Kashmiri Mix Vegetables Pulav n’ Apple Mint Raita Are you thinking of entertaining family or friends this weekend? Do you want to try something new? Kashmiri Mix Vegetables Pulav n’ Apple Mint Raita is the right choice to make your guests happy. It is so comforting and fit to treat the Royals. Long grain Basmati cooked…
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Udupi Style Sambhar
Udupi Style Sambhar My Udupi Style Sambhar is probably not the most authentic recipe but a very delicious one for sure. While we lived in Cincinnati, there was this Udupi Cafe, we visited often. We loved eating there. Their dosas, curries and especially the sambhar was out of this world. The flavors were so rightly…
Aami Mirchi ki Sabzi
Aami Mirchi ki Sabzi Aami Mirchi ki Sabzi is a regular feature on the dining table with meals during summers, in my mum’s home. Before we move further, let me explain the meaning of the recipe for all those who do not understand hindi. Aami = Raw Green Mango, Mirchi = Green Chillies, Sabzi =…
Lauki Kofta Curry
Lauki Kofta Curry Lauki Kofta Curry is one of my most favorite kind of kofta curry. You might wonder that I write “favorite” for almost all of my dishes. Well when you have a well established love affair with food, you tend to like each and every bit of it. True? Right? Well it goes…
Kosumbari, a raw mung salad – Diabetes Friendly Thursdays
Creating Recipes with a cause! I am a proud DFT blogger. To learn more about Diabetes Friendly Thursdays, Read this Link! For more DFT recipes, Click here! Kosumbari, a raw mung salad – Diabetes Friendly Thursdays Kosumbari sounds exotic. Doesn’t it? You will be surprised to know that behind the exotic name, there is a very simple, very…
Khasta Achari Mathri
Mathri is a Deep Fried Biscuit. Achar means Pickle. Khasta means brittle and crispy at the same time. It is a popular snack of Northern India and is one of the favorite Chai Nashta for evening tea time in most of the households. Mathri goes so well with a cup of masala chai. These small…
Idli Fry
Idli hails from Southern India. It is steamed rice and lentil cake. Rice and Lentils are soaked for few hrs and grind into fine batter, then fermented overnight to steam the batter in special idli moulds. I had made Instant Rawa Idlis earlier and to be honest, idlis make the best of the breakfast, brunch and snack. These…
Potato Semolina Cutlets
Potato Semolina Cutlets or Aloo Sooji Cutlets are mind blowingly delicious. Crispy from outside and tender from inside, flavored boldly with curry spices, these make an ideal breakfast for a relaxed weekend. Some weekends are for happy and comforting indulgences and this sure is one among those! Boiled and grated potatoes, are enhanced with the flavors of…
Tawa Pulav
I believe that there can never be too many rice recipes to keep handy. If you are Asian, it makes more sense. We Asians eat a lot of rice, I mean a lottttt of rice, be it South Asians or East Asians. Rice is the staple food for most of us. Many a times when I…
Stuffed Eggplant Poriyal – Ennai Kathirikkai
Almost 7-8 years ago, I was visiting my cousins in Minneapolis, Minnesota. My bhabhi knew my love for cooking so she gifted me this beautiful cook book called Dakshin meaning South, written by Chandra Padmanabhan. She has pended down some fabulous recipes in that book, in various categories of sambhar, spice mixes, poriyals, kuttus, rice and…