BM # 8 Day 4 Hyderabad was one of the princely states of British India.The city was created by Sultans,hence its cuisine is greatly influenced by Turkish,Arabic,Mughlai and Tandoori.The cuisine is special because of the use of it’s ingredients,carefully chosen and cooked to the right degree and time.The slow cooking method has its influence from…
Wheat Halwa
This month’s Indian Cooking Challenge(ICC),organised by Srivalli is very interesting. Wheat Halwa,….does’nt it sound simple?…..that’s what I thought too….What big deal,will be done in a jiffy!!Only after checking the recipe I realised that this was something very different from what I thought,I faintly related it to a particular halwa that we get in Bombay,but had…
Savory Shortbread cookies / Iyengar bakery Khara Biscuit
The Indian Cooking Challenge!….Whenever I would read that at Valli’s blog I wanted to take it up…..but never got on to it.I am participating for the first time and…aw!!..did I know it would be baking in the first go.left me nervous for a while since have’nt baked for a long time.I did’nt want to wait…
Rice Noodles / Sticks with Veggies
BM # 5 Day 6 Today I am coming up with a breakfast from the South.The first time I had rice noodles was in Sri Lanka.Ever since my husband and I have become great fans of this lovely healthy breakfast. We rarely get rice noodles here in Gujrat so everytime my daughter travels from…