• NORTH INDIAN DELICACIES - SAVORY - SNACKS

    Handvo

    Today for the alphabet H in the A-Z themed Blogging Marathon #32, I selected this authentic Gujarathi savoury cake. The recipe is from Aromatic Dining blog. When I first saw the recipe, I was so interested. So when I visited mom’s place I tried it once. I gathered all the…

  • GRAVY

    Dapka Kadhi

    For this month’s Indian Cooking Challenge, Srivalli selected this Gujarathi kadhi on Vaishali’s suggestion. Dapka kadhi is a curd based gravy with moong dhal dumplings, usually served along with rotlas, green chillies and garlic chutney. I am very alte in preparing for this challenge as I was away on a…

  • SAVORY - SNACKS

    Gujarathi Farsan – Khandvi

    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…

  • DIWALI SNACKS - SAVORY - SNACKS

    Jeera Methi Khakhra

    For Indian Cooking Challenge this month, Srivalli chose Khakhra- A Gujarathi Snack. The basic recipe was provided by Vaishali’s friend and we were given the choice of making a variation with herbs. There is methi khakhra and jeera khakhra. I decided to combine both. So it came to Jeera Methi…

  • DIWALI SWEETS - SWEETS

    Mohan Thaal

    Happy Father’s Day Tomorrow is Father’s Day. Sruti wanted to give her father a surprise treat and asked me to prepare a sweet for K. I recently bought a book on Gujarathi recipes by Tarla Dalal. When going through the book, the recipe for mohan thaal sounded interesting. So when…

  • DIWALI SNACKS - SAVORY - SNACKS

    Cholafali

    For this month’s ICC, Srivalli selected a savory Gujarati snack. The recipe is from Lataji of Flavours and Tastes blog. My daughter and Hubby liked it very much. I reduced the quantity of red chilly powder so that Sruti could relish it. Mine didn’t puff so much but it tasted great. May…

  • RECIPES

    Gujarathi Dhal for ICC

    For this month’s ICC Srivalli selected authentic Gujarathi dhal from the cook book Sukham Ayu. This dhal is very easy to prepare and went well with rice. The recipe called for drumstick. As we dont’ get drumstick now, I just substituted it with potato. It tastes just like the south…

  • RECIPES

    ICC for January- Khandvi

    Happy Pongal This is the first Indian Cooking Challenge I am participating. I like to thank Srivalli for this wonderful  oppurtunity. I have never prepare khandvi. This was a real challenge. I extremely enjoyed it. Khandvi is a snack from Gujarath. Srivalli provided us with two recipes. One from Lataji…