Stuffed Pasta – Screwed!!!
- 26
- December
- 2009
Screwed Pasta Salad: Created a new dish (blunder), which still needs a sincere ‘Title’(or stuffed pasta for the time being)!!! This recipe goes to my Kitchen Mishaps Event.:) It was way past dinner time and I was pretty hungry plus very sleepy! Why? why I do this, what on earth I was thinking?? Took a […]
Improvised Egg Pakoda
- 25
- December
- 2009
Also Known As: Egg Pakora,Ande Ka Pakodiya`n. Gudilu Pakoda. Muttai Pakoda. Egg Pakoda. Ande ka Pakodi. Ande Pakora. Mutta Pakoda. This is a definite rainy day food for me and something that I enjoyed making when I was a teenager (to my classmates…as I was just learning to cook). Its a great late night snack […]
Malabar Style – Shrimps Biriyani
- 22
- December
- 2009
Malabar Style Chemmeen Biriyani: Prawns Layer Biriyani. Kerala Special Chemmeen Biriyani. Iral/ Yeral Biriyani. Roiyalu Biriyani. Jinghe Biriyani. Today, I jumped into my comfort zone ‘Biriyani‘(I know you guys are steaming up there ‘AGAIN…are you nuts)! Oh yeah, maybe I am! Obsessed with one pot dish…can’t help it! This time of the season…when thoughts go […]
Shirkand – Sweetened Yogurt
- 21
- December
- 2009
Also Known As: Kesar Sheerkand, Shirkand, Sheerkhand, Sheer Khand. Saffron Infused Sweetened Yogurts. Instant, is the only best way to describe this traditional dessert (If you don’t take solidifying yogurt into account)! Let me tell you, I was expecting something good…while mixing the ingredients! It came out ‘beyond expectation’!!! With all the seriousness…I will never […]
Award
- 20
- December
- 2009
Thanks for Cheering me up with this Great Tofa(Gift), Asha ji.:) I am truly honoured:) I would like to share this award with following cheerful friends. Ann – My FriendDershanaChamDollyFaiza AliVinolia SpiceGulmoharJaganathanBong MomRebeccaGinaShifaSowjanyaSarah NaveenSayantaniNithiEC PJPriya Ushnish GhoshYasmeen Usha NandhiniSiddhi SirrathSoma Pradhan PeanutsSharmilee SangeetaA-Z VegetarianLathaMuneebaViki XavierGita
Badhusha
- 19
- December
- 2009
Badusha: Nothing says ‘Happy Holidays’ like a home made sweets, right. Just like you all, I have lots of sweet memories. I vaguely remember grandma making them during summer vacation. It used to be melt-in mouth kind. I do not really remember that much about my grandma, so I am not going to get senti’or […]
Kedgeree – Classic Breakfast
- 16
- December
- 2009
Kedgeree: Pairing rice and lentils is an age old tradition in India. Kitchri is a pheasant meal and considered as comfort food throughout India. During Mughal dynasty, the kitchri went through series of changes. They infused it with strong spices, enriched with nuts and also presented it at social gatherings! During British raj…the traditional kitchri […]
Kitchri – Gujarati Style
- 15
- December
- 2009
Kitchedi: Kitcheri, Kitchri. Cutcheree. Lentil’s rice. Masala Rice. Paruppu Saadham. Pappu Annam. Parippu Choru. What to write? Hmmmm…what to write? And did you think its easy to write about something (nothing)! Come on, pickup a blog space and start ranting to nobody (for years). And…when the traffic was at abyssal, it was bit easy. Now […]
Roomali Roti – I Don’t Think I Got It Right!!!
- 09
- December
- 2009
Trick Really Worked – Ta Daaah!!!Trick Number One!Oops!!!Wow…Looks Good!!!Perfectly Aimed!Adventure!Rumali Roti: Here you go…my first entry for the ‘Kitchen Mishaps Event’. Roomali Roti’- but I don’t think I got it right!!! Although I have made ‘roomali rotis’ several times back home…trust me, it used to be too soft. Unfortunately never took pictures.:( This is my […]
Kitchen Mishaps – Event Announcement!
- 09
- December
- 2009
Cooking Disasters – Share, Laugh and Learn!!! Kitchen Mishaps – Event Announcement: Many (at least few, who spoke to me offline) think, that I am a decent cook! My friends were so excited that I cooked (huh, at least I could trick them into believing that). Some unknown sweet friend asked me ‘how to make […]
