Neha Bhide
I first tried making this for Mahashivratri 2024 and I was amazed how good it tastes. It tastes just like Moong halwa in my opinion (which I absolutely love). Plus, this uses less ghee, sugar and is upawas-friendly – what more This recipe makes about …
First things first – I personally do not like Most Tilguls. So when I say the ONLY 2 tilguls that I like are this one and this tilachi barfi that my aji made, you gotta belive that these are unlike any other tilgul and easily …
Upwas/ Upaas/ vrat : A word for fast (as in fasting). It is typical in Hindu culture to observe a fast on certain days/ festivals/ periods as a spiritual practice of abstinence. Today, July 21, 2020 – marks the beginning of the month of Shravan …
An absolute staple in any western Indian home. Traditionally, my Aji would go to the “bhatti” at the local market with a large steel container of peanuts or groundnuts and get it roasted over sand. This was followed by de-skinning the roasted peanuts and then …
Savory sago pearl fried fritters The other day I was having a conversation with a friend. We were talking about heirloom keepsakes and childhood memories. He is a doctor and he was telling me how he wanted to preserve the last prescription his Grandfather, who …
(cooked samo seeds with a spicy-sweet peanut curry) Another favorite from the upwas (fasting) menu. My aji’s patent recipe! The good thing about this dish is its one of the healthier ‘fasting’ dishes. I satisfy my cravings for sabudanyachi khichadi with this, as it does …
Sabudanyachi Khichadi – A very popular breakfast dish in Western India especially for upwas (religious fast). Sabudana Khichadi is usually eaten during religious fasting, however I love it so much, I pretty much end up having it at least once a week for breakfast! Growing …
