Farari Sambharo ( Stir fry sweet potatoes and chilies)
On the days Hindus fast, there is a list of foods that they are “allowed” to eat. The list – often referred to as farali food – includes all the fruits and nuts, milk and Read More …
Category: Recipes
Sweet Potato khichedi ( sweet potato stir fry)
My husband usually fasts for the whole of the Shrawan month and I have to try my best to make different farar/falhar dishes for him. This dry sweet potato khichedi which my MIL used to Read More …
Sweet Boondi (An Indian sweet)
Sweet Boondi/Bundi is one of my favourite Indian sweets. I prefer them to Boondi Ladoos which are one of the most popular sweets in UK. Boond/bund means a droplet. Boondi/Bundi is made by dropping little Read More …
Dry stir fry potatoes and nuts (bateta nu farari shak)
It is the Hindu month of shravan and my husband is fasting this month. Thankfully our hindu gods know that we can’t stay hungry so they allow us to eat certain foods.I only know which Read More …
Green Tuver (Pigeon Peas) stuffed paratha
During lockdown, I had bought several cans of various vegetables which I am slowly using up. I had a can of green tuver which would have been perfect for a Lilva curry on its Read More …
Saffron Penda (Indian dessert using milk powder)
The Indian month of Shravan has lots of Indian celebrations- a couple of them are Raksha bandhan and Janmastami. And with these celebrations, there are always certain dishes I like to make around this time. Read More …
Cookery Classes online – The Positives out of this Pandamic
Early March, I was having lunch with some friends – one of whom is really into buying lovely clothes and going on holidays. Her Instagram pictures tell the story of a high maintenance lady. We Read More …
Nutty Energy ladoos/ balls with Dates
The inspiration for these energy balls were from watching an Instagram live session by A friend Nayna Kanabar whose Instagram is Simplyf00d. The video can be seen here. Ingredients 2 cups out Ready Brek cereal Read More …
Jeera Rice
Jeera Rice can be served in lots of different ways and my favourite is with a curry especially this Cannellini beans curry. Plain rice is something we tend to make regularly but when we want Read More …
Sourdough Base Pizza
Recently a group of bloggers ,including me, joined a Facebook Group run by Swathi Iyer of Zesty South Indian Kitchen to learn how to create a sour dough starter and then make sour dough bread. Read More …