For Home Baker’s Challenge this month, Rafeeda of The Big Sweet Tooth, the host selected some beautiful Arabian bakes. One of the recipes she chose was the Spinach Fatayer/ Fateyer Sabanekh. Fateyar is a triangular pastry often filled with meat or cheese or spinach. When I was browsing through recipes,…
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…
Today as part of Indian Food Odyssey, we go on a virtual tour to Madhya Pradesh. It is a state in central India. It is nicknamed as the heart of India due to its geographical location. It is the second largest state in the country. It shares its boundaries with…
When I was in school, there were only 26 states in India. But now it is 28. Jharkand is one such state which came into existence during 2000 and it was carved out of Bihar. It is one of the western stateds of India. Jharkand shares it borders with Odisha,…
For today’s dish I take you to my favourite state of India, Gujarath. From childhood, whenever I saw the map of India, I like the state of Gujarath as it looks really cute. At that age, I din’t know anything about the state but when I went to college, there…
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.…
Lasagna is a Pasta dish made in layers with meat sauce and cheese. I made a vegetarian version using mushroom and spinach. One of my readers wanted me to post Lasagna recipe. I have seen so many recipes but never attempted it at home. SO when I saw the Lasagna…
Golubsty is a classic Russian dish made of cabbage leaves stuffed with rice and beef. I made a vegetarian version of Golubsty with mushroom and rice. I made this for this month’s Daring Cook’s challenge. This month’s host Olga gave us three versions of cabbage rolls for this month’s challenge,…
My daughter loves roasted cashews. But what we get at bakeries is full of chilly powder and it is very hot. So to make a plain salted version of those roasted cashewnuts, I tried this at home. Instead of deep frying the nuts, I opted for a more healthier method – I…
Diwali is round the corner and you might be thinking of making various sweets and savouries for celebrating the festival of lights. I remember when I was young, my mom started planning before a month and started with the preparations. And every day, we used to have fun. Gone are…