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    5 Sindhi Dishes From Leftovers

    5 Sindhi Dishes made from the Leftovers No matter how particular you are about cooking just the right quantities of food, there may be some leftover food at your home, at some point of the time. Generally we just reheat the food and consume as it is but there are times when we relish the leftovers in a different avatar. Here are 5 such Sindhi style recipes requiring a few basic ingredients to give a makeover to your leftovers.  Do tell me in the comments section if you have tried any of these. Also do tell me about your favorite…

  • For Kids - Snacks - Vegan

    Dal Tikki|Baked patty from leftover Dal

    Lentils…there are possibly million ways to cook and relish lentils and India is a blessed country, with the sheer variety of lentils grown here, the number of way these get incorporated into our daily diet and the exhaustive combinations of meals that we can make, using split dried lentils or Dal….be it Chana dal, or urad dal, toor dal or humble yellow moong dal ( skinned and split Moong beans) While Sindhis do use variety of legumes and pulses in their daily food, the yellow Moong Dal stays the favorite. Not only we cannot live without our Dal chaawal, but…

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    Sharing my happiness !

    A quick hello on a warm Monday morning and a sweet news to share ! Food blogging gives me immense pleasure…. sharing the traditional recipes, hearing your views and comments, reading all the messages and Emails with good wishes and compliments, getting to know about how your mother/aunt/friend/relative cooks the same dish, connecting with many old friends, making new ones …all these things make me feel so happy and cheerful. Dear readers, I am so glad to share with you all yet another reason of my happiness. It feels so nice to be featured in Femina’s online edition, talking a…

  • For Kids - Main Course - Side dish - Snacks - Street Food

    Soyabean (Soya Nuggets) Tikki and chunks in Gravy -Revisited

    This month Sia of Monsoonspice , is hosting JFI soya. Since I already had posted both the recipes with soybean on sindhirasoi, I am re posting them just for dear Sia. Hope this finds place in your event:-) Soybean Tikki This is yet another favorite of mine and I love making these wonderful soya-potato tikkis again and again.Simple, easy to make, delicious and healthy too. The recipe is here And other one is Soybean Chunks in Gravy This one is hot favorite of family,hubby dear likes to have this with Roti,while I love to binge upon it with  hot and…

  • Side dish - Snacks - Street Food - Temptation - Vegan

    Beeh (lotus stem) Tikki

    Few days back there was a food event where in the host called upon for Pakora recipes and being a sindhi I have no reason not to participate in that, coz Sindhis are world illfamous  famous for their love for crispy pakoras , fritters, Tikkis etc, basically anything deep fried. But I wanted to make something special….something which is closely associated to Sindhi cuisine, is something unusual yet delicious….My thoughts wandered from Palak pakora to mix vegetable pakora but I wasn’t satisfied.Then after spending many days in deciding what to come up with, I zero in  down on Beeh Ji…

  • Snacks

    Textured Vegetable Protein or Choti soyabean Tikki

    Print Textured Vegetable Protein or Choti soyabean Tikki Prep time:  20 mins Cook time:  40 mins Total time:  1 hour Serves: 4-6 Textured vegetable protein stuffed potato tikki recipe Ingredients Potatoes 6-7 TVP (Choti soyabean) 50 gms Green chillies 4-5 Cumin seeds Bread slices5-6 Tomato (optional)-1 Salt as per taste Coriander powder 1 tsp Turmeric powder  ½ tsp Garam masala powder ½ tsp Coriander leaves for garnishing Oil for frying Method Soak TVP in hot water for about half an hour. Rinse it and squeeze out all the water. In a pan put some oil and add cumin seeds, saute  till…

  • For Kids - Snacks

    Patties

    Print Patties Prep time:  15 mins Cook time:  40 mins Total time:  55 mins Serves: 3 Simple aloo patty called patties, generally served with ragda or vatana curry. Ingredients For Potato Covering 3 large Potatoes, boiled and mashed 3 Bread Slices 2-3 Green Chillies Few spoons of Chopped Coriander Leaves 1 tsp Chaat Masala (Optional. Available in any Indian grocery shop) 1 tsp Jeera/Cumin Seeds Salt to taste For Stuffing: 1 cup (A tad less than that) Chana Dal/Split Bengal Gram/Split Chickpeas 1 Green Chilli ¼ tsp Turmeric Powder ¼ tsp Garam Masala Powder Salt as per taste ¼ tsp Amchoor…