• COOKING BASICS - RECIPES - SOUTH INDIAN DELICACIES

    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…

  • GRAVY

    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…

  • Mango Recipes - RECIPES

    Mango and Apple Salad

    When doing salad theme, I wanted to include a fruit salad. Today is the third day of Blogging Marathon-third week. This fruit salad tastes great when chilled. I added some corn flakes on top for a nice crunch. You can also serve it with a scoop of mango ice cream.…

  • RECIPES

    Nutty Carrot Salad

    Today is the second day of week three in Blogging Marathon and I prepared this delicious carrot salad for my evening tea. I wanted to munch on something nutty with my evening coffee today. I remembered a recipe I saw on Junior Master Chef Australia recently. Chef taught the kids…

  • 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…

  • DIWALI SWEETS - SWEETS

    Mohan Thaal

    Happy Father’s Day Tomorrow is Father’s Day. Sruti wanted to give her father a surprise treat and asked me to prepare a sweet for K. I recently bought a book on Gujarathi recipes by Tarla Dalal. When going through the book, the recipe for mohan thaal sounded interesting. So when…

  • FLAT BREADS

    Onion Kulcha

    For last month’s ICC, Srivalli chose stuffed kulchas. But due to some reasons, the ICC was cancelled last month. So we had to do it for this month’s challenge. Kulchas are Punjabi flat bread usually made with all purpose flour/ maida and leavened with baking powder and baking soda. I…