12/11/2023
Diwali wishes to you✨🪔💛
*cue your song*
Diwali | Festival of lights
Nani’s chakli maker ✨
Indian Streetfood Namaste! I am Neha Jain. Born and raised in Assam, India. I have a background in Arts. A practitioner of Yoga, Meditation, and a food enthusiast.
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An Indian Classical Dancer who loves to create doodles in a spontaneous burst of ideas. I like to experiment with different ingredients and create a unique taste around the Indian flavors. I believe food is the closest thing in understanding different cultures. An Explosion of Flavors :
Chaat is a range of street food in India. Chaat comes from the word 'Chaatna', which means licking your fingers
. The base for Chaat is usually crispy or crunchy, topped with some vegetables and chutneys, sprinkled with masalas. It a symphony of unique taste and flavors. A mixture of sweet, tangy, spicy, soft, crunchy. *smacks tongue*
Indian Vegetarian Streetfood is served at Saah Paat. Just like homemade food, made fresh, free from preservatives. If one wants to taste real food, authentic food, it has to be Streetfood. There are different types of food, but Chaat is the most popular Streetfood in India. Saah Paat is here to recreate the Streetfood experience of India in The Netherlands :)
Bij Saah Paat wordt Indiaas vegetarisch Streetfood geserveerd. Net als zelf gemaakt eten, dat vers wordt gemaakt, vrij van bewaarmiddelen. Als je echt wilt proeven, authentic eten, dan moet het Streetfood zijn. Er zijn verschillende soorten voedsel, maar Chaat is het meest populaire Streetfood in India. Een Explosie van smaken in je mond :
Chaat is een reeks Streetfood in India. Het is een unieke smaken. Chaat kom van het woord "'Chaatna', wat betekent : je fingers likken. De basis voor Chaat meestal krokant, gegarneerd met groenten en chutneys, beestroid met masalas. Een mengsel van zoet, zacht, knapperig, pittig. Saah Paat wil de Streetfood ervaring van India in Nederland recreëren :)
Diwali wishes to you✨🪔💛
*cue your song*
Diwali | Festival of lights
Nani’s chakli maker ✨
this year Diwali ✨🪔& Carnaval ✨🕯️are in the same sentence 🤭
Happy Diwali ✨ | Fijne Carnaval 🐸
🎶…zo goed zo goed..
#1111
Tomorrow is also 🏏 the cricket match India 🇮🇳 vs Netherlands 🇳🇱
Horseradish | Mustard Oil ❤️
Mustard oil is an indispensable part of Assamese Cuisine. Mustard finds its way into a variety of dishes.
sometimes we pour it over our meals at home ❤️for a pungent kick! Mustard goes beyond flavor it has immense health benefits like it’s antibacterial properties, aids in digestion and is deeply connected to the local traditions and dishes.
I have posted about Assamese Cuisine in my earlier posts. However this is the first time I’m introducing Mustard as the main character :)
More to follow…
Not to forget Mustard is an integral part of Bengali Cuisine as well 🐠❤️
Broccoli 🥦 breakfast
Chestnut | Bourbon | Dinosaur Kale | Red Beet | V
Kastanje | Bourbon | Boerenkool | Rode biet | V
New recipe experiment and a quick picture. pretty happy with the final taste, combinations of the ingredients, mouthfeel, texture of this creation!
Housewarming party x Indian Streetfood !! 🎉(ノ◕ヮ◕)ノ*.✧
4 Chaat(s) x 20 Guests 🔥 Live Catering
🌶️ 🌶️ 🌶️ plum | tomatoes chutney • new addition 🍂
Plums
By Gillian Clarke
When their time comes they fall
without wind, without rain.
They seep through the trees’ muslin
in a slow fermentation.
Daily the low sun warms them
in a late love that is sweeter
than summer. In bed at night
we hear heartbeat of fruitfall.
The secretive slugs crawl home
to the burst honeys, are found
in the morning mouth on mouth,
inseparable.
We spread patchwork counterpanes
for a clean catch. Baskets fill,
never before such harvest,
such a hunters’ moon burning
the hawthorns, drunk on syrups
that are richer by night
when spiders pitch
tents in the wet grass.
This morning the red sun
is opening like a rose
on our white wall, prints there
the fishbone shadow of a fern.
The early blackbirds fly
guilty from a dawn haul
of fallen fruit. We too
breakfast on sweetnesses.
Soon plum trees will be bone,
grown delicate with frost’s
formalities. Their black
angles will tear the snow.
🍂 🖤
.... because less is always enough..
new chutney!!! tbh m sooo excited about this combination. plum | tomato
zero waste.
• observing absorbing • 01.10.2023
Figs & segments of other fruits. Eucalyptus, pear & fig leaves
testing my new color pencils on different surfaces(◍•ᴗ•◍)✧*。
Holbein ✏️ on oil paper 230g/m2
thank you for the leaves, Sofie! 🌿✨✿
thank you for the online store and delightful packaging!
🍂
🌿 Teff flour Pancakes with Soy Caramel Banana and fresh figs | V | Breakfast | Dessert |
this morning I randomly started to make (experimenting) a teff flour pancake and it turned out to be oh so luscious! So, I continued. my my! ❤️ !!
Teff is native to Ethiopian, Eritrea cuisine. It was one of the earliest plants domesticated.! A type of ancient grain that comes from a species of lovegrass (Eragrostis tef) or Williams’ lovegrass that is native to the Horn of Africa some. originating between 4000 and 1000 BC 🌍 Teff is the main ingredient to prepare injera, a sourdough-risen flatbread.
...post 2/2 Fig | Buttercup | Marmalade | V
the left over from the marmalade inspired the development of a starter dish | amuse
ecstatic to be developing my own recipes!
Name : ??!! soon
Good night!
took a break for relaxation and made marmalade | my new recipe.
that in turn snowballed into a series of no waste cooking. hahah..
Post 1/2
"Regeneration puts life at the center of every action and decision. It applies to all of life—grasslands, farms, insects, forests, fish, wetlands, coastlands, and oceans—and it applies equally to family, communities, cities, schools, religion, commerce, and governments. And most spectacularly to climate" - Hawken P. Regeneration, ending the climate crisis in one Generation '
yesterday, in class we revisited and shared our views from our last week's field excursion.
our teacher asked us, 'how has meaning of regeneration changed for us since our visit to estate?'
What inspired us?
What is our role as cooks in climate change?
shoutout to for she took us around the estate explaining regenerative farming, what they do, how they do it, future plans.
Later we all had lunch while exchanging ideas under the crown shyness,
a beautiful web of canopies.
PC3 .academy
Warm | Dinner from vegetables scrapes, unequal cut outs of vegetables, toasted bread-crusts, left over carrot sauce, butter crunch lettuce, two spoons of leftover rice from lunch was included in the meal.
Freshly add :
Soyabean, Mushrooms, Buttercrunch lettuce.
Vegetables from :
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- Saturday market, Den Bosch
- Homegrown tomatoes from a friend's garden
I tend to lean towards utilizing all the ingredients the same day of cooking them.
Good night!
Amuse | Entreé | Starter | V
Carrot sauce with Organic Zucchini and Beet from Thank you!
One of the things I enjoy about Organic produce is that we can eat the peel whole! ✿*.✧
Channelling here :
-I'm broadening my learning and experiments with different food, techniques, tastes etc.
-talking louder & often about regenerative farming, zero waste, compost, root to leaves, organic.
-learning and working towards garden experiments.
-Environment and human beings are not 2 seperate entities. What are our food choices keeping in mind the environment, climate change?
can we bring a change in our diets?
can we be aware about our food waste? can we consume less? can we give back to the environment when it has taken so much care of us?
Things don't happen off the bat when I am new to so many things ミ● ▽ ☉ミ However, slowly but surely m honing different skills ( ꈍᴗꈍ) wip!
Monday freshness and fresh bakery |
Good morning 🌄
The sky was peeenk at 07.00 Gorgeous!
*cue your song* express your song below ✿*.✧🎶
Jaffna x Saah Paat | Pop Up Indian Streetfood
a 2 fun day collaboration with Jaffna (more posts to follow)
The owners of the shop, Kajeevan & Banuja work with balance, kindness & composure ✿
I also learnt from them, from their years of experience :) :)
It was an interesting, a different experience for me to sit in a shop to sell my food (• ▽ •;) I had fun!
from getting to meet new people, food enthusiasts, answering their different perspectives about Indian food, to old friends showing up with their family 💛 and lots more..
but most interestingly why & how Streetfood ≠ Cheapfood :)
Well,, week 1 was a challenge because it was new and not many were aware about the Pop Up. but then as more awareness spread the following week was a breeze and everything got sold out! :) Thank you, everyone! 🌿🙂
cue *hanuman chalisa*
Song : Chandamama 🌙🎶
Artist : Ritviz 🇮🇳🎶
As kids we call out to the moon as Chandamama (Moon = Chanda. Ma Ma = Double Ma) ❤️ 🌙
Heirloom tomato salad with vanilla oil and tomato water with basil and lemon thyme | *chef's kiss!*
First day of academics after summer break was chill as a summer salad 🔪 🗡️
& new classmates.. yuhuu!!
Thank you for introducing such a cool dish!
.academy
Library of Food Culture •
Module 2 Portfolio Assignment
a shared table 🧺 a shared vibe 🌿
- creating own menu 🌿
- dishes should compliment each other.
- bought to the table at once.
- 75% plants based.
- 4 hours to prepare and present.
I called my menu 'The Colorful Table' :
• Kvass | Ukrainian beetroot drink 🍷
•Giardiniera | Pickled Vegetables
• Kachumber Burrata Summer Salad
• Charred Maize with a rub of dried mango powder, black salt, lime. Street style!
• Stuffed Roti with Sharena Sol preparation
• Yogurt preparation with fried gram flour balls called Boondi
• Shikanji : Indian summer drink made of lemon and mint.
• Dessert with roasted basmati rice, milk, cardamom & saffron, dried nuts
• Summer waste drink 🍷 with the leftover 🍅 tomato pulp, coriander stalks, mints.
Final comments from my teacher
"You made a place for yourself in the kitchen, you are your own person"
"you work with serenity, good intuition & professionally while being observant about your surroundings & communicating with your classmates, while achieving your own goals"
"Your drinks added a welcoming element, the food complements each other on the table"
"Beyond excellent work, keep following your own path, the world will be a better place for it!'
36/36 ( ◜‿◝ )♡✨🎉🎈
Thank you, Terri Salminen
I am enthusiastically looking forward to the next phase that you'll bring for us after summer break 🏔️🌄 .academy
Homemade Pappardelle al Tartufo ❤️
Pappardelle | Vegan
Sauce | with a lot of butter
Cheese | Pecorino
Homemade Pappardelle | Vegan |
Two romance novels and a Tuber Uncinatum.
Hello,,I created something new!
Firstly, the 3 Oils ❤️ They turned out just like I had imagined ◕ᴗ◕✿*.✧
and then, my very different, very own versions of Fried Rice. Each dig they hit different ! ( ꈍᴗꈍ)
Named them :
Ma-ountain Rice 1 | Vegan 🌾
Ma-ountain Rice 2 | Vegetarian 🌾
Hatha Yoga Class | Diwali Special 🪔
Meditation is deep rest.
Meditation is the deepest rest you can give to your-self.
Continue doing... . everyday. 5...10...20 minutes whatever is comfortable in the beginning.
Warm greetings from the class 🍂🙂
🪔 Wishes on Diwali to you and everyone around you |
Festival of Lights 🪔
Deepavali or Diwali :
The row (avali) of clay lamps (deepa)
🌕
The day I get space to create my own recipes are the best days ❤️ | 🌕
Today I made 3 different types of dessert.
I'll call them :
Handmade Moonface 1 | 2 | 3
Imagine when you order it : 'one handmade moon face, please' 🤭🌕
'here you go .. . one handmade moon face for a moon face .. stat!' 🌙
🌧️🍂
Autumn Dough | Vegan
Autumn Dough | 🍂 Vegan
Kala Jamun dipped in sugar syrup with spices | Dessert | Mithae
Khoya | Evaporated Milk Solids
Fragrance of Khoya in the kitchen feels festive (. ❛ ᴗ ❛.)✿
Cooking time 3.4 to 4 hrs
Paneer | Indian Cottage Cheese
Golden brown sunlight fills the kitchen.
Dessert with friend | September 2021 | Throwback |
Dries Pellis is a magician 🎩🃏
I mean that literally. He makes things disappear and reappear professionally :D He is very impressive!
Cookie story : Our basic recipe was the same. Eventually we divided the dough amongst ourselves and gave it our own creative spin! super lekker!!
We went and shared them with the neighbors :) :) Chefs at my work liked the dessert so much that they advised me to add it to my menu. Lief!!
Dessert Name : suggestions, please?
Adding this to my menu ✨ (◍•ᴗ•◍)
Jol Paan | Assamese Cuisine | A traditional breakfast consists of chira (beaten rice) with yogurt and jaggery.
Saah Paat celebrates its 3rd year this Monday. 12th September 🙏🏾
It's a favorite dish (◕ᴗ◕✿)
Mangodi(s) | Rajasthan, Western India.
Sundried batter made of Moong dal. Here, I have not used Moong dal, this is my own version of Mangodi 🙂
History :
Rajasthan being an arid region was not suitable for growing vegetables. Hence the seasonal vegetables were sundried so that they can be used for the rest of the year. Rajasthani dishes has its own unique flavour where the simplest and the most basic of ingredients go into the preparation of delicious dishes.
Times have changed with the advancement of technology but the dried-food in their staple remains.
After 3-4 days I will store them in an airtight container to make dishes in winter time.
Story :
I used to help my grandmaa in making Mangodi(s). Maybe it was my excuse to play with the batter :P The taste and her patience was genius.
This is my first time making them by myself 🤞🏾
Making use of the final strong-sunrays of the season.
Dessert ✨
Hara Bhara Kabab | Vegan Starter
Green Bomb! served with Coriander Mint Chutney
Landscape
24 vegan dessert balletjes (◍•ᴗ•◍)
It is a 4 ingredients laddoo that I came up with. Laddoo is Hindi for sweet round balletjes (. ❛ ᴗ ❛.)
None stops at one (人 •͈ᴗ•͈)
"Clean as you go" - Maa
Preparations for a birthday party ⁽⁽ଘ( ˊᵕˋ )ଓ⁾⁾♪~(´ε` )
Dinner will be full of different flavors 💥
Happy to be back in the kitchy! \(ϋ)/♩
Hello everyone.! Looks like my September is booked with you all.
Thank you 💛🌿!!!
🌷 Hello everyone, you all are so sweet!!!!! thank you for all the 'Beterschap' messages and also to show so much patience while I am not there 🙂
A lot of update stories for you :
I am better than the last three weeks. Hence, the post. 🌿 Altho, it seems that my doctor totally skipped the info about how drowsy the medicine would make me 😅 She forced me to rest. Last 4 days I have been sleeping 12 hours a day.!!
Anyhoo, overall the 'forced' resting has helped 😬
[*sleeps 3 times while posting this* hahaha. joking!]
Doing my best to bounce back stronger :) Eating nutritious, only home cooked meals, meditating, listening to stories (podcasts are good company :), reading about death (interesting book :)
In the past days, I have also become pretty innovative with soups and meals 😅 Quick meal, slow meals, fast soup, slow soup, you name it! 😬🤞🏾 🤞🏾
Maybe, I will introduce some of them in the menu.
I miss cooking for you sooo damn much!! 🌷
During this period, I also had moments to give attention to my ideas. I believe that the time has come for Saah Paat 2.0.
For Saah Paat to take the next step.
Starting September 2022 💜🌙
Hope you are having a fabulous vacation. 🏖️ 🏔️🌄
Thank you for reading 🙂
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