Dal Pakwan | Sindhi Breakfast is a scrumptious breakfast. Sindhi Families serve it for special occasions like weddings, Diwali or when you have some guest coming over. Many families feast on it on Sunday’s too. Dal Pakwan is a combination of fried crispbread and boiled yellow lentils. We temper the lentils with cumin seeds and…
BM # 20 Day 3 Since the last two days of BM I have been posting daals from Kangra Valley which is a beautiful valley of North India. Madra and Khatta both are very popular dishes of this valley.When I first heard the name Daal Raita, I felt it must be some kind of…
On our summer trip to North we were in Kangra valley.This was on route to Manali.We had to take a night halt at a hotel,which was totally secluded. As there was nothing around, we j took a walk around and then stayed indoors.I went up to the hotel owner to find more about the valley…
Shorba is a variety of soup or stew found in national cuisines. It is the gravy of soupy consistency and can be served with roti or paratha. Originally shorbas were made with meat or chicken the vegetarian variety came up much later. Today I have prepared Moong Daal Shorba. This is well-flavoured and with…
Summers is the time all want to go for a vacation…with grown up children I have no issues of school…but yet a holiday is needed probably to get away from this heat.We just got back from a holiday and am having another holiday..a break which is indeed welcome ..staying at my mom’s place.a short break…
BM # 15 Day 4 Today is the fourth day and I have picked up yet another recipe from the Awadhi Thaali. Sultaani Daal is a very rich daal.The nawabs actually never had simple daals..they always had some kind of meat in them. Perhaps this was one of the dishes for the vegetarians. I…
BM # 15 Day 4 Awadh was the name for present Lucknow and the surrounding regions of Uttar Pradesh.The state of Nawabs has a rich cuisine.The cuisine consists of both veg and nonveg food cooked in Dum Pukht style.Dum is a art of cooking over slow fire.Awadhi Cuisine is rich with its ingredients Paneer…
BM # 12 Day 1 For this edition of BM I have picked up Daals,well I will try to post different forms of daals and will not restrict to the regular daals,so guys dont loose track,remain hooked to get a new variety everyday.The very first day I am starting with our Sindhi Cuisine. Tri Daali…
BM # 9 Day 3 Cholaas are one dish that everyone is fond of and there are too many different ways to make these.Years back while talking to my friend’s mom (yes a Punjabi!!) I got this recipe .No fuss!!quick!! and authentic Panju!!.a recipe which is used in dhabas….check out for yourself…… For the Chole…..…
BM # 8 Day 6 The splendor of the Mughal Cuisine is reflected in it’s cuisine which is the richest in the country.It represents the cooking style used in Delhi,U.P, Punjab in the north and Hyderabad coming down to south.The rich food is spicy and fingerlicking.This was served in jade,silver or porcelain .Today I…