With the rising sun a hot cup of masala chai along with some crisp sada khakra, smeared with ghee and drizzled with jiralu is what you will see in a Gujrati home. Khakra is nothing but a flat crisp Indian bread made from wheat flour.The existence of khakhra probably came from using the left over…
Dilli ki Aaloo Chaat
This month’s Magic Mingle has my favorite ingredient. Yes you guessed right! Potatoes!!When Pradnya announced Kalyani’s event I knew I had to make this Aaloo Chaat.It would not be fair if I would miss this finger licking Delhi street food. The boiled potatoes are peeled and fried on a gridle with a generous helping of…
Sprouted Lentil Kebabs
BM # 21 Day 1 Moong daal is one of the main daals used in our family, whole moong and the split green gram is the next preferred choices. All these are light and comforting daals. I decided to pick this as my theme for the second week of BM. For today I have…
Idli Tikka with Rasam Shots
BM # 20 Day 3 I have always loved to plan kid’s parties. Starting from the decor to gifts everything…….the food surely takes the top seat.While planning for this BM kid’s Party I decided to make Idli. Kids love finger food, and hate to eat the traditional stuff, so I transformed the idli into…
Pizza Chips with Cheese Spread
BM # 20 Day 2 Kids love to party and they love any kind of chips.For today , the 2nd day of BM I have made pizza chips.These are very simple and can be prepared a few days in advance too.You can serve these with cheese spread or cheese sauce or any interesting dip.You…
Pasta in Pumpkin Sauce
Even though Maa does not eat Pasta , yet she cooks pumpkin very often , she says it’s light and healthy. Today’s post is for her..Happy Birthday!! to.the lady whom I admire most.Hats off to your immense will power, patience and knowledge .Happy Birthday maa!! Since Kalyani announced Pumpkin and whole chilies for MM # 9 , I…
Lemon Tea Infused Pasta Salad
BM # 19 Day 1 I have never tasted tea,……..coffee I do drink, but rarely…….maybe once in six months though I love its flavor and aroma.This time when Valli announced the BM I thought since I don’t drink these two things it would be more challenging for me to work with them. For Day…
Broccoli Cutlets
BM #18 Day 2 Broccoli is full of nutrients, fiber and vitamins.My children are all grown up so I have no issues about sneaking veggies in food, but I see my grandchildren who do not want to eat them.These cutlets hide the broccoli and adding cheese for kids the flavor changes .The kids ,as…
Baked Spring Rolls
Spring Rolls are a dish which I normally never eat outside, unless I am too sure that they are eggless.The cover for these rolls has egg and is rather difficult to make these sheets otherwise.Thankfully , since I am in the restaurant line I could ask my staff to do a eggless version.I would have…
Paatra
BM # 18 Day 3 Paatra is, a traditional snack from Gujarat and is really unique.It is sweet, salty, spicy and tangy.It is made from colocasia leaves.A traditional recipe where the leaves are stuffed with gram flour batter.These leaves are rolled up and steamed and later tempered. Two key points to this recipe are..The leaves must…