For this months Taste and Create ,I was paired with Megan who writes @ A bolder table.She has a beautiful blog where she talks about the need for a healthier food. As usual I found many recipes that I wanted to try but due to some traveling,I was not able to try them all and…
Badha Kopir Tarkari-Bengali Style Cabbage Stir-fry
After a long time I am posting a North Indian side dish.Of late,I have been trying out a lot of dishes from my blogging buddies and yes,this one too is from a fellow blogger,Sudeshna,who writes at Cook like a Bong. I have a soft corner for cabbage,[famed as a stinky vegetable] and prepare many types…
Ginger Pear Tea
This is another drink that I like to have on cold days.Tea with ginger and brown sugar with crunchy of pieces of pear floating present a pretty picture and sip it you will definitely fall in love with the taste. I used: Pear-1/2,peeled and choppedWater-200mlTea dust-1/2 a teaspoonGinger-1″ pieceBrown sugar to taste In a pot…
Bazaar Jaisey Aloo[Potatoes in tomato]
This one is adapted from Jayaโs Blog.She had cooked it for โThis book makes me cookโ and on reading it I was literally drooling. This recipe is from Madhur Jafferyโs book -‘Climbing the mango trees’ where she talks about her childhood , her life and of course food!! After reading Jaya’s review on Madhur Jaffreyโs…
Barley Adai
I first saw this in Priyaโs blog, and immediately wanted to prepare it.I have modified the recipe slightly. The texture of this adai is really soft and we loved it. I used: Barley-2 cupsRice-1/2 a cupMixed lemtils -2 cups[Urad dhal,toor dhal,gram dhal,moong dhal,soya bean]Red chillies-10Ginger-1โ pieceCumin seeds-1 teaspoonCurry leaves- a fewAsafoetida powder-1/8th teaspoonSalt to taste…
