• Kokum Wari Dal ~ AlifBe~36

    To check the recipe video of Kokum Wari Dal click here To know details about Kokum, please do read on! We are now at the 36th consonant in AlifBe of Sindhi food (A-Z of Sindhi Food) and it is ڪ in Sindhi,  क in Devanagari and K in Roman Sindhi. And while I had plenty of options to choose from, for a Sindhi dish starting with this letter, I picked Kokum Wari Dal. Few days ago, I was having an interesting conversation with Saaz Aggarwal; the well known Biographer, columnist, Historian and author of wonderful books like ‘Sindh: Stories from…

  • Faludo For AlifBe Of Sindhi Food ~ 33

    Watch the video about how to make Faluda Sev at home. It is my first video recipe:    If you assume that making Faluda sev  at home is difficult, then please do check today’s recipe! Hello everyone, hope you all are doing good! I am here today to share a very simple recipe of Faluda sev. It barely takes 15-20 minutes to make it at home. But before I hop on to the recipe, let’s talk about today’s letter i.e  ف in Sindhi, फ़ in Devanagari and ‘F‘ in Roman. There ain’t any Sindhi Dish starting with this letter…

  • Ta’am For AlifBe of Sindhi Food ~30

    In Sindhi there are two consonants that sound similar but are actually different; ت and ط , i.e ‘T’ as in Taiwan, Tahini, Tabla etc. ت as in Tosha was covered in the AlifBe~ 6 , while the 30th consonant i.e ط is what we are discussing today. Unlike the ت that is used for words of Sindhi origin, ط is used for words of Urdu/Persian/Arabic origin. So what are we going to discuss today? Ta’am is what we will talk about. Meaning of the word Ta’am varies across the different languages. While in Jewish it means ‘taste’, in Turkish and…

  • Recipes of Sindhi Pickles

    Since many of you have been asking for various Sindhi pickle recipes, I thought to make a post by listing all the pickle recipes here! Sindhi Pickles, like pickles from any regional cuisine, could be divided into sweet, spicy, oil based or water based (zero oil)! Sweet/Sugar based: Awran Jo Murbo: Super food Awla, cooked in Sugar syrup to make a delicious Awla Murraba or Gooseberry Conserve. Click here for the detailed recipe! Ambh Jo Kadhukas (Mango Jam/Chhunda) This Chhunda like Mango jam, cooked on a stove top is my MIL’s recipe and I make sure to replenish the stock…

  • Raanh/Chauran ~AlifBe~24

    As mentioned many times in the AlifBe series, the 52 letters of Sindhi Alphabet are divisible into 16 shape groups and so far four shape groups are done and dusted! For the recap of the letters covered so far, please check this list! In the 5th shape group there are three letters and the first one in this group isر  in Sindhi, र in Devanagari, while in Roman Sindhi it is R as in Ratnagiri/Rajasthan etc. And the corresponding Sindhi dish is Raanh, also called Chauran and Chawli for AlifBe of Sindhi Food #24 Raanh or Black eyed beans are…

  • Dal Dimma~ AlifBe ~ 18

    We have arrived at the 4th shape group in Sindhi Script with the 18th  letter  and it is د  or ‘D~’ as in Daawat or as in Dehradun, in Roman Sindhi while द in Devanagari. To Check a recap for AlifBe series kindly click here ! The Sindhi dish starting with د  is Dal Dimma or Dal mung! Folks from Sindhi populated areas might know how common it is for people to flock around the carts selling Dal pakwan, early mornings. Though traditionally Sindhi Pakwan is served with Chana dal, it is very common to find carts where you will get…

  • Chhola Dab^al For AlifBe ~ 16

    Chhola /Charaan i.e Kabuli Chana curry is a very popular dish in Sindhi cuisine and it is often had with rice, roti as well as with sliced bread and Pao (laadi paav) too. Sindhi style Chole (Chhole in Roman Sindhi) are made in basic onion tomato gravy style, though many cook it in just tomato gravy. No tea leaves are used (to give color) and also, traditionally, no chole masala (spice mix) is added. The curry gets its flavors from whole spices like Kamaal patt (Tej Patta), vadho photo (Black Cardamom) etc while tomatoes  and tamarind (optional) provide tanginess. Few…