a refreshing salad using the king of fruit, mango Summer is on with a bang. As the scorching heat is here, so I always crave for some light and fresh meal option which takes a very less time or even …
Achari Vegetable Pulao
Rice is a staple diet for most of India. One of the most versatile ingredient, it can be cooked as an entree, mains or a dessert. Interestingly, rice is the most important food crop of India too. Rice is one ingredient which can …
Sugar free Ragi cookies | Finger Millet cookies
Finger millet / Ragi / Mandia / Nachni is a wonderful ingredient that was lost as compared to the popularity of wheat and rice has grown. One of the forgotten ancient millets, ragi is slowly attracting as the latest desi super …
Pineapple Zarda Pulao – a Tropical Sweet Saffron Rice
In Islam, there are 2 Eids : Eid al-Fitr which marks the end of Ramadan – the Islamic holy month of fasting and Eid al-Adha just after the hajj. Well, Eid-Al-Fitr is right on the corner and its real fun thinking …
Potala Rasa | Odia Style Pointed Gourd Curry
The May month came to an end and as you all know I am belonging to a monthly posting food group named as ‘Shhhhh Cooking Secretly Challenge‘. This month the challenge was from ‘Odia Cuisine’ and my partner was Narmadha. …
Green Chickpea Salad in Mustard Vinaigrette
The scorching summer is going on. And no-one has that much interest to go into the kitchen and cook dishes. So for those kind of situations all the No-Cook dishes come to play the vital role. Starting from salad, sandwiches to …
Mini Uttapam Varieties
I am a big foodie lover of South Indian breakfast options like Idli, dosa, uttapam etc. Recently we have been transferred to another new place and during that time our kitchen remained close for around 5-6 days. We were having our food …
Aam ka Chunda | Chundo (Gujurati Sweet Mango Pickle)
Summer season is going on and the nearby markets are flooded with the King of Fruits, Mangoes of a lot of varieties which are either raw / ripe ones. The raw ones look green in color and have a tangy …
Poha Chivda / Mixture
Poha / Chuda / Aval / Flattened rice flakes is nothing but the rice that has been parboiled, rolled, flattened and finally dried to get. These come in different thickness depending upon the pressure used in flattening process. Thick ones get some …
Green Peas Foxnut Curry | Matar Makhana Curry
Green peas / hara matar is always available in my pantry whether the season for the green peas (winter season) is there or not. Either in frozen or in fresh form, I love to have these green beauties at my place. …