Today is the fourth day of week long Blogging Marathon#11. Litti is the most famous dish of Bihar. It is stuffed with sattu (roasted gram flour) and spices. It is baked in oven. The crust is very crispy and the filling is delicious. It is usually served along with choka…
BAKES
Eggless Chinese Steamed Buns/ Vegetarian Cha Sui Bao
Sara of Belly Rumbles challenged the Daring Kitchen members to try out the famous Chinese Steamed Buns. I used a mixture of tofu and green peas for the filling and it came out beautiful. There are so many videos on Youtube on how to pleat and fold the buns. It is…
Grilled Corn
This is a very simple yet tasty preparation using sweet corn. I prepared one just for experiment purpose and as I liked it very much, I prepared another for my daughter and hubby. Even they liked it very much. So it has now become our family favorite. For children avoid…
Caramel Peanut Squares
For this month’s Sweet Punch, Ria asked us to bake a dish of our choice. I bookmarked this recipe from a cook book before long. I thought this was the perfect time to try out the recipe. Yesterday, I made these with the help of my daughter and it turned…
Eggless Bibingka -Filipino Rice Cake
For this month’s DB challenge Catherine Enfield of Munchie Musings introduced us to two Filipino desserts. Sans Rival which means without rival and a rice cake named Bibingka. As sans rival is completely based on eggs, I decided to do an eggless version of bibingka. Catherine’s recipe asked for glutinous…
Nei Kadalai (Baked)
For the final day of week long Blogging Marathon#10, I decided to convert a deep fried recipe to a baked one using very little oil to make it a guilt free snack. I have already posted the recipe for Nei kadalai. This recipe is the baked version of the original…
Sprouts Stuffed Braided Bread
I had a cup of cow pea sprouts and I wanted to use it up. When I thought of preparing a braided bread, using sprouts for the filling came to my mind. I just wanted to pair it up with another ingredient and it happened to be frozen green peas.…
Potato Sticks
Today is the second day of BM#10. I am posting under guilt free snacks. I saw the original recipe in a book which accompanied my oven. It had loads and loads of butter and maida. I adapted the recipe to prepare these tasty and crunchy sticks. I used olive oil…
Eggless Orange Snail Rolls
I prepared these cute rolls last week. But couldn’t find time in posting the recipe. I made it with brown sugar and olive oil to make it guilt free. Unexpectedly, I had visitors at home and I served them these rolls along with jam and butter for the evening to…
Palak Oat Bran Cutlets
For an evening I wanted to prepare a cutlet which was nutritious and tasty. I had a bunch of palak in my fridge. The idea for this combination suddenly crossed my mind. This was very easy to prepare and delicious. We enjoyed it with tomato ketchup. I am sending this…