INDIRA FOODS Wanwadi , Pune-------REVIEWED

I was looking for idli –dosa batter and happened to reach at INDIRA FOODS –WANWADI, ………(Pune)

On reaching found out that they also sell Mysore pak from Shree Krishna Sweets Coimbatore.

I have already had the opportunity to relish this sweet from Shree Krishna … twice before , once from my DH`s trip to Coimbatore, and second time was from a family friend……….and believe me…. It’s the best mysore pak I have ever had in my life!!!  …….Its a Melting Magic….

How could I not pick it up…………..

A little more about this traditional south indian sweet ….Mysore pak………………. 

Some say Mysore pak was first created in the kitchens of the Mysore Palace by a palace cook named Kakasura Madappa. The cook at the Mysore Palace kitchen simply made a concoction of besan, ghee and sugar. The sweet that was formed delighted the royalties so much that it became a "Royal Sweet". When asked its name, Madappa obviously didn't have its name, so he simply called it the ‘Mysore pak’, a delicacy from the Mysore Palace. The king relished the sweet so much that he got Madappa to set up shop outside the palace grounds so that it could be made available to common people

Shree Krishna Sweets in Coimbatore is very popular for its mysore pak …They make Mysore pak thats full of Ghee and just Melts in your mouth…. It is one of the South Indian delicacy and very famous in coimbatore…………..

Indira foods also sells south Indian snacks…………………….

Picked up a Packet of sarkara-varatti (banana chips jaggery coated)…..Looked just perfect…but things changed with the first bite……it had this puking smell !!! Not to mention ruined my taste totally !!!!

Also picked up idli dosa batter (this was what I was looking for)………….  but was totally disappointed, as I opened the pack…batter was stinking…….not the regular fermentation odour… but it had gone bad…rotten smell…...Totally Yucks!!!!!!!!

Plaintain chips… Regular salted and Masala ones… I had picked up both….they were crispy and crunchy and good to taste….!!!  Goes well with a cup of Hot-tea !!

Eggplant curry- Baingan ka Bharta

Ingredients-

Small green Baingan 6 ( since I do not like to use the hybrid variety)

A pinch asafetida

¼ tsp mustard seeds

¼ tsp fenugreek seeds powdered (dana methi powder)

2 finely chopped onions

2finely chopped tomatoes

2 green chillies finely chopped

5-6 garlic cloves chopped fine

3-4 curry leaves

Salt to taste

1 teaspoon Kashmiri chilli powder

½ tsp coriander powder

¼ tsp turmeric

½ tsp garam masala powder

Coriander leaves finely chopped for garnish

3 tbsp mustard oil or sunflower oil

1) Wash and dry the brinjals. Apply little oil on them and one by one roast all of them on low flame by turning them all sides till they soften from inside and turn black on the outer side

2) Once done cool it and peel of the black skin

3) Mash the inner flesh and keep aside

4) Take oil in a pan, add asafetida and mustard seeds, after mustard seeds splutter add methi powder and then coriander powder, then add curry leaves green chillies and garlic,

5) Now add onions and sauté till it turns translucent,add chilli powder,turmeric  and tomatoes…cook until tender

6) Add the mashed baingan, add salt and cook for 7-10 minutes  on low,

7) Add garam masala , mix well, garnish with coriander leaves and serve hot.


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Idli Dosa -- Confused

I allways get confused with the idli dosa batter when i keep it overnight to ferment...... since they look alike...and next morning my reaction is ..which is idli batter??????  and which one was dosa batter?????........But then i decided to keep them in different utensils...so that next morning i am not confused.....but that didn`t work for me...as usual i was confused....until i finally decided to label them.......
This time as i was looking forward to labelling....... with a little batter on my finger tip....i finally labelled them .
About the recipe.........that turned out to be a disaster !!!!!!!!!!