By now,my love for street food is very obvious to all the visitors of my blog,and i can still go on with many more recipes glorifying the variety, taste,aroma,easy accessibility and budget friendly costs of street food( hygiene concerns and stomach upsets could be overlooked) I can rave on and on about the variations available for each snack ,moving from one vendor to another. Patate wada,or aloo tikki or Batata wada to others…is one such snack that enjoy a very prestigious position amongst all the street food sold here in Mumbai.The most staple food to many ,this Wada makes a…
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There is a happening place, a bit far from our home called GOL MAIDAN (circular garden), which is famous for the Thela food (food sold on carts).The tangy panipuris and batar papdi are the most popular street food there, along with fresh juices, falooda ice creams, patties samosa and many more ! Just on the opposite corner of Golmaidan’s main gate is Kishore patties waala, a person who started his culinary affair from a small thela and now is a proud owner of a huge shop.The pattise (patties/patty) served there are cooked on a huge griddle swimming in fat that…
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This month Sia of Monsoonspice , is hosting JFI soya. Since I already had posted both the recipes with soybean on sindhirasoi, I am re posting them just for dear Sia. Hope this finds place in your event:-) Soybean Tikki This is yet another favorite of mine and I love making these wonderful soya-potato tikkis again and again.Simple, easy to make, delicious and healthy too. The recipe is here And other one is Soybean Chunks in Gravy This one is hot favorite of family,hubby dear likes to have this with Roti,while I love to binge upon it with hot and…
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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 something special….something which is closely associated to Sindhi cuisine, is something unusual yet delicious….My thoughts wandered from Palak pakora to mix vegetable pakora but I wasn’t satisfied.Then after spending many days in deciding what to come up with, I zero in down on Beeh Ji…
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Sev Batata Puri This is a typical street food that is happily hogged by Sindhis. After panipuri , this is most yummy Chaat (savories) and its really simple to assemble it. Honestly speaking I belong to that greedy- type- of- people -genre who wants to participate in every food event held in blogosphere. So this time it’s gonna be an entry for multiple events (sorry guys, I dont wanna miss any one !) Dhai (dahi or curd) sev (crispy fried gramflour snacks, also called Nylon sev…eeeks) puri (crisp small, fried discs made from all purpose flour or maida) is…
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Monsoon & Pakoda/Pakora: A Love Story Written in Rain There’s a sound that means monsoon has truly arrived in India: the sizzle of pakoras hitting hot oil. Rains in India look magical from inside the homes. The cool humid air, grey skies, that mitti ki Khushbu, the pitter patter sound triggers instant craving for something hot, crisp, and delicious. You need something comforting, crunchy, something that could be quickly whipped (before the rain stops) with basic ingredients available at home because you don’t want to venture outside to collect ingredients when it is raining cats and dogs outside. Pakode fit…
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Paanipuri ….the most famous street food of Mumbai, is nothing but a crunchy round , crisp fried shell (Puri) of flour ( All purpose flour with semolina), served with a filling of boiled potatoes, boondi (Fried droplets of gramflour batter) and a spicy, tangy chutney called paani (literally meaning ‘water’) There are many variations of Panipuri viz; Batatapuri, Ragdapuri, Sevbatata puri, Pyazbatata puri , Dahi puri all named according to the stuffing used.Panipuris are also known as Golguppe or Puchka or even Ghupchup.No matter what type of stuffing is used, no matter what recipe of chutney is followed and no matter what…







