Bhagara annam is a simple yet flavourful pulao from Telengana. This is made plain and served with spicy bagara baingan or bagara mamsam. When I read about the recipe, I felt that it was so much similar to kuska which we get in Tamil Nadu (though I posted a different…
When Valli announced the theme for this marathon one year back ( yes, we got the theme when doing last year’s mega BM) I was skeptical whether I could pull off 26 rice varieties as I and hubby were both off rice for more than a year, but I still…
Today, I am writing one recipe that is close to my heart. Amma lived in Pondicherry/ Puducherry as we call it today, for nearly 10 years and she learned a lot of dishes there. She was so good in making biryani/ pulao and there are so many fans of her…
After so many one pot meal pulao recipes, here I am with an elaborate biryani from the state of Kerala. Thalassery is a town of northern Kerala and its cuisine is really famous. The cuisine is a combination of Arabian, Persian, Indian and European styles of cooking. This biryani is…
Today, we will visit the state of Karnataka. As with every state, Karnataka also has it regional cuisines and so it is such a huge list of recipes to research. When I read about this Mangalore Veg biryani, I was hooked. When we make biryani, we don’t add coconut in…
Welcome to the second week of the month long mega blogging marathon on biryani and pulao. I am trying to feature a biryani or pulao from various states in India during this month and today I come with a Goan rice. This was supposed to be posted on last Saturday,…
This month is going to be pretty exciting. As I mentioned in my previous post, we are beginning the month long Mega Marathon today. The theme is Kichdi, Biryani and Pulao festival. Who doesn’t love rice? That too pulao and biryani are always made on festivals, celebrations or for guests.…
For the third day of steamed dishes, I have a wonderful snack for all those follow low carb diet. Last month, when I was reading Rafeeda’s post on Paneer Dahi Bhalla, I was tempted to try it immediately. Only some recipes inspire me so much and the next day I…
For the second day of veggies sneaked in for kids, I have one more vada recipe. Today’s vada is made with aval / poha / flattened rice. And the veggie I sneaked in for my daughter and her friend is radish. My daughter loves radish in sambar, but she doesn’t…
For the final week of November, I chose to do Kid’s Delight. The theme this month is Veggies sneaked in dishes for kids. This was one theme which I couldn’t finalise on the dishes until the nth day. Yesterday I went and got three vegetables, but didn’t know what to…