Guaar or gavar or Cluster beans, is one green veggie that my son is not very fond of.Still when I add potatoes to the guaar, he eats it without any fuss.Personally I too find it very bland unless I make it with potato.The school exams of my son had forced my blogging to take a [...]
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This week we have a special guest at Sindhirasoi, who has shared with me, a lot of information about Sindhi Food habits, food culture and regional specialties in past few months.Let me introduce Surrayya in her own words; Hobbies: Reading about mysticism, occasionally writing on issues which I feel are important to Sindh or the [...]
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Few days back there was a food event where in the host called upon for Pakora recipes and being a sindhi I have no reason not to participate in that, coz Sindhis are world illfamous famous for their love for crispy pakoras , fritters, Tikkis etc, basically anything deep fried. But I wanted to make [...]
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Toori, turai or ridgegourd, is very popular in Sindhi cuisine.Globally it is known by many different names, like Angled loofah/luffa, ridged loofah, ridged gourd, silk gourd, angled gourd, silk squash, Chinese okra sing qua, tori or toray (Indian), see gua (and other Chinese variations), patola (Philippines)etc As the name suggests, ridged gourds have ridges,while smooth [...]
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I had made this batan papdi chaat many weeks ago, but was unable to post it because I wanted to “Google ” info regarding Batan. These Batan (or maybe batar, as some people call it) are the baked, hard buns/toast, circular in shape and not sweet. I was unable to find any information about that, [...]
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Well June started with rains of monsoon in my real world and rains of awards in blogo-world! Now my July also had started on good note,with Two awards……Good going Alka…Let me pat my back..he he he;-) On some serious note, I am grateful to Medha of Cook with love for passing on these wonderful awards to [...]
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Methi or fenugreek leaves, is one of my personal favourite and I always like to relish it with some really hot khichdi, or plain rice.Though bitter, Ilike the flavour it imparts to any dish, be it methi patata (potatoes) or methi paneer (cottage cheese).Even the dried methi leaves called kasuri methi holds a special position [...]
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Poha Print Recipe type: Breakfast Author: Alka Prep time: 10 mins Cook time: 15 mins Total time: 25 mins Serves: 2-3 Batata Poha Recipe: Poha or batata poha is basically a Maharashtrian dish,but sindhis are so much hooked to it that now its a breakfast item in almost every sindhi household Ingredients Potato 1 [...]
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