The best part of being a food blogger is to be in active food groups. The group which has influenced me the most is the Blogging Marathon group started by Srivalli. When I first started taking part in Blogging Marathon, it was just like in any group. We had to…
For June International Challenge, Sangeetha , the host chose to try out Northern Thai cuisine. Among so many recipes she shared this one was quite easier to make with very lesser ingredients. Bananas are called as kluai in Thai. This is a quite flavourful dessert. The combination of bananas, palm…
For this month’s Daring Baker’s Challenge, host of the month Shelley of C Mom Cook, selected Cinnamon rolls and provided us four variations of the recipe. One of the recipes was from The BreadBaker’s Apprentice by Peter Reinhart. I have purchased the book online before a year and I just love…
This month’s Walk Through Memory Lane is being hosted by Rafeeda of The Big Sweet Tooth. This event is close to my heart as this is about mom’s cooking. Whatever childhood favourite food you have, try recreating it now, post it in your blog and link it to the event.…
After making uppu seedai successfully, I had a batch of the seedai flour left to make the sweeter version. For Indian Cooking Challenge this month, when Srivalli asked for a recipe suggestion and I suggested this uppu seedai and vella seedai. I usually think that seedai is a bomb which…
Today we come to the final state in our Indian Food Odyssey. West Bengal is an eastern state of India and it shares its boundaries with Bhutan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Odisha, Jharkand, Sikkim, Bihar and Assam. Bengali cuisine is a style which originated from Bengal, which is now divided into Bangladesh…
Uttarakand, formerly known as Uttaranchal, was carved out of Uttar Pradesh in 2000. It is a state of Northern India and is is often referred to as the Land of Gods because of the numerous Hindu temples found throughout the state. It shares its boundaries with Tibet, Nepal, Uttar pradesh…
We have finally reached the last of the Seven Sister States of North Eastern India. This state is bordered by Bangladesh, Assam and Mizoram. Tripura cuisine is dominantly non vegetarian. They use berma which is dried and fermented fish along with meat and vegetables. The recipe hunt for this region…
Today we come to my home state Tamil Nadu. It lies in the southernmost part of India and shares its boundaries with Pondicherry, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Kerala. It also has Indian ocean to the south and Bay of Bengal to the east. Tamil Nadu cuisine is not as spicy…
Today we travel to yet another state which comes under the seven sister states of India. Mizoram shares its boundaries with Tripura, Assam , Manipur, Bangladesh and Burma. The cuisine of the seven sister states are so much identical. Various types of pithas are famous everywhere. Mizo love to add…