DESSERT RECIPES
Strawberry Shrikhand – delicious dessert
Strawberry Shrikhand prepared with fresh strawberries and hung curd is a delicious dessert. This is a must make dessert when strawberries are available in...
SNACKS RECIPES
Karanji | Gujiya | How to make Karanjis
Diwali is synonymous with tons of lip smacking sweets and snacks. One such sweet is Karanji which is an important part of Diwali faraal (snacks) in Maharashtra. Karanji is...
Nankhatai – teatime snack
Nankhatais are cookies/biscuits made with refined flour, sugar and ghee. They have brittle, buttery texture and pair well with a hot cup of tea. These cookies were quite popular...
Mini Batata Vadas | Attractive party snack
Are you looking for a starter/snack recipe for a party, that will look impressive and be loved by your guests? Make these mini batata vadas, prick a fancy tooth...
Corn Chivda | How to make Makai Chivda
Diwali is around the corner and for me, it is incomplete without homemade sweets. As much as Diwali is all about rich and festive sweets, there are certain savory...
Dal Vada | Crispy Chana Dal Fritters
It has finally started raining in Mumbai and this weather calls for hot pakodas and chai/tea. It doesn't matter if the pakodas are made of onions, vegetables or lentils....
Palak Dhokla | Spinach Dhokla
Dhokla is a popular Gujarati snack made by steaming the fermented batter of chana dal, rice & udad dal, moong dal etc. There are many variants of dhoklas. Palak...
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...
Dahi Chana Chaat | How to make Dahi Chana Chaat
Dahi Chana Chaat is a delicious chaat made with chickpeas and potatoes topped with curds, green chutney and sweet tamarind chutney. I understand that this is the most regularly...
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...
BREAKFAST RECIPES
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...
Oats Porridge | Desi style Oats Porridge
Oats are great source of vitamins, minerals, fiber and antioxidants. Begin your day with this healthy, tasty oats porridge. In this recipe, I have...
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...
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...
Saada Dosa | How to make Saada Dosa
Saada Dosa is an all time favourite Sunday breakfast at home. Our Sunday seems incomplete without having Saada dosa for breakfast. The crispy dosa...
GARDENING
Lavender Hibiscus | Uncommon Hibiscus
I bought a hibiscus plant from a nursery in Lonavala last December. The guy at the nursery assured me that it was a blue hibiscus plant. There were many similar plants growing in the...
Yesterday Today Tomorrow | Brunfelsia Plant
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...
Parijat flowers | Growing Parijat plant in pots
I couldn’t have asked for a better start to the new year than this. On the very first day of 2019, my Parijat plant started flowering.
A few months ago, someone got a sapling of...
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. ...
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...
