• AlifBe - Rice dishes

    Cheti Chand Ji Sesa ~ AlifBe~15

    Today (13th April 2021) is Cheti Chand and we, the Sindhis, celebrate it as our New year, with great enthusiasm. Why do Sindhis Celebrate Cheti Chand? The legend says that people in Sindh (Now in Pakistan) were tortured by an arrogant ruler named Mirikshah who tried to force Hindu Sindhis to accept Islam. Sindhis being followers of Varun Devta, Lord of Waters, gathered on the banks of holy Sindhu (Indus) River and prayed for some miracle to save them. After fasting and praying for many days there was an akashvani that the Lord Vishnu will soon take birth in an…

  • Rice dishes - Sweet Dishes

    Tairi|Sindhi Sweet Rice For Chetichand

    ChetiChand, the New year of Sindhis is just round the corner and like every year, there are plenty of requests for Tairi Recipe (Tahiri/Tayri/Sindhi style Sweet rice). Tairi or Tahiri/ Tayri is a traditional  aromatic sweet rice preparation, cooked on special occasions like Marriages, Mundan, Pooja ceremonies and also during festivals like Chaliha, Chetichand etc. Tairi is distributed as Prasad on Chetichand  and it is also enjoyed with Sai bahji, Beeh patata or simple Potato-eggplant curry (Recipe coming up, next !), specially on Sundays. Tairi cooked without artificial food colour Print Tairi|Sindhi Sweet Rice For Chetichand Rating  4.5 from 6 reviews…

  • Curries/Vegetables - Main Course

    Dal Kachori Tamatey Mein|Fried Lentil Dumplings in Tomato curry

    A quick question for Sindhis all around the world..How are the preparations to celebrate our New year, this weekend, are going on ? Planned a Beharana? Or any fun celebrations? Are the plans etched for the get together and food? Are the Sherbets ready? Do let me know how are you celebrating Chetichand this year.If you have some pictures of the occasion to share, kindly Email me.The selected pictures will be shared on this blog 🙂 Coming to the recipe of the day, this is a delicious curry, with Urad dal dumplings, called Kachori in Sindhi.The dumplings are deep fried…

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    Yet Another Change

    Change…is inevitable ! Yeah, That’s what everyone says, and that’s what I believe now, finally! Not many Moons back, I was one rigid person, who was always afraid of changes, positive or negative, and who preferred to nest in comfort zones of her life.Any change small or big, scared me like hell. But life being a strict Master, it teaches you everything that you are reluctant to learn.So no longer I am afraid of changes, infact now I try to welcome changes :-)..see I have changed now 😉 So what else had changed?Hmm..many things…. The season, the food, the Food…