BM # 31 Week 3 Day 1 I have been a vegetarian since I was in grade 1. I still remember taking omelette and bread to school for my lunch. My best friend at that time was a Jain girl and the minute I would open my lunch box she would turn…
Meethay Ghoday ….Hyderabad Specialty for Indian Cooking Challenge
The last few days have been terribly hectic, I normally have my posts ready much before the scheduled date, my cooking and clicking both were done,for the ICC but I did not manage to draft the recipe.I guess from the plus 400 posts that I have done, perhaps this must be one of those rare…
Daal Baati
BM # 31 Week 2 Day 3 Daal Batti is a perfect main course from Rajasthani Cuisine This is a dish which is a very traditional one and enjoyed in winters. The Baati ‘s are small round balls of wheat flour ,baked in charcoal and then immersed in clarified butter/ ghee. After they…
Banarasi Bharwaan Lauki / Stuffed Bottle Gourd
BM # 31 Week 2 Day 2 For the second day under main course I have prepared a combo platter.This was an inspiration from a cookery show by Vineet Bhatia. Vineet Bhatia runs a Rasoi restaurant in London and Geneva and gives his own twist to the local flavors. The stuffed lauki is from Banaras ,…
Thai Red Curry
BM # 31 Week 2 Day 1 Week 2 begins and for this week I have picked Main Course as the theme .When we say Main Course , it gives you such a wide variety.It was rather difficult to choose, but I have tried to put together some mini platters for the coming two…
Corn Poha
BM # 31 Week 1 Day 3 For the final day of Mini Servings I have made Corn Poha . Poha or pressed rice is a lighter version of rice and is frequently made in our house.It gets monotonous to eat the same poha so I am for ever in search of a variety…
Banarasi Lauki Ki Kheer / Bottle gourd Pudding
BM # 31 Week 2 Day 2 The second day with Mini Servings I have made yet another dessert with rice and milk. While watching Vineet Bhatia on his show I fell in love with the Kheer he made .It was a pumpkin Kheer. I couldn’t wait to try, but did not have…
Thandai Phirni / Rice Pudding
BM # 31 Week 1 Day 1 I sometimes feel if it was not for BM I might not be blogging so regularly.It is the charm of BM that just pulls you.This month I had such a long TO DO list I had decided not to participate, but here I am participating all…
Nutty Beetroot Brownie
For this month’s challenge at Groovy Gourmets we were asked to bake Brownies , Brownies which would have some thing more than chocolate.I decided to use beet root, as I had read a lot about using this root .This is the first time I was using a veggie in a brownie, I was so apprehensive, but I…