For the fifth day of condiments theme, I take you to Egypt to taste the most popular dip or spread Hummus. Hummus in Arabic is chickpeas and the combination of chick peas and sesame seeds tahini sauce is called as ḥummuṣ bi ṭaḥīna. The basic hummus recipe has boiled chickpeas,…
For this fourth day of month long blogging marathon, I made an Ethiopian meal with an authentic flat bread, wot and this stir fry. The original recipe uses collard greens but as I don’t get it here, I used spinach instead. With the smooth wot, this added a nice…
I made a complete vegetarian Ethiopian meal along with two spices for this fourth day of month long blogging marathon. Today I will be posting all the three recipes. The spices need to wait for another week. For the Ethiopian flat bread Injera, I made a gravy, which is called…
For the Brazilian meal, I made this banana frita or fried banana as a side dish. When I first read about it, I thought it to be raw banana but after going through recipes, I came to know that they are fully ripe bananas. And there are also so many…
When I went to Chennai, I purchased a block of Feta cheese in brine. It was quite expensive and it was way before I tried my hand at making feta cheese at home. Feta in brine is extremely salty. The salt in the brine preserves the cheese but it also…
My daughter loves so much but hearing a lot of bad reviews about it, I just don’t buy it so much. May be a jar in two or three months. I restrict her so much but as she loves that product, I searched for a recipe that can be made…
For the fourth day of the baking marathon I would love to present you another fusion dish. Just like yesterday’s casserole, today’s dish is also a spicy version of the original. If you love potatoes then you would surely love hasselback potatoes. When I first saw a picture of hasselback…
After two days of sweet dishes, we now explore some spicy bakes. Though everyone participating in this Baking marathon is doing sub themes, some how I didn’t try to choose any theme. I didn’t even try to organize my posts and drafts. My drafts folder is like a puzzle box…
Paneer is one of my favourite ingredients and I prepare a dish with paneer atleast twice in a week. I don’t usually make cubed paneer but store it as crumbled paneer. This comes very handy while making rotis or side dishes. Though hubby is not a great fan of paneer, he likes…
Naarthangai aka Citron is a citrus fruit used in cooking. In Tamilnadu we use it for pickles, preserves and pachadis whereas it is used in making jam, desserts and candied peels in some countries. I have never used naarthangai in cooking till now and have never seen mom making pickles…