• BAKES - COOKIES - EGGLESS - SNACKS

    Crispy Cracker Cups

    This cracker cups were so cute. I saw the recipe at cookingbread.com. I did little changes to the original recipe and the result was fabulous. It doesn’t contain butter and so you can eat it guilt free. Next time I would love to prepare it using only atta and I…

  • SIDE DISHES

    Kashmiri Dum Aloo

    I got this recipe from a news paper cutting, collected when I was studying college. Usually I don’t prepare this because my hubby doesn’t like this type of subzi for rotis. He always needs a gravy to go with rotis. So while preparing Dum aloo I took half of the…

  • FLAT BREADS - PANEER

    Paneer Kulcha

    I saw this in a you tube video by the famous chef Sanjeev Kapoor. The original recipe used maida. But I used atta instead. He baked the kulchas in an oven but I roasted them on a tawa. But the result was fabulous. Many thanks to Sanjeev Kapoor. Ingredients: For…

  • CHAT

    Bhel Puri

    This is a very simple chat and tastes great. The ingredients given here are according to my taste. You can change the proportion of the ingredients according to your personal taste.        Ingredients: Puffed Rice-3cups Green Chutney-3tbs Sweet Chutney-3tbs Sev-1/4cup Chat Masala-1tsp Onion-as required Carrot-1 (grated) Procedure: Mix…

  • BAKES - COOKIES - EGGLESS - SNACKS - SWEETS

    Chocolate Squares

    I am very happy. The reason is, this recipe has been selected in the top 5 recipes for the contest in manjulaskitchen. I just couldn’t believe it. After I read about the contest in Priya’s blog, I thought of participating in the November contest. The theme was eggless cookies. I…

  • DESSERTS - DIWALI SWEETS - PANEER - SWEETS

    Rasmalai

    When I think of Rasmalai I remember my chilhood days in Pondicherry. My mom and dad would take us to beach by walk through the main bazaar( I have forgot the name of the road) and we would stop by a sweet stall( I think it is Kwality sweets) and…

  • DESSERTS - DIWALI SWEETS - PANEER

    Rasgolla

    This is one of my favourite milk sweets. I saw a TV program by Cook Chellam few years back. She gave this recipe. The procedure is a little different from the other recipes I have seen in cook books. This makes super soft rasgollas. The procedure involves preparing whey before…

  • BAKES - SIDE DISHES

    Baked Yam / Senaikilangu

    My mom usually deep fries this roast with a masala paste. But to make work easier I used tandoori masal and baked it in oven. It was great. You can use less oil in this method and so guilt free. This goes well with rice and rasam. Ingredients: Yam /…