DESSERT RECIPES
Rava Burfi
Rava Burfi is a simple yet amazing dessert which can be made for festive occasions or to simply pamper your sweet tooth. This dessert...
SNACKS RECIPES
Sweet Potato Fries
Deviating from our regular potato fries, lets make sweet potato fries today. It makes for a good tea-time snack. Here’s the recipe.
Ingredients
2 sweet potatoes
Oil for deep frying
Method
Wash...
Mangalorean Steamed Bottle gourd Cake
Steamed Bottle gourd cake is a traditional Mangalorean dish. It is known as “Tureta Adde” in Tulu*. ‘Ture’ in Tulu means Bottle gourd and ‘Adde’ is steamed cake. It...
Sweet Shankarpalis | How to make shankarpali at home
Sweet Shankarpalis or shakkarpara is a traditional snack made during Diwali. This makes for a good tea-time snack. Here goes the recipe :
Ingredients
1 ½ cups Refined flour (Maida )
½...
Bohri style Chana Batata
I had some black chanas at home and wanted to make chana masala. But then I remembered that sometime back I had come across a dish called “ Chana...
Poha Chivda | How to make Poha Chivda
This is an easy and quick recipe for a tasty, crunchy snack. It is made by roasting poha, frying peanuts, dry fruits etc and assembling them with a tempering...
Medu Vada | South Indian breakfast recipe
Medu Vada is a South Indian delicacy prepared using split black gram (udad dal). It can be served for breakfast or as a tea time snack. It pairs well...
Mangalore Buns – the popular snack of Mangalore
Managalore Buns and Goli Baje are the two ever popular snacks of Mangalore. Every Mangalorean out there would agree with me that these two snacks are so addictive, that...
Begun Bhaja | Brinjal Fry | Spicy fried brinjal
Begun Bhaja, in Bengali means fried brinjal/ eggplant. This is the most commonly prepared dish at Bengali households. Eggplant is cut into thin slices, coated with masalas and fried....
Chinese Bhel – a popular street food of Mumbai
Chinese Bhel, an Indo-Chinese dish, ironically is a popular street food of Mumbai. This super addictive Chinese bhel is nothing but crispy fried noodles tossed in sauces (schezwan sauce...
BREAKFAST RECIPES
Rajgira Thalipeeth
The benefits of incorporating rajgira (amaranth) in our diet is far too many. Apparently, it is a powerhouse of nutrition, making it worth a...
Bhajani Thalipeeth – a healthy breakfast dish
Bhajani Thalipeeth -a traditional Maharashtrian breakfast dish using multigrain flours and spices
I have earlier shared the recipe of thalipeeth where I had used flours...
Sprouted Ragi Dosa | Ragi (Finger Millet) Dosa
I have earlier shared the recipe of ragi idlis which was made using ragi flour. Today, I am back with the recipe of sprouted...
Paneer grilled sandwich
A kids friendly sandwich recipe.
Ingredients
½ cup Paneer cubes
¼ cup Capsicum sliced ...
Kerala Appam/ Palappam
Kerala Appam is made by fermenting rice and coconut mixture. It is a common food in Kerala households. It is served for breakfast with...
GARDENING
Growing Four o’clock
About Four o’clock
Four o’clock flower or Gulbakshi (Marathi name) or Mirabilis Jalapa (Botanical name) is the most commonly grown plant. It is supposedly a native of Peru, but is commonly found in India. The...
Microgreens | How to grow microgreens
Microgreens – the powerhouse of nutrition
Microgreens are leafy vegetables which are harvested at a very early stage. They are super healthy even in comparison with their fully grown counterparts. They are packed with nutrition...
Grow your own Mint
If you have never experienced the joy of
accomplishing more than you can imagine,
...
Yesterday Today Tomorrow
The wonders of nature are far too many. Every element of nature is made up of astonishing beauty. It’s just that we need to have an eye to observe them. If we look closely...
