Melon Pan Bread Recipe - How to Make Melon Pan Buns
Melon pan, melon bread, or melon bun is a popular Japanese bread (also popular in Taiwan, Hong Kong, etc) that's basically buns covered in a crunchy cookie crust. Interesting, eh? The method for making...
View ArticleRava Idli Recipe with Eno - Instant Rava Idli Recipe with Curd
Making your own idlis at home is a beautiful thing. In fact, I dream of always having homemade idli dosa batter in the refrigerator all the time but that's sadly not the case. I do buy and stock MTR...
View ArticleStrawberry Lassi Recipe - How to Make Strawberry Lassi
Lassi is one of those drinks I used to get during Indian meals, I habit I started off in Singapore. However, I very quickly got sick of the overly sweet and often artificially flavoured and coloured...
View ArticleSpinach Feta Muffins - Savory Muffin Recipe (Eggless Option Included)
Muffins are a personal favourite and while a frosted cupcake is a welcome treat, a muffin is more a regular thing for me and I often bake a batch for snack time at work. However, they have always been...
View ArticleTawa Pulao Recipe - How to Make Tawa Pulao (Pav Bhaji Masala Pulao)
Tawa pulao, or Tava Pulao, is a brief streak in my memory from my first trip to Bombay in 2010. I was so excited to try pav bhaji, vada pav (recipe coming soon) and the like that although most stalls...
View ArticleCapsicum Rice Recipe - How to Make Capsicum Masala Rice
I know I just shared recipe for tawa pulao and this is yet another rice recipe but I haven't been cooking anything new for a few weeks and these recipes are from the deep dungeons of my archives! I...
View ArticleEveleigh Markets - Farmers Market in Sydney: A Review
This is a non-recipe post to share one of my favourite farmers market in Sydney, the Eveleigh Markets. Before moving to Australia, TH and I did a couple of trips here, partly to help make up our minds...
View ArticleMicrowave Banana Chips - Healthy Raw Banana Chips Recipe
Freshly fried hot chips is a beautiful, delicious thing and we all know that. TH is a huge chips lover and when we used to live in Hyderabad, he'd go to the fresh chips stalls and get a small batch...
View ArticleMushroom Tikki Recipe - Veg Mushroom Tikkis or Cutlets
TH and I have vegetarian burgers for dinner occasionally and I also make the vegetable patties for burger the same way more or less. It's a tried and tested recipe and we like it. However, I recently...
View ArticleDry Garlic Chutney Recipe - Spicy Red Garlic Chutney for Vada Pav
There are a few variations to make a good garlic chutney but this dry spicy red garlic chutney is a Maharashtrian special specifically made to serve with vada pav, a popular street food from Mumbai...
View ArticleVada Pav Recipe - How to Make Mumbai Vada Pav (Batata Pav)
Vada Pav is often likened to an Indian-style burger. While a vada pav does resemble a burger in the way it's assembled, a well-made vada pav couldn't be more different in taste to a burger. Even when...
View ArticleEggless Mango Ice Cream Recipe, Condensed Milk Mango Ice Cream
Eggless mango ice cream using just three ingredients, including condensed milk that needs no machine, no cooking and no churning. Yep, pretty magical those words sound to me too. I was sent the recipe...
View ArticleHow to Make Spongy Appam with Yeast - Kerala Appam Recipe
Kerala appam or aappam is a thing of beauty. It's the perfect embodiment of what Kerala breakfast recipes are all about - rice flour, some fermenting, light on the stomach, easily digestible, and also,...
View ArticleCasa Barilla Italian Cooking Classes in Sydney: Review
Most of you may be familiar with Barilla, the world's largest pasta company that has origins in Italy. They have a huge variety of pastas and sauces to go with it and I am a recent convert. Not just of...
View Article1-Min Chocolate Chip Cookie in a Cup - Microwave Choc Chip Cookie Recipe
Chocolate chip cookie in a cup. In one minute. Made in the microwave. Delicious. That's really all I need to say about this awesome recipe but I will talk a bit more because, you know, I love to talk!...
View ArticleIyengar-Style Curd Rice Recipe: Dahi Annam or Daddojanam Recipe
Curd rice is the ultimate comfort food and whether it's Iyengar-style curd rice (also called Dahi annam, Daddojanam, temple curd rice, etc) or Iyer-style or any other style for that mater, it's the...
View ArticleBaingan Ka Salan - Hyderabadi Baingan Salan Recipe (Baingan Recipes)
Baingan ka Salan is my spin on the popular mirchi ka salan recipe that's a mandatory accompaniment to Hyderabadi biryani. Since I love baingan recipes and bagara baingan is one of my favourites, I...
View ArticleAloo Gobi Recipe - Dry Aloo Gobi Sabzi Recipe - Potato Cauliflower Dry Curry
Learn how to make Punjabi-style aloo gobi recipe, a classic dry vegetable dish with aloo (potatoes) and gobi (cauliflower). This simple dry sabzi goes wonderfully with roti if you have some dal tadka...
View ArticleMushroom Tikka Recipe - Grilled Mushroom Tikka, an Easy Appetizer
Learn how to make mushroom tikka, an easy starter or appetizer recipe with mushrooms that you can make in less than thirty minutes. Mushroom tikka shouldn't be confused with the delicious mushroom...
View ArticleHow to Make Chilli Paneer Gravy - Easy Step by Step Recipe
Learn how to make chilli paneer gravy, one of the vegetarian highlights of Indo-Chinese cooking. The dry chilli paneer recipe is often served as as a starter while the gravy version makes a great side...
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