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

MALABAR SPINACH SAMBAR The Malabar Spinach is a climbing vine much akin to the usual spinach.

CARROT & PEANUT SALAD Today's recipe is for an easy to make yet tasty salad made with carrots and peanuts.

GULLA PUDDI SAGLE Today's recipe is from our own GSB Konkani cuisine and is called Gulla Puddi Sagle.

SURMAI TAWA FRY SURMAI TAWA FRY Seer Fish, also called King Fish is known as Anjal in Kannada and Visson, in my mother tongue, Konkani.

SOUTHEKAYI MOSARU PALYA Today's recipe is for an easy to make yet tasty side dish made with cucumber and curds from my Home State of Karnat.

SPROUTED MOONG CURRY Today's recipe is an easy to make side dish made with Sprouted Moong (Green Gram Sprouts), a nutritious legume.

PASALAI KEERAI KOOTU Today's recipe - Pasalai Keerai Kootu from Tamilnadu -is made with spinach and moong dal.

CAULIFLOWER STIR FRY In most Indian homes, cauliflower (called Gobhi in Hindi and Hookosu in Kannada) is used quite frequently as it is a f.

RAVA POMFRET FRY Although we are largely vegetarian at home, once in a while we enjoy eating seafood, mainly fish and prawns.

MANGALOREAN FISH CURRY We have become recent fans of Food Lovers TV the Kripal Amanna show and I wanted to try out one of his demonstrate.

GREEN PEAS MASALA Fresh Green Peas are generally available during the winter months.

FRENCH BEANS DRY CURRY French Beans are commonly available all through the year.

BENDEKAYI KAYIRASA Lady's Fingers, a vegetable commonly available in India, is known as Bendekayi in Kannada.

FLAT BEANS STIR FRY In today's recipe from my Home State of Karnataka, we use Flat Beans also called Broad Beans.

SPICY FISH FRY If, like us, you enjoy eating fish, you can be happy to know that fish are strong in protein and Vitamin D.

AVARAKKAI KUZHAMBU One variety of beans that are commonly available in the winter months in Bengaluru where we live is Flat Beans, also know.

TOMATO SAARU We use tomatoes in so many dishes in our Indian cooking, be it from the South or the North of India.