For the second day, I have a delicious snack from Gujarat. Made with bajra flour, these vadas are crispy and flaky and taste yum with a cup of coffee or tea. These are one of the dishes made two days before Janmashtami. The day before Janmashtami is Shitala Satam and they don’t light fire on […]
Almonds is an important part of vegetarian paleo diet. So how come high fat almonds are considered diet food? In paleo we try to reduce carb intake and increase fat intake. The energy needed are got from the fat consumed and do not worry, it will not increase your weight. I have been on paleo […]
Wishing all my readers a very Happy Diwali. I hope you are done with all the preparations. I just made two sweets and murukku for this Diwali. And all the dishes have turned out so tasty. Sruti is having a great time relishing them. And we are waiting to burst crackers. Have a wonderful day, […]
I am doing an A-Z Tamil cuisine marathon this month and today it is the day of M. For M, I had some other recipe until last minute but as I was so busy with shifting, the recipe I had saved looked so tedious. So went on to make this simple yet delicious snack masala […]
I am nowadays looking for easy snacks for my daughter. And what is more simple than this nei kadalai. My mom used to make this when we were kids and it was my dad’s favourite snack. I have posted a baked version previously but this is the fried version. I also made a video demonstrating […]
Today is the final day of this week under Indian states theme. For the final day I chose a simple yet delicious savoury snack from Gujarat. Farsi puri is a flaky, crispy flat round snack which goes well with coffee or tea. The puri is made with maida and the preparation reminded me of […]
If you are reading my blog regularly, you might know that I am doing a month long blogging marathon along with my friends with one theme a week. For this week, the theme is Indian states and I am doing savoury snacks for six states this week. After doing pakoras and vadas, here comes a […]
Weather is so gloomy for the past two weeks and it is really tiring even thinking about cooking. Still I do regular cooking which is very simple and mostly oil free. I have been told by my doctor to stay away from oil, sugar, tomatoes, tamarind and salt. So mostly my dishes are either missing […]
Manapparai is a small town in Tamil Nadu and whoever you ask about Manapparai in TN they will remember the murukku. Manapparai murukku is so famous and when the bus crosses manapparai, we are sure to buy packs and packs of these famous murukku from the vendors. I do remember relishing these murukkus whenever […]
Mathri is a Rajasthani snack made out of flour and spices and is deep fried in oil. There are two varieties of mathris. One is the flat one which is crispy and the other is made thick which is flaky and crumbly. These are perfect tea time snacks. As mathris are mildly spiced, they are […]