From past few months, I have been feeling this terrible urge of attaining some super power to uproot all the maddening bad, prevailing around.I can feel a transition within me from being a happy go lucky girl to a nagging, yelling, irked person, conferring eternal damnation to at least 20 people per day (in my thoughts of course). Little things start bothering me and I see red at drop of the hat.When I discuss this with my friends and well wishers, everyone suggests the same thing…”you can’t change the world and there is no sense in fretting and fuming, so…
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Guaar or gavar or Cluster beans, is one green veggies that my son is not very fond of. Still when I add potatoes to the guaar, he eats it without any fuss. Ideally Sindhi style Guar is made by first boiling the guar in an open pan, till soft. It is then mashed well by pounding with a whisker having a flat base (mandiyaro). A tadka of ginger garlic is made in a pan/ spiri to which tomatoes and spices are added. Once cooked, mashed beans are added and cooked further. The dish is little pasty or mush like. I…
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This week we have a special guest at Sindhirasoi, who has shared with me, a lot of information about Sindhi Food habits, food culture and regional specialties in past few months.Let me introduce Surrayya in her own words; Hobbies: Reading about mysticism, occasionally writing on issues which I feel are important to Sindh or the world. Skills: Fluent in speaking ,reading and writing Sindhi language thanks to my father’s special efforts Education: Graduate from United States (did my secondary education in England) Aim: Promote Sindhi culture (food, fashion/fabric design, embroidery, gold/silver ornaments) to the rest of the world So today…
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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…
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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…
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Toori, turai or ridgegourd, is very popular in Sindhi cuisine.Globally it is known by many different names, like Angled loofah/luffa, ridged loofah, ridged gourd, silk gourd, angled gourd, silk squash, Chinese okra sing qua, tori or toray (Indian), see gua (and other Chinese variations), patola (Philippines)etc As the name suggests, ridged gourds have ridges,while smooth gourds have smooth surface The flesh of these gourd is white, with a cottony texture inside. Both the smooth and the angled gourds can be eaten peeled raw or cooked when the fruit is young; but, as it matures, the flavour becomes more bitter. Even…
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Sultry summers are gone here in Mumbai and monsoon showers have knocked the parched earth, giving a sigh of relief, from dusty, sweaty, nasty heat of summer. However, I’ll miss some of my favorite summer things, like making falooda icecream, chilled mangoshakes, jaljeera and of course chilled masala chaach (buttermilk). One more food that associates me with summer afternoons is Dhodho, which is a type of flatbread, made from rice flour.It’s bit sticky, light, not too much spicy yet it serves as a delicious accompaniment with any veggie or Dal and I just love to wash it down with…








