Welcome to the 63rd edition of Blogging Marathon where a group of 28 bloggers are going to take you on a Journey Through The Cuisines.If you are puzzled as to what we are up to this month, take a look at the intro post and you will understand what this is all about. The first…
When we made the Chaitra maasa paaknak puja thali a few months back, Panaka was one of the beverages that was featured in the thali. Though this is one of my favorite drinks, it has been a long time I made this. So when it was time to make thali’s for Blogging Marathon, Mom and…
During the Saaka Vratha, vegetables and fruits are not consumed. So the day to day menu uses a lot of lentils. Here in this recipe fried lentil dumplings are used in the place of vegetables. Also I found that it is similar to raita. Hence we can prepare this and serve it along with steamed…
During Saaka Vratha, chillies are not used. Instead pepper powder is added to dishes. Similarly, instead of the regular rasam powder, this cumin-pepper powder is used. This powder is also used to flavor,sambar, lentil stir fry etc. The trick is frying the cumin and pepper [1:1] with a little ghee on a low flame till…
The memories of my vacations during schools days are still fresh in my memory. Each summer my parents used to drop me off at grandparents place.We lived in a hill station and they were in the plains.Every summer when people tuned to hill stations for vacations, I used to head to grandparents home. Though it…
