Chicken Recipes of Maharashtra: Special Traditional and Cosmopolitan Recipes Included by Mrs. Pushpa Raje and Ms. Sanyogeeta Sule

Pushpa Raje

Dec 2018 · Notion Press

About this ebook

The recipes in this book are Komdi/Chicken recipes. They are divided into five sections, in different styles namely stuffed chicken, soups, starters, pulava and curries. The author also narrates a story about how a neighbourhood cat, lured by the author’s “TIKTHI MEJWANI,” broke into her kitchen.

Pushpa Raje, due to her immaculate cooking talent, has received numerous awards and won various cooking competitions. Her Maharashtrian cooking techniques are simple, with the use of coconut, cashew, dry fruits and peanuts, and onions which grow in abundance in the state.

Each region of Maharashtra has its own cooking style. Wedding menus and festival menus are different. She elaborates the different Maharashtrian cooking styles including Vidharbha, Amaravati, Kholapuri, Nagpur, Kandashi or Nasik, and Mumbai styles with vivid detail in her book.

About the author

Pushpa Raje has written this book for the convenience of the new generation. Until now, Mrs. Pushpa Raje has written several cookery books in Marathi, her arterial and native language.

• Paranta (Veg – Non-Veg) Published By Sathe Prakashan, Pune.
• CKP Khasiat (Shakahari) Published By Sathe Prakashan, Pune.
• CKP Khasiat (Masahari) Published By Sathe Prakashan, Pune.
• Fruit Funda (Maharashtra) Published By Sathe Prakashan, Pune.

This is her first endeavour to write a book in English. “Chicken Recipes of Maharashtra” will become a must for lunches, dinners and in family gatherings or parties for guests and friends. The recipes in the book have national as well as international standards which will gain acceptability and popularity among all people – local and international.

The author is a Russian language expert and is specially trained in Moscow State University, to teach Russian to English-speaking people. She taught Russian to engineers at Sail, MECON and Coal India Ltd at Ranchi. She also worked in SAIL and took charge of social development and corporate responsibility. She undertook textile development, pig rearing and other courses for TV technicians for the Adivasi Tribes of Ranchi.

Cooking came naturally to her. Her recipes were always a constant hit. Her Jams and Jellies always won the first prize at the MECON annual winter Fair at Ranchi during 1970 to 1996. Her recipes were always published in Femina. She won the Femina Arvind Mill cooking competition with her awe-inspiring and mouth-watering recipe of Fish Biriyani with coconut.