RCI Maharashtra Round-Up: Part II

Welcome to Part II of the round-up of Regional Cuisines of India: Maharashtrian Cuisine event! Today, Part II moves on to the main meal, with its myriad components all represented in these beautiful entries. We start off by looking at some artistically arranged full meals, then enjoy each of the elements separately. Here, you will find recipes for fragrant spice mixtures, tasty condiments, and

RCI Maharashtra: Round Up Part I

Welcome to the round-up of Regional Cuisines of India: Maharashtrian Cuisine event! We have one hundred and forty three dishes that have been sent in from all corners of the Indian food blog world. I am so touched by the overwhelming and enthusiastic response to this event! Many thanks to Lakshmi K for coming up with the idea of exploring the regional cuisines of India, and for giving me this

Updated Schedule for Indian Vegetables Event

Just a quick note to say: I am going through a very busy week with the RCI: Maharashtra round-up. Plus, I will be traveling next week. So, all in all, I have decided to take a couple of weeks off from our A-Z of Indian Vegetables. Here is the new schedule for participants:W: 14 JulyX: 21 JulyY: 28 JulyZ: 4 AugustI feel terrible breaking the routine, but the truth is that I want to savor these

An Eggplant Endamame Entree

This is my entry for the monthly Jihva For Ingredients, an event that celebrates all the wonderful natural ingredients that form the backbone of Indian cuisine! JFI is the brainchild of Indira from Mahanandi. This month, JFI is being hosted by Sangeeta of Ghar ka Khana. The name of Sangeeta's blog means "Home-Cooked Food", and she has chosen a vegetable that is cooked in hundreds of home-style

V is for Vegetable Cheese Sandwiches

The myriad cuisines of India all love their vegetables! Veggies are diced and sliced, grated and mashed, stir-fried and curried into hundreds of vegetable dishes. In this series, the A to Z of Indian Vegetables, we take an alphabetical journey through the various avatars of vegetables relished in Indian cuisine. For each letter, we will make a tasty vegetable dish that illustrates one manner in

Weekend Stuff

Weekend Dog Blogging: Puppy At Heart Of all the thousands of pictures we have taken of Dalu, this is one of my favorites. It captures the quintessential personality of Dale- innocent and child-like, yet dignified; a little bewildered by the big bad world around him. Although Dale is nearly eight years old (middle-aged in doggy terms), people still stop us in the street and ask us if he is a

Jhatpat Appey

This is my entry for the monthly Weekend Breakfast Blogging, an event show-casing my favorite meal of the day! WBB is the brainchild of Nandita from Saffron Trail. This month, WBB is being hosted by Trupti of The Spice Who Loved Me. True to the name of Trupti's blog and her obvious love for traditional Indian spices, the theme for the month is: SPICE IT UP!

Breakfast is a meal marked by

Going Lite with Summer Rolls

Every month, Coffee from The Spice Cafe sends us off on a mission called the Monthly Blog Patrol: the idea is to browse our favorite blogs and choose some recipes that make us want to run to the kitchen and try them, and, well, run to the kitchen and *actually* try them, instead of just drooling all over the keyboard. The theme for this month is Going Lite.I have to say that Coffee has chosen a

U is for Undhiyu

The myriad cuisines of India all love their vegetables! Veggies are diced and sliced, grated and mashed, stir-fried and curried into hundreds of vegetable dishes. In this series, the A to Z of Indian Vegetables, we take an alphabetical journey through the various avatars of vegetables relished in Indian cuisine. For each letter, we will make a tasty vegetable dish that illustrates one manner in

Kolhapuri Bakarwadi

This is one of my entries for RCI: Maharashtrian Cuisine.Maharashtrian cuisine, like the other Indian cuisines, has one category of recipes that is specially loved: all the crispy crunchy melt-in-the-mouth tea-time snacks! Some of these goodies are made specially for festivals, others are made in batches and stored in air-tight containers, waiting for friends and relatives to drop in unexpectedly

T is for Tomato Red Pepper Saar

The myriad cuisines of India all love their vegetables! Veggies are diced and sliced, grated and mashed, stir-fried and curried into hundreds of vegetable dishes. In this series, the A to Z of Indian Vegetables, we take an alphabetical journey through the various avatars of vegetables relished in Indian cuisine. For each letter, we will make a tasty vegetable dish that illustrates one manner in

Weekend Stuff

Weekend Dog Blogging: A Day At The Dog RunYou know how other people walk their dogs? Well, our Dale walks his humans! Today, he is taking us to the dog run...At the dog run, the normally placid and sleepy Dale runs around wildly......and plays with his friends......and then, he needs to cool off. Dale digs up the dirt the reveal the wet, cooler soil underneath the surface (bad dog!)......and gets

S is for Spinach Amti

The myriad cuisines of India all love their vegetables! Veggies are diced and sliced, grated and mashed, stir-fried and curried into hundreds of vegetable dishes. In this series, the A to Z of Indian Vegetables, we take an alphabetical journey through the various avatars of vegetables relished in Indian cuisine. For each letter, we will make a tasty vegetable dish that illustrates one manner in