gram flour

Curry / Side-dish

Dahi Kadhi

Curd is cooked with gram-flour & few spices which pairs well with hot steam rice. This is a popular combination in North-India where the gravy is little thicker. From state to state the spices differ in making a bowl of kadhi. Unlike punjabi kadhi, no gram flour fritters are added to Rajasthani version of kadhi. I make it whenever i find sour-curd lying in my fridge. Many use dry-mango pieces to bring that sourness into fresh curd. They add dry-mango piece in the plain curd along with other spice powders and keep it aside for 15 to 20 minute. Discard…

Snacks

Crunchy Peanut

Its pouring heavily here since morning , that making me super lazy .All i want to sip chai with some crunchy peanut. Fried snacks are always enjoyed at their best on a rainy day ,isn’t it ! In my family we devour fried snacks with a happy heart always. I managed to go to nearby fish market in the morning when rain stopped for a while ,bought some mackerel & rohu ,prepared mackerel recheado fry for lunch too. Oh yes.. i plucked these beautiful flowers on my way back to home. Exotic acacia trees are always eye-catching when blossoms. I…

Bread / Rice, BreakFast

Pumpkin Thepla

Gujaratis are known for their love to travel & exceptional quest for food. Have you ever tasted a Gujarati meal ,that will offer you a blend of both sweet and spicy flavor with plethora of vegetarian dishes. Owing to it’s climatic variation use of yogurt, buttermilk, coconut, groundnut, gram-flour, sugar are staples in a typical Gujarati food preparation.They have simple food philosophy which is dominantly vegetarian . Today i will be sharing a Gujarati breakfast “Thepla” which are lightly spiced Indian flat bread with a long shelf-life.That’s the reason you can always find it in a traveler’s mandatory list ….

Curry / Side-dish, Snacks

Jack-Fruit Shami Kebab

Jack-fruit , every one in my family fond of this.They like both the green and the ripe unlike me. To me the raw version is vegetarian Mutton where as i can’t even resist to the smell once it starts ripening. Why not we try to make jack-fruit kebabs ,that’s what i told my Mom yesterday.And I took the challenge ,believe me result was super delicious. Kebab originating in Turkey got a dignified space in the cuisines of Middle East.

Snacks, Street Food

Crunchy-Cabbage-Fritters

Winter ,i love this season so much.It always gives me the warmest comfort feeling bundling up in my woolen wears. I remember my old winter days at Munich .Once the temperature was around -4 Degree ..As me and my friends reached BMW museum it started snowing ,my first such experience.The tiny white snow flakes tickled my face when i looked up to the sky ..soft and slow .. “Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire: it is the time for home.” ~Edith…

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