Showing posts with label Haryana. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Haryana. Show all posts

Monday, April 30, 2018

Alsi Ki Pinni/Flax Seeds & Edible Gum Sweet Balls

Though am running a month of blogging marathon, i couldnt stop myself to dish out some super duper healthy Alsi ki Pinni for this month's Shhhh cooking secretly event. This month's Shhh Cooking Secretly, a monthly event started by me, which is now hosted by Mayuri Patel is taking you all to Haryanvi Cuisine. You might have noticed that since few months, we are cooking from different Regional cuisines of India. After dishing out some delightful dishes from Gujarati cuisine, this month's event is all about Haryana. Alsi ki pinni is a very popular sweet in Haryana which is prepared with Alsi aka flax seeds, whole wheat flour, ghee, edible gum/gond, jaggery and cardamom powder.Pinni are prepared during winter as they gives lot of warm and energy to the body. Alsi aka lin seeds are extremely healthy and quite beneficial for cold and cough, as they gives strength. Lin seeds contains many nutritional properties, which control the cholesterol level of your body.

Alsi Ki Pinni, Alsi Laddoo

Wednesday, April 9, 2014

Meethe Pude - Haryana Special

Haryana, is an integral part of Punjab, obviously one can find the touch of Punjabi cuisine in this cuisine. Haryana cuisine is called as Haryanvi cuisine and the food prepared under this cuisine will go for good and pure food, their food goes for simple preparation as much as their civilization. The state of Haryana is named as 'Land of Rotis' coz the natives cant resists themselves from Rotis. Haryanvi foods which goes into the stomach gives a satisfying feeling and obviously any eater can relish this food without any fuss.The most important wealth of Haryana is their milk and milk products. Tea and Buttermilk are the local drinks. Haryana's Thandai is the local delight which is a sweet drink made from milk.Few dishes are very much popular among the Haryanvi natives coz they are prominently agriculteurs,bajra ki khichdi,a whole millet porridge is a famous dish eaten along with ghee.  Aloo ki tikki is prepared with mashed potato, stuffed with spicy lentils, this tikki is relished with tamarind chutney is an another famous dish here. Mixed Dal,a dal dish prepared with a mixture of spiced pulses is eaten with ghee are served along with traditional breads include chapattis and pooris.Teet Ka Achar is also famous which is made up of Kair Tree.Since Haryana's wealth is milk and milk products, many of their desserts are prepared with milk and their lists goes for a long.

Actually i was searching for a dessert from Haryanvi cuisine, but finally i ended up with a easy breezy pancakes like sweet dosas called Meethe Pude, i picked this quick sweet Haryanvi style pancakes from Mitha's space, seriously this dish is simple to prepare,easy to cook and you will enjoy each and every bite of this delicious meethe pude. Fennel seeds added in this recipe will gives an excellent flavour while having this sweet thick dosas and i loved it. A simple sweet dosas gets ready in a jiffy with simple ingredients.You can serve this sweets pancakes simply with Thandai or else with honey, but my choice is honey definitely.Sending to my own event Healthy Diet-Cooking with Wholegrains guest hosted by Nupur.