Hello There…….So presenting my very own experimental Homecooked #Amorebyshonadewalrecipe simple Chilli Oil recipe……Hope you enjoy watching and reading the entire Recipe……….up on the blog……

I love pan Asian cuisine and this one has been on my list forever to learn how to make it, I never really enjoyed the packaged ones and wanted to try to make my own authentic version that could be as close to the real one, I did check various videos of different ways of how to make a chilli oil, but I knew I wanted it to match upto my very own taste, after all, it should meet your taste palate too, A perfect Chill Oil makes a whole lot of difference to a warm Dumpling/ Wonton Dish or a Plate full of Noodles or Noodle Soup, honestly it goes with everything and there are various ways to make one, I preferred to keep it spicy, simple and amazingly delicious and added my very own touch to this very ORIGINAL Recipe, it’s not Plagiarised , or copied but my own very take, with spices and condiments out of your kitchen and to add the correct spiciness to the entire recipe by cooking the onion and garlic along with the spices, some spicy chilli flakes and a whole lot of Schezwan pepper corns, with some Chill paste and of course Star anise with Cinnamon Sticks, it’s easy quick and you can store it up for the longest period of time, but mind you it will surely get over quick…….hahahaha

Ingredients :

Chilli flakes

2-3 cloves of Star anise

Schezwan Pepper corns, or the ones you find,

Some Bay leaves,

Some Cinnamon Sticks,

Some Cloves,

Spicy Chilli Paste( according to your taste)

2 large Cups of Oil

1 medium Cup of Soy Sauce according to the consistency

1 Dish Finely Chopped Onion ( I have used the Onion part of the Green Onion, because it will add the spiciness to the Chilli oil, but you can use the red or the yellow onion as per your wish)

1 Dish Finely Chopped Garlic

2 Whole spoons to Powdered Sugar

P.S Cooking Hack use an OLD NON-STICK PAN, so it would cook well and won’t Stick and have the required Crips too, remember to not Burn your Onions and condiments, Just wait till the Onion becomes Brown,

While serving the chilli Oil you can add Sugar or Soy Sauce according to your taste, but with my Variation it won’t be necessary and it would turn out just fine,

Hope you enjoyed reading and Watching this entire article and enjoyed this really Simple and classic Recipe of my Own, all Copy rights belong to me here……hahahaha…..but you can surely try this and let me know…..Thank you !! 💐

P.S I originally created this Recipe on 30th May, but waited a while to share it with you guys, hope you enjoy readying it and try your own Version and I also posted a Wonton with Chilli Oil Video on my Instagram though !

Well hello there ! So how have you been ? It’s been a long time since I posted ? Hahaha no not really, the last post I posted was about looking towards the RAINBOW, though after the Uttarakhand post this was suppose to be the next post, but I waited this one out, I shot this weeks ago though, hope you all enjoyed reading the previous post and my travel diaries too , this post is a little off the charts and the first one of it’s kind because it’s a home-cooked( Maa Ke haath ka khana and also cooking done by me) in this case it’s cooked by my mother, so this one is the first of it’s series food related post, I have often posted my Food post on my Instagram stories and as my post too,

Last year during the lockdown with everything shut and a sudden shock everyone chose to create our classic daily recipes at home, and one of the Mumbai specials is surely Vada Pav, Vada Pav is every Mumbaikar’s ( People living in Mumbai are often referred to as that) life, it’s often a joke that in Mumbai we have more Vada Pav then blood in our body…..hahaha kidding it’s just a Feel and a Vibe in on it’s own, it’s also been a classic recipe from my mom’s kitchen, and mind you A Vada Pav is a must for me,

During the lockdown I really missed eating a Vada Pav from Anand Stall Opposite Mitibhai college in Vile Parle, these stalls that are there outside these colleges are very famous for their fast food, and they take good precautionary measures too normally, in fact this particular stall has been there forever, even when I was in college, I would go from my college with my friends back then to grab a Vada Pav from Anand stall, and outside my very own college there is a famous stall of the best Sandwiches ( known as Jay sandwich) i’ll speak about that some other Time,

So but obviously during the lockdown down last year I was missing this very important food, so I asked my Mother to make it for me and boy was I Glad, but then I didn’t have the green and the red chutney to go along with, which I made up for this year, along with nice and not so spicy green chilli,

It’s a funny story but Vada Pav is vey easily affordable, it’s a often known As a Poor Man’S Burger and frankly it is indeed Mumbai’s burger, everyone enjoys eating a Vada Pav in Mumbai whether you are Rich or Poor, it’s a equalising element of our society, and all prefer to eat it from our classic Mumbai stalls, I once had someone say something really mean to me in a slang “ that he’ll get me to my Vada Pav ki Aukaad” which means he’ll make me a beggar, hahahah little did he know that my Vada Pav ki aukaad( status) will cost him so much that all he would want is for me to buy him some Vada Pav, but frankly I took it in a right manner and till date haven’t given up on my beloved Vada Pav,

So Some days ago I asked my mother to make this extremely delicious dish along with some Indian Style Aloo Bhajiya Sandwich ( made with Vada Pav filling in a sandwich style only deep fried using Besan flour for coating ) and I am also posting pictures when last year I asked my mother to make Bhajiyas for me( oh they are onion, potato, spinach fried in Besan Flour ) and every Vada Pav stall has Bhajiyas too, you can eat it like that or with the Pav as you like, and you wouldn’t regret it, it was totally on spot and delicious, I couldn’t have asked for better, so here are some pictures of me enjoying this delicious food item and well I hope you enjoy my food story !

Hope you enjoy reading this Post, please provide your valuable feedback and this is a no makeup post but still not lazing around wearing causal and just being me, oh yes I am a big Foodie and my love for food knows no Bounds, Thank you ! 💐

Hello there ! How are your’ll ? Hope all good, this post is surely a special yet not so special one, it’s on my random moments and of-course my feeling and belief’s In life and of course what I have been feeling and going through, the last few days have been more than unusual, it’s just me being me, but I have surely found a different way of dealing with things and ofcourse the approach matters, and all that kept aside I realised that some things and matters need to be dealt with the way they deserved to be dealt with,

Empathy, love, grace, kindness and Peace can only be an option till and when someone chooses the same as you, if not then it’s as useless as it may seem, because whether or not someone will have a change of heart isn’t guaranteed, and while at it we have to carefully learn to deal with things and only choose grace when the time and need calls for it, and most of the times these emotions are situational than most situation,

Conversational reality is probably the best one, it’s like you are living the conversation with an individual but nothing really comes out of, it’s all good in voices and words but it’s never put to use, so it’s sort of a negotiating agreement between two people till they come to point of dealing, until then it’s just status Quo, and somehow we seem to live this Conversational reality in our day to day life, and put up with the difficult To-Be(futuristic) Situation and ignore Fatal circumstances not only for yourself and your family but for many others,

I used these images for the Pride Month ( which was last month) frankly the idea of celebrating a certain victory in the society specially the one that celebrates liberal views on Love only for a month is sadistic but it’s better called for as it’s more appreciation and respect for the deserving, while at it, I love the idea of celebrating love, and frankly my views remain more liberating and approach somehow is justified, the pride symbolism of Rainbow itself shows the possibility of a together and forever love and a love that celebrates all,

So here’s to many more words, and victories to come and of course the understanding the grace that probably requires us to be more well aware than necessary, we can never be too sure and yet we can never be to relaxed, it is a two way road but you can choose whatever is necessary and you shall find the Rainbow at the end of the Tunnel and while at it celebrate life being the Power, Love and Empathy that you can be, because clearly it’s not vanished yet and somehow these strong emotions does help us in our day to day life, while keeping your choices and your dignity in tact !

Hope you enjoyed Reading this article, you can follow me for more on Instagram and Facebook ( @Amorebyshonadewal Page) and like and share them too, and provide constructive feedback if necessary, I am grateful for the time you took for reading this article, Thank You ! 💐

P.S this is a Complete No make up look and the styling has been kept simple and understated at best, because this was going to be a just Being Post, and I Used my Old Mask which is clearly worn out, for keeping the post at real as possible , that it’s been a along time but Corona is still around, so Stay Safe and Follow the necessary Guidelines and Precautions and only Step out when necessary, like here I was out after 2 months for getting some stuff !

Well hello there ! So have you all missed me ? Hahahaha I believe not……hahah just kidding, well with the Corona virus living it’s life and making sure India witnesses its Nightmare here I am putting this blog post together, well I thought I should finally get done with these pending travel post, the life before Corona, oh what a relief it was right ? The good old days after all…..

For me personally back in January 2020 a travel plan Included form travelling to musoorie after Shimla, it’s almost two different states and it took a total of 8 hours for me by road to reach musoorie from shimla, shimla is in Himachal Pradesh, whereas musoorie is in Uttarakhand, I always wanted to travel the north by road and witness its surreal beauty, I will share the videos and pictures here for you to know what exactly I am talking about, oh and the January time was a perfect weather to visit these places,

Though Uttarakhand had other plans for me, the weather forecast and the Gods definitely made sure I witness the Rains and Snowfall together and know exactly how it snows and get to see it, I looked up in the sky and thanked the god’s for fulfilling my this dreamy wish,

After leaving from shimla and travelling by road in our comfortable tourist vehicle with our very responsible driver as Thomas Cook India took care of my Travel plans and made sure I was safe and had my schedule perfectly planned, I reach musoorie after an 8 hour road drive, and man was I glad to witness the mountain life ? Well totally it’s the kind of place you take off to for some peace and quite, the mountain life isn’t for us city folks though because it’s slow and definitely different, and musoorie isn’t exactly an over populated place though, they are the simple people living on the simple slopes of the twirling mountain roads, I wonder how the hybrid’s from Mussoorie that have moved to mumbai from Uttarakhand turn out to be so bitchy ? Or is that a sense of insecurity or an inferiority complex that gets to them ? God knows what, but the people there are surely kind and friendly so don’t judge them on the bitchy entitled fools from Uttarakhand or the Mountains that you would find here( In Mumbai ),

I chose the JW Marriott Walnut Groove for my stay while in Uttarakhand, I was there for a total of only 3 days and I believe that was perfect, because there is nothing to do there, expect for local activities such as mountain trekking or just some wellness centre, I specially chose musoorie for my mother and well the view from hotel completely made for the spectacular mountain life there is,

Well the first day I got there was already evening time so couldn’t do much so I had dinner in the hotel and then chose to go to sleep after a tiring journey the next morning the rain gods surprised me and came in falling so I couldn’t do much though I still made a trip to their local market, and it was just about fine, and visited a Buddhist temple which was shut because of the rains but I still got to see lord Buddha and seek his blessing and turns out it did turn out for the right, after getting back to the hotel I chose to stare at the amazing mountain view covered in fabulous rain oh my the beauty,

The next day I was in for a more stern surprise because this time the gods chose to make me witness snowfall which I was totally craving for, oh how I loved watching the snow fall, my mom was superbly happy for me that the god’s were so kind and fulfilled my this wish, though it was a bummer for tourist because the road was blocked with snow, I still went to the market area, clicked some pictures and in the hotel had an amazing dinner, well the third day I had my flight so there wasn’t much but if you find the chance to visit musoorie and want some peace and quite and want some fresh air and closer to nature it’s the place to be, it’s the key for rejuvenation, of your mind and soul, I had the perfect company of my mother and nothing could bring more happiness to me,

The next morning after breakfast I was off to the Dehradun Airpot to take my flight back home as my Darling Nado, Tia and Snowy were waiting for Me, it’s such a fond memory, because I lost my Snowy( my Persian cat) on the 25th of April 2021 and nothing can ever fill that void in my heart, and these memories bring back so much and make me just have a smile on my face thinking of how my babies were safe in my absence back then, and now I have to worry of sadistic venomous vultures eyeing them and their peace, not the best place to be in emotionally, but I am holding up strong and nothing brings me more joy than looking at all these memories and smiling and trying to be hopeful, hope we all get through out tough times as at this moment the entire world is suffering and kindness, humility, humanity and Hope is the only thing that can help us get through !

Hope you enjoyed reading this article and found my travel diaries and my mountain experience helpful and positive, it’s an amazing life and place to visit, thank you for always being kind and supporting me, please like and share and follow if you like this post, Thank you ! 💐

P.S post originally written on 6th May 2021 and the travel diary is from January 2020, this is a Throwback Post !

Well well well Hello There ! Aren’t we all already familiar with the Corona Epidemic that refuses to leave ? And now it has daily drama to provide, so last month I lost my baby boy Snowy( my Persian Cat) and well of course ever since then things were a bit hay wire for me, but then life goes on is what one would say, I did keep posting on my Instagram regularly though and I thought what better then now sharing those amazing post as my Lockdown moments and breaking them down just for the sake of Diaries ? Here is an entire collection of my moments spent, and of course my caption which are by the way my write ups as you all know by now I prefer writing and these are purely my views stated and my original work, hopefully people maintain DIGNITY AND DO NOT COPY OR INDULGE IN PLAGIARISM,

So here we go a complete synopsis of my Lockdown dairies which involved being busy with my day to day life, clicking some moments, not wearing make up, hair done up usual, reading books, watching series, and of course so many more things such as cooking (cooking series would be a complete separate post since I have enough to share) , playing with Nado Tia, spending some fun moments with my mom, basically making a lot many memories, along with keeping up with my work life and managing my finances for the possibility of the pandemic creating a havoc,

This also involves getting in trouble for stating my opinions, being more vocal about my opinions and thoughts VIA INSTAGRAM STORIES , encouraging and accepting more hatred for that, along with some very usual to Unusual tussle with the cops, and of course witness my CAR PROBLEMS again as it magically gets some new problems over night ( yes I am aware someone is messing with my car since it’s on a road parking, and there is no camera surveillance, and I realise that it has been opened, no I haven’t filed a police complain, don’t know still what exactly I should be doing, since I don’t know the culprit, whoever it is, is definitely a wuss and wants to PHYSICALLY harm me,

I have also got a new bunch of people giving me threats that just doesn’t make any sense, and of course a complete roller coaster life, Basically one month and many emotions, and don’t even ask me about vaccination as I have completely ignored that process and like any other citizen waiting along with lines,

Nobody is important and every life matters, this statements itself is a tragedy waiting to peak through, as we enter a new month with a series of a lot of emotions and preparing for the rains, I find myself at the crossroads of emotions that nothing will ever be the same, and whatever takes turns and vibes in the future will purely depend on the actions and judgments made today, of course sharing your activities and keeping it real is surely the motto, so here I am keeping it aesthetic and as real as possible with my hair let down and keeping the FASHION AND STYLE natural and more DAY-To-Day life, where it’s all about simplicity and COMFORT, with ELEGANCE OF-course and not capitalising of any situation and being of good use , so yes a lot of emotions and not many to state, if you ever miss me, you can check my Instagram, I am very regular there and update as much as I can and when I can as I have a life ahead of the social media too !

Hope you enjoy this post, and pictures with my Instagram captions along with it, it does perfect justice to the whole idea of reality chosen and understood ! Thank you ! 💐

Well hello there people ! How have you guys been ? Hope everything is treating you guys well and life’s being good ? Well life isn’t going to be just smooth ? Is it ? No right but can we make most of the time that is granted to us ? Well hell yeah ! While at let’s go into a flash back and state what actually matters ? Well ya throwback to a year ago, when I decided to celebrate my birthday(25th Jan 2020) up high in the Himalayan hills, as memorable it has been it also shaped me into the person I am today, which is anything but easy……..hahahahaha

So well I chose shimla for its beauty and frankly I travelled there as a child, I wanted to take my mother to shimla since she never went to shimla, my bucket list for 2020 involved travelling around India, well life had obviously different plans for me, my life still requires me to put my foot down and stay homebound,

Well my arrival in the snow capped mountains and the lovely Oberoi Wildflower hall shimla was anything but a quick trip, since it took quite a lot of time to get there, and I enjoyed every bit of my road trip with my mother, it was peace and calmness, which is what I exactly needed, my life knew better, as the pandemic bought a lot of personal struggles for me, my 29 definitely warned me and got me my much required peace and calmness that helped me through out the 2020, my beautiful experience shaped me into the marvellous person I am today ?…..hahaha ya 10 years of experience brings this and I can comment and promise that I am still learning,

Shimla is a quite and quaint city, it’s famous for its natural beauty and I can guarantee it did not disappoint me, it was every bit the Marvel and wonder I expected it to be, great people, kind helpful and smiling faces and great hospitality, in one word I wasn’t disappointed by the amazing Queen of the Hills !

My fashion choice was ofcourse fashionable yet comfortable and yes I wasn’t the only one who resorted to long comfy coats, but I saw quite a crowd that stood out, although my all white look to the market stole the show…..hahahaha I had quite the look on…..well I am sure by now you all know my love for all white, though I celebrated my birthday in my house before leaving for Shimla,

I chose an all white outfit both times, and later I did invite some controversy too, so here is post my look and the pictures of the absolute picturesque Shimla which has a Mall Road to shopping for locals and great atmosphere, it’s the kind of place you should be in when you want to get in sync with yourself and nature, it’s beautiful, clam and amazing, a different life from the city life,

These trips are more like a trip you would take for the amazing beauty of the mountains, a road trip that was pending, the understanding of my heart was lurking for, was it the roses or the thorns that would make it to my life ? The moment of understanding for contemplation, and frankly It didn’t disappoint, I was ready to take on my life and I had a better understanding of my heart and my choices, and I can happily say I have turned 30( This Year ) with NO REGRETS of the choices I have made, they have been tricky, but nevertheless soothing, which has bought me a lot of personal peace to my heart, I am glad I have found what I was looking for, and probably have a better understanding in the matter of heart and the battle of the heart and the head,

PRO-TIP : what’s yours will always remain yours, don’t fret and don’t regret, today’s struggle will mark the amazing sunlight and sunshine awaiting you at the end of this ugly chapter of life, a trip to the mountains bought a lot of peace to me, and I definitely left my heart somewhere in the mountains, may be now the mountain could bring me those amazing Roses…………hahahahah doesn’t hurt to expect love from this amazing puzzle called life ! 💓

P.S Originally written on 23rd of January 2021