• COOKIES - DIWALI SNACKS - SAVORY

    Savory Shortbread Cookies / Iyengar Bakery Khara Biscuits

    For this month’s ICC Challenge Srivalli chose these savory biscuits from Champa’s Versatile Vegetarian Kitchen . These cookies were so nice. We had some and I packed the remaining to my hubby’s office. They were all gone in no time. Thank you Champa for the wonderful recipe. Ingredients:Maida/ Flour-2cupsButter-1/3cupSugar-4tspSalt-1tspRed Chilly Flakes-1tbsDill-1tbsYogurt…

  • DIWALI SNACKS - SNACKS

    Pudachi Wadi / Coriander Rolls

    Pudachi Wadi is a special Maharashtrian snack which uses fresh coriander leaves as filling. Srivalli selected Pudachi Wadi for this month’s ICC. The recipe is from Archana of Tried and Tasted Recipes. I have not changed any ingredient in the original recipe. It came out great. Especially the tamarind and…

  • 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…