• 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 - SIDE DISHES

    Dhana Moong Wadi

    Mangodis are small nuggets made out of moong dhal. This is usually available at stores but making mangodis at home is also easy. As in Tamil Nadu we don’t get mangodis, I opted to try it at home. For the step wise processes, click on the link.  The mangodis absorb all…

  • 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…

  • RECIPES - SOUPS

    Dhal Sorba

    For the second day of Blogging Marathon #26 week 1, the ingredient I have to use in either soup or salad is lentil. I have never tried to make a lentil based soup so far. So when I browsed the web, I came up with many soup recipes using moong…

  • CHAT - DIWALI SNACKS - SAVORY - SNACKS

    Kastha Kachori

    Today is the final day of blogging Marathon#21 Week 2. Today’s post is kastha kachori which is moong dhal stuffed flaky pastry served at wedding in Punjab and Uttar Pradesh. The flakiness of the outer pastry shell is got by using either shortening/ vanaspathi or ghee. Oil will not make…