Happy Independence Day to all my readers For this month’s Indian Cooking Challenge, Srivalli chose Ulundangali ( Urad dhal halwa which uses sesame oil. She gave us two recipes to try. I opted this recipe which uses equal quantities of rice and urad dhal. This kali is given to girls…
For this month’s Indian Cooking Challenge, Srivalli chose a sweet from West Bengal. This is one of the pithe recipes prepared for Poush Sankranti. A crepe is made with maida and rice flour and is filled with coconut and mawa filling. The sweetener used is palm sugar but if unavailable,…
For last month’s ICC, Srivalli chose stuffed kulchas. But due to some reasons, the ICC was cancelled last month. So we had to do it for this month’s challenge. Kulchas are Punjabi flat bread usually made with all purpose flour/ maida and leavened with baking powder and baking soda. I…
Sarva Pindi also known as sarvappa, ginnappa is a savory snacks from the region of Telengana of Andhra Pradesh. Srivalli selected this recipe to try out for the Indian Cooking Challenge last month. She got the recipe from Usha. Though I couldn’t make it on the reveal date, I tried…
For this month’s ICC-Indian Cooking Challenge, Srivalli chose Vennai Puttu, an authentic recipe shared by Priya Suresh. Apart from the link Srivalli gave, there were no posts on this sweet. Srivalli suggested Nirmala’s post for reference. Once I saw that, I got a general idea about the puttu. I have…
Pathir Peni also known as Chirotti or Peni is a crispy sweet made of rava or maida. I have posted a recipe- Chirotti using maida and sugar syrup. When Srivalli announced the ICC for this month, I wanted to try out the rava version. Harini shared the recipe with Srivalli…
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…
My sister-in-law is a Sindhi and she once mentioned about Majun. I searched for the recipe online but couldn’t get it. Even she didn’t know the recipe. When Srivalli announced Majun for this month’s ICC, I was so happy. Vaishali had given the complete recipe. At last my search is…
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…
For this month’s ICC Srivalli chose Jalebi. It is an interesting recipe. The preparation is quite complicated and it tastes great. I saw many videos and recipes before trying it out. The consistency of the batter is very important in getting crispy Jalebis. For Jalebi the batter should be little…