After so many one pot meal pulao recipes, here I am with an elaborate biryani from the state of Kerala. Thalassery is a town of northern Kerala and its cuisine is really famous. The cuisine is a combination of Arabian, Persian, Indian and European styles of cooking. This biryani is supposed to be influenced b […]
This week, I have chosen the theme of Cooking for two. Before two years, if someone asked me to cook for two, I would have cooked for five. That is how I was. This came from my mom. She used to call it as periya kai ( large hand which means we take lots of […]
December went too fast and we are on the final day of 2018 as well as the Bake-a-thon. I never thought I would finish both BM and bake-a-thon successfully, but here I am with my final post of the month and year. To complete the year, I wanted to bake a dessert. Cheesecake is my […]
Quiche is pronounced as Keesh and it is an open savoury flan with a short crust base. Usually the filling sauce is made of milk, eggs and cheese and meats, seafood or vegetables are used as the main filling. I have made an eggless variation of quiche for the Eggless Baking challenge long back and […]
For the third day of steamed dishes, I have a wonderful snack for all those follow low carb diet. Last month, when I was reading Rafeeda’s post on Paneer Dahi Bhalla, I was tempted to try it immediately. Only some recipes inspire me so much and the next day I made it for my lunch. […]
Steamed Bhapa Sandesh is my favourite recipe from the Indian Sweets Marathon I did earlier this year. I even made it into a sugar free version using substitutes. When I chose the steamed dishes theme for this month, I wanted to make a similar dish with paneer but which is also apt for my diet. […]
This week is all about global cuisine. Usually there would be a set of regulations for any given theme, but this time Valli was so lenient and asked us to make any three dishes from around the world excluding USA and India. First I chose to make three breads, but since I couldn’t make all […]
Shot glass is a wonderful way to serve mini portions for kids. My daughter struggles to finish a dessert served in bowls because the quantity. She usually takes three days to finish it off. But when I serve it in shot glass, she finishes hers in a single go. So for the mini theme, I […]
Ever since I started with paleo/ low carb diet, I have been preparing paneer at home regularly. Before the diet, I used to make paneer with one litre of milk, but after starting the diet, I couldn’t make it daily. So started making paneer in bulk with 6 or 12 litres of milk. At first […]
When making single serve sweets, how can I not make Rasmalai? Rasmalai is one of my favourite sweets from childhood. My dad introduced me to rasmalai when in Pondicherry. We used to visit a Bengali sweet shop where he bought me rasmalai with some other milk sweets. Somehow the taste of rasmalai I tasted over […]