Onion samosas are a bite sized savoury snack which are filled with onions in a crisp flaky pastry. These are also popular as Irani Samosas and are a popular street food from the royal city of Hyderabad . Samosas originated in the Middle East where they were called Sambusak and were brought to India in…
On the last day of this year’s BM post under Special Theme I have Patra nu Paneer. One of the popular dishes of Parsi’s is Paatra ne Macchi , which is marinated and steamed in banana leaves. I substituted paneer for fish ! It was after a long thought process that I decided on this…
We are in the last week of BM #83 , the last week to post for this year . Time sure flies , the year has passed away in a jiffy . Well from next month , I shall be going a little slow with my blogging , shall do two weeks every month .…
Lagan ka Keema is a Parsi Special which is made with mutton , but here I have substituted it with soya granules . The soya keema has a very long list of ingredients but totally worth it . The dish is high in protein and I posted it with a complete Parsi Spread for the…
For Day 2 under Special Theme , I am posting recipes from the Parsi Cuisine which I posted during our Mega Marathon under Protein Rich .When I read Caramelised Rice , for a minute I thought it must be some kind of sweet rice with caramel . The rice does require some sugar , but…
It was during the Mega Marathon that I made a week of Indian Thalis which featured spreads with a Protein punch . Not all recipes had protein but the meal definitely was Protein Rich . The spreads were elaborate and I did not want my fellow bloggers to get extra burden of commenting during Mega…
We are in the second week of BM # 81 and for the second day under Anniversary Theme I have Lagan nu Custard . This is a Parsi dessert and I made it for Mega BM under the Protein Rich theme . The name Lagan nu Custard comes from the word Lagan, meaning wedding. This…
When Smruti posted a Parsi Thali I bookmarked it and decided to post at least part of it. With the Protein-Rich theme as our main theme and Thalis as my sub-theme, I did not want to miss posting Parsi Cuisine. This is one Cuisine I had never cooked, not only that I had hardly tasted…
M brings us to Mawa Cake from India. I had read the title Mawa Cake many times, but never read the recipe. Now you must be wondering why so ? Well I was always under the impression that Mawa Cake is the condensed milk Mawa , a Mithai that we get in the shops, this…