When I was searching for nendram pazham to make the banana halwa for ICC, I couldn’t get it. But I got it now and couldn’t resist buying them. After buying, I wanted to try out some authentic recipe from Kerala and I was browsing the web. The top most recipe…
Mom used to make mixture during Deepavali. It is a combination of 4-5 individual snacks merged into one. The ingredients of mixture is as per our choice. The most commonly used are kaara boondhi, aval/ poha/ flattened rice, murukku, diamond biscuits, chevu, oma podi, cheeval (click on the names for the…
For the fourth day of party specials I decided to prepare Gujrathi Khandvi. I have already made it once and I made it again for the South Vs North Challenge, brain child of Divya Pramil of You Too Can Cook. There are two groups- The Southern and the Northern. Every…
This cute looking kormolas are similar to the diamond biscuits which mom used to make. The only difference is the shape of the kormolas. These are prepared for Christmas in Goa. When I was browsing through Goan recipes, I couldn’t take my eyes off these beautiful flower like cuties. So…
Rice Bran oil is also known as rice bran extract is extractedfrom the inner husk and germ of rice. It is notable for its high smoke point which is at 213C. So it is suitable for stir frying and deep frying and as Indian cooking uses both types of cooking…
For the second day of Blogging Marathon Week 3, I prepared a recipe from Hudson Canola’s Good Mood Food. When I received a pack of Hudson Canola Oil, there was a recipe book in the pack. There were so many lovely recipes but as usual I never tried them. So…
When my brother was in college, he used to bring his friends home and mom would make delicious bread rolls for all. They were great fans of mom’s cooking and this tradition followed when I went to college. When I bought home sweet potatoes, I had a different plan. But…
When I resided in Mysore, I used to eagerly wait for Sankranti so that I can get ellu bella from my friends and neighbours. Each and every house has their own version of this snack and we used to get so many packs of ellu bella from friends during the…
This is the second type of Kodbale I tried for Indian Cooking Challenge. This version is different from the first type which I posted earlier. While the previous kodubale uses kopra, this kodbale uses peanuts for flavour. The maida is also steam cooked instead of roasting. The shape is spiral…
For this month’s Indian Cooking Challenge, Srivalli selected a nice crunchy savoury snack from Karnataka. Kodbale is a very famous snack in Karnataka and I have enjoyed it during my stay in Mysore. When I was in college, I once attempted to make Kodbale myself with out mom’s help at…