A platter of all the items made of drumstick. Drumstick or Moringa is relished in South India and a variety of preparations are made from it. Posting the links to all the items in the above Thali.
French beans, French beans all the way. Presenting a Thali with French beans as the hero. All these preparations of French beans can be enjoyed both with rice or Roti.
A variety of North Indian dishes in today’s Thali. A comfort meal of Dal fry and Jeera rice, Aloo matar gobhi subzi, Mujh Chetin a delicious radish raita from the Kashmiri cuisine, kuchumber/ raw salad which is served with almost every meal, raw mango pickle North Indian style ,Rajasthani papad and a Mittha / saffron flavoured rice from the Himachali cuisine.
Posting a traditional Punjabi thali prepared on Lohri, the harvest festival celebrated in Punjab, a region in North India. Groundnuts, mustard, sugarcane and radish are harvested after the winter season. This is a festival dedicated to the girl child.
On the platter today are Poori, mixed vegetable kurma, Jeera rice with sauteed paneer, raita, Aam panna, vegetables in brine, and Shahi tukda… The recipe links to the same are given below.
A Thali with Sattvik and non Sattvik food to celebrate friendship day..
In India, the first Sunday of August marks friendship day. Friends wish one another, go out for lunch or meet over coffee. Exchange of yellow roses and chocolates is also common.
Sattvik food are those preparations without the use of onion and garlic and are prepared on auspicious occasions and when one is fasting.
Food items which use whole spices, garlic and onion are enjoyed on all other days.
Here is a Thali which has a mix of both for all my friends.
On the platter are rice, dal, double beans hummanna, idli, chutney, pathrado, gulab jamoon, curds and mixed vegetable pickle, in the sattvik section. On the other side are double beans Saung, moong Sannakhotto, tomato omelette and chutney, slices of onion, vermicelli kheer, Andhra Avakai pickle and masala chaas.
Papad is common to both. It has been rolled and shaped into yellow roses which symbolise friendship.
Sharing a Thali today of Chapati, rice, Cabbage, onion and potato subzi, mix vegetable Sambhar, capsicum and cauliflower fritters and vermecilli kheer. Recipe links to all the items are given below.
Today’s Thali meal includes Rice, Dalithoy, Tender cashewnuts and ivygourd stir fry, Avial, Chana ghashi, Yam fritters and Madgane. Recipe links to all the items are given below.
