There may be a number of dishes on the table, but the first dish that my hands would stretch out is always a potato based dish. They have always been my favorite. Potatoes in any form are welcome. While cooking Pakistani breakfast, I made Chola Poori, Halwa and Aaloo Bhujia. When I read Aaloo Bhujia,…
Pakistani Punjabi Naashta
BM # 44 International Cuisine Cooking with Alphabets : P Category : Breakfast Pakistan Country Pakistan officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a sovereign country in South Asia When it came to choosing the recipe for the alphabet P I knew it was Pakistan that I would like to cook from. Within Pakistan…
Sooji Ka Halwa – The Pakistani Style
Sooji or semolina halwa is a Indian sweet which is very popular in Indian homes. The semolina is roasted in clarified butter or ghee and then cooked with water and ghee. Some people add milk instead of water to make it rich, some use a mix of water and milk. Every Indian state has its…
Poori – Melt in the mouth kinds
Poori is a puffed deep fried bread. I never ever thought I would ever blog about something as simple as poori. This is a special poori , this has been made in a different manner, which makes these ultra soft. So soft that they melt in the mouth. I had never heard the word Saanth…and…
Nepali Saag / Curried Spinach
Greens are a good source of iron and somehow I feel no meal is complete without a green. Nepali cuisine is very similar to Indian cuisine , except for a few differences. I have friends who live in Nepal, more than that 70% of my hotel staff is Nepali and while interacting with them many…
Nepali Daal Bhat Tarkari
BM # 44 International ABC Cooking Cooking with Alphabets : N Meal Type : National Dish (Meal) Nepal Country Nepal, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked sovereign nation located in South Asia. On Day 14 th day of this marathon we have to cook with the alphabet N . My first…
Nepali Aloo Gobhi ki Tarkari
Daal Bhat Tarkari is Nepal’s national dish. When we say daal Bhat it could be any lentil with rice. Tarkari is a vegetable curry, it could be with little gravy or a dry side dish. Nepalese eat any vegetable with daal, it could be cauliflower,cabbage, beans, carrots potatoes. Generally they semi boil the vegetable and…
Nepali Tomato Pickle (Golbheda ko Achar)
Pickles add a little zing to the food and I have always been very fond of them, though recently I have literally given them up due to the high salt and oil in them. I prefer the oil free pickles which we Sindhis make in winters. They are easy and are ready in two to…
Lankan Salad
BM # 17 Day 1 On our visit to Sri Lanka, Nancy the house maid prepared some wonderful Lankan meals…but unfortunately I never bothered to write the recipes.Among all recipes this salad is the only recipe that I remember and have been following since the past 15 years.It’s a wonderful filling salad with a…