Today I planned to prepare sweet corn kebabs. As the kebabs I prepare are vegetarian, I need to find an ingredient to bind the kebab dough. For this kebab sweet corn acted as the binding ingredient. I kept the preparation simple. I also added chopped onions which gave the kebabs…
Pickle is a very important side dish in Indian Cuisine. South Indian pickles are very hot compared to achars of North and they use sesame oil. As pickles are meant to stay good for a year, they use lots of oil, salt and red chilly powder to preserve them. My…
Cauliflower roast is a famous street food. Where ever you go there is a stall selling this famous roasts. The taste may vary from shop to shop but the craze for this dish remains the same every where. I prepare this with bajji batter and it is my daughter’s favourite…
I have already posted a version of semiya kesari. This is another variety with milk. This tasted very rich with the addition of milk. I served it for my guests yesterday. Kesari is a famous sweet in south India. It is usually prepared as offering for God in puja. I…
Usually beans is prepared separately and carrot is prepared as a separate poriyal. But as my daughter likes this colour combination, I prepare it like this. This is very easy to prepare and delicious too. This poriyal finds its place in my daughter’s lunch box once in a week. While…
This is a great side dish for rasam saadam or paruppu saadam. My daughter is a fan of potato roast and I prepare it with out red chilly powder for her. Adding red chilly powder makes it hot and delicious. It is simple to prepare and can also be paired…
Today was hectic. I had to prepare food for 5 guests. I have been working the whole morning in the kitchen. When the guests left, I had to clean the kitchen and coffee time arrived. When finished with coffee, I remembered today’s Blogging Marathon post. I had all the ingredients…
Dahi Puri is one of our favourite chaat. Dahi is the hindi word for curd/ Yoghurt and the main flavour comes from this sweet and slightly tangy curd. When we visit Coimbatore, we make it a must to visit DB Road where for a plate of delicious dahi puri. After…
Yesterday I did a little experiment with Paneer kebabs. That didn’t come out well. It was so soft and it stuck to the skewer rod. It didn’t even hold shape. So I was thinking about some binding which will make it firmer. I remember reading about moong dhal kebab in…
When I bought drumstick leaves for the soup, there were some flowers in the bunch. I collected them and prepared this delicious rasam. As I could get only 2tbs of the flowers, I opted for rasam. There are so many dishes you can prepare using these cute flowers. When I…