• SOUTH INDIAN DELICACIES

    Rava Vadai

    This is a recipe I got from my reader Padma Sreerenga. She has sent me the recipe and step wise pictures for the Walk Through Memory Lane Event. Thank you Padma for the delicious entry to the event. I am posting the recipe because Padma is a non blogger. This…

  • COOKING BASICS - RECIPES

    Home Made Butter

    It is very economical to use home made butter. It is also a satisfying experience. This butter can be used to prepare ghee, in cakes and other sweets. I don’t use this butter in making puff pastry. The home made butter usually has a large quantity of water when compared…

  • BAKING BASICS

    Melting Chocolate

    While preparing chocolate based sweets, it is very important to melt the cooking chocolate before you start preparing the sweet. Cooking chocolate is available in thew form of bars. So first chop[ it up with a sharp knife on a chopping board. Chocolate should not be kept directly on flame…

  • GRAVY

    Lauki Kofta Curry

    I usually prepare gravy using bottle gourd. But hubby started to dislike it . So nowadays I don’t buy bottle gourd. The chef in me wanted to disguise it in a dish and wanted to make my hubby relish it. Yesterday I bought a bottle gourd without hubby’s knowledge and…

  • COOKING BASICS

    Fried Spinach Crumbs

    I saw this method of preparing spinach/ palak in a old Woman’s Era. The idea of frying spinach was quite interesting and I tried it yesterday. The swirls of spinach looked beautiful and I used some for garnish. The crumbs had a lot of oil but when used in the…