BM # 27 Day 16 Seasonal : Winter Day 16 and we enter a new week, with a new theme..and this week its everything to do with seasons..Food and veggies relished in a particular season, due to it’s properties and availability.Though we do get just about everything through out the year, yet who likes…
Zarda……Kashmiri Sweet Rice for Indian Cooking Challenge
With a month long Marathon, I knew all were busy, but yet I was waiting for our monthly Indian Cooking Challenge. Valli thought of skipping, but I was keen, this is the time to cook some traditional food!…Well we decided on a simple, quick dish from Kashmir .Zarda! Incidentally This happens to be my weekend…
Gujarati Kathiawari Winter Meal
BM # 27 Day 15 Traditional: Winter meal in Kaathiwari house The Saurashtra or Kathiawar region comprises the south western parts of Gujarat.There is a slight difference in the modes of preparations and eating habits in the main three geographical regions of Kutch, Saurashtra and Surat .Kaathiawari and Kutch food both use red chill…
Aaloor Dum with Luchi …Bengali Cuisine
BM # 27 Day 14 Traditional : Bengali I have never cooked Bengali Cuisine, though I have a Bengali friend and have eaten at her place a couple of times. I have enjoyed this cuisine, the only hitch is the addition of little sweetness in it. I surfed hard and finally worked from a…
Kutchi Bhatia Kadi
BM # 27 Day 13 Traditional : Kutchi Bhatia When I say Kutchi, the first thing. That normally comes to the mind is the Kutchi Dabeli….right? Kutchi is a cast originating from the Sindh province and Rajasthan. The Kutchi ‘s living in Kutch are the Kutchi Bhatia’s. Their cuisine is a mix of Sindhi and…
Tomato Kurma.. with Idli / Dosa
BM # 27 Day 12 Traditional Recipes: Andhra There was a time I would cook lot of South Indian food, but of course I was absolutely restricted to the famous Idli, wada and Dosa.I cant remember making any kurmas, or rice variety . I have learnt so much about this cuisine, but yet when it comes…
Maharashtrian Thaali
BM #27 Day 11 Traditional Recipes : Maharashtra After working on thalis for BM my family kind of got addicted to these and would want me to try different ones. My daughter was coming from Japan , so this was a good occasion to make a thali, I tried a Maharashtrian Thali , which…
Ghughni with Dhuska Bihari Cuisine
BM # 27 Day 10 Traditional Recipes: Bihar Bihari Cuisine is similar to North Indian cuisine, but has a influence of Eastern cuisine Musturd oil is used for cooking most dishes. They use Paanch Poran masala, which is a combination of five spices . The spices being Cumin seed, mustard seed, ani seed, fenugreek seed and…
Thai Green Curry with Rice
Weekend Cooking We cook throughout the week, but weekends are special, when we are more relaxed and perhaps want to try new cuisines or dishes.For us weekend is only Sunday .we work on Saturdays too. Sunday, is one day when the family is together, so naturally, one wants the best. With a family like ours, the breakfast is normally…
Dal Pakwan | Sindhi Breakfast
Dal Pakwan | Sindhi Breakfast is a scrumptious breakfast. Sindhi Families serve it for special occasions like weddings, Diwali or when you have some guest coming over. Many families feast on it on Sunday’s too. Dal Pakwan is a combination of fried crispbread and boiled yellow lentils. We temper the lentils with cumin seeds and…