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10 October 2013
Aloo Samosa
Well, there’s not much story to it. I just felt like making samosas and I did. Hot hot samosas on a rainy day with a cup of tea/ coffee, is a deadly combo. Try (...)
16 July 2013
Kala Chana Masala
Pulses have always been my forte. I learnt and enjoyed cooking them right from the time I started cooking. I am so confident about the dish to turn out right (...)
20 November 2013
Palak ke Gatte ki Sabzi
Gatte ki sabzi was one dish I wanted to try for a very long time. And there was this day when I decided to finally try it out. I thought I’ll try it out with (...)
18 June 2014
Fasttrack Chicken Curry
It’s the same old chicken curry with the same old ingredients. However, the method here is a very easy and a quick one. Try this out and you’ll not be (...)
1 November 2013
Bottle gourd pudding lauki ka halwa
Thursdays are days when I generally make some sweet as an offering to God. I usually go by the easiest and quickest sweet dish – Semiya Payasam. However, today (...)
12 November 2013
Rava Idli
Rava idli is my favorite form of idli. Mom used to make it once in a blue moon and I would be the happiest person then.Post marriage when I was in the learning (...)
25 May 2013
Aloo tikki - indian potato patties
Aloo tikki was one of the dishes I made in my early cooking career :)I love experimenting and my lab rat then was my brother. He really liked the tikkis and I (...)
3 July 2014
Spicy Chicken Kabobs
Hubby bought some ground chicken and promised to treat me with some delicious kabobs. Well, that never happened and I happened to debut in making chicken (...)
10 July 2014
Kaju Badam Kulfi
Hubs likes popsicles a lot. He bought these pretty Popsicle molds and totally forgot about them. Soaring temperatures in So Cal reminded me of popsicles (...)
30 October 2013
Taro Root Fry
Arbi fry is one of my favorites. I generally shallow fry them/ sautee. But every time I felt something was missing. So this particular time I decided to deep (...)
8 August 2013
Chole Palak
We had a few friends coming over for dinner and like I mentioned earlier, pulses have always been my forte. But this time I wanted something different. My (...)
5 October 2013
Masala mathri - indian spiced fried snack recipe
Homemade fried snacks are usually out of my radar. Not that I don’t like them but all I can see is the no. of calories in them. :-|However, there was this day (...)
9 May 2013
Eggless Cookies
Nan khataiNan khatai was the only version of cookies I knew when I was a kid. I remember mom baking these and giving us hot hot right out the oven. Trust me, (...)
24 August 2013
Coconut and split bengal gram sautee
Whenever I used to visit my grandparents’ place during the summer holidays, this used to be my favorite dish. I was introduced to it by one of my aunts. She (...)
22 September 2013
Semolina pudding or sooji ka halwa
This dish is to new place, new life and new challenges. We shifted to Maryland about a week back. We moved in to our apartment a couple of days back and our (...)
15 October 2013
Lentil crepes - adai indian snack
There was this day when I was badly craving for some dosa. I felt quite helpless because making white dosas (urad dal and rice) is such a big process. I kept (...)
18 April 2014
American Style Breakfast Biscuits
I first had these amazing biscuits in McDonalds and since thenI'vebeen a big fan of these cutelittle wonders. I wanted to make these at home for a long time (...)
14 May 2013
Caramel Custard
Caramel custard is one such dessert on which I can live. I LOVE it. As am writing this, my mouth is watering :)Every time I went home for vacations, I would (...)
27 September 2013
Vegetarian Kheema
Ideas kick in when there is a necessity and at the same time, lack of certain resources. In this case, it was a fine evening and I entered the kitchen to make (...)
21 May 2013
Lauki chana dal curry
I love this version of bottle gourd curry. It’s absolutely delicious. :)Try it out and go YUUUUMMMMMM…..IngredientsBottle Gourd/ Lauki/ Ghiya – 4 cups, peeled (...)
11 December 2013
Malai mutter paneer - creamy indian vegetarian curry
This dish tastes as if it is actually made in malai (butter). However, it CONS youas it has no trace of butter in it. Try out this low calorie (barring the (...)
24 October 2013
Chickpea flour coated eggplant sautee
My husbanddoesn'tprefer brinjal/ eggplant, whereas on the other hand, I LOVE eggplant. On one of the trips to shop veggies, I made sure I bought brinjals. And (...)
26 November 2013
Chocolate Banana Muffins
Story behind these muffins is the same. Bananas in my house were sitting idle without being put to any use. So I thought, ‘Hmm, let’s make some banana (...)
31 July 2013
Cashew Sesame and Coconut Chicken Curry
One day, I suddenly felt like cooking chicken with sesame seeds. Don’t ask me why. :)I bought sesame seeds and started cooking the chicken curry on a Sunday. (...)
16 August 2013
Onion and Palak Parantha
My husband is sure ‘Popeye– the sailor man’ when it comes to spinach. He just loves it. He keeps asking me to make some dish with spinach. I was too tired of (...)
