BM # 60 Week : 1 , Day: 3 Theme: Regional Cuisine Region : Punjab Day 3 and I have yet another dish from Punjab. Kale Chane te Chawal. The small variety of black chana is used and after boiling, simmered in onion tomato gravy. The gravy is similar to. The gravy of Raajma, but…
Baingan Ka Bharta Punjabi Style
BM # 60 Week : 1 , Day: 2 Theme: Regional Cuisine Region : Punjab Continuing the Regional Theme for Day 2 , I have Baingan Bharta , typical Punjabi style. Baingan or Eggplants as they are popularly called all over the world, have a wide range . We get to see white, green,…
Punjabi Kadi Pakoda
BM # 60 Week : 1 , Day: 3 Theme: Regional Cuisine Region : Punjab We begin with a new edition of our regular marathons, and this is my first post for the 2016.Let me start by wishing you all A Very Happy New Year! I could not blog for a couple of months…
Best of 2015
The year 2015 has flown away, and like every year I feel..oh really so fast ! The year began with lot of hustle and bustle , the BM 50 celebrations were in March and we all were excited and preparing for this meet. The tickets had been booked long back , but a constant excitement…
Aaloo Daal Pakora
BM # 57 Week: 4 , Day: 3 Theme: Book Marked Recipes Uttarkhand Cuisine This is the last post for the month of October and I have one more recipe from Thali Spreads. For today it is Aaloo Daal Pakora which is served as a snack and is one of the favourite snacks of the…
Rajasthani Mirchi Vada
BM # 57 Week : 4 , Day: 2 Theme: Book Marked Recipes Rajasthani Cuisine The Rajasthani Mirchi Vada has two versions, one where we use the big chilly and stuff it with potato , dip in gram flour batter and deep fry. The other version is where you make a mock chilly from potatoes…
Vazhakkai Bajji
BM # 57 Week : 4 , Day: 3 Theme: Book Marked Recipes Tamil Spread We are a great fan of pakoras, but since they are deep fried we hardly make them. The air fryer surely is a boon, because one can make these in them. The pakoras that we make are normally with chick…
Meetha Bhaat from Uttarkhand
BM # 57 Week :3 , Day: 3 Theme: Indian Sweets Uttarkhand Cuisine While cooking the Thali from Uttarkhand I wanted to make a traditional sweet for the Thali. Since the inspiration to the thali was Chef Virender, I took his suggestion which was Meetha Bhaat. Meetha Bhaat is very traditional and is always…
Rawa Kesari / Semolina Cake with Saffron
BM # 57 Week :3 , Day: 2 Theme: Indian Sweets Tamil Spread Rawa kesari is the sweet which I decided to make for my Tamil Spread. Rawa is semolina , and kesari refers to the orange colour of this sweet. Kesari also refers to the saffron used in this delicious sweet. The same kesari…
Caramel Rice Payasam
BM # 57 Week :3 , Day: 1 Theme: Indian Sweets You all know my love for Kheers,and a Payasam is a different name to a kheer. While discussing dishes from Tamil Spread ,Valli told me about this caramel payasam, I wondered if it was authentic! Valli quickly cleared me on that and I decided…