BM # 62 Week :1 , Day: 2 Theme: Indian Mithai Suddenly I have become fond of making ladoos. I remember my first ladoos were a recipe from Priya Srinivasan. The Oats and Poha ladoos ! Those ladoos are a big hit and I have gifted umpteen boxes of these ladoos. While making those I…
BM # 61 Week :1 , Day: 1 Theme: Indian Mithai This month we begin with the 61 st Blogging Marathon. I just can’t believe time runs that fast. It’s 5 years now since I have been blogging and these marathons are a part of my life. Besides these marathons, the blogging friends are…
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…
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…
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…
BM # 57 Week:2 , Day: 3 Theme: Flat Breads and Pancakes Uttarkhand Cuisine Roat is a sweet flatbread from Uttarakhand. During weddings and other family or religious functions, certain traditional Garhwali dishes are prepared, the most important among them are Roat and Arsa. Roat is made of wheat flour and is quite rich.…
When it came to choose a breakfast from East, I wanted to make a sweet as I already had a main dish Puttu with Kadla Curry from South, a filling Paratha from North a snack from West. So the ideal choice to compliment the breakfast was a sweet. My first choice was Bhappa Doi.…
Shrikhand is an Indian sweet made of hung curd and is popular in Gujarat as well as Maharashtra. It is a very creamy dessert with simple ingredients like curd and sugar. It is upto your innovation to decide the flavor of this sweet . The common and the traditional ones are saffron and Cardamon…
BM # 52 Week 2 Day 2 Among milk based Indian desserts , kheers have always been my favorite. I am amazed by the umpteen variations we have. The basic ingredients remain the same, but the name varies , the cooking procedure and the taste varies from state to state, from family to family.…
BM # 52 Week 2 Day 1 I love kheers, but when it comes to Rabdi, I avoid, in fact everyone in the family avoids. It is delicious and I cheat the family by freezing the Rabdi and converting it into a Kulfi. I made this for a dinner and my guests were so happy…