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  • GRAVY - SOUTH INDIAN DELICACIES

    Pakoda Kulambu

    The remaining pakoras from yesterday’s brunch transformed into this delicious gravy suitable for idli, dosa and rice. I was afraid that my daughter will not eat this. But to my surprise, she liked it very much with her morning dosa and with rice and ghee for her lunch. The pakoras…

  • SAVORY - SNACKS

    Corn and Wheat Pakoras

    Wishing My Readers A Very Happy Women’s Day To celebrate this great day, I prepared these pakoras. Kalyani of Sizzling Tastebuds chose two ingredients for her Magic Mingle #3 which are corn and wheat. This is my first attempt at the Magic Mingle Event. This is a very interesting event…

  • RECIPES

    Thakkali Kulambu

    Thakkali kulambu is a very easy to prepare gravy which goes very well with rice, idli or dosas. This gravy can be put together in 10minutes and this saves you when there are unexpected guests. My mom usually prepares this with coconut, but being calorie conscious I just skipped it.…

  • GRAVY

    Sprouts Kurma

    I prepared this kurma long ago and it was lying in my drafts begging for my attention. This is a simple kurma which goes well with rotis, dosas, idlis and chappathis. I prepared this with home made green gram sprouts. Hope you like it. Ingredients:Green Gram Sprouts-1cupOnion-2Tomato-2Garlic Paste-1tspGinger Paste-1tspKhus Khus/…

  • GRAVY - PANEER

    Lajjatdar Paneer

    Do you remember my Valentine’s day dinner? I prepared this paneer dish to go with varqui paratha. The combination was so delicious. This is a mughlai recipe and I tried it after reading this recipe in Tarla Dalal’s book. The khus khus added richness to the gravy. The colour of…

  • COOKING BASICS

    Red Chilly Powder

    Red Chilly powder is an important ingredient in Indian recipes. Though you can buy it at stores, preparing it at home gives a nice colourful hot powder. While selecting red chillies, look for bright coloured chillies. Don’t buy dark coloured chillies because the colour of the powder will be darker…

  • BAKES - EGGLESS

    Vegetarian Seekh Kebab

    Seekh Kebab is usually prepared with minced meat. I wanted to try out a vegetarian version of the famous mughalai seekh kebab. Si I replaced minced meat with minced spoy granules and tofu. The binding ingredient was besan in this recipe. The kebabs were vrispy and delicious. I made some…

  • RECIPES

    Vegetable Kebab

    Today I prepared a simple version of kebab with vegetables. You can dip it in sauce or can have it as a side dish for pulao or rotis. The preparation is very easy. I prepared Gobi Manchurian today and had these vegetable kebab along with the manchurian. The spice level…