Chocolate Cookie Brownies - Chocolate Brownies with a Cookie Crust
Chocolate Cookie Brownies - these brownies with a lovely crackly cookie top actually happened through a happy accident. I was trying to bake these delicious looking brownie cookies that were getting...
View ArticleDates Banana Milkshake Recipe (Vegan Optional Included)
Dates Banana Milkshake, a combination that's probably common and should've seemed natural to me but I never went beyond this banana milkshake with coconut milk for a long time. One day, a friend and I...
View ArticleMirchi Ka Salan Recipe - Hyderabadi Mirchi Ka Salan for Biryani
Mirchi ka Salan - if you asked me to pick one dish, and only one, that stood out to me during my 2.5 years of life in Hyderabad, it would be Mirchi ka Salan. There, I said it, it's not even the famous...
View ArticleCrispy Waffles with Cacao Nibs - Recipes with Cacao Nibs
Crispy Waffles - two words that will make me actually pass over a plate of hot dosas for breakfast. If made right, waffles are one of my favourite breakfasts of all time. My mom, being the ever...
View ArticleRagda Recipe - How to Make Ragda for Ragda Patties
I made Ragda Patties (or is it Ragda Pattice?)! Ok, however it's called, this is one of those chaat recipes that I had been postponing making for-eve-r! Finally, FINALLY, it happened. Ragda is...
View ArticleSweet Chutney for Chaat - Date Tamarind Chutney for Chaat, Bhel Puri
Sweet chutney, a sweet-sour-spicy chutney made with dates and tamarind which forms an essential ingredient in putting together chaat, the Indian food group that I would argue is the most craved,...
View ArticleCoconut Garlic Chutney Recipe - Thick Coconut Chutney for Idli, Dosa, Adai
Coconut garlic chutney is this thick coconut chutney that amma makes on a regular basis to go with idli or dosa, mostly dosa. It's a very very simple chutney that requires no tempering - just a few...
View ArticleRagda Patties Recipe - How to Make Ragda Pattice, A Popular Indian Chaat Recipe
Ragda Patties - probably one of those chaat recipes that would be number 7 on my list of chaat dishes I crave. Papdi chaat with lots of sev is my favourite, I like my crunch in chaat, thank you very...
View ArticleIdiyappam - Kerala-Style Instant Idiyappam or Sevai Recipe
Idiyappam or sevai is a regular breakfast in our home in Kerala. In fact, steamed rice-based dishes are the most common and until I moved out and started cooking on my own, I never realised what a...
View ArticleNo-Oil Lime Pickle Recipe - Easy Indian Pickle (Onam Sadya Recipes)
Lime pickle is one of those things I choose as an afterthought, although amma makes this lovely no-oil no-cook lime pickle with green chillies for flavour, often with homegrown limes from generous...
View ArticleMethi Matar Malai - Methi Leaves Cooked with Matar and Malai (For Roti, Pulao)
Methi Matar Malai with Methi TheplaMethi Matar Malai - there's something musical about the name of this popular North Indian side dish made with methi leaves, matar or peas, and malai or cream. While I...
View ArticleUllipaya Pulusu - Quick Andhra Style Onion Pulusu Recipe in 30 Minutes
Ullipaya Pulusu is a name I figured out from Google search. The Reddiars in Kerala who migrated from Andhra and Tamil Nadu generations back - the small community that I am part of - call this Vatti...
View ArticleKrishna Jayanthi Recipes (Janmashtami-Gokulashtami) 2013
KRISHNA JAYANTHI RECIPES - 2013 Sri Krishna Jayanthi (also called Gokulashtami, Janmashtami, 2013 falls on August 28th in 2013, and I am sure many are preparing to cook up a good array of neivedyam to...
View ArticlePuttu Recipe - How to Make Puttu, Popular Steamed Kerala Breakfast Dish
Puttu is arguably the most iconic breakfast dish of Kerala. Almost always served with the Kerala kadala curry, puttu is a humble yet healthy and filling breakfast that takes minimum time and effort to...
View ArticleMysore Rasam Recipe - South Indian Recipe for Rasam with Coconut
Mysore Rasam is a delicious rasam recipe with coconut in the fresh rasam powder. I had been meaning to try my mom in law's Mysore rasam for a while and she had even passed on the recipe to me long back...
View ArticlePalak Aloo Tikki - Spinach Potato Tikki - Quick & Easy Snack Recipes
I love aloo tikki more so for its simplicity than the fact that tikkis in general are so delicious. I often make aloo tikki with grated potato which makes it so much quicker since you don't have to...
View ArticleDrumstick Rasam Recipe - Easy Andhra-Style Rasam with Drumsticks
Drumstick rasam is a beautiful thing, really. I have used freshly ground rasam powder to make it and very little else to keep the flavour solely focused on the drumsticks. The base of the recipe is an...
View ArticleQuick Easy Indian Chutney Recipes Under 30 Mins-for Idli, Dosa, Rice, Vadai
I love chutneys and am always on the look out for new and interesting chutney recipes for dosa, idli, rice, adai, paniyaram, vadai, you name it. Chutneys are an integral side for many popular Indian...
View ArticleKadalai Paruppu Sundal - Vinayaka Chaturthi & Navratri Recipes
Sundal is synonymous with Vinayaka Chaturthi (Ganesh Chaturthi) and Navratri in my house. While different versions of sundals show up through the year as a snack or as part of meals, the most popular...
View ArticleGanesh Chaturthi 2013 - Vinayaka Chaturthi Recipes - Indian Festival Recipes
Vinayaka Chaturthi or Ganesh Chaturthi falls on September 9, 2013. While not as colourful or eventful as Diwali, Ganesh Chaturthi was definitely one of those festivals celebrated at home because, come...
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