• 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…

  • DIWALI SWEETS - SWEETS

    Mawa Gujiya

    Gujiya is a north Indian sweet which has a crispy flaky pastry with a soft filling. The filling varies and the names of gujiya varies accordingly. This is somewhat similar to innippu somas we prepare in Tamil nadu. This gujiya has a soft mawa filling and the dry fruits added…

  • FLAT BREADS

    Gobi Paratha

    Today is the second day of Blogging Marathon#18. Thinking of stuffed dishes, Stuffed paratha crossed my mind. I have already posted paneer kulcha but I have never tried out gobi paratha. The cauliflower must be grated to make a nice filling for the paratha. I used my new hand mixer…

  • SAVORY - SNACKS

    Sweet Potato Bread Roll

    Today is the first week of Blogging marathon#18, and I am posting under the theme stuffed dishes. Bread rolls are normally stuffed and deep fried savoury snacks. But to make a guilt free version, I pan fried the rolls. For the stuffing I used the sweet potato roast. It was…

  • GRAVY

    Sprouts Stuffed Tinda Curry

    Tinda is called as Indian round gourd/ Indian baby pumpkin. I have seen so many recipes using tinda in the blogosphere but never used the veggie in my recipes. I usually see this vegetable in a super market near my house. But as I didn’t know how to cook it, I…