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…
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Dal Moth~ Many of you might confuse it with the snack Dal Moth (Farsan), but this isn’t it ! Generally Sindhis relish a hearty breakfast of Dal Moong and Koki, where Dal moong being yellow moong dal topped over whole green gram. Personally I find green grams bit bland and not much appealing to my palate. Technically too, I face a problem with green grams..if overcooked these turn slimy instead of creamy and if undercooked, the curry and moong stand separated and somehow the whole dish do not come together nicely. For this reason, I find Moth beans, known as…
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Panchratni or panchratna (meaning 5 Jewelled ) dal is a mix of 5 dals, and though it is one of most favored Mughlai dal, it is equally popular in Punjabi cuisine as Dal panchmel or Dal panchratni. Though Tidali dal (Three dal mix) is more popular in Sindhi cuisine, but occasionally this creamy and protein rich mix of dals is simply savored when served with plain boiled rice, roti and some tawa / pan fried vegetables like potato or brinjal/eggplant. There are many versions of this dal, the recipe differs from region to region, from person to person. The combination…
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After enjoying a relaxing vacation of my baby, from school, the life is back on routine tracks. The hectic mornings are back in fashion and the Summer blues paved the way for Monsoon Grey (s). The weather is turning as beautiful as one can wish for, with misty mornings, cloudy sky, drizzling rains with intermittent thunder showers…a perfect season to indulge in fried delicacies, like Samosa, Pakora (Bhaji) or Choley Bhaturey ……well we chose the last one, and ended up relishing bhatura with kala chana/Black chickpeas in gravy, instead of regular Kabuli chana. Print Black chickpeas Curry Rating 5.0 from 1…
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Who likes to mess up with life? Who loves complications? If given a choice who prefers walking on a long hurdled road to a smooth drive? Raise your hands, if you like to get in the way of things, if you like to be in a tricky situation, if trouble is a name of your best pal…. I really, really want to see how do crazy people look like 😉 The gibberish geek talks just put me off, while simple straight forward vocabulary really amazes me. I really can’t understand why people need to take a long unnecessary route to…
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Weather is getting It had been long since Life is pretty busy nowadays Waiting for the summer vacation…Darn……finding it hard to pen down my thoughts today. So many of thoughts arising and then dwindling in my mind..at times I wonder what to share with you all and what to hold back. There had been plenty of things going around but when I sit here to write, nothing clicks ..Sigh..the Irony of life ! Never mind, lets talk about the recipe then, for , that’s what you are here for , No? For today, lets save each one of you from…
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Sorry folks, I know I took way too much of time to finish this tale. But then better late than never, isn’t it? Now without any Blah Blah (Oh how much I dislike this expression of relief on your face upon hearing this ! ) let’s jump over to the Recipe Recap: Hubby and myself preferred the Raanh in two different curries. After cooking Black Eyed Beans or Raanh in Tomato base curry for Dear Hubby, I went ahead to treat my taste buds with Raanh in Onion Based Curry. Print A Tale Of Two Curries ~Part Two Prep time: …








