• A Guest Recipe-Daag Bhat|onion rice

    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 world. Skills: Fluent in speaking ,reading and writing Sindhi language thanks to my father’s special efforts Education: Graduate  from United States (did my secondary education in England) Aim: Promote Sindhi culture (food, fashion/fabric design, embroidery, gold/silver ornaments) to the rest of the world So today…

  • Digging deep for clues on higher ground !

    Moon and stars sit way up high Earth and trees beneath them lie The wind blows fragrant lullaby To cool the night for you and i On the wing the birds fly free Leviathan tames angry sea The flower waits for honeybee The sunrise wakes new life in me. And every hour of every day I m learning more The more I learn, the less I know about before The less I know, the more I want to look around Digging deep for clues on higher ground… The fishes swim while rivers run Thru fields to feast my eyes upon…

  • Moong(Green Grams)

    I am a self proclaimed  Dal lover and I love to make a  different one daily! I enjoy the feeling of  having FILLING FOOD, when I eat dal, rice, roti, subzi combo. Hence I am actually not very fond of Moong, coz this one doesn’t go with rice:-( Moong or green gram  are a storehouse of proteins.Moreover, the nutritious value of the moong increases many folds when these beans are sprouted.So don’t forget to include these green pearls in your regular diet My hubby likes Moong plain and bland,while my son and myself prefer a more spicier version.So I end…

  • Masoor Daal

    The week that went  by,was surely a crazy one, with lots of unusual, unexpected, ugly stuff coming in my way of sanity, thereby making me feel irritable (huh ..whats new in that?), frustrated and of course ranting and rambling. Agreed, that some good things did happen, like a Teejri fast (An Indian festival) which I enjoyed this year and getting cleaned my home (that was pending from hell lot of time), the rest of things kept my stress levels high and Blood pressure levels really low.Moreover hubby dear sulked for many days feeling cheated by much hyped awaited launch of…

  • Soyabean (Soya Nuggets) Tikki and chunks in Gravy -Revisited

    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…

  • Toori (smooth gourd)in onion tomato base

    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 gourds have smooth surface The flesh of these  gourd is white, with a cottony texture inside. Both the smooth and the angled gourds can be eaten peeled raw or cooked when the fruit is young; but, as it matures, the flavour becomes more bitter. Even…

  • Saayi Dal(Split Green Mung Dal)

    To begin with, this had been a hell of crazy month so far, for me…..with too many commitments and too many changes in my otherwise routine life.So much that I almost thought of winding up things and going in some solitude.The hustle bustle of life gets too hectic for a person like me who loves to be in her own small but comforting world.I hate being dragged in different directions and I simply loathe myself for being unable to utter NO to anybody.Though there were some amazingly pleasant surprises too ,but those too came with a Whiff of sadness .No…