Indonesians use a lot of tofu in their food and while cooking a meal from this country I decided to make stuffed tofu which is a very common snack on The Indonesian streets. These are called Tahu Isi. The recipe that I found had tofu which was slit and stuffed, but I used these ready…
Indonesian Meal with Curry and Rice
BM # 44 International ABC Cooking Cooking with Alphabets : I Category : Lunch / Dinner with Curry IndonesiaCountryIndonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a sovereign state in Southeast Asia and Oceania. The alphabet I and I am cooking from Indonesia. Indonesia takes me back to my college days where I had a friend…
Lángos – Street Food from Hungary
BM # 44International CuisineCooking with Alphabets : HCategory : Street Food HungaryCountryHungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. We move on to H today and I have chosen to cook from Hungary. Let me start by telling you that traditional Hungarian dishes are primarily based on meats, seasonal vegetables, fruits, fresh bread, dairy products…
Vegetarian Sausages
Now whenever you read the word sausages you always refer to them as a non vegetarian dish.While cooking Full English Breakfast for Great Britain, I observed that all English Breakfasts served sausages and eggs. Since I am a vegetarian, I could not place the egg in that breakfast , but I could try making…
Ta’amia / Egyptian Falafel
Ta’amia is the Egyptian version of falafel and is a part of their morning breakfast. They enjoy it with Ful Medames I have made falafels with chick peas, but today I am making a Egyptian version of these. The Egyptians make them with fava beans. This is the first time I am using fava beans , I made a coarse paste…
Grilled Onion Potato Open Toast
BM # 44 Week 4 Day 3 Day 3 and we have yet another bread related recipe. By now you guys know that my son is an excellent cook, though he cooks rarely. He only cooks his favorite food, which when done tastes so so good. These grilled onion and Potato are an awesome combo and a specialty with him.…
Bhakharwadi – Maharashtra Special for Indian Cooking Challenge
Bhakharwadi is a Maharashtrian snack which is very popular. Normally this is relished with tea or carried along on long journeys. I have always been fond of this, but never thought of making it myself. With Valli giving this snack for Our cooking challenge, I was happy that I had a chance to try. Life…
Makai na Dhokla / Steamed Corn Cakes
BM # 43 Week 2 Day3 Come monsoon and you start spotting lot of corn every where. This corn is really tempting and I love to cook with it. So for the last day in this Dhokla series I have made Corn Dhoklas. These are very flavorful, a little sweet and a little spicy.These are…
Chola Methi na Dhokla / Steamed Lentil Cakes
BM # 43 Week 2 Day 2 I wonder how many of you have heard of Chola Daal ?These are split black eye beans, creamy white in color and have a black mark on their inner curve. This is a daal that looks very much like urad daal but slightly bigger. Gujarati homes use this daal…
Sooji na Dhokla / Steamed Semolina Cakes
BM # 43 Week 2 Day 1 We are in the second week of this marathon and for this week I have chosen to cook Dhoklas. Dhoklas are very popular in Gujarat and one gets to see a lot of variety. These are low cal and recommended by the dieticians, provided they are…