BM # 57 Week :3 , Day: 1 Theme: Indian Sweets You all know my love for Kheers,and a Payasam is a different name to a kheer. While discussing dishes from Tamil Spread ,Valli told me about this caramel payasam, I wondered if it was authentic! Valli quickly cleared me on that and I decided…
BM # 54 Week :1 , Day: 3 Theme: Curries and Side Dishes Tamil Spread Vendakkai Puli Kuzhambu ! I have to repeat this name at least ten times to remember.Seriously Vendakkai is quite tough to pronounce, but I am trying to get a hang of it. I better do !. Well this dish from…
BM # 57 Week :1 , Day: 2 Theme: Curries and Side Dishes Tamil Spread Among the Thali’s I served for Buffet on the Table, Tamil Spread had maximum dishes and they fit so well with our theme of curries and side dishes this month. So here is a Potato Kurma ! I could…
BM # 57 Week :1 , Day: 1 Theme: Curries and Side Dishes Tamil Spread October begins and with this we begin with our regular three day marathons. September is a busy month with Mega Marathon running for the complete month. This time we had Buffet on the Table and it sure was…
BM # 56 Week : 4 , Day: 6 Theme: Breakfast across Countries Country : India There is no standard Indian breakfast menu as almost each state in India has different specialties. However, one can broadly classify breakfast varieties in India into 2 types; North Indian and South Indian. I did not want to skip…
From South I chose to cook Puttu with Kadala Curry from Kerala. This is a typical Keralites breakfast. Fortunately I had the Puttu mould, which I picked on my visit to kerala. The mould had been lying with me since 6-7 years, but every time I planned some obstacle came up. This time I made…
Dalma is a simple comforting daal from Orrisa. I made it for the Orrisa Thali and it ranked 5 stars from the family. The daal is very nutritious, as it is loaded with veggies. Now you have the option of using the veggies of your choice, though the most popular are Brinjal, raw plantain, raw…
When I read the word Meetha I was hesitant to make this khichdi. You guys know I do not like both salt and sugar in one dish, but when I read that there was just a teaspoon, I quickly decided on it. This khichdi is rather rich. It has whole spices and some…
A few years back I did not know what Pachadi was, the blogging world teaches you so much. I could have never thought of making a raita (or pachadi if you would prefer) with shredded coconut. For the Orrisa Thali , I made coconut raita , though I made a very small portion. I…
BM # 56 Week : 2 , Day: 6 Theme: Indian States State : Orrisa Today is the last day under Indian States theme. While planning for this theme, I had originally planned to do a Bengali Thali, which was all planned from the time I had my list ready. Then I was browsing through…