Mathri is a Rajasthani snack made out of flour and spices and is deep fried in oil. There are two varieties of mathris. One is the flat one which is crispy and the other is made thick which is flaky and crumbly. These are perfect tea time snacks. As mathris are mildly spiced, they are […]
If you are wondering what happened to me, please don’t worry. I am fine and for the past 16 days had a wonderful vacation. I went to Chennai, Pondicherry, Thiruvannamalai and Karaikudi. In every place I had a nice experience and I couldn’t take a look at my blog. I missed all the events and […]
After Madhya Pradesh, we move on to Maharashtra, situated in the western part of India. Maharashtra shares its boundaries with Gujarath, Dadra and Nagarhaveli, Madhya Pradesh, Chattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Goa. It also has the Arabian sea in the west. When I was in college, we went on a 15 days trip to North […]
For this month’s Indian Cooking Challenge, Srivalli got the recipe for Gujarathi snack Gathiya from Vaishali who got it from her friend. Gathiya is a savoury snack which is almost like the south Indian kara sev. The only difference is it is mildly spiced whereas kara sev is extremely spicy. I made this two days […]
I have made kachoris earlier and I have posted three kachori recipes in this blog. The outer dough remains the same but the filling differs. One I did with green peas, one with moong dhal and the other with sattu flour. For the Blogging Marathon today is the day for alphabet U and For the […]
Here is the other version of Kordois I posted yesterday. I made these for ICC this month. Srivalli chose the recipes for two versions of kordois from Sunita’s blog. Yesterday I posted the sweet version and today here I am with the savoury version. When I posted the sweet version in Facebook, I received some […]
For this month’s Indian Cooking Challenge, Srivalli on Priya’s suggestion selected this crispy Kerala specialty from Julie’s blog. As this is a savoury and crispy snack, I had no doubt that both hubby and Sruti would like it. Yesterday I made this for Sruti’s evening snack. For the past month she has been losing her […]
Mom used to make mixture during Deepavali. It is a combination of 4-5 individual snacks merged into one. The ingredients of mixture is as per our choice. The most commonly used are kaara boondhi, aval/ poha/ flattened rice, murukku, diamond biscuits, chevu, oma podi, cheeval (click on the names for the recipes) and so on. Mom […]
This is the second type of Kodbale I tried for Indian Cooking Challenge. This version is different from the first type which I posted earlier. While the previous kodubale uses kopra, this kodbale uses peanuts for flavour. The maida is also steam cooked instead of roasting. The shape is spiral instead of ring. While I […]
For this month’s Indian Cooking Challenge, Srivalli selected a nice crunchy savoury snack from Karnataka. Kodbale is a very famous snack in Karnataka and I have enjoyed it during my stay in Mysore. When I was in college, I once attempted to make Kodbale myself with out mom’s help at home following a recipe from […]