BM # 71 Week 1, Day 1 Theme : Dips, Chutneys and Spreads Wishing all my friends a very Happy New Year. Time surely flies and with a blink of eye,2016 passed and 2017 has begun. December is always a very hectic month for me with my girls and family coming in. One reason for…
BM # 68 Day 12 Theme : One Category – Bread Sandwiches Sub Theme – Sandwich Platters While you eat a sandwich in Mumbai , you will love it for the masala these road side vendors add to the sandwich. Normally we add salt and pepper to sandwiches, but this Sandwich Masala alters the sandwich…
BM # 68 Day :11 Theme : One Category – Bread Sandwiches Sub Theme – Sandwich Platters Strawberries are available only for a very short time here in Ahemdabad. While they are available I become very greedy and want buy them in bulk . The children like strawberry shake and I like Strawberry Slush ,…
BM # 68 Day :11 Theme : One Category – Bread Sandwiches Sub Theme – Sandwich Platters Seasonal fruit is always in abundance in our house. If mangoes are in season we always get boxes of them, oranges , sweet limes always come in big sacks. Grapes normally we get a small box but…
BM # 64 Week : 1 , Day: 3 Theme: Pickles and Preserves Cuisine : Uttar Praesh For the last day under Pickles and Preserves I have made my mom’s special stuffed Red Chilly Pickle. When mom used to cook and make pickles this one was a hit.She stopped entering the kitchen long ago and…
BM # 64 Week : 1, Day;1 Theme: Preserves and Pickles Chilly Ginger pickle is a zero oil pickle. It has just chillies, ginger , lemon and salt. It is a pickle which has an amazing flavor and is enjoyed with Cholas, Daals. The ginger turns pink after salt and lemon juice are added.…
BM # 64 Week : 1 , Day: 2 Theme: Pickles and Preserves Cuisine : Rajasthani After working on a month long Marathon of sweets in our Journey through Cuisines, we definitely needed something hot and spicy. So I begin the BM 64 with a spicy note. For the first week I have chosen…
Bigilla is a bean paste made from broad beans. We do get fresh broad beans in winter but I have never seen the dried version here. Since it was a recipe from Middle East, I called for these beans from Dubai. They looked pretty hard and I wondered how to go about. Frankly speaking I…
BM # 56 Week : 3 , Day: 6 Theme: Condiments Country : Persia I still wonder how I landed on this condiment. All of you know that I love roses, and use them a lot . When I read the name Rose Jam I was keen on knowing what exactly it was. I…
BM # 56 Week : 3 , Day: 5 Theme: Condiments Country : Egypt We are working under the theme condiments this week and for today I have a Egyptian Condiment , called Dukkah ! The word ‘dukkah’ means “to crush” or “to pound” in its native Egyptian. Pronounced do’a, it’s an apt description for the…