Sharing a collection of recipes, some cooking tips and useful hints.
PANEER STUFFED PAPPAD ROLLS There are starters, and then there are starters! Usually the same items are served so I was on the look out f.
TAUSHE ULLEL ( CUCUMBER PACHADI/SALAD) Taushe Ullel is a Konkani dish which can perhaps be described as some kind of salad made of cucumb.
ALOO DUMPLINGS IN PALAK PUREE This side dish is made with potato (aloo in Hindi) dumplings and a spinach (palak in Hindi) puree.
PINEAPPLE MENASKAI If you visit Udupi or Mangaluru in the State of Karnataka which is our part of the country, you must make it a point .
ALOO MATAR If I need to make a dish when I am in a hurry, I always turn to Aloo Matar which is easy to make and is tasty.
BATATA LOSNE SAUNG This dish is of baby potatoes cooked in a sauce of chillies, garlic and tamarind.
AVARO ANI BATATA UPKARI By the way, this is the season here in Bengaluru for Hyacainth Beans which is called "Avarrekai" in Kannada.
NELLIKAYI CHITRANNA Chitranna is a generic name for seasoned rice popular in my home state of Karnataka.
MUSHROOM & BELL PEPPER STIR FRY I love mushrooms and you will find recipes for Achari Khumb and Mushroom Chettinad elsewhere in this blog.
CABBAGE CHUTNEY Since we make many types of dosa, idli etc in our house, we also need to have many accompaniments by way of chutneys and .
PANEER SIMLA MIRCH MASALA In cooking vegetarian food in India, we often pair paneer (cottage cheese) with vegetables.
HAKKA MUSHROOMS I had already made noodles and was looking to make a dish with mushrooms to go well with it when I came across this recip.
MIXED VEGETABLE KOOTU Kootu is a dish made of vegetables and lentils popular in Tamil Nadu and Kerala which is more thick than sambar ye.
STRAWBERRY & BANANA SMOOTHIE Now's the season for strawberries and we love buying them each year.
CARROT, POTATO AND CAPSICUM STIR FRY January 26 is our Republic Day and it has for the past few years become common for us to prepare som.
ACHARI PANEER "Achar" is the Hindi word for pickle and achari is used to describe any dish in which this achari masala is used.
DAL PALAK LASOONI The first question is do you like garlic or not? Since garlic has medicinal properties, I try to use garlic whenever s.