Love for home-made maharashtrain food

Swaypakghar in Marathi is the word for kitchen. Where I have seen my mother cooking different types of food for me and my famliy. My love for cooking started while watching my mother cooking with her secret ingredients and hence the this name. I was always whipping up some tasty dish in my pretended kitchen with my bhaatukli. Growing up, my mom encouraged  me to learn to cook and thanks to her today i love creating and trying out different recipes. This certain or rather I must admit my passion for cooking has come to me from my mother or as I fondly call ‘Aayi‘ in my mother tongue.

 Growing up in a rural Western part of Maharashtra known as ‘Ghat’ gave me good insight into day-to-day food habits of people from various walks of life. There is huge variety in preparing western Maharashtrian food even with very common ingredients.

I have a deep love for regional food. The kind of food that you cannot buy in ia generic restaurant. The kind which requires an invitation into someone's home, where it is made by loving hands and served with pride.

Here I would love to share some of my mother’s recipe straight from her swaypakghar :)