DESSERT RECIPES
Rice Phirni
Phirni, is a delicious and creamy dessert made with milk and ground rice. It is more or less like kheer but unlike kheer, this...
SNACKS RECIPES
Khandvi | Suralichi Vadi
Known as Khandvi in Gujarati and Suralichi Vadi in Marathi, this is a delicious, soft, melt in the mouth snack made with gram flour and buttermilk. This is a...
Masala Pav – famous street food of Mumbai
Masala Pav – the famous street food of Mumbai is a tasty dish made by stuffing butter laden pav with spicy onion tomato masala. The masala is cooked on...
Begun Bhaja | Brinjal Fry | Spicy fried brinjal
Begun Bhaja, in Bengali means fried brinjal/ eggplant. This is the most commonly prepared dish at Bengali households. Eggplant is cut into thin slices, coated with masalas and fried....
Poha Chivda
This is an easy and quick recipe for a tasty, crunchy snack. It is made by roasting poha, frying peanuts, dry fruits etc and assembling them with a tempering...
Karanji/ Gujiya
Diwali is synonymous with tons of lip smacking sweets and snacks. One such sweet is Karanji which is an important part of Diwali faraal (snacks) in Maharashtra. Karanji is...
Chaklis
Chakli, a savoury snack is made from different type of flour, i.e. rice flour, maida, besan, wheat flour etc. Here, I have used rice flour, to which I have...
Sweet Potato Fries
Deviating from our regular potato fries, lets make sweet potato fries today. It makes for a good tea-time snack. Here’s the recipe.
Ingredients
2 sweet potatoes
Oil for deep frying
Method
Wash...
Falafel
Falafel is a deep fried patty made from ground kabuli chana (white chickpeas) and certain vegetables like carrots, cabbage, capsicum etc. In the Middle East, it is a popular...
Nankhatai – teatime snack
Nankhatais are cookies/biscuits made with refined flour, sugar and ghee. They have brittle, buttery texture and pair well with a hot cup of tea. These cookies were quite popular...
BREAKFAST RECIPES
Bhajani Thalipeeth – a healthy breakfast dish
Bhajani Thalipeeth -a traditional Maharashtrian breakfast dish using multigrain flours and spices
I have earlier shared the recipe of thalipeeth where I had used flours...
Boiled Egg Sandwich
Boiled Egg sandwich is a breakfast recipe of bread sandwiched with hardboiled eggs, green chutney and grated cheese. The combination of green chutney and...
Oats and vegetable Dosa
Healthy oats and vegetables contribute to the high nutrition content in this dosa. To kickstart your day on a healthy note, try this power...
Lasooni Bajra
Those of you who make bajra rotis/bajra bhakri in the winters must definitely try this interesting breakfast dish. This recipe is generally made with...
Thalipeeth
Thalipeeth is a traditional Maharashtrian breakfast dish. It is made by combining multigrain flours and various spices. Thus, it is nutritious and tasty. Thalipeeth...
GARDENING
Periwinkle | Vinca
Periwinkle, Vinca, Sadaphuli, Sadabahaar….all these are names of the tiny beautiful starry flowers which range in colour from pink, dark pink to white and purple. Sadaphuli (Marathi), Sadabahaar (Hindi) means always flowering. The tiny...
Neem Leaves – A Natural Pesticide
There’s nothing like having a small garden in your backyard/ balcony. The joy of growing your own vegetables/ growing beautiful flower plants is a feeling beyond description. However, while tending to a garden, the...
My Lavender Hibiscus
I bought a hibiscus plant from a nursery in Lonavala last December. The guy at the nursery assured me that it was a blue hibiscus plant. There were many similar plants growing in the...
Growing Methi (Fenugreek)
Everything that slows us down and forces patience,
Everything that sets us back into the slow circles of nature, is a help. ...
