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…
Thekua / Khajur
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…
Eggless Chinese Steamed Buns/ Vegetarian Cha Sui Bao
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…
Kathrikkai Getti Kulambu-Chettinad Style Eggplant Gravy
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…
Tofu Masala
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…
Grilled Corn
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…
Kaarthigai Pori and Awards
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…
Caramel Peanut Squares
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…
Palak Dhokla
I am now experimenting with greens. My hubby yesterday told my daughter that her mommy is cooking everything green! Even my daughter loves the green coloured dishes. I used Palak to make this delicious dhokla. While I was going through a hand written recipe book which I used during college…
Therakkal – Chettinad Eggplant Gravy
This is another chettinad dish using eggplant. The original recipe includes a potato which I skipped because I didn’t have it in my pantry at that time. This goes well with rice. I prepared it for the lunch and we liked it so much. But in the recipe the chef…