• RICE VARIETIES

    Dhal Palak Pulao

    Today I got up late. I had only 30 minutes to cook. So I wanted to prepare a one pot meal for my kid’s lunch box. As I had two bunches of palak in my fridge, I thought of preparing palak pulao. Priya had once prepared dhal pulao. So I…

  • RECIPES

    Gujarathi Dhal for ICC

    For this month’s ICC Srivalli selected authentic Gujarathi dhal from the cook book Sukham Ayu. This dhal is very easy to prepare and went well with rice. The recipe called for drumstick. As we dont’ get drumstick now, I just substituted it with potato. It tastes just like the south…

  • DIWALI SWEETS - SOUTH INDIAN DELICACIES - SWEETS

    Badusha

    When Jayashri announced Blogger Marathon with Raks Kitchen for this fortnight, I remembered the badushah recipe I saw there. Badushah is my favourite sweet from childhood days. When I started cooking, I wanted to prepare it at home. Some recipes I tried didn’t give the expected result. When I saw…

  • BAKES - EGGLESS - PANEER

    Eggless Pumpkin Pie

    When I prepared pumpkin puree, I collected some recipes which use it as the main ingredient. One of those recipes is the pumpkin pie. But the recipe I had bookmarked used eggs. I wanted to make it eggless.I took the recipe for the crust from the site and prepared my…

  • RECIPES

    Whole Wheat Grissini

    Grissini, is an Italian bread stick. When I saw the recipe for these cute sticks at Wild Yeast, I bookmarked it at once. But only now I could prepare this. Thanks to Srivalli and Blogging Marathon for giving an initiative to do bookmarked recipes. I didn’t have flour yesterday and…

  • EGGLESS

    Eggless Hot Cross Buns

    Every one loves the nursery rhyme. “Hot cross buns, Hot cross bunsOne a penny, Two a penny, Hot cross buns.”When Reva announced the A.W.E.D. British I wanted to try out theses buns for the event. According to tradition, these buns are prepared and relished on Easter. But now you can…

  • RECIPES

    Best Dish I have Blogged About In 2010

    When Smitha announced this event, I couldn’t select a dish, because every recipe is close to my heart and couldn’t decide. Going through the snaps, I selected three dishes with most difficulty. Sending all these three to Smitha’s Best Food I Have Blogged About event. Eggless Crostata  This is the pie I…

  • FLAT BREADS

    Foccacia

    Focaccia is a flat Italian bread which is usually topped with olive oil and herbs. For more information on Focaccia, read here. I have book marked this very easy recipe from Tracey. She calls this as no fuss Focaccia. The recipe is so simple with minimum ingredients. Yesterday I tried it…