I felt lost after posting recipes for all the blog events J What next? was the question. To utilise a can of Lima beans, (I bought when I was searching for Fava Beans) last night I fixed us a quick pasta dinner- Farfalle with Lima Beans. BTW, Lima Beansare also called Pavta in Marathi (which I very well know). This I learned after some research on them; though what we get locally looks a bit different than the canned ones. The buttery nutty flavour of the Lima beans complimented the soft beautiful Farfalle bows in a tangy tomato-mushroom sauce. This…
Archives for August 2007
Rakhi Poornima
Today is Rakhi Poornima or Raksha Bandhan. More about this festival here A Rakhi Thali(plate) Some recipes on My Foodcourt for Rakhi: Pongal
Panaki
Panaki or Panagi is a traditional recipe originating from the Konkan region of Maharashtra. Usually it is made with a sweet stuffing of jaggery and coconut. This is my mom’s non-sweet version of the recipe. This savory Panaki is a Rice pancake steamed between turmeric leaves stuffed with some vegetables. (traditionally the sweet version is stuffed with coconut-jaggery)The dominant flavour in this recipe is that of the turmeric leaves. If you can’t find turmeric leaves or if you don’t like its strong flavour you can use banana leaves. This is entirely my mom’s recipe; in fact these photos are taken…
SilverOak Farm
We celebrated the Independence Day at ‘SilverOak Farm House’. About 20-25 kms from the city, this Silver Oak –Coffee plantation farm has been developed with the idea of boosting Agrotourism. Lush green fields, ultra pure air with the drizzling monsoon and some spicy Maharashtrian Food (typical rural specialties like Pithla, Bhakri, Thecha etc..) – can it get any better? Some photos from the farm: Alternate SilverOak and Coffee plantations- these are total 1000 Silver Oak and 1000 coffee plantations
Eat like..an Egyptian
This month I have been Globe Trotting not physically but Cuisinewise! Some days ago we were in Thailand, then this week in Orissa. My kitchen has been witnessing a lot of experiments these days thanks to some challenging events going in the blogosphere. (I have become a slave to these Blog -events now!) This time I am traveling all the way to the Middle East to Egypt-All thanks to Glenna of A Fridge Full of Foods. We are in search of ‘Ethnic Dishes’and she has asked us ‘to make a dish from a culture, country, or ethnicity other than our…