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  • FLAT BREADS

    Besan Ki Masala Roti

    For this month’s Indian Cooking Challenge, Srivalli gave two recipes for Indian Flat breads from Haryana cuisine. The recipe for this roti is from the renowned chef Sanjeev Kapoor. I will be doing the other recipe later. This roti as the name suggests is made of besan or gram flour and…

  • COOKING BASICS - RECIPES - SWEETS

    Apple Jam

    For the final day of Blogging Marathon Week 2, I wanted to make something sweet. Jams are great to slather on bread slices. When thinking of what jam to make, I saw the sweet and cute apples sitting in my fruit basket. So I decided upon apple jam. Jam making…

  • COOKING BASICS - RECIPES

    Herbed Garlic Butter

    For the second day of Blogging Marathon Week 2 I tried out this wonderful spiced butter as a spread for my toasts. If I have to choose between the pumpkin spread and this herbed butter, I would go for this yummy butter. With a slight hint of garlic and fresh…

  • BREADS - SAVORY - SNACKS

    Savoury Pumpkin Spread

    I usually use butter or jam as the spread for my toasts. When I selected the theme Spreads for the Blogging Marathon Week 2, I went through so many recipes in the blogosphere. Only then I got an idea of how inventive we can become in preparing a spread. For…

  • SOUTH INDIAN DELICACIES

    Poosanikkai Kootu

    Normally I don’t buy white pumpkin. But after Kalyani announced the magic ingredients for Magic Mingle#9, I had to buy it. White pumpkin is used in sambar, mor kulambu and also in a north Indian sweet called petha. As I had to pair it with green chilly, I prepared kootu…

  • SOUTH INDIAN DELICACIES

    Vengaya Chutney

    Today is the second day of blogging marathon#20 and I am posting under cooking with onions. I have already posted a recipe for onion chutney but it also has tomatoes in it. The recipe was made according to PK’s instructions. But today’s chutney doesn’t have tomatoes and it is my…