Matar ki Karanji is a deep-fried savoury pastry from a Maharashtrian kitchen. It is stuffed with fresh green peas along with spices and coconut. Karanji is normally made on special occasions like Diwali or Ganesh Chaturthi. It can either be sweet or savoury. The sweet one is stuffed with dry coconut, semolina and dried fruits,…
Anarosher Chutney / Pineapple Chutney is a deliciously sweet, slightly tart and spicy chutney, popular in Bengali homes. Anarosher is pineapple and chutney with fruit sounds strange, right? The Bongs are pro with Fruit Chutneys and they all are absolutely delicious and lip-smacking! It was perhaps 15-20 years back when I first had this…
Nimki is a crisp, crunchy, flaky deep-fried snack made with maida and ghee. The flaky snack is the specialty of Bengali’s. We are doing an A to Z series for the regular BM, and this month I have chosen to cook from Bengal. My theme for this series is Pick One State and make Three…
Beetroot Pani Poori is a fusion version of the regular Golgappas, or Puchkas where we stuff a crisp poori with condiments and enjoy with a flavored spiced water. Wishing all my friends a Happy New Year and I begin my first post of the year with a Fusion Street Food. I am sure by now…
Mexican Wedding Cookies are one of the most delicious , melt in the mouth cookies . These snowy balls are absolutely irresistible . Mexican Wedding Cookies , the name itself speaks for it . They are rich and exotic . These cookies are also called Russian Tea Cakes too . The cookies are from…
Orange Crinkle Cookies are delicious , soft , yet crunchy with a wonderful flavor of fresh orange juice . Orange is one of the fruit flavours that I am fond of . Definitely chocolate takes the priority at all times , but if I had to choose a fruit flavor , it is definitely something…
Rajasthani Kachori is a puffed Indian spicy flatbread , which is like a poori , but more crisp , thick and with a hard flaky crust . When we talk of Kachori we immediately think of the Rajasthani Moong Dal Kachori. The Moong Dal Kachori is made in different ways . One where we…
Ratlami sev is a popular fried and crisp snack made with gram flour,clove,pepper and other spices. The addition of the special spice blend,makes this spicy and gives a unique taste. This spice blend and the thickness is different from other sevs and that is what makes it special . Ratlam is a city of Madhya…
Burmese Chickpea flour Tofu is soy free alternative to a traditional tofu , it has a nutty flavour of chickpea and works well with many recipes . I had not heard of this chickpea flour tofu till Sneha my daughter in law sent me a Burmese recipe , where the lady makes the tofu with…
Cooking Perfect Rice with Absorption Method gives us fluffy rice where each grain is separate . This is one of the easiest methods of cooking rice on a stove top . For the very first week of this Biryani , Pulao Khichadi Festival I shall be sharing the different methods of cooking rice . These…