodies #foodstagram Indie Chanafels with Pahadi Roasted Tamatar kii Chutney . So I was craving for some Lebanese Falafels and due to the corona virus situation, the regular places we used to go for shopping of grocery and essentials was all topsy and turvy. . I try and cook every day as cooking relaxes my nerves so I tend to do as much as I can in the kitchen but ofcourse, a mother is the ultimate authority in a home kitchen. I am no different, I still get smacked for putting too little salt or too much pepper etc. . Momma dearest had made a quintessential Gujarati subzi of Doodhi Chana Nii Daal nu shaak (Lauki / Ghiya aur Chane Daal kii subzi) in the morning for lunch.  . So we decided on the falafels for the evening and I had attempted a pahadi tamaatar kii chutney earlier last month which went a little off in terms of the taste as the

Baked Rasogulla and Baked Cham Cham at Mudia Nii Mithaio - Nanpura, Surat The city of Surat has been one with the richest culinary amalgamation and has enthralled and encapsulated the imaginations of not one but many cultures and traditions.. Be it the Portuguese and Dutch influence on the foods and culinary techniques to the Nawabi and Awadhi influence over the meat preparation and eating patterns in the city. One such amazing influence that less people know about is the connection of Surat with Kolkata. . . Both the cities of Surat and Kolkata have been predominantly trading hubs and a lot of Marwari traders have made both the cities their home and showered it with patronage and made it prosperous for a couple of centuries now. History has seen how time and travel promote cross breeding of cuisines, so the tastes and preferences of people had a considerable influence over each other. One such culinary exchange led to a lot of migrant Bengalis and Odiyas to come to the port c