With a month long Marathon, I knew all were busy, but yet I was waiting for our monthly Indian Cooking Challenge. Valli thought of skipping, but I was keen, this is the time to cook some traditional food!…Well we decided on a simple, quick dish from Kashmir .Zarda! Incidentally This happens to be my weekend…
Thai Green Curry with Rice
Weekend Cooking We cook throughout the week, but weekends are special, when we are more relaxed and perhaps want to try new cuisines or dishes.For us weekend is only Sunday .we work on Saturdays too. Sunday, is one day when the family is together, so naturally, one wants the best. With a family like ours, the breakfast is normally…
Rice Crepes with Watermelon Sauce
This month’s Magic Mingle combo gave me a jitters .Rice and Watermelon!..well rather tough combo, but I was flooded with ideas very soon…but implementing them and then liking the taste was another issue.Anyway I finally decided on making rice crepes..these would pass for sure..and if the sauce did not pass…I would serve with chocolate sauce!So I moved…
Vegetable Daal Khichdi
BM# 21 Day 2 Our neighbors are from Saurashtra, the southern part of Gujarat.The food that they eat is quite oily and spicy, but very delicious.That kind of food can be eaten only once in a while.I enjoy that food, but remove the layer of oil from top.They make a khichdi, which is mind blowing. The…
Mehun wara Chawaran (Tinda Rice) au Bhe’ Patata Gesh mei (Lotus Stem Curry)
BM # 20 Day 1 For the first week of BM # 20 I have chosen to cook with onions. Strange people hate to cut onions where as I enjoy chopping them .All I need is a sharp knife. When you cut onions peel away the dry outer layer, but avoid cutting into the…
Malaysian Curry with Stir Fried Noodles / Rice
BM # 19 Day 2 Recently I have been wanting to try some international cuisine.Getting vegetarian recipes which would be liked by the family is rather tough. All the same my interest becomes more challenging and search more frantic.Well, since I know a curry would pass off easily tried my hands on Malaysian Curry…
Methi Mattar wara Chawaran / Fenugreek, Peas Pulao
BM # 19 Day 1 For the last week of this BM , I shall make meals which shall be cooked in almost 30 minutes, may be less!! Cooking requires a little bit of planning and it is done in a jiffy.I normally work with 3 burners at one go.The microwave and the kettle…
Peas,Corn and Paneer Biryani
BM # 18 Day 1 Cooking rice in different varieties has always been very interesting.Rice is one ingredient that one can really play with.This is not a traditional biryani,but I simply loved the flavors in it. I experimented with these rice just for fun, and I was glad as everyone enjoyed these. for the…
Pav Bhaji Flavored Rice with Corn Raita
BM # 18 Day 3 Rice forms an integral part of the life of all Indians. While going through the varieties of rice, I was amazed.There are more than 40,000 varieties.I had heard of only a few, I stock only basmati rice as this is the rice that I have eaten since childhood so basmati…
Qubooli – A Biryani from Hyderabad
BM # 18 Day 2 Qubooli is a lentil biryani from Hyderabad , the city of nawabs.Unlike other biryanis, which have veggies or some kind of meat in them this is a unique one with just lentils.The chana daal simmered with yogurt ,spiced with green chillies and spices ,makes a delicious layering for the…