Potatoes are a hot favorite with Lankans. I remember Nancy, (my brothers cook) in SriLanka who used to make a variety of dishes with potato. Initially I wanted to made Deviled Potatoes, but my final choice was this Dry curry. I had bookmarked this recipe from Jyoti Nikunj Parekhs book long long back. The curry has a aromatic paste which has…
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…
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…
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…
While cooking Indonesian meal, I wanted to play very safe with the side dishes. I was doubtful if the family would like stuffed tofu pockets as they are something you need to develop taste for. On my search I landed up at Sanjeev Kapoor’s site and found these Indonesian Potatoes. After reading the recipe of…
BM # 41 Week 1 Day 2 We Indians are so used to eating rice or chapati for a meal that when we think of a No Carb Meal we still think on the lines of something filling.Well we have been off carbs for dinner for over a month now and inspite of having…
BM # 41 Week 4 Day 1 Its always interesting to choose one ingredient and present it in different forms.I really enjoy this theme, so for this week I will be cooking with Fenugreek. Fenugreek seeds and leaves are obtained from herbs, and are commonly called Methi in India. Fenugreek is truly a wonder…
BM # 39 Day : 30 State : West Bengal Today is the 30th day and the last day of this month long marathon. We have been cooking traditional cuisne across Indian states.This has been a very interesting marathon, where we started planning months back,We have exchanged umpteen mails and messages not to miss the…
BM # 39Day : 23State : Punjab The term Punjab comprises two words: “punj meaning five and ab meaning water, thus the land of five rivers. After the partition of India in 1947, the Punjab province of British India was divided between India and Pakistan. The Indian Punjab was divided in 1966 with the formation…
BM # 39 Day : 16 State : Maharashtra Maharashtra lies on the west coast of India and different parts of the state have very different types of dishes to offer. Even inside the state itself, one can find distinguishing flavours and food styles that make eating an interesting activity altogether. Maharashtrian cuisine is divided…