DESSERT RECIPES
Rice Phirni | How to make Phirni
Rice Phirni, is a delicious and creamy dessert made with milk and ground rice. It is more or less like kheer but unlike kheer,...
SNACKS RECIPES
Steamed Bottle gourd Cake | Mangalorean snack
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...
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...
Sabudana Vada | How to make Sago Vadas
Sabudana Vada is a popular Maharashtrian snack prepared during fasts. It is generally served with green chutney and curds. These super delicious vadas are crispy from outside with a...
Rice Flour Chaklis | Instant Chaklis
Chaklis are tasty deep fried savoury snack loved by one and all. These Instant rice flour chaklis are one of my favourite homemade snacks. Whether it is for Diwali,...
Girmit – popular street food of Dharwad
Girmit, the south Indian cousin of the Mumbai bhel is a popular street food form the Dharwad region of north Karnataka. It is prepared by mixing puffed rice (kurmura...
Chana Batata | 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...
Instant Chakli | How to make instant Chaklis
Chakli, a savoury snack is made from different type of flour, i.e. rice flour, maida, besan, wheat flour etc. Here, I have used rice flour, to which I have...
Onion Pakodas | Kanda Bhaji
Onion Pakodas are one of the many famous street foods of Mumbai. Simple to make, delicious to taste, this makes for an ideal snack with a cup of tea,...
Chatpata Chana Chaat |Protein rich Chaat
Most of us stick to healthy eating when it comes to breakfast, lunch and dinner. But when it comes to in-between meals, we tend to reach out to fried...
BREAKFAST RECIPES
Pesarattu | Moong Dosa | Green Gram Dosa
Pesarattu | Moong Dosa | Green Gram Dosa is a popular breakfast recipe of Andhra Pradesh. Made from whole green gram (moong), this is...
Handvo
Handvo – a healthy and delicious Gujarati breakfast dish.
Gujarati cuisine is famous for theplas, dhoklas, khandvis, paatras, khakras and many more mouth watering dishes....
Instant Oats Carrot Idlis – healthy breakfast dish
Idli, a staple food of South India is now popular all over India. It is considered to be one of the most delicious and...
Rava Upma | Healthy breakfast dish
Upma, a common South Indian breakfast item is a wholesome and tasty dish which you can rustle up in no time. I am sharing...
Appam/ Appe/How to make Paniyaram
Appam/ Paniyaram - a breakfast/ tea-time snack made by steaming idli batter in Paniyaram pan. Appams can even be made sweet by adding jaggery...
GARDENING
Bougainvillea |Growing Bougainvillea from stem cuttings
Bougainvillea are thorny, ornamental plants which are known for their colourful display of flowers. It is a popular landscape plant and is generally found on the boundary walls of residential apartments. It is a...
Growing Methi | Growing fenugreek in pots
Everything that slows us down and forces patience,
Everything that sets us back into the slow circles of nature, is a help. ...
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...
Periwinkle | Vinca |Growing Periwinkle
Periwinkle, Vinca, Sadaphuli, Sadabahaar….all these are names of the tiny beautiful starry flowers which range in colour from pink, dark pink to white and purple. Sadaphuli (Marathi), Sadabahaar (Hindi) means always flowering. The tiny...
Growing bitter gourds in pots | Growing karela
I love growing bitter gourds. Why??... because they are the easiest vegetable to grow. They do not demand much attention and are fuss free. All that you have to do is use good soil,...
