100 yummy Diwali Recipes E-book by Indus Ladies

Indus ladies was compiling a much talked about e-book of  100 yummy Diwali Recipes  a contribution by food bloggers. 

I am sure all of us were eagerly waiting its publication. 

This is how it looks

Here is the link to download all the  book and  here is the link to my recipe Maledi or Chapati ladoo. 

Isn't planning for Diwali easier now?

Mushroom Kababs

F or the Blog Hop we meet sensational cooks and inspiring ideas.

So when I hopped over to Pratima of Prats Corner I made lovely tofu and paneer burgers. Here is the recipe for the burgers in case you have missed it.

So after I made this burger  I found that I had some leftover marinade ( Let’s face it I prefer to make a biiit more than necessary to take care of unforeseen  emergencies) . So I had some extra marinade and some mushrooms, capsicum and small onions all cheerily waving out to me as the former two sat in the fridge and the onions are a bunch that we buy regularly before the rains in the local fair called “purmet”.

Palak Chakali~ Blog Hop #6

F or today’s Blog Hop the brain child of Radhika I am paired with Suchitra of  Simple Indian Food. Not only does Suchitra have an enormous number of recipes she has also featured new budding bloggers in her blog.

I have bookmarked quite a few recipes to be tried later.  But being festive season I was keen on trying some savories. But savories I wanted had to have some health quotient in them, what better way to have them but to add veggies.

Doodhi Halwa or Bottle Gourd Halwa

I have already talked about my family lack of sweet tooth so many times that you must be all bored. But that does not stop me from trying out new recipes or reinventing the old ones now that I have found appreciative ‘Bakaras  & Bakaris’ at work!! :)

For Duserra I decided to make Doodhi Halwa or as it is known as in Goa “Konkan Doodhi Halwo”! 

Now Doodhi or bottle gourd has a lot of health benefits (check here) as     Ramdev Baba has kept telling us so hubby dear has stopped grumbling when I buy it. Thanks a lot Baba because of you I have tried many ways of including this veggie in our diet masking it many a times.

Believe me I have used it in Thalipeeth, Pav bhaji, Kofta, Paratha, even tried chutney!! Now the girls have stopped guessing what I am upto.

 I have it the day Apeksha will decide that she wants to learn cooking the cat will be out of the bag and I will tumble like nine pins! Guess each dog has its own day and I have had mine.