Today I am taking you to the state of Bihar. It shares its boundaries with Uttar Pradesh, Nepal, West Bengal and Jharkand. Bihari food is mostly vegetarian so it was easy for me to find authentic dishes from Bihar which suited our meals. Some of the famous dishes from Bihar…
For this month’s Walk Through Memory Lane, the host, due to some unexpected reasons couldn’t guest host it. So I had to jump in. And so this month, WTML will be hosted here at Gayathri’s Cook Spot and I request all my friends and readers to support the event by…
For this month’s South Vs North Challenge, started by Divya, Nupur of Northern team challenged the Southern team with a delicious and rich gravy. Malayi Kofta curry is a rich creamy gravy served along with soft paneer koftas. This is a restaurant style gravy which goes very well with tandoori…
For this month’s Indian Cooking Challenge, Srivalli chose a Bengali delicacy from Sandeepa’s Bong Mom Blog. I have made dhokar dalna previously for another monthly challenge. So I was in two minds to prepare it again. But still I went through Sandeepas’s recipe. She has also listed some of the…
We all love tamarind based gravies and when I saw this at nandoo’s kitchen, I was tempted to try it right away. This is a recipe from Kerala. This is similar to the puli kulambu in Tamilnadu. And there are so many varieties in it such as ulli theeyal, vendakka…
The very first time I heard of this curry was while watching Peter Kuruvita’s Srilanka which airs on Fox Traveller. I usually watch all the cookery shows and in one episode, I saw this recipe. Seeing that the name starts with W, I at once noted it down for the…
For the 17th day of Blogging Marathon #32, the alphabet we needed to use is Q. Searching a recipe starting with Q was very difficult. I saw a recipe for Queen Elizabeth Cake, but as I had to do a lot of baking in the previous months, I skipped it.…
Happy Onam Wishes To All My Readers When searching for a regional recipe for the alphabet M as part of the Blogging Marathon #32, I saw this recipe at Kothiyavunu. Mathanga means yellow pumpkin and van payar is the cow peas also known as karamani in Tamil. Erissery is…
Thiruvadirai is a Hindu festival celebrated in Tamil Nadu and is a festival of Lord Shiva. Read this article to know more about thiruvadhirai. We don’t celebrate thiruvadirai at mom’s home as well as in law’s home. But when I came to Madurai, my neighbour would celebrate this festival and…
Mangodis are small nuggets made out of moong dhal. This is usually available at stores but making mangodis at home is also easy. As in Tamil Nadu we don’t get mangodis, I opted to try it at home. For the step wise processes, click on the link. The mangodis absorb all…