When mom and me got chatting yesterday, I mentioned that I have to make a dish for the Indian Cooking Challenge and when I mentioned the name – Patnam Pakoda, her face lit up! She recollected her mom making this pakoda as an after school snack and also on Sundays when there were guests at…
A couple of months back, we went on a trip to Udupi. It was something we had been planning for a long time,more that a decade, but somehow the plans never materialized. As they say – He calls you to visit Him only when He thinks is the right time! So the right time came…
A couple of days back, Srivalli and myself were discussing some recipes for the Indian Cooking Challenge and amongst other cuisines and dishes, I remembered a briyani and gravy from the Chettinad cuisine of Tamil Nadu. Srivalli decided to go with the Briyani and it was really a good choice! One of the cuisines that…
This month ,Padma Rekha suggested this traditional recipe from Andra Pradesh for the Indian cooking challenge.This recipe is from her mom.It is a popular one in rural areas and made with bajra flour as the name suggests.. Since I had bajra at home, I powdered that and made this dessert. If you have bajra flour…
Balushahi is a famous North Indian sweet which is somewhat similar to the South Indian Badhusha. The North Indian version was the one that got selected to be showcased in Srivalli’s Indian Cooking Challenge . I left this until the last minute to look at the recipe and only then did I realize how simple…
