For Day 2 under The Special Theme I have yet another traditional recipe from a Punjabi Cuisine. Sarso Is mustard and Saag are the greens. These mustard leaves are available only in winters and as soon as they hit the market I get them. The Saag is cooked in many ways, and I keep experimenting…
I am working on the Special theme this week and I shall be posting recipes from the Lohri Thali. I have already posted some recipes but a few still need to be featured. For Day 1 of the last week of BM #74 I have Pindi Chole. The minute I talk of Pindi Chole it…
The last in the series of Stir Fries is a Potato and Peanut Stir Fry.Potatoes are a favorite with me and I make umpteen versions of quick stir fries with them, but with peanuts it is terribly addictive.Mint and green chilly lend it a special flavor. Potato and Peanut Stir Fry is my final…
I have always loved roasted corn, specially if it is well roasted on coal. There were times when I would burn the coal and cook special dishes, but not any more. One thing is for sure if you roast corn with its ears on gas, you will definitely get a smoky flavor. It cooks very…
I am not a great fan of carrots and specially when used in side dishes or curries. The Delhi carrots are sweet and lend a sweet flavor to the dishes hence the hesitancy. With the theme Quick Stir Fries for week 3 I wanted to make Cabbage Stir Fry, which is a total hit…
This is a pudding that I made on my trip to Chennai. My daughter is a chocolate lover and we had a bit of the Choco Chip Chocolate Cake left, so we decided to use that and make a pudding.Sine the cake wasn’t enough I crushed some chocolate Oreo’s and blended them with the cake. The…
For Day 2, I have yet another cake with my theme as Chocolate Delights for kids. The cake has loads and loads of chocolate. Poke Cakes, the name itself attracts me, now what are Poke cakes?These are cakes that are poked after baking and then filled with some kind of liquid. The choice is…
We begin with a new week and for this week my theme is Chocolate Delights for kids. When we talk of kids I always think of my grand kids, they are chocolate lovers and if you give them cakes they are on top of the world.Recently I visited my grand kids and all they wanted…
Andhra Pradesh is a state bordering India’s southeastern coast. The state is composed of two regions, coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema. Since the state has a long coastline, the cuisine has a lot of seafood, though there are many vegetarians too. The food is spicy and the use of spices is rather lavish. One can…
Lohri ki Thaali / Sankranti ki Thaali is a Thali where the special dishes cooked for Lohri Festival are all put together to form a platter. Lohri is a Punjabi folk festival, which falls in the month of January. Lohri is celebrated to mark the end of peak winter and is traditionally a harvest…