Back after a small break, didn't mean to take it, but had a houseful of guests for a week, then caught a very bad cold, so I just had to do it. Coming to (...)
Happy New Year to everyone, it's a bit late to wish, we were on a vacation in Dubai and after coming back to India, was a little sick, could make a post only (...)
It's the end of the month and time to reveal our Eggless Baking challenge for the month of October, and the challenge we had was Butter Cake. The cake as such (...)
Sundakkai/Turkey Berries, we had missed this when we were in the US, then one year in Chennai, we got this, but now again in Bangalore, I am not able to find (...)
Coconut Ladoos with Condensed Milk, this is one of the easiest desserts that one can make, yet tastes so delicious. It can be put together in under 10 minutes, (...)
Dosas are always welcome at home, any new variety, I am always ready to try it. When I first heard of this dosai from my friend, I thought, we would be just (...)
As I had said in my set dosa post, here's the Vada Curry that goes extremely well with the dosas. This curry involves two parts, making the vadas and then the (...)
Bengali cholar dal lentils bengali style chana dal
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Though Bengali cuisine is more famous for non-vegetarian dishes, especially fish, there are still many vegetarian dishes that we can try, and I really liked (...)
Today it's another curry to go with rotis, another curry with bottle gourd, lauki or sorakkai. I have cooked the bottle gourd in a cashew and tomato paste (...)
Today's dish, a curry with fresh lobia/karamani/ black eyed beans is another dish that I had made sometime back. Though dried lobia is available easily, fresh (...)
Thenkuzhal murukku - savory rice flour snack for diwali
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Thenkuzhal Murukku, second savory snack that I made for this Diwali along with the Kara Boondi. This is another simple and easy one that even beginners can try (...)
Basil Pesto is an all time favorite at home, we just love it with bread along with some tomato slices and cheese. We can make pesto with basil, coriander, (...)
Long time back,I had tasted homemade brinjal pickle at a friend's place, until then I didn't know that brinjals can be used for making pickles, it was very (...)
Whenever I buy beets, I usually make a poriyal or use it along with other vegetables in a kurma or curry. I've made kootu with it long time back, but the taste (...)
Begun Bhaja, Baingan Bhaja, another dish that I had tried from the Bengali cuisine, some time back. It's a simple and tasty dish, we use the big eggplants for (...)
When something is available in abundance, we don't appreciate it, but then, when the same thing is not available easily, then you start liking it more. As far (...)
After all the sweets, savories and heavy food for Diwali, today's dish is going to be a simple one, a curry to go with rice. I have been seeing this Mangalore (...)
Whenever I get a good big bunch of curry leaves, I would always want to try out this Karuveppilai Dosai with it, but only now I made it. This is the second (...)
Aval sweet pidi kozhukattai and rice flakes kozhukattai
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Since it's only a few days for Vinayakar/ Ganesh Chathurthi, I wanted to make a post about some kind of kozhukattai and made these aval/ rice flakes (...)
I have heard of this Tendli Bhat, a rice made with ivy gourd in the Mahrashtrian style, but never got a chance to try it until now. When I saw the recipe, I (...)
When browsing through my baking recipes, I was surprised to see that I haven't posted an Eggless Brownie till now, of course I have one with eggs. Then also, (...)
Last week I bought some bananas, the three of us ate some but then, as usual, there was some left which was overripe. Most of the time, this ends up in the (...)
Kovakkai kadala curry with ivy gourd and chickpeas
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Kovakkai Kadala Curry or Kadle Manoli as known in Mangalore is another curry that I tried from the Mangalorian cuisine. As soon as I saw it here, I was very (...)
Boondi And Bread Pudding, a delicious dessert that I had made years back and then totally forgot about it. I remembered that it's a Sanjeev Kapoor recipe, but (...)
This week has been very busy, had been to my mother's place, so did not do much cooking except for the pongal for the festival. Last week, I had made this (...)
