Sharing a collection of recipes, some cooking tips and useful hints.

NELLIKAI SAARU In these Covid 19 days, vegetables and fruits that are useful to build our immunity are in much demand- far more than before.

NELLIKAI CHUTNEY This is the season for gooseberries which are called Nellikai in Kannada.

DATE ROLLS When we were children growing up in India, good quality dates were not commonly available.

INSTANT BESAN RAVA UTTAPAM Apart from idli-dosa, we in South India have different dishes too for breakfast.

INSTANT AMLA MURABBA Gooseberries are reputed to have many properties that make them beneficial to our health.

PLUM CAKE (CHRISTMAS FRUIT CAKE) GUEST POST BY MANJU G.

SWEET POTATO STIR FRY Sweet Potatoes are known as Shakarkhand in Hindi, Sihi Genasu in Kannada, Sakkarvalli Kilangu in Tamil, and Kannang in.

BENDAKAYA PULUSU Lady's fingers /Okra has to be one of the most common vegetables in India.

CAULIFLOWER BHUTHI In my house, one vegetable which we like and use quite often is cauliflower, known as Gobhi in Hindi.

MULLANGI PALYA Today's recipe - Mullangi Palya- is for a yummy side dish made with radish.

MUSHROOM PULIMUNCHI There was a time in India when we could get mushrooms only in certain months- during the monsoons.

DOUBLE BEANS KURMA We make chapattis at home every day and this calls for a side dish like a saagu, kurma etc to go with it.

HERBED BAKED EGGS In my last post, I had written about our stay at the beautiful Old Monterey Inn in Monterey, Ca which is about a two hou.