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 […]
Posts in category DIWALI SNACKS
Chivda/ Chiwda ...
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 […]
Gujarathi Gathiy...
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 […]
Kordois- Savoury ...
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 […]
Kuzhalappam
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 […]
Aval Mixture
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 […]
Kodbale
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 […]
Kodubale
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 […]
Jeera Methi Khakh...
For Indian Cooking Challenge this month, Srivalli chose Khakhra- A Gujarathi Snack. The basic recipe was provided by Vaishali’s friend and we were given the choice of making a variation with herbs. There is methi khakhra and jeera khakhra. I decided to combine both. So it came to Jeera Methi Khakhra. The cooking process takes […]