Happy Mother’s Day It’s Monday (don’t they come fast) and our 39th theme for #FoodieMonday#Bloghop is #MothersDaySpecial. For this theme we were allowed to make something special for our mums or prepare one of their recipes. I chose to prepare one of my mum’s all time famous and popular dish, her maida parothas. She would make these simple and yet so so so delicious parothas for breakfast. She always prepared hot ones for all of us. It was an absolute treat to have these parothas with masala tea and pickle. When she became too sick to cook, I had on occasions prepared these parothas for her and she enjoyed them.My mum mostly made Gujarati style food. Her secret was to keep it simple,…
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Continue ReadingAnytime is bhajia time During my visit to Dubai, I was fortunate enough to meet up with two fellow bloggers, Rafeeda, blogger at The Big Sweet Tooth and Huma of Gheza e Shiriin whom I have known through blogging for a couple of years now. I was super excited as I was meeting fellow bloggers for the first time. These two ladies are so friendly and we chatted away till eventually I had to leave as my family was waiting for me. Wish we could have had more time together. When we met, it didn’t even feel as though I was meeting them for the first time. It felt like I’ve known them for years. I can never forget that when I was new to the…
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Continue ReadingRecipe: Vegetable Noodle Soup Vegetable Noodle Soup is a filling, healthy, comforting vegetable loaded soup with noodles. It can easily be served as a healthy and filling meal. All you need to do is keep adding the vegetables, noodles, condiments in one pot and the meal is ready within 10-15 minutes. Add some vinegar and chilli sauce and it becomes hot and sour soup. Alternately, add a bit of brown sugar and vinegar and it becomes sweet and sour. Choose how you would like to make it. I’ve added my home made garlic and red chilli sauce. Natural flavours from fresh vegetables and spices makes this soup so flavourful and tasty. Sharing This Recipe With FoodieMonday/ Bloghop Group For the 37th theme, FoodieMonday/ Bloghop group decided…
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Continue ReadingHappy Chaitra Navratri The 35th theme for #FoodieMonday #bloghop was #NavrathriSpecial. I was in a dilemma as to how I will get this post ready in a day as I was travelling on Sunday. I’ve already posted many fasting recipes. I’m glad this theme was chosen as I’ve learnt something new. Did you know that Navratri is celebrated 5 times in a year? I didn’t know that. The first is Vasanta/Chaitra Navratri (around March or April), Ashad Navratri (around June or July), Sharad Navratri (around Sept or Oct),Pausha Navratri (around Dec or Jan) and Magha Navratri (around Jan or Feb). Our family celebrates the Sharad Navratri. Chaitra Navratri begins on the first day of the Chaitra month(this year 8th April) and ends on Ram Navmi…
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Continue ReadingRecipe: Rice Vada Rice Vada or bhajia is a crispy, crunchy, delicious snack made by using up leftover rice. Easy to make, add a few vegetables of your choice, some flour and you have a hot snack ready in no time to enjoy during the rainy or cold season. To make rice vada healthier I prefer to make them in a paniyaram pan. However, you most certainly can deep fry them. Sharing This Recipe With The FoodieMonday/Bloghop Group The week passes by so fast, already it is Monday! For our 33rd theme Rice, I have decided to share Rice Vada. I had bought ingredients to make a coconut rice pudding but it seems Rice Vada won. Memories When family visits, it is food, food…
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Continue ReadingEVENTS: FOODIEMONDAY/BLOGHOP & FOODIES_REDOING OLD POSTS THEME: FESTIVAL OF COLOURS RECIPE: AGAR AGAR FRUIT JELLY Agar Agar Fruit Jelly is an easy to make, attractive, cooling, gluten free and vegan dessert. Perfect dessert for any parties be it a garden party, kids party, baby shower party, etc. I love making this simple but pretty dessert as I can use a variety of fresh fruits and best part is that I can control the amount of sugar I add. Sometimes I add maple syrup, a light coloured one. It does change the colour of the dessert slightly but tastes really good. WHAT IS AGAR AGAR? Agar Agar is a gelatinous substance that is derived from red algae. More specifically it is derived from red algae Gelidium…
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Continue ReadingBura na mano holi hai Its a bit early to post Holi recipes but I’ve just join a new group #Foodiemonday #bloghop. Every Monday we post a recipe based on the chosen theme. The 31st theme is #Fusionthandairecipes. Its really really hot in Mombasa and the only thing I could think of was something extra extra cold. I decided to make kulfi with my thandai masala. Taking photos was not easy as the kulfi was melting too fast. Holi, a festival of colors is celebrated by Hindus worldwide. In India its mainly celebrated by throwing, applying, drenching friends and families with different colour powders and coloured water. The true reason for celebrating is lost in all the colour throwing, drinking and partying. In reality,…
