Holi, the spring festival of India, is around the corner.With just few days remaining in the festival of colours, many people asked for the recipe of traditional Holi sweet of Sindhis, Gheear or the jumbo jalebi. For sindhis, Holi means going crazy over sweets like Praghree, Gheear, Malpura etc. The recipe of typical Sindhi sweet, Praghree, the crispy layered pastry stuffed with Khoya, is already shared here, while that of malpura is here Last year I tried making gheear too but my attempts went into vain, when the under- fermented batter refused to turn into slim pearly droplets that bind…
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I often wonder, what it is that make certain food so evocative, decades later? The smell of besan being roasted, triggers the memories of my mother making Sindhi Kadhi on weekends. The sight of corn on the cob, being roasted on charcoal, reminds me of the monsoon evenings, when a lime with salt and chili powder rubbed over a hot corn on the cob, would turn it into a most delightful after- school snack. The luscious mulberries, takes my mind back to those vacation days, when me and my cousins would climb on the half wall to pluck the juicy…
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Soybean, a kind of legume, is somewhat controversial, and there are many different theories regarding the pros and cons of consuming Soy and its products. Traditional Indian cuisine seldom made use of fermented Soy products and its only since past few years, that Soy products are used in form of tempeh, tofu, soy milk, Soya sauce etc thanks to the food going global. Probably the only way that Sindhis used Soy was in form of Textured vegetable protein (TVP, or Nutrella, also known as Soyabean wadhi/ badi, and soyabean nandi or granules). Soybean as beans, often known as “meat without bones”,…
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One of the best thing about having thoughtful friends, is that they know how to make you happy with sweet, kind gestures! So when our family friend Mrs. R. Khubnani, came to know about my love for the lotus stem, she was kind enough to get some for me, all the way from Ulhasnagar. Now, Sindhis might be aware of the fact that there are only handful places in India and abroad where you get the real Beeh, and not the dried sticks, or awful frozen pieces. And obviously, Ulhasnagar is one such place! Half of my mind wanted to…
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It feels great to re-connect with all of you, dear readers of this blog! I know I am being on and off blogging, pretty consistently. Well, blame it all, on the ups and downs of life ! I am going to spare you all from my rants about how hard the life gets ( at times), as I am here today to share some thing else with you. And this is a non food related stuff ! I attend almost all the events organized in Mumbai, by my favorite group Indiblogger, since I enjoy meeting the ever enthusiastic, lively people…
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Summer time again! Time to live on juices, citrus fruits and watermelons! Time to indulge in icecreams and sherbet, to ditch that spicy oily food and relish instead, some khichdee, simple subzis and loads of curds or yogurt. When it becomes unbearable to work in kitchen for hours, simple quick fix meals come to my rescue. Stuffed parathas, Dalbaath, Khichdee, dal chaawal, onepot pulav, mixed vegetable rice etc are the preferred choice of meals at my home, during summers. And one thing that is mandatory with all these dishes, is curd/yogurt in its various avatars like, plain curd, lassi, chaach…









