I love serving them with a traditional peanut sauce, salsa de mani - recipe included below. These little potato pancakes are hearty on their own but are great to serve as part of a bigger meal too. About the Recipe Potato and cheese happen to be my son’s favorite food groups. He will try any dish with either of these ingredients and 9 out of 10 times he will LOVE that dish....
Maple whiskey milkshake with espresso…aka the best milkshake ever. I originally developed this recipe with St. Patrick’s Day in mind, because why should minty green shamrock shakes get all the love? The combo of creamy, smooth ice cream with the sweet, boozy whiskey is pretty irresistible. And let me tell you, after the last three weeks we’ve had…I could use a boozy milkshake in my life. First…a week of frigid sub-zero temps where you pretty much couldn’t leave the house....
After tomato pickle and zucchini soup, I am happy to share another recipe with my backyard produce. Backyard gardening is my favorite past time. This year, I resorted to gardening more than before to keep me sane. Nothing makes me happy than harvesting fresh produce and cooking with the same. Methi or fenugreek leaves are something that we grow regularly. I have already shared methi pulav and vendiya keerai kuzhambu (Tamil word for methi)....
As much as I love traditional sweets, I also love delicious and simple desserts that you can prepare in a jiffy. We don’t get days off for Diwali, and if Diwali falls on a weekday, I always make some sweets in microwave and shovel the traditional ones for weekends. This almond peda is one such sweet. The cooking time for this peda is just 3 minutes, and you let the peda mix to cool for 5 to 7 minutes before you start shaping....
I have shared quite a few postpartum recipes, and this poondu milagu kuzhambu is my favorite. I grew up eating this kuzhambu regularly, and needless to say, more during my postpartum time. This kuzhambu is one of our staple and favorite rice accompaniment. My MIL used to prepare this (mild version) for me during my postpartum days, and I used to gobble this up with ghee. :-) Flavorful milagu kuzhambu Milagu or Milahu means peppercorns in Tamil, and as the name suggests, we prepare this gravy with black peppercorns....
What is No Yeast Donut? ‘Absence makes you crave things More’ and it cannot be more strongly said for all the baked/restaurant meals that we are so used to. Hence from the starting of the ‘stay home’ situation these days and with the scarcity of most common ingredients, I tried a couple of different batches before finalizing on this ‘No Yeast Donut – Eggless Donuts’ recipe !!! Also known as ‘Eggless Doughnuts’ !...
Along with the other happy incidents, my blog completed 9 years and entered into it’s 10th year of blogging. I don’t think I even knew what I was doing or what I wanted to do with the blog 9 years ago when I started it. This space was my way of documenting my recipes, never thought I would last this long. Being a stay at home mom for the last 3 years, the blog has become my main hobby....
What is paal payasam Paal means milk, and payasam means pudding/kheer in Tamil. Call this pal payasam or arisi paal payasam or paal payasam, milk pudding, or rice kheer; this humble and delicious dessert is perfect for any festival or occasion. My mom is my cooking guru, and I learned all the basics and many South Indian recipes from her, and this paal payasam is among them. I add my twists and make slight variations to my mom’s recipes, but I follow the recipe to T when it comes to this paal payasam....
Theme: Parsi Dishes Dish: Parsi Falooda For the final day of this week’s ‘Parsi Dishes’ I made this colorful dessert drink called Falooda. I wanted to make Parsi mawa cakes, but after all the sweet bakes from last month’s marathon, I didn’t want anymore extra calories. So the mawa cakes will have to wait for some time later. Instead I made this rich and delicious Falooda drink. I had falooda bookmarked to make for a very loooong time and finally got a chance to make it....
As the weather starts to get warmer, I start to look for recipes that don’t require much cooking and standing in the kitchen. If the ingredients are pantry and refrigerator staples, then that is a big bonus. So today I have an easy and pasty Black bean pasta salad recipe that is sure to be a big hit with everyone. This recipe is inspired from Jazzy vegetarian cooking show I watched on PBS....
How long it takes: 10 minutes Equipment you’ll need: large skillet Servings: 1 (or as many as you like) Basically, they’re a mashup of pizza and another kid-friendly classic, the cheese quesadilla. I came up with this recipe for the picky eater in my house and since I know I’m not the only one fighting this battle every night, this pizza recipe is here to save you, too! You can fill them with anything you’d top a normal pizza with....
This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of In The Raw via Burst Media. The opinions and text are all mine. What’s better than a fun holiday cocktail? Not a whole lot, if I do say so myself! As you all know, I had a hard time saying goodbye to summer this year. (Time just goes SO fast!) My drink of the summer (meaning I drank it maybe 4 times total) was a mojito....
A Better Burger Bun If you’ve had potato buns before, you get what all the hype is about. Not only is this style of burger bun traditionally sweeter, softer, moister, and just all around better than your average hamburger outfit, it’s really no more complicated to make. If you can make mashed potatoes, you too can pull off these incredible potato buns. Mashed potatoes are magic to bread dough. Potatoes hold more water and so help the dough retain moisture, which in turn yields the lightest, fluffiest, and best-textured rolls of your life....
We are baking flat breads with yeast for this month’s Bread Bakers. Our host for this month, Sonia Gupta (Sonilicious) wanted us to get creative and bake a single-layered or double-layered flat bread that is leavened with yeast. To be honest, there were way too many options to choose from but since pizza is always a hit with my family, I made this Quick Beer Crust Pizza.As with any baking recipe, I went to King Arthur flour for flat bread recipes....
Kathal Biryani, also known as Jackfruit Biryani, is definitely one recipe that you HAVE to try in summer, we crave all summer that’s when we get fresh kathal/jackfruit in India. What is Kathal Biryani – Jackfruit Biryani? It’s a perfect combination of meaty kathal with long grain and fragrant basmati rice, mild Indian spices (cinnamon, clove, cardamom) and a mix of masala (detailed below). This is a ‘Mughlai’ version of the biryani....
Godhuma rava halwa aka kesaribath is a easy to make South Indian sweet dish. Traditionally it is made with sooji or semolina. But this recipe uses wheat rava (cracked wheat, samba rava or dalia), making it a little more nutritious. I make this for festivals like Dasara, Diwali as neivedyam/ prasad or offering to god. This halwa is also made as Satyanarayana swamy prasad. It is the most requested dessert from my kids as well....
I want to thank all my blogger friends for sharing these fantastic recipes. I am amazed by the different varieties and can’t wait to try these delicacies. Also, I am glad to post this in the year beginning. Without any further ado, here is the round-up. Please click the image or the link below the image to get the recipe.
Here is my weekly meal planner with breakfast, lunch, and dinner options to make cooking fun and easy and helps you stay organized. PS – Substitute the rice with grains of your choice. For all my new readers, I have been sharing some meal planners for the past two years. I have shared over 20 meal planners, and you can check them out all under the “meal planner” category. All meal planners and unique, and you can draw some inspiration....
We love Indo-Chinese food in our home, especially my husband and my son. They can eat manchurian, fried rice or noodles every single day. So today I have a spicy condiment that is great to add in recipe to get that restaurant taste. Schezwan sauce: The first thing that comes to mind, when I hear the word Schezwan is fiery red condiment that makes any dish extra spicy. I generally stay away from ordering it at Indian restaurants because I cannot handle too much heat....
Baked in the SHARP Superheated Steam Countertop Oven with the included Broiling Pan, which happens to be 40% larger than the average quarter-sized sheet pan, for an easy- healthy 30-minute and under-family sheet pan dinner. Happy New Year Everyone! Just like many of you, we are trying to stick to our ‘New Year, New Me’ pact. I hate to call it a resolution, as most of them don’t even last 2-3 months, so what we have started doing is “ try making a lifestyle change to a more healthier and wholesome food”....
