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…
Kaanji Wadas
BM # 27 Day 16 Seasonal : Winter Day 16 and we enter a new week, with a new theme..and this week its everything to do with seasons..Food and veggies relished in a particular season, due to it’s properties and availability.Though we do get just about everything through out the year, yet who likes…
Holi re Holi !!
BM # 27 Day 5 Occasion : Holi Festival Holi, the festival of colors is one of the major festivals of India. It is celebrated with lot of zest and different states follow different traditions. Every state has something special to be served on this unique festival. On the Holi day ,normally friends and…
Non Fried Bottle Gourd Koftas
BM # 23 Day 1 The taste of fried food is loved by all, but with everyone getting health conscious we are switching from fried , oily food to low cal and healthy food.For the 1st day of this BM I have chosen to make gourd koftas. I have made these in a paniyaram…
Aaloo Bajra Roti & Besan Roti for ICC
For this month’s Indian Cooking Chalenge, Srivalli gave us the choice to prepare from two diferent Indian breads.I loved both the recipes , these are from Tarla Dalal and Sanjeev Kapoor’s cook books and I am an ardent fan of both.Incidentally we make lot of Bajra rotis in winter and rainy season.These are very popular…
Paneer Gatta with Tikadiya
BM #15 Day 5 Gatte ki Subzi is one of the top favorites amongst Rajasthani Cuisines. Here I have mixed cottage cheese to make it rich and extra soft.Traditionally this is prepared with chick pea flour, but I have used moong daal flour since my hubby is allergic to besan. Infact everyone enjoyed this…
Rajasthani Thaali
BM # 15 Day 1 Rajasthan being in the desert belt ,the climate conditions and vegetation do not allow prosperous dairy farming or vegetation.Interestingly the Rajasthani’s use the maximum dairy products..but then they poularly use camel and goat milk,which yeilds much more butter and ghee.The lack of leafy greens made them use…
Kalmi Vada
BM # 12 Day 6 Kalmi Vadas are from Rajasthan,but again a Delhi street food.With Delhi growing there are many street foods which are restricted to the walled city..The Old Delhi.The new Delhi hardly gets to taste these yummy flavours.Everytime I visit Delhi,I must make a visit to Old Delhi…yes…to satisfy my taste…
Moong Daal Kachori
BM #12 Day 3 When we talk of Kachori,we think of Rajasthan,but we cant miss the U.P. Kachoris,also the Kachoris in Gujrat are quite popular.All these states have different variety,the basic remains the same,but the stuffing and shape changes.Ofcourse the serving style too changes.Today I have picked up kachoris from U.P.These are stuffed with…
Jalebi
For the month of August the ICC announced Jalebi.This is one Indian Dessert that I love,and wanted to try it immediately…but the waeather kept ditching me.Day after day…we were getting non stop rains…and I did not want a soggy Jalebi.Anyway finally I made them ..on a rainy day…but they did not get a chance to…