BM # 54 Week 4 Day 3 I love hosting parties and enjoy cooking for my guests. I like my menus to be elaborate and prefer to cook something new for these occasions. Well the quest for a new dish is something that all food bloggers have, right? On one of my recent…
Coleslaw Bites
BM # 54 Week 4 Day 2 I am a hard core fan of bread and love it in any form. I love sandwiches and try to make them in different variations. These coleslaw sandwiches have been a great hit with my guests, and if you cut them further they become bites. They look…
Olive and Basil Pinwheels
BM # 54 Week 4 Day 1 While hosting my parties I always prefer to make bite sized snacks. The concept of snacking has changed and people no more want to eat big, lare sized snacks. If making samosas, I no longer make the real Punjabi samosas, I like to make the mini…
Samosa Chaat
BM # 54 Week 3 Day 3 This is one Indian savory pastry that I love. Even as a kid I loved these. I remember the staff boy getting these from a small sweet shop which was owned by a sardarji . He was very popular for samosas and gulab jamuns. Come to think of…
Idli Chilly Fry
BM # 54 Week 3 Day 1 Well this dish is normally born if you have left over idlis..right? Yes and No! I am personally very fond of idli chilly fry and specially the one they serve at Shiv Sagar in Mumbai. The chilly fry is quite spicy and idli can be easily taken for…
Hare Chane ki Chaat
BM # 54 Week 3 Day1 It’s during winter we get these fresh green Channa or Garbanzo beans. These are a favorite with all of us and I love to cook with them. For the theme Lentils in three ways I have three different lentils and three different cuisines and three different courses. For today…
Corn and Cheese Fritters
BM # 53 Week 4 Day 2 Day 3 and I continue to cook fritters. Today we have Mexican Corn Fritters. If you check this on the net you will find umpteen variations of these fritters, some with milk, some with eggs, some with lots of flour too. I decided to have my own…
Spaghetti and Spinach Fritter
BM # 53 Week 4 Day 1 While I was reading about fritters, it was so interesting to know that there are so many different varieties and concepts behind these. Each country has its own version and we have so many different names for them. Fritters”, means a food item, such as a slice of…
Chocolate coated Biscuits
BM # 53 Week 2 Day 1 I somehow associate chocolates and biscuits with kids, though I know we grown ups may deny but quietly indulge into these. Recently I made Digestive Biscuits for the September Marathon, where we fired up our ovens throughout the month of April.These biscuits were a treat ,…
Stuffed Dhokla with Carrot and Spinach
BM # 53 Week 1 Day 3 As soon as we talk of snacks I think of steamed snacks, and among Gujarati snacks nothing can be more popular than the dhoklas.These are perfect as breakfast or tea time snacks or even to pack for kids lunch box. I can have them as a meal too.So…