A creamy, saucy and packed with spinach, this Palak Moong is a great accompaniment to both rice and roti. My theme for the last week of this month’s blogging marathon is ‘Dazzling Dals’. Lentils, legumes form a very important part of our diet and I am always looking for new recipes. So when I saw…
Ram Ladoo is a popular street food made with fluffy lentil fritters that are topped with green and sweet chutnies. For the final day of this month’s blogging marathon under ‘All that’s round – is Laddoo?’ theme, I have a savory ladoo recipe. I didn’t read Valli’s note about the theme and I was under…
This healthy, nutritious and protein rich Moong dal Sundal is perfect to make for festivals. For the final day of this week’s blogging marathon, I have an easy to make, healthy and delicious Moong dal Sundal. I love lentils in all shapes and forms but I love them in simple dishes like this even more…
BM# 74: Week 3/ Day 2 Theme: Thalis/ Spreads Dish: Simple South Indian Vegetarian Thali Today I have a simple South Indian vegetarian thali. Coming up with a menu is quite a task — picking dishes that complement each other is an art. So I took the help of my Dakshin cookbook. The author, Chandra Padmanabhan, has…
BM# 74: Week 3/ Day 1 Theme: Thalis/ Spreads Dish: Vegetarian North Indian Thali – Dal Makhani My theme for this week’s Blogging Marathon is ‘Thalis/ Spreads‘. I usually stay away from this theme because cooking a whole spread is a tedious and time-consuming thing and even if I did make the whole spread, I…
Blogging Marathon# 39 – Indian States: Day 21 State: Orissa Dish: Mitha Khechudi & Mitha Dali (Sweet Khichdi with Sweet Dal) Today we are going to Odisha, formerly known as Orissa, located in the east coast of India. Orissa shares a border with Andhra Pradesh, but I never had a chance to visit it. My dad went there for work years ago and brought back a souvenir from Konark Sun Temple. I’ve seen his pictures at Puri Jagannath temple and Bhubaneshwar. That’s the most I knew about Orissa. Odisha has culinary tradition spanning centuries. I was really surprised to read…