Vegetarian Recipe Blog
It hardly takes any time for our kiddo’s taste to change from “yummy, that’s my favorite” to “yucky! I don’t like this”. And I am not talking about weeks or months, but in matter of hours and days. Used to be that Veggie Dosa triangles …
I have blogging little more than 2.5 years now, yet I find it tricky to phrase the first paragraph. OK, let me re-phrase, tricky to form the first line of the post. Many a times, I complete the 2nd and 3rd paragraphs for the post, …
TGIF! The weekend is finally here and I am so glad that this week is finally behind us. This week was particularly exhausting, with lots of activities both on the home and the work front. Added to this we have now enrolled our 4 year old for soccer class, so that means one more activity to squeeze through in our already busy schedule. On the brighter side the kiddo is very happy with his soccer activity and I officially get to be called the soccer mom. 🙂
Moving on to the recipe, these are deep fried savory diamonds (for lack of better term).My mom had prepared and sent these along with the other goodies. Different regions in India refer to this with different names. In Konkani they are referred to as Shankar Pali/ Tudki and in Hindi as Namkeen. It is amazing how even with almost similar ingredients; the taste could be totally different.
Relishing these treats opened up a floodgate of memories. Come Diwali, and this had to be one of the items among the array of dishes (faraal) that my mom used to prepare. She would start her preparation a week before Diwali, but then me and my brother would sneak in and finish off half of the goodies much before that. So she would take good care to either hide it or put it in a place beyond our reach.
Anyway, these are simple to make with readily available ingredients on hand. They are crispy and have that melt-in-your-mouth texture. Trust me; these are so addictive that they are gone in no time.
Hope you all have a wonderful and relaxing weekend.
Continue reading Spicy Shankar Pali/ Tukdi/ Namakpare/ Namkeen
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