• GRAVY

    Kerala Kadala Curry

    Kerala style kadala curry is a perfect combination for puttu, idiyappam and other kerala specialities. Today morning as I was thinking a gravy for breakfast, I remembered the soaked chickpeas in my freezer. I wanted to prepare something new and when searching the web for recipes, I saw this recipe…

  • PANEER

    Chickpeas Potato Salad

    Yesterday was supposed to be the third day of Blogging Marathon#22. I couldn’t post for the event as I was down with high fever. Today I was alright by evening and I couldn’t stay away from my most favourite place in the house – my kitchen. But as I was…

  • GRAVY

    Peshawari Chole

    I bought Tarla Dalal’s Punjabi Khana and this recipe was in that book. For so many days, I thought of making it but kept on postponing it until today. My FIL visited us and I prepared bathura and peshawari chole for break fast today. The combination was wonderful. The only…

  • RECIPES - SOUPS

    Lebanese Chickpea Soup

    Today is the first day of Blogging Marathon#22, Week 3 and I will be posting under cooking with chickpeas for three days. I saw this recipe at tarladalal.com. This is inspired by Lebanese cooking and it also uses Baharat powder-a spice powder used in Arab countries which is equivalent of our…

  • RECIPES

    Chickpea and Mango Salad

    Today the next week of Blogging Marathon is commencing. I am posting under the theme Summer Salads. When you think of summer you can always think about mangoes. So when I thought about salad, I wanted to use mangoes in it. I combined raw mango with chickpeas and cucumber to…

  • CHAT

    Pani Puri / Golgoppa

    When ever I think of Pani puri, I remember my mom. She makes the best pani puris according to me. When we were in college, my brother used to bring his friends to home for parties. All his friends were my mom’s fans. They liked whatever she prepares. Pani puri…

  • CHAT - PANEER

    Chole Paneer Chaat

    This is a very simple chaat to put together if you have the chutneys ready. It is a very filling and delicious chaat. The quantity of ingredients can be varied according to your taste. I like my chaat tangy, so I added amchur powder .The recipes for sweet chutney and…