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…
Choori for Satya Narayan Prasad
BM # 30 Week 4 Day 3 Kutti or Choori is a sweet that is generally made as a prasad for Satyanarayan pooja in Sindhi families. My Gujarati friends make sheera as prasad.I really do not know much about these poojas, as mom never did and even my MIL does not do these…
Cheeran wara Meha / Apple Gourd Sindhi Style
BM # 30 Week 4 Day 2 Apple gourd or Tinda is a summer vegetable , belonging to the bottle gourd family.It is a light vegetable which is generally preffered by the older generation.The younger generation do not have a taste for these.They are hooked on to the fast food. Somehow I have always liked…
Maakhani Daal
BM #30 Week 4 Day 1 We are in the final week of BM # 30 and I have opted for my native recipes.So for the coming two days it is Sindhi Cuisine.There is such a long list of these recipes that I actually could not decide what to post.I went with the…
Chauli Dhokli / Long Beans with Dumplings
BM # 31 Week 3 Day 3 Chauli is a veggie which is very popular in Gujju homes.They are also called long beans. Dhoklis are dumplings, these are like mini discs and are usually made with a combination of flours, the usual combination is wheat and chick pea flour, but I generally use just wheat…