Enjoy cooking
Am enjoying my stay at my sister’s place and her cooking. It’s good to a take break from day to day chores, though after a day or two it’s becomes difficult to stay away from cooking. Today’s dinner is mixed vegetable subzi served with rotis. She made yummy hot phulkas and I made mixed vegetablesRead more about Mixed Vegetables In Rich Cashew And Coconut Gravy[…]
Cashew nuts are known as kaju in Hindi and mundhri paruppu in Tamil. Kaju Katli is one of the very famous traditional Indian sweet. You can hardly find anyone who is not fond of this sweet. I made this after many years. It came out really very well, almost like the mithai shop’s Katli. TheRead more about Kaju Katli[…]
It’s a tradition to make Puran Poli in our family on Tamil New Year’s Day. I usually make the traditional recipe only, but this time I have made something different. This does require much oil as compared to the traditional one and also I have used a combination of whole wheat flour and maida forRead more about Jack Fruit Puran Poli[…]
Puffed rice is called as Pori in Tamil and murmure in Hindi. It is commonly used as in breakfast cereal or snack foods, and served as a popular street food in India. It is usually made by heating rice kernels under high pressure in the presence of steam,though the method of manufacture varies widely. Being low in calories and fat, Pori is s veryRead more about Masala Pori[…]
After a long time, am going on a long drive with my school friends today. I have made eggless chocolate cake for my friends. The eggless recipe which I had needed condensed milk which I didn’t have. So I browsed the net for eggless recipe without condensed milk. I took the recipe from aRead more about Eggless Chocolate Cake[…]
If there is one ingredient which is healthy and liked by most of the people, it can be certainly peanuts. Roasted or boiled, peanuts can be used in many recipes. Peanuts are very rich in essential nutrients. In a 100 g serving, peanuts provide 570 calories and are an excellent source (defined as more than 20% of theRead more about Peanuts, Corn and Pineapple Salad[…]
Pulao (sometimes spelt pulav) is a dish consisting of rice and commonly including peas, potatoes, beans carrots, lamb, beef, or chicken. It is usually served on special occasions and weddings. It’s very easy to make and can be made in a jiffy. The vegetables used for making pulao is actually one’s choice. Today I have usedRead more about Baby Corn and Shallots Pulao[…]
My sister in law had given us of peanut butter. Since my kids do not like to use that as a sandwich spread, I thought of making cookies. I have made today eggless wholewheat peanut butter cookies. The recipe I saw on the net had maida in it which I replaced with wholewheat and oatsRead more about Eggless Wholewheat Peanut Butter Cookies […]
Farfalle are a type of pasta. Commonly known as “bow-tie pasta”, the name is derived from the Italian word farfalla which means butterfly. The “e” at the end of the word is the Italian feminine plural ending, making the meaning of the word “butterflies”. Farfalle date back to the 16th century in Lombardy and Emilia Romagana in Northern Italy. I have been wanting to try pasta withRead more about Stir Fried Lentils and Farfalle Pasta[…]
When we were living in Muscat, during Dussehra, one evening, I had invited around 20 friends for haldi kumkum. I had planned to make kheer that day. Generally I make kheer using condensed milk and evaporated milk to make a rich and creamy kheer. That particular day, I didn’t have enough of condensed milk. ThatRead more about Sago Custard Kheer[…]
