Converting leftovers to a yummy recipe is sometimes tricky. Sometimes a trial and taste will give you a new recipe and sometimes a very yummy that you would love to have again and again. Curried aloo paratha is a result of one such recipe, which I love to indulge again and again. As I said earlier cooking for me and me only is something I will do when rats are on rampage in my belly. In one such a ...
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Cabbage Curry
South Indian Style Cabbage Curry is quick and easy side dish recipe. You can serve this cabbage curry with piping hot rotis or dal chawal. My one and only one problem after marriage was thinking of menu. Planning a menu for three times a day is not an easy job. Sometimes I find planning a menu is more difficult than cooking. If you know what to cook or you had planned what to cook then ...
Egg Pudding
Shama's First Cooked Food Event made me think what I learnt to cook for the first time. May be like most of us it is making maggi, improving to omelet then to watery tea and then simple dal. Mostly my cooking skills were refined after marriage, may be because it is full time job now. But whatever I use to prepare before marriage, my mom, dad and sweet lil sis used to say superb and finish it all. ...
Garelu | Vada – A South Indian Lentil Doughnut
Vada (Garelu) is yet another South Indian lentil based recipe. There are many variations in this recipe. A simple garae or vada is prepared by soaking urad dal for 5-6 hours then grinding by adding sliced onions and salt, then deep frying till golden. I always make it a point to prepare a simple and easy breakfast during the week days. As I have to cook and pack lunch also. But on weekends ...
Dosa – A South Indian Crepe With Instant Tomato Chutney
Dosa finds it's origin in Karnataka, a southern state of India. There are many ways and variations in making this dosa(s). A simple dosa is prepared by soaking rice and urad dal (black lentil) for 6-9 hours, grinding the mixture and leaving the batter to ferment for another 5-6 hours. This fermented batter is then poured on a hot tavva/pan to make thin crepe(s)/dosa(s). Though the process sounds ...
Mom’s Special – Koftoh Ka Khorma
God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers. ~Jewish Proverb Mother - that was the bank where we deposited all our hurts and worries. ~T. DeWitt Talmage The moment a child is born, the mother is also born. She never existed before. The woman existed, but the mother, never. A mother is something absolutely new. ~Rajneesh MOM - a perfect synonym for care, love, patience, guide, ...