For this month’s ICC-Indian Cooking Challenge, Srivalli chose Vennai Puttu, an authentic recipe shared by Priya Suresh. Apart from the link Srivalli gave, there were no posts on this sweet. Srivalli suggested Nirmala’s post for reference. Once I saw that, I got a general idea about the puttu. I have…
We celebrated Valentine’s day today. Hubby gifted me a cute watch and I made a wonderful dinner for him. I selected two recipes from mughalai cuisine. The dishes I chose were Varqui paratha and Lazzatdar Paneer. The preparation of paratha is similar to making chirotti. The layers were crispy and…
This month’s challenge at Daring Cooks is Flipping Fried Patties. The hosts of this challenge is Audax of Audax Artifex and Lisa of La Mia Cucina. Both challenged the daring cooks to try out patties otherwise known as cutlets or burgers. They left the choice of the ingredients to us.…
Ponnanganni Keerai also known as water amarnath leaves is a nutritious greens. This helps to increase eyesight. The name itself suggests the benifits of this keerai. Pon means gold. My grand mom used to say that pon agum kan ( you get golden eyes meaning the eyesight improves) is the…
Sweet corn can be boiled and relished with salt and pepper. This can also be used in soups, cutlets, pulaos and bakes. While boiling, the corn has to be boiled with the cob and then the kernels can be removed. This post deals on the method of preparing the corn…
While in Pondicherry, There was a kitchen garden in the back of our home. There were so many manathakkali plants. These are also called as milagu thakkali (as the berries resemble pepper) or night shade berries. As a kid, I was very much interested in plants. My granny used to…
Sruti celebrated her birthday on Feb 5th. For the past 2-3months, she is giving me ideas of cakes I have to prepare for her birthday. The cake which always stays in the list is the barbie cake. I have done this cake for her 3rd birthday. So I set on…
This is the rice I cooked following Southern Falvours. The rice was very flavourful and my daughter liked it. She took it in her lunch box to school. This recipe is very easy to prepare and perfect for lunch boxes. Ingredients:Rice-1 1/2cups (I used Karnataka Ponni)Turmeric Powder-1/4tspSalt-to tasteFor The Spice…
When I went to the garden I saw the manathakkali plant in full bloom. There were so many flowers, fruits and raw berries. My mom used to prepare puli kulambu with the berries. The greens are also used in dishes such as masiyal and poriyal. The plant has medicinal properties…
Today is the 14th week of Blog Hop Wednesday. I was paired with Anusha Praveen of Tomato Blues by Radhika. She has a nice collection of recipes and I selected this flavourful Kulcha for the day. The mild flavour of garlic and cilantro in the kulcha was very nice. The…