BM # 35 Week 4 Day 2 Yesterday I served Gujju breakfast, today it is Gujju lunch. A Gujju household has to have Daal Bhaat Rotli Shaak everyday. Daal Bhaat is daal and rice, while rotli shaak is chapati and dry veggie.The Gujju ladies get up in the morning and keep their cookers…
Khichyu
BM # 35 Week 4 Day 1 For the last week of this marathon I shall be cooking Gujarati food.For today it is Khichyu which is served for breakfast. Khichyu is nothing but rice flour which is mixed with water , mildly spiced and cooked. It is then topped with some spicy masala…
Chaawaran ji Kheerni | Rice Pudding
Chaawaran ji Kheerni | Rice Kheer is an easy, creamy, and delicious rice pudding made with milk, rice, and sugar in Sindhi homes. Chawaran is a Sindhi word for rice and Kheerni is kheer. Kheer is an Indian pudding, made by boiling milk, sugar, and rice till creamy. Another very popular kheerni that is made…
Caramel Pudding
BM # 35 Week 2 Day 2 For the second week of this marathon and desserts as my theme I will make a Caramel Pudding today.This is a pudding that my family loves, specially my daughter and her little three year old. Every time he comes I try and make a small bowl for…
Gulkand Barfi
BM # 35 Week 2 Day 1 Desserts is such a big category and so much can fit into this.I love making western desserts, at the same time I love making Indian desserts too .I find them so traditional and like to give them my twists .For this week my theme is desserts and for…
Pizza Toastie
BM # 34 Week 4 Day 3 As a kid I always had a evening snack and most of the time it was street food, but if I had to eat something at home it would normally be a grilled toast.And now I realize that when my niece comes back from school, she…
Paani Poori with Ragda
BM # 34 Week 4 Day 2 This time while I was in Delhi my cousin showed me a packet of ready to fry pooris..yes these are ready to fry Golgappa pooris. I was actually amazed and could not believe that something like this could be possible.I picked up that half used packet and got…
Green Daal Idli
gujr BM # 34 Week 4 Day 1 If you have a early lunch you get hunger pangs in the evening, I almost avoid eating these evening snacks but it is on holidays or Sundays when the family is together that you want to indulge into these .This week I will be cooking some evening…
Indian Stuffed Parathas…A Tribute to Tarla Dala ji
“Celebrated chef and cookbook author Tarla Dalal (77) passed away at her south Mumbai residence, reportedly following a cardiac arrest. She is survived by three children, and a legacy of over 100 cookbooks and thousands of recipes.” This was the news that was more than headlines …I was completely shocked. I knew she was aging…
Trifle with Mango Panna cotta
BM # 34 Week 2 Day 3 It is fun to experiment and specially with desserts.while the mangoes were in full swing, I tried this trifle. I had some chocolate cake and I was icing a cake, so was left with some fresh whipped cream.I know that cake and cream go hand in…