Karanji
is a sweet snack often made for festive occasions like Diwali and Ganesh
Chaturthi. Diwali is one of India’s
premier festivals and is a time for family and celebration.
I
love Shakkarpara! It is a terrific tea time (or any other time) snack. There
are some snacks that go really well along with tea; like mathri, namak pare and
shakkarpare.
Navratri
is one of the holiest Hindu festival, where different avatars of Goddess Durga
is worshiped for nine days. It is celebrated twice a year, which is considered
as a sacred time to worship Goddess Durga, at the beginning of the spring and at
the beginning of the autumn.
This
is one of the North Indian snacks prepared during festivals like Holi, Diwali
and Karwa chauth. They taste
exceptionally well when eaten with tea. To twist the snack a bit you can top it
up with any veggie topping on a buttery spread and top it with cheese or
mayonnaise.
Ah,
strawberry season. The best time of the year! It’s time for strawberry and
banana yogurt, cake and homemade strawberry jam. This is the recipe of old
fashioned strawberry jam.
Lapsi
a traditional dish Rajasthani dish made with daliya (cracked wheat),
gud(jaggery) and ghee. Cracked wheat, Dalia,
Lapsi or Broken wheat are few names
given to a form of wheat which is prepared by crushing whole wheat berries
(kernels) into small pieces.
Step
by step recipe to prepare churma or choorma. This is a traditional rajasthani
sweet recipe made by my grandmother; which we all love since years. It forms a
great accompaniment to the trio dish DAL, BAATI, CHURMA. It has a rich and flavorful
sweet made of whole wheat flour.