Kothimbir Vadi

Blogging Marathon # 49 , Week 4 Day : 1

Theme : Bookmarked Recipes

Course : Starters n Snacks

For this week's theme am making Kothimbir Vadi is very popular Maharashtra snack and fritter recipe. It is prepared in various forms and ways. I like the steamed version as it is more healthier than the traditional preparation which is deep fried. Both taste equally good. As this week theme was bookmarked recipes I have a huge list of recipes which I want to try but somehow not able to make. Blogging Marathon is such a platform which gives opportunities to explore and try thing or do things which we always think off. My recipe is sourced from Tarla Dalal ji's recipe which is doabetic friendly and also for those who are calorie conscious.

Grisinni - Itlalian Soft Bread Sticks

Blogging Marathon # 49 , Week 3 Day : 1

Theme : Accompaniments in Restaurant 

Course : Accompaniments

This week theme is based on the accompaniments served in restaurant. Accompaniments are those dishes that are basically on the house served as complimentary to the dinner or particular dish ir even as welcome dish in restaurants which are not charged.

Strawberry Rice Pudding - Strawberry Kheer

Blogging Marathon # 49 , Week 2 Day : 3

Theme : Desserts in different form

Course : Dessert

Today is the last day for the Dessert theme and am making Strawberry Rice pudding. I love this pudding as it is healthy, good for diabetics and strawberries helps to keep bloodsugar level low and also can satisfy their craving.

Churros Con Chocolate

Blogging Marathon # 49 , Week 2 Day : 2

Theme : Desserts in different form

Course : Dessert

Churros is fried dough pastry or you can call them as Spanish doughnut. I came across this recipe while watching Serious Eats on Fox traveller show. My husband used to always say that I should try this particular sweet as it is not as sweet as other desserts are and I would love making them.

Kesar Badam Kulfi / Qulfi

Blogging Marathon # 49 , Week 2 Day : 1

Theme : Desserts in different form

Course : Dessert

Kulfi / Qulfi is popular frozen dessert of India. It is also referred as "Traditional Indian Ice cream" very popular in India, Pakistan, Burma, Bangladesh, Nepal and Middle east. Now adays you get kulfi in United States, Europe and Australia in Indian Restaurants.

Rajma Parantha

Blogging Marathon # 49 , Week 1 Day : 3

Theme : Indian Bread Basket

Course : Breakfast , Brunch

Today is Rajma day in my house. So thought why not start the day with nutritious and fulfilling breakfast with Rajma. This recipe is made with simple ingredients yet a star in itself. Again this is one of the recipes I learnt from Sindhi family friend. I like ti so much that try to make it now and then. As it is very nutritious and also very good for diabetic people as it is made from complex carbohydrate and helps to maintain the sugar level. It does not spike sugar level as normal roti does.

It is great for kids who are fuzzy about food and can be given as lunch they would love this if you give them with some cheese sauce.

Koki - Loli Sindhi Onion Parantha

Blogging Marathon # 49 , Week 1 Day : 2

Theme : Indian Bread Basket

Course : Breakfast , Brunch

Koki or Loli is made from wheat flour, onion and coriander. It is filling breakfast item which every sindhis love a lot. I learnt it from Astrani Aunty who was known for her cooking. She makes this every Loli every sunday with moong dal. It is simple yet yummy parantha which goes well with Dals, Curries, Pickles, Curd, Butter or even just without anything. It is good as travel food or as picnic food as it stays fresh for 2 days if made bit crispy without any refrigeration. 

Dangela - Savory Pancake

Blogging Marathon # 49 , Week 1 Day : 1

Theme : Indian Bread Basket
Course : Breakfast , Brunch / Light Dinner

Dangela is quicker version of Handvo. Dangela is made from Handvo flour or batter. Handvo flour or batter is made from rice, lentils such as toor dal, channa dal, udad dal and coarse wheat flour. The proportion of Handvo varies from house to house my mom always used to make it with kesari rava, this gave a crunch to the recipe.

Eggless Chocolate Cake

Blogging Marathon # 38 , Week 4 Day : 3

Theme : Kids Delight - Chocolate
Course : Desserts

Eggless Chocolate Cake in just 5 minutes time sounds awesome and mouthwatering too. Today we are going to make a quick Chocolate Cake in microwave which is quick and sinfully chocolaty. I wanted to bake this cake since i ever first had in 2011 at my friends place. While browsing for choco chip recipes I came across this recipe and it sounded very similar.

Chocolate Phirni

Blogging Marathon # 38 , Week 4 Day : 2

Theme : Kids Delight - Chocolate
Course : Desserts

Chocolate Phirni is very delicious twist to pour popular Phirni which is a popular North Indian and Middle Eastern milk pudding made with rice. This delicious dessert is traditionally served in  clay bowls and can be eaten hot or cold.

EgglessChocolate Nankhattai

Blogging Marathon # 38 , Week 4 Day : 1

Theme : Chocolate
Course : Breakfast / Snacks

Eggless Chocolate Nankhattai are rich, buttery, highly indulging and sinfully chocolatty nankhattai aka Cookies with delicate flavour of rich cocoa and chocolate chips.

Beetroot Shorba

Blogging Marathon # 38 , Week 3 Day : 2

Theme : Soups and Salads
Course : Starters & Appetizers 

My last dish for the Theme Soups and Salads is very hearty and healthy soup Beetroot Shorba aka Soup. This soup so yummy that even those who don't like the taste of beetroot shall enjoy and would ask for more, it is good way to feed your kids as they would relish this vibrant deep pink coloured soup without knowing that it is made from Beetroot.

Vietnamese Green Mango Salad - Goi Xoai Xanh

Blogging Marathon # 38 , Week 3 Day : 1

Theme : Soups and Salads
Course : Starters

I watch a lot of travel and food shows, one such programme was about Luke Nguyen Star chef of Sydney who is pro in Vietnamese cuisine and his journey to Mekong river - Vietnam showed many classic recipes from the local area and one such was Raw Mango Salad. 

Greens mangoes are in season, also everyone loves mangoes and in my family i was the real lover of raw mango. My mom used to make keri no sambharo aka raw 

mango salad with onions and syrup from Sweet Mango pickle. It was like a custom to make the salad till raw mangoes were available. 

How to Perfect Hot Chocolate

Blogging Marathon # 38 , Week 2 Day : 3

Theme : How to Cook the perfect Series : How to Make Perfect Hot Chocolate
Course : Drinks & Beverages

Hot Chocolate also known as hot cocoa it is heated beverage. It was first invented in Mexico and later became popular in Europe and now it is the most favorite hot beverage after Tea and Coffee. There are many version available, is typically made from shavings of Chocolate, Milk, cream, melted chocolate, the other version which is popular is made from Cocoa powder which is known as drinking chocolate.

Cucumber Sandwiches

Blogging Marathon # 38 Week 2 Day : 2

Theme : How to Cook the perfect Series : How to Make Perfect Cucumber Sandwiches

Course : Appetizer 

Cucumber sandwiches are the traditional dainty sandwiches of English Tea party and also my favorite ones too. I first had at my Taayi's place aka Mota mummy's place, my elder cousin sister used to make these for us. I was first hesitant to post this recipe under the Theme How to Cook Perfect for our Blogging Marathon # 38, later thought why not it is a perfect welcome post for the Coming Summer season as it involves no cooking and also refreshing as cucumbers and mint both are considered refreshing food in summers.

Peas Soup - How to Cook Perfect Series

Blogging Marathon # 38 Week 2 Day : 1

Theme : How to Cook the perfect Series : How to cook Perfect Peas Soup

Course : Appetizer 

Peas soup has been eaten since antiquity, this soup is known as English Peas soup, in France it is know as Potage Saint - Germain, a name that comes from suburb of Paris where peas used to be cultivated.

Peas soup is healthy and easy to cook, mouth watering. There are so many variations of Peas soup, but the classic one is combination of Peas, shallot and bacon. I was planning to post this recipe since I strated blogging but some how could not post. First time I watched this recipe on Asian Variety show broadcast on and Sony when I was Nigeria, Peas and Mint Soup sounded so scrumptious that I cooked so many times, but could not post.

After two months break from Srivalli's Blogging Marathon, this is my first event that am participating and very thrilled to read Peas soup as a part of - How to Cook Perfect series that runs in Guardian newspaper, where Felicity Cloake cooks a selection of tried and trusted popular recipes in search of perfect recipes. 

Milk - Cake

Blogging Marathon # 38 Week 1 Day : 3

Theme : One dish, Different Country - Cakes from Around the World - Milk Cake

Course : Dessert

Milk cake is a rich cake made from Milk. Is mouth watering sweet specially made during Festival seasons, the Milk cake is most commonly confused with Kalakand, but Kalakand has a tone of golden brown colour to white just like Mysore pak has and milk cake are usually white or light cream in colour. This cake is very rich and healthy as it made from whole milk. This recipe is very easy to make as you need only very few ingredients and the end result is yummy and delicious sweet. The recipe is time consuming but as they say "Sabra ka phal Methi hota hai" so is the sweet.

Eggless Italian Chocolate and Hazelnut Cake - Torta Gianduia

Blogging Marathon # 38 Week 1 Day : 2

Theme : One dish, Different Country - Cakes from Around the World - Torta Gianduia

Course : Dessert


When this months Blogging Marathon Challenge I chose One dish different countries as my theme for this week. There are so many dishes around the world which are resemble and am going to post on the most famous cake dessert which are specially prepared during festivals such as Swiss cake for Christmas, Torta Gianduia made specially during Carnival festival.

Gianduia is a sweet chocolate containing hazelnut, invented in Turin by Caffarel in 1852. It takes its name from marionette character which represents Piedmont, the Italian region where Gianduia chocolate was invented. Traditionally Gianduia cake preparation is very elaborate and the traditional recipe uses no flour at all, but only bitter chocolate, sugar, butter, water, and heavy cream.  This version is eggless, and so does include flour.  It tastes just as good, though!

Eggless Strawberry Swiss Roll Cake - Biskuitroulade

Blogging Marathon # 38 Week 1 Day : 1

Theme : One dish, Different Country - Cakes from Around the World - British Rolled cake

Course : Dessert

While there have been many arguments as to the origin of the Swiss roll, it probably originated in Central Europe rather than in Switzerland.  The term Swiss roll to described a filled roll cake probably originated in Britain in the late 1880's, and is now popular usage all over the world.  The classic Swiss roll is a roll cake with a whipped cream filling, though jelly fillings and chocolate fillings are also very popular.

Rose Sandesh

Blogging Marathon # 35 Week 4 Day 3

Theme : Special Theme : Bookmarked Recipes - online or otherwise

Course : Dessert

Sandesh (Bengali: সন্দেশ Shôndesh; Hindi: संदेश) is an Bengali dessert created with milk and sugar.^[1] Some recipes of Sandesh call for the use of chhena (cheese) or paneer instead of milk.^[2] Some people in the region of Dhaka call it Pranahara (literally, heart 'stealer') which is a softer kind of sandesh, made with mawa and the essence of curd.^[3]