Many Sindhis begin their Sundays with a visit to roadside food cart for a hot, king sized, breakfast, fit to celebrate the holiday mood. The breakfast served on a lazy Sunday morning, at almost every nook and corner of Sindhi localities, happens to be either Dal pakwan, Dal moong, or else Chola Dabhal (Chola = Chickpeas or Garbanzo beans, and Dabhal = Bread). The cart selling this curry-bread, have a hot stove with a large Aluminum container, filled with Spicy garbanzo curry cooked in Indian style Onion and tomato curry, oozing with flavors of roasted Garam masala powder, arranged on…
-
-
A Summary Of Sindhi Cuisine !
-
Firstly, sorry for the late replies (and even for no replies) to you mails dear visitors, I still have much backlog to attend to and I will do that ASAP. Darn the internet connection (I know, I know by now you all are sick of this excuse of mine, so am I, with these damn service providers) Well here I am again with this sinful food called Patate ja pakoda (potato fritters), an absolute favourite of my son.Though he gets to indulge these on ration basis, I like to let him have these on special occasions. And this time the…
-
Few days back I was STUDYING with my kid and preparing him for his exams.And all the mothers (ok.. fathers too) know how many questions are bounced at us by our little wonders, during such study sessions So while revising his Gk syllabus he asked me what does goats eat….I replied Grass Pat came another question….Then why its mutton is called NON-VEG ?? Ahem ..I was boggled for few seconds,then I composed myself and answered him that Goat is veg. (herbivores) but people who eat its meat are called Non-vegetarians. And if you think he was satisfied with this answer…
-
Indians need no introduction for this awesome snack,which is the most sought after, deep fried , crisp Maida cone, stuffed with scrumptious potato filling. If the name doesn’t activate the hunger spot in your brain, then you supposedly are not fit to be called a Foodie ! There are many versions of this lovely snack,varying from stuffing of veggies to Mawa , potato to keema , but obviously a potato filling is hands down winner (at least for me) ! So lets straight away head to the ingredients required and the method to make Samosas. Print Samosa~The most famous Indian…
-
First of all Belated Diwali Wishes to all the visitors and I hope this Diwali was as auspicious for you all, as it should be! Well, Every one must have celebrated Diwali in some or other way……mine was buzzing full of activities and I thoroughly enjoyed that! Pre- Diwali Days went in Cleaning and scrubbing every nook and corner of the house, followed by lots of shopping for D-Day! Diwali Day began with a Typical Sindhi breakfast which hubby dear kept avoiding from last many months, DAL PAKWAAN….obviously due to the calories it imparts. But knowing me, can I let…
-
This is one of unique and important festival in the Sindhi festival calendar. The festival is dedicated to Goddess Mahalaxmi, the Goddess of wealth and being celebrated during the “Shiradhs” – a time period of two weeks dedicated for paying homage to forefathers. Celebration of festival starts with tying “Sagaro” a thread belt compiled from raw thread with sixteen knots,on wrist. On the eighth shiradh, sagaro is untied To mark the end of festival a special worship prayer of Goddess Mahalaxmi is conducted in near by temple where all the ladies are gathered with sagara of all the family members.…







