By Alka on June 25, 2008
Health Zeal says that “The bottle gourd is low in saturated fat and cholesterol yet high in dietary fibre, vitamin C, riboflavin, zinc, thiamin, iron, magnesium and manganese. It also contains moderate amount of vitamin-B complex. Its high water content makes it very cooling. Medicinally, it is used as a purgative, an antidote for certain [...]
Posted in Curries/Vegetables, Main Course | Tagged Kofta curry
By Alka on June 21, 2008
Kachalu or arbi(Colocasia root) is very popular amongst sindhis.It is basically root of Patra leaves(the same leaves which are used to make Aluwadis)It is relished in variety of ways,like boiled kachalu ,fried kachalu,stuffed kachalu,and also kachalu chaat.Watch out this space for all these recipes, that i am gonna post here soon
As for now,here is a [...]
Posted in Side dish, Snacks | Tagged kachalu
By Alka on June 19, 2008
Sultry summers are gone here in Mumbai,and monsoon showers have knocked the parched earth ,giving a sigh of relief ,from dusty,sweaty ,nasty heat of summer.However,I’ll do miss some of my favourite summer things,like making falooda icecream,chilled mangoshakes,jaljeera and ofcourse chilled masala chaach(buttermilk).One more food that associates me with summer afternoons is Dodo ,which is a [...]
Posted in Roti/Flatbreads | Tagged Dodo
By Alka on June 16, 2008
Half of the visitors arriving here would run away ,for sure,after reading the name of this post…..Coz; that’s a normal reaction i expect from people who just can’t stand the bitterness of karela(bittergourd).But this post is for those other half ,who will stay and would actually read the recipe…Kudos for them(bravo !).
This is the simplest [...]
Posted in Main Course, Side dish | Tagged karela Basar
By Alka on June 12, 2008
Caution:This is a really loooong post,so visitors who are not interested in my Blah blah can directly scroll down to reach the recipe of jaljeera.
Well month of June started with a good note,so here i am rewarded with two more awards,again from Medha of cook with love(hey medha people will surely blame you for being [...]
Posted in Drinks | Tagged Jaljeera
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