Potato Masala is a very flavourful side dish, made with potatoes. Fennel seeds and garlic make this Chettinad dish very special. When you read the recipe for this Potato Masala, I am sure you will wonder what is so great about the dish. Seriously it’s hard for me to explain it, all I can say…
Fariyali Sookhe Aaloo
Fariyali Sookhe Aaloo is a side dish made with boiled potatoes, a quick and easy dish which can be enjoyed by itself while fasting or otherwise. Sookhe is dry and this Fariyali Sookhe Aaloo ki Sabzi is a very delicious form of dry potatoes. The slightly sweet, sour and spicy Sabzi tastes fantastic on its…
Dhokla Cake
Dhokla Cake is a steamed lentil cake made with two different layers of lentils and rice . It is soft and spongy and adorns your breakfast table . Our family is a Dhokla lover family and many a times we enjoy these as a meal for dinner. Actually dhokla is served for breakfast or as a tea time snack , but we…
Bhat na Muthiya
Bhat na Muthiya are steamed rice rolls made with leftover or cooked rice . These rolls are seasoned with herbs and soices and to make them Nutritious veggies are added . Healthy steamed snacks make an excellent meal for our family . These Bhat na Muthiyas are one such snack . You can use leftover cooked…
Leelo Chevdo – Vadodara Special
Leelo Chevdo is a special potato based namkeen and is a speciality of Vadodara . Vadodara is the second largest city of Gujarat and the word Leelo literally means wet and chevdo is a farsan or a namkeen . I am sure you must be wondering how a namkeen can be wet , they are…
Takkali Salad
Takkali Salad is a salad made with tomatoes, onions and green chillies. The Kerala style salad is topped with coconut oil. Takkali is tomato in Malayalam, and this is one word I learnt while we took a trip to the backwaters in Kerala. The Takkali salad is nothing but a very simple salad, in fact…
T – Tameta na Bhajiya
Tameta na Bhajiya are batter fried tomato fritters . Thick slices of tomatoes are layered with spicy chutney , dipped into a chickpea batter and fried to a golden. Tameta is the Gujju pronunciation for Tomatoes and bhajiyas are fritters . Moving on Exploring the Flavours of Street Food , I have yet another street…
D – Dahi Wada Aloo Dum
Dahi Wada Aloo Dum is a Street Food from Orissa . The dish is a combination of Dahi Wada, Aloo Dum and Ghughni. I had never heard of Dahi Wada Aloo Dum , it was my niece Juhi who had this at a friends place and asked me to make . I checked on…
Bihari Thali and Protein Rich Kadi Badi
Ever since I visited Bihar, I have been wanting to make a Bihari Thali. Visiting a new state is very exciting, I am forever on a lookout for traditional food. This could be on the streets, restaurants, or hotels. Bihari Thali changes according to the season, but rice, roti, achar, chutneys, daals, and milk products…
Udupi Thali with Majjige Huli , a South Indian version of Kadhi Pakoda
As a young girl, I loved going for Udupi Dosa. At that age I was not aware of Udupi Cuisine, I had no idea about the different South Indian Cuisines. It is only now when I have entered the Blogging world I have learned about various cuisines. I must have had Dosa in umpteen South…