The best part about knowing a little bit of cooking is that you can whip up a dish that you have a sudden craving for at 4 pm. And trust me in spite of there being all kinds of good restaurants in the vicinity, none could provide me with hot deep fried bhajias at chai [...]
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Ghughra
Ghughra is one of the traditional mithai prepared during Diwali in Gujarat/Maharashtra. Different versions of ghughra are pretty popular with various names all over the country. Kopra and khoya are two popular stuffings. I prepared the one that is common at home – with kopra stuffing. This version stays fresh for longer and I associate [...]
Poha for breakfast
When it comes to breakfast, poha rules supreme! This recipe I am posting is mainly based on my mommy’s, with a few additions I picked up during trips to villages in Maharashtra. There are quite a lot of variations of this dish, like in Pune kanda(onion) poha is common while in some parts of MP, [...]
Sabudana vada
Its monsoon. And when it rains, I crave for crisp and fried food like bhajias with a cup of adrak chai. One such monsoon special crispy fried preparation I like is sabudana vada, which is also used a fasting dish. Even though they taste absolutely yummy in monsoon, go easy on them as sabudana is [...]
Tomato Onion Koshimbir (A Maharashtrian salad)
Tomato Onion Koshimbir (A Maharashtrian salad)
This salad or kachumber or koshimbir reminds me of the summers spent at Ajji’s (Naani’s) house. This preparation is a representative of a typical Maharashtrian koshimbir that usually has finely chopped veggies, the quintessential peanut powder and a tadka for tempering. You can try new salads with grated cucumber or [...]