• DIWALI SWEETS - SWEETS

    Pista Pedas

    This post was supposed to be for Rakshabandhan. I almost sat before my PC when I got the phone that mom was hospitalized. So I shut down my PC and started to my mom’s place. I even forgot to take the rakhi for my brother. And the following days were…

  • SAVORY - SNACKS

    Onion Rings

    I love to watch Eat Street which is aired on Fox Traveller. They show many street foods from America and Onion Rings are made in majority of the shows. When speaking of onion rings, I also remember a cookery show where the onions are double coated with bread crumbs to…

  • COOKING BASICS - RECIPES

    Herbed Bread Crumbs

    We use bread crumbs for all types of cutlets and tikkis. It add a nice crispy crust to the cutlets. Though bread crumbs are available at stores it is very easy to make them at home. Here I have prepared spicy bread crumbs with herbs and garlic powder. I made…

  • GRAVY

    Maathanga and Van Payar Erissery

    Happy Onam Wishes To All My Readers   When searching for a regional recipe for the alphabet M as part of the Blogging Marathon #32, I saw this recipe at Kothiyavunu. Mathanga means yellow pumpkin and van payar is the cow peas also known as karamani in Tamil. Erissery is…

  • EGGLESS

    Eggless Crouu-Donuts/ Kronuts

    Have you heard about Cronuts/ Kronuts??? OK, I am hearing it for the first time and all my American friends out there will surely be knowing about this. This is both Croissants and Donuts combined together. Croissants + Donuts = Cronuts. How is this??? When Swati announced this for the Baking…

  • BEVERAGES

    Lassi

    Lassi is a drink made with yogurt and is a famous street food. When we resided in Pondicherry, we used to go to beach and on the way dad would buy us some delicious Bengali sweets or paani puri from the chaatwaala or Lassi. It would taste so delicious and…

  • NORTH INDIAN DELICACIES - SAVORY - SNACKS

    Handvo

    Today for the alphabet H in the A-Z themed Blogging Marathon #32, I selected this authentic Gujarathi savoury cake. The recipe is from Aromatic Dining blog. When I first saw the recipe, I was so interested. So when I visited mom’s place I tried it once. I gathered all the…