Marathon Bloggers Prompt Post - Addiction - the grand finale
Sunday, June 02, 2013Me! In words
Besides that, we are quite the mixed family - a Mangalorean Catholic and a Cochin based GSB and now we are living in Bangalore. So we have a lot of festivals that we would like exposing Anoushka to. Besides all the festivities, I try to cook up entire spreads that are representative of the festival. Again here I prefer to try recipes from different communities and cultures that perhaps celebrate the same festival. That way I don't end up serving the same things each year. Well that's my addiction...all the pictures you see below are from these cooking experiments.
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For Diwali I went with a fruit theme - L to R - Lychee Kesari Bath with chocolate sprinkles, Strawberry oats halwa and custard apple kheer with saffron
Last year was the first time I hosted a banana leaf style Onam spread - On the menu was avial, Olan, Chenna Vanpayar Erissery, Shredded cabbage and puli inji, Vegetable sambar, pepper rasam, buttermilk and semiya payasa
For Ganesh Chaturthi I made L to R - Mani Kozhukattai, Puliogare, Suyam and fruit kheer
Eid is done every year specifically for the biryani, Can't have a better reason than that. This particular biryani was accompanied by a mirchi ka salan, kerala style beef fry with idiappam, gil-e-firdaus for dessert and rose milk to wash it all down
St Mary's feast - A very Mangalorean feast - begins with a coconut milk dessert called roce - and last year I served a typical sprouted moong and greens curry, black channa sukka, a cucumber coconut salad and vorn, a moong dal payasam
Christmas last year was a whole roast chicken stuffed with bacon, shallots, garlic, potatoes, breadcrumbs and innards. The little jar was gravy made from all the juices of the baking tray, rosemary potatoes, buttered beans, caramelized carrots, a tomato tobasco drink, and red velvet cupcakes with cream cheese (not in the picture)
Easter this year was simple with an egg salad, chicken ghee roast and a tava pulao
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