EVENT: FOODIES_ REDOING OLD POSTS #36 RECIPE: SWEET POTATO TIKKI/ PATTIES What is Sweet Potato Tikki/ Patties? Sweet Potato Tikki/ Patties is an Indian Snack made using boiled or roasted sweet potatoes. Spices are added according to one’s taste. After that, the mixture is rolled into balls or discs. Finally, Sweet Potato Tikki/ Patties are…
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Continue ReadingRecipe: Coconut Barfi Coconut Barfi is a traditional Indian sweet made with fresh coconut, sugar and milk. Traditional method is where grated fresh coconut is cooked in full fat milk till it becomes into a fudge like mass. Sugar or jaggery is added along with some cardamom powder. However, if you don’t have too much…
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Continue ReadingRecipe: Rajgira Sheera | Halwa Rajgira Sheera | Halwa is a gluten free, delicious Indian sweet dish that is prepared from amaranth flour, ghee, sugar and milk. Mostly prepared during fasting days like Ekadashi, Navratri, Shravan, Ram Navmi, etc, it is an easy recipe. However, go and make it whenever you feel like. It tastes…
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Continue ReadingRecipe: Moriyo No Sheero | Sama Chawal Halwa Moriyo No Sheero | Sama Chawal Halwa is a farali sweet dish that can be made during Navratri, Ekadashi, Janmashtami, Ram Navmi or Shivratri. Make this simple gluten free halwa, offer it to God and enjoy as prasadam. I sometimes make Moriyo No Sheero during Ekadashi. Also…
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Continue ReadingEVENT: FOODIE’S REDOING OLD POSTS RECIPE: CASSAVA IN COCONUT MILK/MUHOGO WA NAZI Cassava In Coconut Milk/Muhogo Wa Nazi is a very simple but very flavourful dish from the coastal region of East Africa. Also known as muhogo, mogo, tapioca or yucca. In fact, this dish is cooked in thin coconut milk with salt, green chilli…
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Continue ReadingRecipe: Coconut Cucumber Tikki Coconut Cucumber Tikki or Pattis is a a potato based snack which is filled with a mixture of grated cucumber, coconut and nuts. Generally, coconut tikki or patties is made as a Farali option for fasting days. But my mother in law Nunu, always included cucumber in the stuffing. And this…
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Continue ReadingEVENT: FOODIE’S REDOING OLD POSTS #8 RECIPE : SAMO/MORIYO KHEER Samo/Moriyo Kheer is a milk based pudding made using samo/moriyo or what’s commonly called in English as Barnyard Millet. Samo/ Moriyo is one of the most widely used ‘grain’ for fasting days like Ekadashi, Navratri, Ram Navmi, Janmashtami, etc. What is Kheer? Kheer is a…
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Continue ReadingEVENT: FOODIES_ REDOING OLD POSTS #10 What is the advantage of this theme? For the 10th week on Foodies_Redoing Old Posts, marble barfi got a new look.Old posts just get lost in the wide wide wide web unless they are very popular. Renu who blog’s at Cook with Renu has started a Facebook Group called Foodies_…
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Continue ReadingEVENT: FOODIES_ REDOING OLD POSTS #19 What is Mogo? Usually pronounced and spelt as Mogo by most Indians from East Africa, its actually called Mhogo (pronounced as M-hogo). Mogo, cassava, tapioca or yuca, call it what you want. A root tuber which originated in Paraguay and Brazil, was brought to Africa during the slave trade…
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Continue Readingupdated on 02/01/2019 What is Sukhi Bhaji? Sukhi Bhaji or Farali Bateta nu Shaak is a simple vegetable side dish made from potatoes, spices, nuts and sometimes raisins are added. Bhaji is a Marathi word and Shaak a Gujarati word for any vegetable side dish prepared to serve with rotis, parathas or rice. Sukhi means…