Bean Sprouts Salad is a refreshing gluten free, low fat, vegan , good for weight loss salad made by tossing sprouted and cooked moong with some veggies that go well together-such as chopped onions, carrots, bell peppers, lime juice. Finally, all that is required is a dash of salt, black pepper and chaat powder for zing.
Fried Meetha Chautha is made during the festive Shravan month. It is one of the sweet treats made during Thadri/ Satayain festival in monsoon. It has subtle flavors of cardamom and is crisp on the outside. Customarily it is either made in round shapes ‘tikki’ or quarters ‘chautha’. In today’s times, cookie cutters are used to give fancy shapes to these fried snack.
Mawa cake has come from the Irani/Parsi cafe/bakeries in the country. Its main ingredient is mawa. This mawa or khoya is mixed into the cake batter along with cardamom, saffron and topped with nuts for its decadent taste and festive indulgence.
This Chilla resembles a ‘roti’ made from a flour batter along with herbs, spices and vegetables. Chilla could be made from one kind of flour or a mix of flours and as for the herbs, spices and veggies there is no limit. This pancake uses predominantly spring onions along with other ingredients.
Dahi Vada are soft lentil dumplings made from lentils such as urad dal with a bit of moong dal. These vada are fried and then soaked in water. After sometime the water is squeezed and then the vada are immersed in a yogurt bath and drizzled with spices and chutneys.
Whole Wheat Pumpkin Yeast Bread s is a healthy and wholesome bread made from Whole wheat flour and fresh pumpkin puree. This is a moist bread with the flavors of cinnamon, dried ginger powder, nutmeg and a bit of cardamom.
Chhole Masala is a North Indian dish. It is all about boiled chickpeas, or kabuli chana, cooked in a rich, tangy gravy consisting of tomatoes, a little bit of onions, garlic, ginger, and a plethora of Indian spices sautéed or browned with the gravy. The chickpeas absorb the aromatic flavours of the spices in the gravy very well. The chickpeas maintain its shape but should be soft enough to melt in mouth.
Ponganalu is dumplings made from fermented batter prepared from fermented lentils and rice. Toss some herbs, spices, and veggies into the batter. To create these dumplings, you’ll need a Ponganalu pan, Appe pan, or Paniyaram pan. These are crisp on the outside and soft from the inside.. Some of its various names are Kuzhi Paniyaram, Paniyaram, Guliyappa Appe , etc.
This crispy snack is made from potato and chana dal (lentil) mixture that is perked up with flavours of garlic, ginger, fresh herbs and basic kitchen spices.
Sindhi Sai Bhaji | Spinach Lentil Vegetable is a nutritious blend of lentils and leafy vegetables. Typically it is made with spinach, Chana dal, sorrel (chukka), dill (sua), fenugreek leaves, colocasia (arvi), eggplant tomatoes, onions, ginger, basic dry spice powders, and tempering with garlic or cumin seeds.
Sindhi Tairi (Tahiri, Tayri, Tehri) |Sindhi Sweet Rice is a Sindhi sweet rice dish . It is fragrant rice prepared with cardamom, fennel seeds, and saffron. Sweet Tahiri is a main-course dish that goes well with Sai Bhaji, potatoes and Sindhi Papad. This is generally prepared for ceremonial purposes and festivals like Chetichand
Beetroot Cutlet | Beetroot Tikki Recipe makes an ideal snack or party starter. The main ingredients are potatoes, beetroots, some vegetables and spices. The robust red colour of the Beetroot and Potato Cutlets is definitely because of the beetroot. These Beetroot Tikkis or Cutlets can be made very easily at home. Veggies give a texture and go well with the natural sweetness of the beetroots.
"Cooking is not only an expression of creativity; it is a creation itself."
"Cooking is not only an expression of creativity; it is a creation itself."
