Today is the fourth day of week long Blogging Marathon#11. Litti is the most famous dish of Bihar. It is stuffed with sattu (roasted gram flour) and spices. It is baked in oven. The crust is very crispy and the filling is delicious. It is usually served along with choka…
For the third day of Blogging Marathon#11, I tried the famous Bihari sweet-Tilkut Ladoo. These are prepared for Makar Sankranti. Tilkut is actually till gud which translates into sesame seeds and jaggery. It is very easy to prepare. After shaping the ladoos let it air dry for 4-5hours before storing…
Today for the second day of Blogging Marathon#11, I prepared Daal Poori, a special dish from Bihar. While I was searching for bihari recipes, I came across this recipe at Ocieanic Hope Blog of Asha. The recipe was interesting. So I chose to prepare it today. I tasted a little…
Today another edition of Blogging Marathon by Srivalli is beginning. I am doing it under the theme Bihari Specials. When I searched for the recipes I became interested because of the variety of dishes. So for a week you will be seeing only Bihari dishes at my space. I…
For this month’s ICC Srivalli chose a snack from Bihar. Known as thekua or khajur, it is a deep fried biscuit made from all purpose flour. Usually a mould known as saancha is used to make some designs on the biscuits. As I don’t have a mould, I used my…
Sara of Belly Rumbles challenged the Daring Kitchen members to try out the famous Chinese Steamed Buns. I used a mixture of tofu and green peas for the filling and it came out beautiful. There are so many videos on Youtube on how to pleat and fold the buns. It is…
This is a chettinad gravy with tamarind as the base and eggplant as the main ingredient. It was absolutely delicious and we enjoyed it with appalam for our lunch. Eggplants or brinjals must be tiny to make this gravy delicious. So whenever you come across the tiny brinjals, do not…
This recipe has been lying in my drafts for long. I prepared this to go along with sprouted wheat rotis and it was a delicious and healthy combo. Tofu is a great source of protien and it has a low calorie content. After googling, I found out that 100gm of…
This is a very simple yet tasty preparation using sweet corn. I prepared one just for experiment purpose and as I liked it very much, I prepared another for my daughter and hubby. Even they liked it very much. So it has now become our family favorite. For children avoid…
Yesterday I got a mail from the editor of Blog@Home that they are giving Creative Chef Award to my blog. Another great news is that my Palak Dhokla has been selected as the editor’s choice for 6th December at Blogjunta. Both mails came to me when I was preparing for Kaarthigai…