• A Fried Sweet~Lolo

    This is one of unique and important festival in the Sindhi festival calendar. The festival is dedicated to Goddess Mahalaxmi, the Goddess of wealth and being celebrated during the “Shiradhs” – a time period of two weeks dedicated for paying homage to forefathers. Celebration of festival starts with tying “Sagaro” a thread belt compiled from raw thread with sixteen knots,on wrist. On the eighth shiradh, sagaro is untied To mark the end of festival a special worship prayer of Goddess Mahalaxmi is conducted in near by temple where all the ladies are gathered with sagara of all the family members.…

  • Juar Jo Dhodho And some awards

    Dhodho is a lovely way to include whole grains in your diet, though the addition of oil makes it bit unhealthy for weight watchers, but it is surely a delight to relish this Jowar flour flatbread with anything you like…..from dal to Subzi, achar to Yoghurt I had came across various different versions to make this, but my favourite way is kneading a soft dough (instead of cooking in pan first) along with chopped onions, bit of oil, coriander leaves and most most most important, Fresh green garlic If I dont find fresh green garlic, I try to make it…

  • Koki

      Koki, a typical sindhi flatbread, made by using wheat flour is my entry for Sri’s Rotimela. Actually I had already posted Sindhi Koki recipe on my site long back (it’s here),but as per the rules if I wish to participate in the event I have to re-post it.So here is my contribution : Koki Recipe: Print Koki Prep time:  5 mins Cook time:  10 mins Total time:  15 mins Serves: 2-3 Sindhi Koki is very famous for its taste, texture and simple recipe with minimum ingredients, easily found in every kitchen.Goes well with almost every dal, vegetable, gravy dish, stir…

  • Daal jho chilro

    This one is actually a good recipe for making  use of leftover daal, moongdaal to be precise Print Daal jho chilro Prep time:  5 mins Cook time:  15 mins Total time:  20 mins Serves: 1 Savory pancake made from leftover moong dal Ingredients A bowl of leftover daal (you can refer recipe of daal in Daalchaawal) Wheatflour or gramflour 5-6 tsp Oil a spoonful Salt ..little Method Reheat dal till it becomes really dense, then add flour to it Add some salt and mix it properly, the dough should be thick Now grease the pan or griddle with some oil and…

  • Tomato Toaster

    Print Tomato Toaster Prep time:  10 mins Cook time:  15 mins Total time:  25 mins Serves: 2 A quick and easy bread toaster recipe, with tomatoes and onion Ingredients Tomato 1 Onion  1 Green chillies 1 Coriander leaves Salt Turmeric powder ¼ tsp Red chilli powder as per required Coriander powder ½ tsp Bread slices 6 oil 2 tsp Method Wash and chop tomato as fine as possible Peel onion and chop finely Add finely chopped green chillies, salt, turmeric  powder, coriander powder, red chilly powder, coriander leaves and mash slightly Note:Many prefer this mixture to be cooked first and then…

  • Paneer Paratha

    The paratha or flatbread was conceived in NorthIndia, especially in punjab.It is nothing but a Roti stuffed with any vegetable,  boiled or raw.The variations that are possible are innumerable, not to forget the taste.Even fussy or picky eaters cannot ignore the irresistible parathas.So how can Sindhis, who are known foodies, can avoid these? Aloo (potato), mooli (radish), moong, paneer, dal etc are various options for the stuffing.So choose any one that is available in your kitchen and roll out this wonderful delicacy! Print Paneer Paratha Prep time:  10 mins Cook time:  10 mins Total time:  20 mins Serves: 2 Wholewheat flour rotis stuffed…

  • Poori

    Print Poori Prep time:  5 mins Cook time:  10 mins Total time:  15 mins Serves: 2 Poori or puri is deep fried puffed Indian breads relished with almost every vegetable side dish. Ingredients Whole Wheat flour 1 cup Salt as per taste Black pepper powder ¼ tsp Cumin seeds 1 tsp Oil for frying Method Mix wheat flour, salt, black pepper powder, cumin seeds and knead a dough The dough should not be too hard or too soft Take a very small portion of this dough and roll it into small chapati (disc) Gently and carefully slide this poori in frying…