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…
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…
For this month’s Sweet Punch, Ria asked us to bake a dish of our choice. I bookmarked this recipe from a cook book before long. I thought this was the perfect time to try out the recipe. Yesterday, I made these with the help of my daughter and it turned…
I had a cup of mullu murungai leaves and didin’t know what to do with it to please my daughter. This is a medicinal plant and I wanted to include it in Sruti’s diet. She loves pooris and so I prepared these colourful pooris and she was so happy to…
I prepared these cute rolls last week. But couldn’t find time in posting the recipe. I made it with brown sugar and olive oil to make it guilt free. Unexpectedly, I had visitors at home and I served them these rolls along with jam and butter for the evening to…
For this month, Jenni of The Gingered Whisk challenged the daring bakers to prepare Povitica. This is a sweet bread with a walnut filling. Pronounced as po-va-teet-sa, this is a dessert bread of Eastern Europe, served during the holiday season. It is also known as Nutroll, Potica, Kalachi and Strudia.…
I saw this recipe in Fox History featuring Mauritian Cuisine. I decided to do it as soon as possible. The crust was so crisp and the banana filling was so nice. My daughter loved it. Every time when I prepare a new dish, I am always worried whether my daughter…
Today is the last day Blogging Marathon#9. This recipe for this sweet is in my most favourite recipe book. Whenever I go through the recipe, I have always wanted to try it. But because of my laziness I have postponed it so far. When I set to prepare it, then…