Sindhi Guar Bhaji | Dry Cluster Beans Sindhi Style ~ Side Dish for Rotis

Author : Srivalli      Blog : Spice your Life      Date : 5/18/2013 1:00:00 AM

'For the second day of Sindhi dishes, I decided I had to make something with cluster beans, the sindhi way. As I had said my wish of putting my cookbooks to good usage went down the drain, I had to think of ways to make the best of what I had. Though the perennial question "What to make for dinner" seems to plaque every household, somehow it is not so strong when I can discuss that with Athamma. Now hubby dear said he is dreading the moment I step in, as I ask him that right awa(...)'

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Sindhi Dal, Aloo Took ~ Sindhi Meal with Dal and Aloo Tuk

Author : Srivalli      Blog : Spice your Life      Date : 5/17/2013 7:27:00 AM

'We are starting the third week of Blogging Marathon Edition 28. I decided to take up Sindi dishes and thought long and hard on the dishes I should be making. I decided against the regular ones and wanted to try some really difficult ones. I also decided to refer my cookbooks rather than the online source. Guess what on both account I couldn't meet my own conditions. My books surprisingly vanished. I knew I had but however much I search for those books, I couldn't find them. The prob(...)'

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Blogging Marathon # 29 - 3 Day Marathon for 4 weeks!

Author : Srivalli      Blog : Spice your Life      Date : 5/16/2013 11:10:00 AM

'Days surely fly, of course this is an oft quoted statement, nevertheless so true. I can't believe may has passed us half way through! And here I am with the themes for the next edition. Though the theme selection takes up my thought process for a longer time than I wish, some of the themes for this edition are suggested by Rajani. I simply made it a bit more complicated.For those of you who are landing here for the first time, then please check out these posts on Blogging Marathon,(...)'

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Sannas ~ Mangalorean Idlis/Steamed Rice Cakes | Indian Cooking Challenge - April

Author : Srivalli      Blog : Spice your Life      Date : 5/14/2013 6:30:00 PM

'For the Indian Cooking Challenge in April, we travelled all the way to Mangalore to taste these delicious Sannas. If you are from Mangalorean or Goan, you must surely know about this. However for me, the first time I ever tasted or even knew this, was when we dined at the The Taj, Southern Spice. We went for the lunch thali and they served all exotic dishes famous from each of the four southern states. When they serve these spongy pillows, we were literally taken in.I had (...)'

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Navratna Dal, Moth Dal Tikkis aka Roti

Author : Srivalli      Blog : Spice your Life      Date : 5/12/2013 12:45:00 PM

'Athamma was intent on making some Tikkis and she even had some lentils soaked. We wanted to use up some moth beans and navratna dals that were leftover. Whenever some lentil is lying around for a while, the first thing that Athamma wants to make are tikkis. She is very fond of this somehow and always insists on making with whatever she finds. On this occasion, she went ahead with soaking these and sprung on me quite unexpectedly. Since I had already planned on making something (...)'

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Kodubale | Kodbale Recipe 2

Author : Srivalli      Blog : Spice your Life      Date : 5/10/2013 6:30:00 PM

'When I choose Kodubale for Indian Cooking Challenge, I had selected two versions. One from Suma and another from Lathamma. I tried both versions back to back and ended up with too much of Kodubale on hand, one because I almost tried using the same proportion and second one recipe failed on me. So had to improvise. Suma's recipe worked out correctly for us, however something went wrong when I was making Lathamma's recipe. I am sure the recipe works out perfectly, something (...)'

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Pancakes with Rose Cookie Batter with Chocolate Sauce

Author : Srivalli      Blog : Spice your Life      Date : 5/9/2013 6:30:00 PM

'I have always been proud of the fact that I never had a kitchen disaster in terms of recipe failing miserably that I had to dump the entire stuff in gutter. Of course there have been many instances when a recipe was not liked by all. In which case I would see if at least somebody liked it. I know I am not being very modest here, but then I think there is nothing wrong in knowing certain things about oneself. One main reason I would always attribute is the fact that I have a scientif(...)'

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Coriander Adai | Kothamali Dosa ~ 101 Dosa Varieties!

Author : Srivalli      Blog : Spice your Life      Date : 5/5/2013 2:20:00 PM

'For the final day under Indian Breads, I asked everybody to make blended version. Under this your star ingredient has to be blended and made as an Indian Bread. When we talk about Indian Breads, many forget to list Dosas under this. And I wanted to take this opportunity to show how well we can get blended versions of Dosas that are so healthy and quick to make as well.Even though I had planned this for a dinner, this makes a great breakfast item as it's got power packed lentils(...)'

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Stuffed Onion Mint Parathas with Pomegranate Raita | Pyaz aur Pudine Ki Paratha, Anar Raitha

Author : Srivalli      Blog : Spice your Life      Date : 5/4/2013 1:03:00 PM

'For the second day of making Indian Breads, I made stuffed paratha with Onions, Mint leaves with masalas. I served this with Anar Raitha that I remembered eating at Vaishali's home. The combination was even wonderful as I had served it with a typical pickle that Vaishali had sent from Gujarat. It was a delicious meal and I really enjoyed.Today's being Konda's birthday, I had taken the day off however with a full day power off, it was really a tough time to spend at home. Finally I w(...)'

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Matar Luchi, Badam Shrikhand | Peas Stuffed Maida Pooris with Almond Shrikhand

Author : Srivalli      Blog : Spice your Life      Date : 5/2/2013 6:30:00 PM

'I know we just finished a month long marathon. However it didn't feel so and I almost jumped back to making the next edition. I guess it all had to do with the fact that I choose to make Indian Breads. If there was one category that I really loved, it surely would be Indian Breads. Especially with the fact that I selected to make pooris for the first day. For the next edition of BM# 28, I choose to make Indian Bread. This had a twist again, where I decided to ask everybody to m(...)'

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The Best Chocolate Sauce Recipe ~ Perfect for Frosting, Topping

Author : Srivalli      Blog : Spice your Life      Date : 4/30/2013 8:30:00 AM

'We finally come to the last post of our month long Blogging Marathon. It's been a fantastic sharing of so many wonderful recipes, anecdotes and pictures. The efforts everybody took towards this was mind blowing. I must thank my dedicated group of bloggers, who never think I am crazy to come up with such themes and ideas. Of course most of ideas come from the group. Without their active participation, I wouldn't have done it. The marathon was quite hard, if you consider that we made (...)'

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Dabeli Masala | Homemade Dabeli Masala Powder

Author : Srivalli      Blog : Spice your Life      Date : 4/29/2013 2:33:00 AM

'When I was making Dabeli, I was odd for posting the entire post without the chutney or the Dabeli Masala. The first time I ever heard about Dabeli was from a blog. And it was the Dabeli Masala powder. It was it was by Sia, not sure. However the pictures were so captivating that I had to research on the chaat item further. Over the years I have read about many recipes, kutchi dabeli style recipes, bombay style and yes the recent Ahmedabad style as well. As I said I liked th(...)'

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Garlic Chutney | Lahsun ki Chutney for Chats

Author : Srivalli      Blog : Spice your Life      Date : 4/28/2013 1:00:00 AM

'Next in the chutney series, is a Garlic chutney that I made for Dabeli. It's really garlicky and spicy. When I started the series of Chat last month, everybody at home loved all of them. I am lucky in that Athamma always likes what I make. So even if hubby dear doesn't like something I can always be sure that I have at least one person who would willing try it out.And of course Konda is such an age, where she likes whatever I make. Infact she saw the Tandoori Masala and was upset sh(...)'

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Homemade Tandoori Masala | How to make Tandoori Masala

Author : Srivalli      Blog : Spice your Life      Date : 4/27/2013 2:30:00 AM

'Having homemade spice powders is always a boon. I normally never buy readymade powder other than Channa Masala and Pav Bhaji Masala. I have even tried my own Channa Masala, which is still setting idle, waiting for the book to be published. Apart from these two, I have always made sure I grind my own masala powder. One of the main spice powders have been the Biryani Masala Powder, which turns out so well. I have used that powder in different recipes and have always ended up with(...)'

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Green Chutney | Mint Coriander Chutney for Chats

Author : Srivalli      Blog : Spice your Life      Date : 4/26/2013 10:03:00 AM

'Green Chutney or Mint Coriander Chutney is another one of those chutneys you surely would need when making chats. When I knew I have to make handful of chats, I made a huge batch of this chutney and refrigerated. Since we like our chats spicy, I was quite liberal with the chilies in this chutney, as the sweetness was taken care by the Dates Tamarind Chutney.As with all chutneys, this too has come up the blog in different avatar. While I was contemplating if I need to (...)'

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Meetha Chutney | Sweet Dates and Tamarind Chutney | Khajur Imli Chutney for Chats

Author : Srivalli      Blog : Spice your Life      Date : 4/25/2013 4:55:00 PM

'Meetha Chutney or Sweet Dates Tamarind Chutney is one of those mostly widely used chutneys in almost all chats. We can simply make a big box of this and use it on all or any chat and I am sure you will love it more. I made this chutney during the chat series and I was able to manage many of the chats that followed. The dabeli tasted awesome more because of this inclusion, not to mention the Burger Tikki Chat or the Vada Pav. Apart from this recipe, I have couple of mo(...)'

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Shengdaana Lehsun Chutney | Peanut Garlic Chutney for Vada Pav

Author : Srivalli      Blog : Spice your Life      Date : 4/24/2013 5:14:00 PM

'We are entering into the last and the fourth week of the full month Blogging Marathon. We had decided on four different themes for each week, and somehow the fourth week ended up being Crafts and arts, mostly related to food is what we all assumed and presumed. Anyway all for the artist that I am, I can hardly get myself interested to certain things. Whether I can actually do it or not is the point, I don't have interest. So when Rajani suggested for lesser mortals like us, we (...)'

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Icecream Tiramisu | How to make Eggless Ice cream Tiramisu

Author : Srivalli      Blog : Spice your Life      Date : 4/23/2013 11:47:00 AM

'For the finally day of Seasonal Cooking, I made Ice cream Tiramisu. The first time I came to know about this dessert was of course through blogs. Though I have been forever planning to make the cake or whatever that it is supposed to be, I finally ended up making this IcecreamTiramisu is an Italian dessert. It is made of ladyfingers dipped in coffee, layered with a whipped mixture of egg yolks and mascarpone cheese, and flavored with Marsala wine and cocoa. The recipe has been adapt(...)'

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Aam Panna | How to make Aam Ka Panna | Raw Mango Juice

Author : Srivalli      Blog : Spice your Life      Date : 4/22/2013 12:34:00 AM

'The first time I made Aam panna was for a crown of 100 and I was making it for the first time! The simple trust my colleagues had on me that I would surely know how to make, was quite enough to make it without hesitation. I wasn't sure if I had actually given proper attention to the recipe whenever it was that I read it, but I knew what goes in and got all the ingredients scaled up. We had bought six kgs of raw mango, the best the city had to offer as they were really so plump (...)'

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Almond Ice Cream | How to make Badam Ice Cream

Author : Srivalli      Blog : Spice your Life      Date : 4/21/2013 12:21:00 AM

'Next in the Ice cream series you have Almond Ice cream to please your senses. I had this recipe for Roasted Almond Ice cream. Some as I was making it completely got changed into something else. The reaction was that the kids were playing on the system and I couldn't check out what went in. And I didn't want to keep asking them to give me a moment.I think that calls for the almonds to be roasted and adding as such. I thought adding Badam powder would be even better. I had the MRT Bad(...)'

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