Grilled Vegetable Sandwich Recipe, Easy Indian Evening Snacks
Grilled vegetable sandwich recipe featuring boiled potatoes, tomatoes, cucumbers, a generous amount of butter, and some spicy chutney. In case the name is confusing, this is a sandwich that is grilled...
View ArticleEasy Fish Curry Recipe with Coconut Milk - Coconut Milk Fish Curry Recipe
Learn how to make an easy Indian-style fish curry with coconut milk, one of my go-to fish recipes, especially when entertaining.As you guys know, I am from Kerala and not vegetarian so that would mean...
View ArticleEggless Banana Walnut Bread Recipe, Eggless Banana Bread Step by Step
Banana bread is one of my favourite things. There's something to be said about the consistency of a banana bread, so intriguingly named because it's actually more like a cake than bread but can be...
View ArticleSago Payasam - Easy Sago Payasam Recipe for Onam Step by Step
Learn how to make Sago Payasam with sago, also known as javvarisi in Tamil, chavvari in Malayalam, and tapioca pearls in English (since they are made from tapioca starch). Onam was always special...
View ArticleAloo Masala Sandwich Recipe - Easy Indian Tea Time Snacks
Learn how to make aloo masala sandwiches, a grilled sandwich recipe with spicy potato masala filling. Served hot with ketchup on the side, these aloo masala sandwiches make perfect tea time snacks for...
View ArticleMethi Paneer Recipe - How to make Dry Methi Paneer
Learn how to make dry methi paneer, a delicious side dish recipe with paneer and fresh methi leaves. I have an edible balcony garden, you guys. Actually, calling it a garden is a bit of a stretch but I...
View ArticleWalnut Basil Pesto Recipe, How to Make Pesto with Basil & Walnuts
Learn how to make basil pesto with walnuts. Pesto is a popular Italian sauce that's hard to miss, what with Italian cuisine being such a popular one globally. I developed a very gradual liking to...
View ArticlePressure Cooker Chocolate Cake Recipe, Step by Step
Baking a chocolate cake is probably on every novice baker's to-do list. While baking can be a bit daunting to get started on due to all the required ingredients and equipment, you can make cakes that...
View ArticleRidge Gourd Pachadi, Easy Beerakaya Pachadi Recipe
This particular ridge gourd pachadi recipe, I believe, is unique to the Reddiar community in Kerala. In fact, we call it not pachadi, but bajji (yes, like the besan coated deep fried snacks by the same...
View ArticleChicken Jalfrezi, How to Make Chicken Jalfrezi Recipe Step by Step
Chicken Jalfrezi or zalfrezi is an Indian-Pakistan chicken recipe with tomatoes, onions, capsicum, and spices cooked with generous amounts of ginger and garlic. A popular restaurant dish, chicken...
View ArticleCapsicum Besan Sabji Recipe, How to make Capsicum Zunka
Learn how to make easy sabji or stir-fry with capsicum or bell pepper and chickpea flour, called besan in Hindi. This is a super quick recipe, one which enlightened me on what zunka is. Capsicum zunka...
View ArticleMasala Vada Recipe, How to Make Masala Vadai Step by Step
Learn how to make Masala Vada or Vadai, a popular South Indian tea time snack of soaked and ground chana dal mixed with onions and masala which is then shaped and deep fried.Masala vadai or medhu vadai...
View ArticleGreen Gram Sundal Recipe, Pacha Payaru Sundal for Navratri
Green gram sundal (also called green moong sundal, mung bean sundal, or pacha payaru sundal in Tamil) is probably the most popular and easiest sundal you can make for Navratri. Although I don't do the...
View ArticleSabudana Khichdi Recipe, How to Make Sabudana Khichdi
Sabudana Khichdi is a Maharashtrian recipe using sabudana (sago), potatoes, and peanut powder. Most popular as a vrat fasting food, sabudana khichdi is carb and protein heavy, which makes it a great...
View ArticleMaa Ladoo, Maladu, Easy Ladoo Recipe for Diwali, Step by Step
Maa ladoo (also known as maladu, maa laddu, pottukadalai urundai) is the easiest sweet recipe you can make for Diwali, especially if you are a novice at making traditional Indian sweets like I am. Maa...
View ArticleFish Fry Recipe, Kerala-Style Fish Fry or Meen Varuthahu
Fish Fry Recipe and how to make it Kerala-style. This recipe for Fried fish (meen varuthathu, varutha meen) is simple, tasty, and it's how the Malayalis do it, although I must admit that every home...
View ArticleKaju Katli, Kaju Barfi Recipe, Step by Step Pictures with Tips for Beginners
Kaju Katli (kaju burfi, cashew barfi) is the only South Indian sweet that TH would eat and so I try to make it during Diwali time. I have made kaju katli twice before this. The first time I made it, I...
View ArticleBoondi, Kara Boondi Recipe, How to Make Boondi, Diwali Snacks
Learn how to make boondi, the spicy kara boondi that’s a favourite and popular South Indian snack, made especially during Diwali time. With a few tips and tricks and step by step pictures, this recipe...
View ArticleRibbon Pakoda Recipe, How to Make Ribbon Pakoda
Learn how to make ribbon pakoda (ribbon murukku, nada pakoda), a delicious snack with besan that’s a popular snack made during Diwali and Gokulashtami. I, on the other hand, can eat ribbon pakoda any...
View ArticleRadish Sambar, How to Make Radish Sambar Step by Step
Radish sambar (mullangi sambar, mooli sambar) recipe, a very flavourful sambar from South India that’s made with radish, a vegetable that I don’t know what else to do with besides making a radish stir...
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