Geeths Dawath Food Blog

It s been  quite a long time since I posted in this category.Salads are very essential in a persons diet.It has always been my favourite. Well ,you’ll must be wondering why I didn’t post since such a long gap if it was my favourite. Well it was high time for me to take control of health and food habits,so the main reason.At times I ... Read More »

Gulab Jamun is one of the most popular Indian Dessert. Gulab means rose and jamun means fruit.Twist here is, no fruit is used,since it is shaped like the fruit Jamun it it called so.Originally the syrup is prepared with the rose flavour so it is named as Gulab,but normally we prepare the sugar syrup flavored with cardamom or saffron ….This was always in my ... Read More »

This is my fourth recipe on chicken ghee roast in this space.As I have told you all earlier that I like to try different versions of the same recipe and this is the fourth version I’m posting in this blog..This is the bestest chicken ghee roast I have ever prepared.Sometime back my sister had requested me to cook any dry ... Read More »

Biryani is my all time favourite dish.I can never think of giving it up.I love to cook biryani and most important  to hog eat.I have hardly come across anyone who dislikes biryani. When it comes to preparing biryani,I had very few flops…                  Last night my bhabhi Santoshi had prepared this yummy mushroom biryani and ... Read More »

This is one more jhatpat version of thepla. You may use only whole wheat flour or as mentioned below in the recipe with the combination of besan. I prepare this often whenever there is fresh methi leaves in stock.Originally this is a Gujarati recipe.I adapted this recipe from Santoshi Nayak.Refer for Methi thepla 1 here. Ingredients:Fenugreek leaves-1 cup,washed and choppedCurds-1/2 cupWheat flour(ata)-1 cup approx Besan-1/2 cup(bengal gram ... Read More »

This is one of the healthy and rich North Indian dish with fresh fenugreek leaves and protein packed soya chunks in a creamy cashew gravy.The original dish called only for kasuri methi (dried fenugreek leaves) but I had fresh ones in stock so I added that plus kasuri methi.I also added  an additional tomato sauce for tangy taste.The dish tasted ... Read More »

Today is one of the auspicious day for the GSB’s known as Ashad Ekdashi.Ekdashi is the eleventh day of the fortnight after the full moon.Don’t know much about the same.Many vegetarian delicacies are prepared on this  special day like Gajbhaje(preparation made with colocasia leaves and  assorted veggies like Bamboo,chana,yam,hogplum etc),Gharai and many more.For breakfast usually Khotto or Khottige is prepared(Steamed ... Read More »

When baking bug bites me I  just cant stop myself.Well, I tried two versions of Nan Khatai on the same day.One was from Mrs Jaya V Shenoy’s cookbook and other from my favourite blogger Divya Kudua’s blog.Both came out equally good.Would want to try my hand in many other versions soon.I slightly overbaked this batch of nankhatai,but nevertheless it tasted ... Read More »

Most of you must be wondering what Narayan Khatar is,well it is nothing but Nan Khatai.Mangalorean GSB’s use that term often,still unaware of the fact.I adapted this recipe from Mrs Jaya V Shenoy’s cookbook.Jaya mayi is a  blessing in disguise to most of us ladies…I’m posting in this corner after a long,long time.I baked 2 versions of Nan Khatai yesterday,both ... Read More »

This is Santoshi’s version of goli bhajo.Goli bhajo is a Mangalorean popular snack.I have already mentioned in detail in my post Goli bajo 1 which I had posted few days back….Goes best as the evening snack with piping hot chai/tea or Kaapi/coffee served with chutney. Ingredients:All purpose flour- 1 cupBesan(gram flour)-2 tbspCurds-3/4 cup approxSugar-1 tbspCumin seeds-1/4 tspGreen chilly-4-5,minced finelyCoriander leaves-3 ... Read More »