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

MALABAR SPINACH DAL This nutritious climbing vine with the botanical name of "Basella alba" is called "Malabar Spinach", "Indian Spinach" o.

BHARWAN BHINDI: A dish made of Okra/Lady's fingers While "Bhindi" is commonly known as Okra in the US, in India it is more popularly .
NIMBEHANNU CHITRANNA or LIME RICE This is a versatile and popular dish from my home state of Karnataka.

VERMICELLI KHEER India is full of festivals and every festival is an occasion for sweets of different kinds.
CAPSICUM & CAULIFLOWER SABJI Indian cuisine has not just curries and gravies but also dry side dishes, which we simply call "sabji".
COCONUT & DAL; TOMATO, AND MINT CHUTNEYS I have shared a variety of South Indian breakfast dishes such as dosas, idlis, appos and so on .
APPOS The best part of a South Indian breakfast is the wide variety of items that you can cook.
METHI ( FENUGREEK) PARANTHAS Paranthas are a kind of Indian flat bread made with whole wheat flour which we colloquially call, " Atta".
AAM KA PANNA With the summer sizzling the days have become unbearably hot in all parts of India.
MINT & CORIANDER RAITA A raita is a yogurt based relish, dip or salad of sorts, frequently used in Indian cooking.
MASALEDAR BHINDI Lady's fingers/okra or "bhindi" as they are called in Hindi is often used in most Indian vegetarian homes.
URAD & MOONG DAL DOSA In an earlier post, I have written about the famous breakfast dish of South India, the dosa .

CAPSICUM TOMATO CURRY Today's dish is one from a blog which has been rated No.
CORN ON THE COB India has a wide variety of street food and corn on the cob ( popularly called " bhutta") is one of the most popular.

PHOOL MAKHANI KHEER: GUEST POST BY NUTAN SHENOY-KINI My friend, Nutan Shenoy-Kini is an immensely talented lady.
VEGETABLE UPMA A popular breakfast item in South India "Upma" (called "Upittu" in Kannada, and "Rulav" in my mother tongue, Konkani) can.

PULI KODDEL : CURRY OF ASH GOURD IN COCONUT MASALA Since we are from the old South Kanara district of Karnataka, ( now called Dakshina Ka.