CUISINE

GOURMET COOKING MEETS DIY

Not being able eat out was one of biggest rues this pandemic, especially if your cooking experiments at home have not succeeded. And so, the Foodpreneurs of Hyderabad, have introduced Do-It- Yourself Meal kits, that make cooking Restaurant-style food at home a simple affair. Imagine making dahi puris or burgers at home in just minutes! These meal kits come with all the necessary ingredients and a set of simple instructions. Follow these steps, and Voila! Your dish is ready to be savored. - By Asna Abdul Haq

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C.I.Y- Cook It Yourself

CIY let’s everyone bring out the chef in them by simplifying the process of cooking. Their concept is to help everyone enjoy cooking by eliminating some challenges like the timeconsuming process, sourcing the right ingredients and imprecise measurements. CIY uses whole ingredients with zero preservatives, hence the end result being authentic comfort food, safely in our homes. CIY’s recipes come from a Hyderabadi Grandma’s kitchen that include Shami Kebabs, Dum Biryani, Khatti Daal, Double ka Meetha and many more dishes that take not more than 15-30 minutes to cook. Get ready to cook up a feast! We’ve all loved our “Maa ke haath ki kheer”, but this time we decided to treat the moms by preparing this Chawal ki Kheer and CIY came to our rescue with this meal box. All ready with the ingredients, they even provided the sugar for the dessert. The ingredients as we expected were fresh and natural. Instructions were simple enough and the dish was ready hassle free and were definitely a treat!

Instagram: @ciycookit

Kitchen Stories

Don’t feel like cooking or ordering in? Kitchen Stories to the rescue! Authentic Hyderabadi dishes, Thai curries, even a range of sauces and spreads, Kitchen Stories offer you a wide ray of options to choose from. You could either order their meal kits for hassle free indulgence, or use their sauces and spreads to spice up your dishes. We tried the Paneer Butter Masala meal kit as we were craving for some, and we can happily say that our cravings were well catered to. The ingredients were fresh and the spices unprocessed and fragrant. The instructions were simple and easy, which helped us to cook up this delicious dish in a jiffy.

Instagram: @kitchenstories_hyd

Mekong Have you ever tried to recreate your favourite dish from your favorite restaurant and failed? Well, here’s your chance to give it one more chance. Mekong is offering meal kits of you loved dishes, for you to prepare and enjoy at home! Be it the classic Ramen or the aromatic Khow Suey, now you can prepare these dishes with ease! Their Ramen Noodles meal kit is a whole firework of flavours on the tastebuds! Noddle in soup along with chicken and onsen tamago was just the soul food we needed for a perfect winter evening! The ingredients were unadulterated and flavourful, which made the dish even more tasty. The instructions were easy enough to follow and the dish was ready in no time.

Instagram: @mekong_panasian

Quikish

Craving for Paneer Butter Masala, Kashmiri Rogan Josh or Chicken Tikka, but unsure about adulteration and cleanliness at local culinary establishments or how to cook them at home? Now with Quikish, one may skip the entire process of shopping, chopping and all the laborious tasks. Quikish takes care of all the steps right from procuring premium ingredients to chopping, grinding masalas and marinating with them the freshest of vegetables and/or meats on your behalf and then delivers the end product to your doorstep in one pouch. All you have to do is empty the contents of the pack into a pan and cook it over a medium flame till done and it is bon appetite all the way. You don’t even have to add oil, it’s all in one pouch! Quikish procures fresh vegetables and prime cuts of bone-in / boneless halal meat from FSSAI approved vendors to ensure quality and safety at each stage. Quikish stayed true to its name by bringing out food pouches, that make cooking a quick affair. The Butter Chicken and Rajasthani Safed Maas are our favourites. The ingredients all come in a pouch, pre mixed and marinated. Just add the contents of the pouch into the pan, sauté for 5 minutes and cook on low flame for 20 minutes and serve. Just Like That! They don’t add preservatives and use halal meat for their dishes.

Instagram:@justquikish Website: www.quikish.com

Zaiqa-e-Chaat Been craving Paani puris and chaat during this pandemic? Well, let’s get you sorted then. Zaiqa-e- Chaat, like their name, bring us the zaiqa of their chaat to our homes with their meal kits. With street food being a big no-no at this time, here we have hygienically packed kit for us to enjoy a chaat session. We tried the Majestic Panni Puri Box of happiness, and how aptly named it is! We certainly were happy with the contents of our meal kit. The kit came with 25 puris, battane, paani puri masala and paste, sev and onions. All packed hygienically, delivered to us. The ingredients were fresh and tasty. We especially loved the magic masala paste, it was flavoursome and tangy, even better than the ones at chaat stalls!

Instagram: @zaiqaechaat