Today is the first day of Blogging Marathon#20. I am posting recipes with theme cooking with onions. The first recipe which came to my mind was vengaya thool pakoda. Thool pakoda doesn’t have any shape. The onions are nicely caramelized and it gives a sweet flavour to the pakoda. This…
The fried onion paste gives a nice flavour to the gravy. It also thickens the gravy and add a nice sweet taste to it. It can be prepared and refrigerated upto 3-4days. It is very easy to prepare and can be quite handy in preparing rich creamy gravies. Chop onions…
This is a nutritious chutney. As my daughter doesn’t take vegetables to school, I need to sneak it in her diet. I give this with her morning dosa and she can get the benefit of both the vegetables. The colour is vibrant because of the beetroot used. The chutney tastes…
For the past two days it is raining heavily here in Madurai. During rain we always long for some thing hot or warm to eat. After Sruti returned from school, it started raining. She was enjoying the rain. I had the moong dhal batter in fridge which I prepared two…
Idli upma is one of the great ways to use the leftover idlis. Mom used to prepare this often and it was my favourite during school days. After marriage I completely forgot about it. This makes a great filling dish when your kid comes home after school. When I asked…
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…
Maddur vadas are available at Maddur, which is a place situated between Mysore and Bangalore. Whenever we go to Bangalore, we never miss this vadas.While we were in Mysore, we had a neighbour Lata Aunty from whom my mom learned a lot of dishes which were very special to the…
Pakoras with ragi flour used to be a regular snack while we were at school. When ever we feel like munching some crispy pakoras, mom used to prepare these. These taste delicious, crispy and slightly soft in the middle when hot. But I loved it even when they were cool. They…
Last week during our trip to Shirdi, we stayed at Adhoni one night. In the morning, when we started our journey, we stopped at a small village to have tea. I don’t know the name of the village but the tea was very nice. They served it in a very…
Wishing My Readers A Very Happy Women’s Day To celebrate this great day, I prepared these pakoras. Kalyani of Sizzling Tastebuds chose two ingredients for her Magic Mingle #3 which are corn and wheat. This is my first attempt at the Magic Mingle Event. This is a very interesting event…