I haven’t come across fresh almonds. This is the first time I saw it in the super market. I got curious and though it was priced higher, I bought home a small pack. I didn’t know how to use it in my recipes. So the only way was to search…
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Eggless Battenberg Cake
This month’s Daring Baker’s Challenge was Going Batty For The Jubilee. Mandy of What The Fruit Cake challenged the bakers to make a battenberg cake. Battenberg cake is traditionally flavoured with almonds and the four squares – two pink and two yellow represent the four princes of Battenberg. The strips are…
Sweet Corn Sundal
My daughter loves sweet corn. Whenever we go shopping, she has to get a cup of steamed sweet corn. Otherwise she will not be satisfied. Two days back I bough two sweet corn cobs from the market. Yesterday I steamed one and she was so happy to get that. The…
Porikadalai Murukku
My daughter is crazy about murukku. When I was talking to my mom, she gave me this recipe. Usually when she uses fried gram in murukku, it breaks a lot and it is very difficult to shape it into murukku. Last week, accidentally she added hot water to prepare the…
Idli Upma
Idli upma is one of the great ways to use the leftover idlis. Mom used to prepare this often and it was my favourite during school days. After marriage I completely forgot about it. This makes a great filling dish when your kid comes home after school. When I asked…
Bisibele Bath
Bisi bele bath is a famous dish from Karnataka. As the name suggests the rice consists of dhal and is served piping hot. Some call it as bisi bela huli anna. As tamarind is also added to the rice it is called so. What ever the name is, we are…
Kaara Boondhi
Kaara boondhi is a savoury snack prepared with besan. We usually mix it with puffed rice and that tastes heavenly. Mom also sprinkled it on bisibele bath and it gave a nice crunch to the soft rice. When I started reading blogs, I also came across boondhi raitha, a north…
Kathrikkai Varuval
I went to an organic store recently and saw these cute large brinjals/ eggplants. I bought some home to try out varuval. I usually prepare this with the green and long variety of brinjal. This is the first time I tried it with the purple variety. Though the brinjals were…
Idli
Idli is the most famous south Indian breakfast. Soft and fluffy idlis served with sambar chutney and vadai makes a delicious breakfast. In the last post I explained about getting the perfect batter for idlis. the next step is to steam the idlis. For making idlis we need idli mould…
Sprouts Stuffed Tinda Curry
Tinda is called as Indian round gourd/ Indian baby pumpkin. I have seen so many recipes using tinda in the blogosphere but never used the veggie in my recipes. I usually see this vegetable in a super market near my house. But as I didn’t know how to cook it, I…