BEETROOT ALOO PARATHA

BEETROOT ALOO PARATHA Paratha is a popular Indian flat bread cooked with ghee, butter or oil and served with any dal or vegetable prparation. Paratha can be prepared plain or with any stuffing. Apart from plain wheat paratha , we can prepare various paratha by adding different ingredients. In stuffed parathas apart from popular aloo…

MAMRA LADOO/MURMURA LADOO ( PUFFED RICE BALLS )

MAMRA LADOO/ MURMURA LADOO (PUFFED RICE BALLS) MAMRA Ladoo, Mamra Chikki or Pori Urundai, is prepared and consumed almost across India. Especially, prepared and consumed during Makar Sankranti festival along with other Chikkis. As the name says, Mamra ladoo is prepared from puffed rice and jaggery and they are not only light and crisp but…

BEETROOT CHAKRI

BEETROOT CHAKRI Chakri/Chakli or Murukku is crispy ,crunchy, savoury fried snack which is more popular in Gujarat, Maharastra and Southern States. In Gujarat /Maharastra it is known as Chakri/Chakli and in Southern States it is known as Murukku. It’s name is derived from its spiral shape. Generally it is prepared from rice flour which gives…

HARA BHARA TARTS

HARA BHARA TARTS The year 2020 has been of many nee experiences. The Corona virus gave us the disease called Cocid-19 and it has changed our life and many ‘new normals’ have entered in our life. As we are restricted to many daily activities, kitchen experiments have incresed. Many new recipe tried and in this…

JUAR JO DODO/JOWAR JO DODO ( JOWAR PARATHA)

JUAR JO DODO / JOWAR JO DODO (JOWAR PARATHA ) Juar jo dodo is a rustic flat bread from Sindhi cuisine. It is prepared from gluten free jowar(sorghum) flour. This traditional and authentic gluten free flat bread of Sindhi cuisine is flavoured with onions, green chillies coriander etc. Juar jo dodo is served as a…

LILVA KACHORI ( PIGEON PEAS KACHORI )

LILVA KACHORI ( PIGEON PEAS KACHORI ) Kachori is a spicy deep fried snack of India, popular across India. Kachori is also known as Kachauri, Kachodi or Katchuri. Preparation and variations of Kachoris depends on place and choice. Kachori are also popular in Pakistan and Bangladesh. Lilva kachori is famous and delicious winter snack prepared…

ASSORTED WHEAT COOKIES

ASSORTED WHEAT COOKIES A cookie is a baked food, prepared with key ingredients flour, sugar and some type of fat. Cookies are typically small, flat and sweet and it may include other ingredients such as chocolate chips, oats, nuts etc. History says that cookies are originated in 7th century AD in Persia. There are 6…

MATAR PARATHA ( GREEN PEAS STUFFED PARATHA)

MATAR PARATHA (GREEN PEAS STUFFED PARATHA) A paratha is a flat breadof India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Nepal, Myanmar, Bangladesh and Maldives where wheat is a staple. Paratha word is a combination of two words ‘parat (layers)’ and ‘atta(dough)’ which literally means layers of cooked dough. Matar paratha is an Indian flat bread stuffed with green…

MASALA GUD ( SPICED JAGGERY BITES )

MASALA GUD (SPICED JAGGERY BITES) Jaggery , Gud is made from sugarcane juice. We can say it is kind of a raw sugar. Jaggery is undoubtedly healthier than refined sugar so we should use more jaggery instead of sugar. Nowadays jaggery powder is also available easily so we can easily replace it with sugar. There…

PAPAYA SAMBHARO ( STIR FRIED RAW PAPAYA )

PAPAYA SAMBHARO (STIR FRIED RAW PAPAYA) This is one of the accompaniment of famous Gujarati snack Fafda/Ganthiya and also in regular Gujarati meals. Sambharo is stir fying of vegetable with green chillies ,turmeric and salt. Some of the popular Gujarati sambhara are cabbage, carrot,raw papaya and ivy gourd. In many Gujarati house holds, various sambhara…