For the final day of first week Blogging Marathon 31, under the theme mini servings, I made these mini ragi uthappam topped with carrot and beetroot for our breakfast today. After visiting Uzhavar Unavagam in Madurai started a few years back by the then Collector Sahayam, I have started making…
Today is the second day of Blogging Mararthon and I wanted to combine two challenges today. South Vs North Challenge host Shruti challenged the team members with Kesar Pista Kulfi and for the Blogging Marathon’s mini servings theme, I made the kulfi in small cups to make 1/4th of the…
Today I am starting the first week in the Blogging Marathon sequence for the month of August. For the first week I am doing posts under mini servings theme. I made a simple snack for today with bread slices and processed cheese slices. It was very easy to put together…
Last month I made New York style pizza and for that I made this sauce. The New York Style pizza sauce is slightly different from the pizza sauce I usually make. And it is very easy to make. It is thicker and has onions in it. Though this tastes good, I…
As Shruti is becoming allergic to store bought snacks, I have to try hard to please her with home made snacks. She needs varieties. If I give her the same snack continuously for three days, she gets bored and asks for something else. When I prepared mango ice cream, she…
For this month’s Baking Eggless Group Challenge, according to the wishes of the members, I selected a savoury recipe. I selected a recipe for meat pies from Saveur. These meat pies have a flaky crust made with flour and shortening and has a meat filling. Our challenge is to substitute…
For this month’s South Vs North Challenge – SNC, the host Manjula of Desi Fiesta challenged the southern group with a tough platter – The Rajasthani Thali. Though I have done Dal Baati Churma at one go, when I read about the Thali for our challenge at Desi Fiesta, I was…
Goond is an edible gum extracted from bark of a tree. They provide heat to the body and so it is consumed during winters. They are available in the form of crystals and you need to deep fry them in ghee before adding to the ladoo mixture. Wheat flour and…
This was the most delicious of all the dishes I prepared for the thali. Panchmel sabzi is a combination of five vegetables cooked together with spices to create a fabulous sabzi. The five vegetables can be of your choice. I used capsicum, cluster beans, potatoes, cucumber and beans. This also…
Bajra is a nutritious and gluten free millet. These rotis go very well with curries. As this flour is gluten free, you need to use hot water to make the dough. Otherwise you will not be able to roll out rotis. Once hot water is added the dough becomes a…