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.

Pesto

Pesto is a basil sauce that originated in the city of Genova in theLiguria region of northwest Italy.Italian purist insist that pesto can only be made using locally- grown Genoese basil, a small leafed variety with a delicate taste.The name is the contracted past participle of the Genoese word pestâ (Italian: pestare), which means to pound, to crush, in reference to the original method of preparation, with marble mortar and wooden pestle. The ingredients in a traditionally made pesto are ground with a circular motion of the pestle in the mortar. This same Latin root through Old French also gave rise to the English word pestle.