Weather is so gloomy for the past two weeks and it is really tiring even thinking about cooking. Still I do regular cooking which is very simple and mostly oil free. I have been told by my doctor to stay away from oil, sugar, tomatoes, tamarind and salt. So mostly…
Last month, I took part in the mega blogging marathon. While going through the recipes posted by friends, this recipe by Suma was so captivating. I bookmarked it and tried it the next day. This cookie is so much like out pakora in baked version and the flavours added are…
Odisha formerly known as Orissa is situated at India’s east coast. It sahres its boundaries with West Bengal, Jharkand, Chattisgarh and Andhra with Bay of Bengal on the east. My father and mother lived in Odisha for nearly 5 years at their earlier stage of marriage. I was not born…
Today we are going to Haryana after Gujarath for the month long Indian Food Odyssey. Haryana is one of the Norh indian states which came into existence during 1966 after being carved out of Punjab. It shares its boundaries with Punjab, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh and Rajasthan. As the state was…
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.…
Today after so much thought, I am starting Blogging Marathon #32, which is going to run the full month. I think I will never get out of losing my mom if I do not divert myself to some other thoughts. So finally I decided to do this month long marathon.…
Today is the second day of Blogging Marathon #30 and I am cooking under curds theme. I love any kind of kadhi and I have posted two types of kadhis so far. When I was searching the web for a different type of kadhi, I saw this recipe at Aroma…
Mom used to make mixture during Deepavali. It is a combination of 4-5 individual snacks merged into one. The ingredients of mixture is as per our choice. The most commonly used are kaara boondhi, aval/ poha/ flattened rice, murukku, diamond biscuits, chevu, oma podi, cheeval (click on the names for the…
For the fourth day of party specials I decided to prepare Gujrathi Khandvi. I have already made it once and I made it again for the South Vs North Challenge, brain child of Divya Pramil of You Too Can Cook. There are two groups- The Southern and the Northern. Every…