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• Almond Snowball Cookies
  on Dec 20, 2016 in All Purpose Flour/Maida Almond Meal Bakes And Cakes Cookies Sweets And Desserts
            Snowball Cookies, also known as Russian Tea Cakes or Italian Wedding Cookies, these have been on my do list for a long time, somehow I bake more breads and cakes than cookies, so it got missed out every time and I h...
• Avarekalu Sooji Rava Adai, Field Beans Adai
  on Dec 19, 2016 in Avarekalu-Field Beans-Hyacinth Beans Breakfast And Dinner Semolina-Sooji-Rava Vegan
            Another dish that I tried out using avarekalu/field beans was this Avarekalu Sooji Rava Adai. Again for this Adai also I have used hitikida avarekalu (I have peeled the beans and used ). It's a simple dish, we mix t...
• Eggless Sugar Cookies
  on Dec 16, 2016 in All Purpose Flour/Maida Bakes And Cakes Cookies Snacks And Appetizers
                    I had wanted to try out so many cookies and cakes for this Christmas, but the last couple of weeks had been so busy, that I couldn't make much. So with barely 10 days to Christmas, I thou...
• Avarekalu Idlis, Field Beans Idlis
  on Dec 14, 2016 in Avarekalu-Field Beans-Hyacinth Beans Breakfast And Dinner Idlis Vegan
            Now, again, it's that season of the year, I am not talking about the holidays, it's the Avarekalu/ Field Beans season here in Bengaluru, every year we get them during the months of December and January. Last year I...
• Nei Appam, Ghee Appam
  on Dec 12, 2016 in Jaggery-Vellam Rice Flour Snacks And Appetizers Sweets And Desserts
            Happy Karthigai Deepam, Festival Of Lights, it falls on 12th December this year, we light our houses with lots of mud lamps and as with any other festival, we make some yummy food too. I have already posted the trad...
• Cabbage Kofta Curry, Cabbage Dumplings In A Creamy Gravy
  on Dec 11, 2016 in Cabbage Vegan Vegetable Gravies
            I didn't mean to take a break, it's so happened that I got a little busy on a couple of days and then as usual it took me a while to get back to the habit. Today's post is a simple and delicious kofta with cabbage,...
• Puli Inji, Inji Puli, Sweet & Sour Ginger Pickle
  on Sep 5, 2016 in Ginger-Inji Pickles And Thokkus Tamarind-Puli Vegan
            Onam is a festival, celebrated in the state of Kerala, India, and it is celebrated for 10 days. As much as the Pookkalam ( Art With Flowers ), the Onam Sadya is equally important and has become very popular, that ma...
• Jowar (Cholam) Pidi Kozhukattai (Sweet), Jowar Modaks
  on Sep 4, 2016 in Jaggery-Vellam Jowar Millets Sweets And Desserts Vegan
            Tomorrow is Vinayagar Chathurthi, and here is another healthy Kozhukattai recipe that you can try out, Jowar/Cholam/Sorghum Pidi Kozhukattai. This is such an easy dish, so if you don't have time to make the Stuffed...
• Millet Kozhukattai With Date Almond Filling, Millet Modaks With Date Badam Filling
  on Sep 1, 2016 in Almonds Coconut Dates Millets Sweets And Desserts Vegan
            Ganesh/Vinayagar Chaturthi is just 3 days away and I see so many varieties of Kozhukattais in many blogs. Usually I make kozhukattais with paruppu-thengai-vellam pooranam/filling and sundal on Vinayagar Chathurthi,...
• Chakka Pradaman With Chakka Varatti, Jackfruit Payasam
  on Aug 31, 2016 in Coconut Milt-Thengai Paal Jackfruit Jaggery-Vellam Sweets And Desserts
            After making Chakka Varatti ( Jackfruit Preserve ) at home, the first dish that I wanted to try out with it was the Ela Ada and the next down the list was this Chakka Pradaman or Payasam. Once you have your Chakka V...
• Mac & Cheese With Vegetables
  on Aug 28, 2016 in Cheese Pasta And Noodles
            Mac & Cheese, this used to be my daughter's favorite snack when we were back in the US, but I used to make it from the Mac & Cheese sachets that we get back there. After coming to India, whenever I brought c...
• Mangalore Cucumber Seeds Saaru ( Rasam )
  on Aug 25, 2016 in Black Eyed Beans-Lobia-Karamani Coconut Mangalore Cucumber Rasams Vegan
            When I posted Mangalore Cucumber Palya/Stir-Fry, I had told that I had saved the seeds for doing another dish called Saaru. Saaru is basically similar to the Tamil Rasam with a very thin soup like consistency. In Ka...
• Eggless Blueberry Muffins
  on Aug 24, 2016 in Bakes And Cakes Blueberries Wheat Flour
            I had this big packet of dried blueberries that I wanted to finish before the expiry date and I was looking for some simple recipes where I can use it apart from eating it as such. These blueberry muffins fitted the...
• Ela Ada With Chakka Varatti, Steamed Rice Parcels With Jackfruit Preserve
  on Aug 22, 2016 in Coconut Jackfruit Jaggery-Vellam Sweets And Desserts
            After making Chakka Varatti/Jackfruit Preserve, I was waiting to try out Ela Ada, when I say waiting, I really mean it because where I stay in Bangalore, I don't easily get banana leaves, except might be on festival...
• Lauki Thepla, Bottle Gourd Flat Breads, Sorakkai Thepla
  on Aug 19, 2016 in Bottle Gourd-Lauki-Sorakkai Rotis And Parathas Wheat Flour
            Lauki is one vegetable that I buy every week or at least once in 10 days. This is another very versatile vegetable, we can use for making curries, soup, sambar, dals, halwas, idlis, dosas and now these theplas and e...
• Banana Flower & Cabbage Rice, Vazhaipoo Muttaikose Sadam
  on Aug 18, 2016 in Baby Corn Banana Flower-Vazhaipoo Cabbage Rice Vegan
            Vazhaipoo/Banana Flower and Purple Cabbage, we love this combination at home, I usually make a poriyal/stir fry with this combo and they go very well together. So when I had a little bit of cabbage and half a banana...
• Chakka Varatti, Jackfruit Preserve ( Halwa )
  on Aug 16, 2016 in Jackfruit Jaggery-Vellam Jams And Sauces Sweets And Desserts
            Ever since I saw Ela Ada on blogs and cookery shows, I had wanted to try it out home, especially the Ela Ada using Chakka Varatti/Jackfruit Preserve. I thought I'll do it during the last jackfruit season but it so h...
• Vengaya Pakoda, Onion Fritters
  on Aug 14, 2016 in Gram Flour-Besan Flour Onion Snacks And Appetizers Vegan
            Vengaya Pakoda/Onion Fritters, this is a favorite at home, I have made it so many times, but never got the chance to click it and so it has taken so long to appear here in the blog. It's such an easy snack, the only...
• Beetroot Moru Kuzhambu
  on Aug 10, 2016 in Beets-Beetroot Sambars And Kuzhambus
            Moru Kuzhambu/Yogurt Stew is a favorite at home, mixed with rice and along with some paruppu usili, it tastes simply too good. Usually we add okra/vendikkai, ash gourd/pusinikkai, chayote/chow-chow or even vadas to...
• Eggless Cherry Cupcakes
  on Aug 8, 2016 in Almond Meal Bakes And Cakes Cherries
            When I had bought this box of cherries ( the dark ones ), I had tried out two baked dishes with it, the Cherry Clafoutis and these Cherry Cupcakes and the remaining, were very good to eat as such. I saw this recipe...