Radhavallabhi

BM # 32   Week 2 Theme : RegionalCuisine:Bengali Cooking with alphabets ‘R’ Even though I have a few Bengali friends, I have not really tasted much of this cuisine. With these marathons I have made a few Bengali dishes. Radhavallabhi was on my mind since long and it fitted perfectly with the regional theme.…

Halwa Paratha

BM # 32   Week 2Theme : Street Food Cooking with alphabets :”H” I had read about Halwa Paratha being sold near Jama Masjid during Ramzaan and was very keen to see this as I had heard that this paratha is about 3 foot diameter. Now that sure is a massive size. Fortunately I was…

Daal Baati

  BM # 31 Week 2 Day 3   Daal Batti is a perfect main course from Rajasthani Cuisine This is a dish which is a very traditional one and enjoyed in winters. The Baati ‘s are small round balls of wheat flour ,baked in charcoal and then immersed in clarified butter/ ghee. After they…

Coorgi Roti / Rice Roti

Recently when I made chauli dhokli, I used wheat flour dumplings in the veggie. Since the veggie had wheat flour I did not want to serve it with regular chapatis, so I served these with Coorgi rotis. These are made from cooked rice, which is blended and the kneaded with rice flour.If the puree is soft, you…