Paneer Lasooni is a delicious paneer dish that is dominantly flavoured with garlic. It has a rich creamy gravy made with onions and tomatoes. Paneer/cottage cheese is an Indian cheese that can be easily prepared at home or store-bought, though I always prefer the homemade one. I normally make paneer from full-fat milk and use…
Karela Sindhi Style is stuffed bitter gourds which are typically made in Sindhi homes. They are a true delicacy. The alphabet K brings us to Karela or bitter gourds. A lot of people shy away from these due to their bitterness but they are my favourite, especially the stuffed ones and the Sindhi style. Every…
Whole Wheat Rose Cookies are delicious cookies made with whole wheat flour and a hint of rose flavouring. These cookies have a wonderful crunch and a lingering taste. Rose is a flavour which is really intoxicating and I simply love it. The cookies are simple, easy and are done in a very short time. The…
Salted Caramel Chocolate Poke Cake is a delicious cake where a chocolate cake is poked with holes all over and filled with salted caramel sauce. I realise that suddenly I have become very fond of these poke cakes. I find them easier to work on and find them very delicious too. Each and every bite…
Pineapple Jar Cakes are cakes made in a jar, which have a vanilla sponge , some pineapple pieces , pineapple syrup and fresh cream . It was my grandson, Moh‘s first birthday and we celebrated it with a Baby Shark theme. The little boy had tremendous fun listening to his favourite song. He was amazed…
Chocolate Poke Cake is a sinful chocolate cake where the sponge of the cake is poked with caramel sauce making the cake nice and gooey. This is a cake that was made for my niece for her 18 th birthday. Due to lockdown, there were no celebrations with friends or relatives, it had to be…
Yakhini Pulao is a pulao from the Awadhi Cuisine, the pulao is made with meat but I have opted for the vegetarian version and it is delicious. For our regular BM this year we had A to Z series where I picked the theme Pick One State and Make Three Dishes. We are ending the…
Vateli Dal na Khaman is a steamed lentil cake which is prepared with coarsely ground and fermented Bengal Gram. It is special to Surat region of Gujarat. Vateli Dal is ground lentil, and a steamed cake is made from this ground lentil which is fermented. It is due to fermentation that the batter rises and…
Dudhi na Muthiya is a traditional and nutritious snack from Gujarat which is a wholesome dish. It can be served as breakfast, evening snack or even as a complete meal. Dudhi is bottle gourd and it is mixed with whole wheat flour, semolina, herbs and spices to make these Muthiyas. A soft dough is…
Sev ka Raita is an Indian condiment made with fresh creamy beaten curd along with gram flour vermicelli, herbs and spices. Raita is made with beaten curd with some kind of either raw or cooked vegetables, fruits or even tiny gram flour dumplings, called Boondi. When we talk of raita the most popular one is…