Namkeens

Diwali is just around the corner and the festival of light is incomplete without the preparation of sweets and savories . I had bookmarked this recipe a year back and I couldn’t resist myself from trying this goodness . The result was successful . Homemade munchies are anytime better than store bought ones . I adapted this recipe from rakskitchen ... Read More »

As a kid , ‘the making of chakli’ have always  fascinated me. I’ve been making it since decades,though not perfect,but tastewise it has always tasted good.I like to try new recipe and this time I tried my hands in making wheat chakli.I found the recipe in the chakli press pack of Maruthi Brand,a small booklet with few good recipe’s.The procedure ... Read More »

This Diwali was a nonstop cooking at my side specially  Sweets and Namkeens. It is so much fun to learn new things especially  preparing Indian sweets and Namkeens is such a pride.I was concentrating more on the Indian sweets and Namkeens this year.Being in the Fb foodgroups is such an exposure for us foodies,be it new recipes,presentation,photography etc.We get to learn so ... Read More »

Aloo Bhujiya/Bhujia is  nothing but Sev,but prepared with potatoes.It is referred as Bhujiya in the Northern part of India.One of the famous Bhujiya is Bikaneri Bhujiya of Rajasthan.In South India it is called as Omapudi/Sev/Shevo.Please check my Omapudi/Shevo post too which I had posted sometime back.Recipe adapted from : Jeyashris Kitchen Ingredients:Besan-1 1/4 cupPotatoes-2,boiled and mashed wellChilly powder-1 tspGaram masala ... Read More »

After all those sweet goodies,I wanted to prepare something Namkeen.I had decided on preparing this namkeen a year back,but for  some reasons couldn’t make it possible.Recently I spotted a Boondi maker in Niya Prakash’s blog and I craved to have my own someday.Last week I visited Bharath Steel centre,Mangalore and found one.And I inaugurated it today. Boondis can be easily prepared with a perforated ... Read More »

After Spicy tukdi,Shevo, Salted Tukdi,Cornflakes Mixture and many other Namkeens, today it is sweet tukdi prepared on my sons demand.I often prepare sweet biscuit tukdi but today I thought of trying a new recipe.This morning I saw the post on Sharmis passions and I thought it was the right recipe to try as it seemed very easy and the measurement ... Read More »

I  adapted this recipe from Mallika Badrinath’s recipe book Murrukkus and Mixtures..When I was in college my aunty Shalini akka had introduced me to her cookery books and the first book bought by me was her Rice dishes book.Then I started collecting her other editions one by one as she introduced it and now have few collections. Ingredients:Cornflakes(Maize flakes)-2 cups ... Read More »

This is the salted version of tukdi which is again super crisp.Yesterday I had posted a spicy version and this  is slightly different.Slight difference also make a great change,isn’t it?I don’t mind trying the  same dish with different variations.Recently I saw this tukdi post in a FB group posted by my friend Chandrika Kini who is an awesome cook.Well, I was ... Read More »

Tukdi is a diamond shaped savoury.This is a spicy version.Few days back when my sister was leaving back to UAE her mama in law had packed her this crispies which she had shared with us too.And it was so crisp and tasty I wanted to prepare it then and there.But then I had to ask the recipe plus sons exam ... Read More »

On Mosurukudike day I was in a mood to prepare Murrukku’s.I tried 2 different versions on the same day.One recipe which I posted  yesterday and this is the second one which I tried from my Fb friend Nandini kini’s recipe.Both came out equally good.The colour of this murrukku was slightly darker since chilly powder was added.It came out crunchy and ... Read More »