Veg kothu chapati/ Kothu chapati is a delicious combination of minced chapati and veg kurma tossed with some onions, tomatoes and masala served usually with onion raita as dinner or evening snacks or mini tiffin. This recipe is a copycat recipe of the traditional veg kothu parotta that is popular […]
Chicken karahi/ Karahi chicken is a one such spicy gravy hailing from Pakistan and North India where chicken is cooked in tomato based gravy which goes well with naan, roti and jeera rice. We are so much addicted to this chicken karahi available in Pakwan restaurant, that whenever we order […]
Lychee phirni/ Firni is a delicious and creamy pudding/ dessert prepared with milk, basmati rice, sugar, cardamom powder, lychee and topped with nuts. This pudding is usually served cold in mud bowl called shikora, since I don’t have that at home I used a regular mud bowl. As we all have […]
Instant rava appam/ Sooji appam is a soft, spongy and delicious breakfast that can be prepared in just 15 minutes. Yes that’s right! This instant breakfast uses just 6 pantry friendly ingredients and requires no fermentation which is again a good news. I am a great fan of appam and […]
Tomato halwa/ Thakkali halwa is a sweet, slightly tangy, naturally colored and glossy looking delicious sweet containing the goodness of tomatoes. This interesting instant halwa recipe is prepared with tomato puree/ paste, cornflour, sugar, ghee and flavored with cardamom. Yes just 5 pantry friendly ingredients and the halwa will be […]
Jil jil jigarthanda/ Jigarthanda is a very popular and delicious drink prepared with milk, khoya, nannari sharbath, badam pisin/ Almond gum and ice cream. This thirst quencher is famous in Madurai, South India. Jigarthanda means cooling the heart drink and I got to know about this is in my 9th […]
Thalappakatti style soya chunks biryani/ Thalappakatti veg biryani is a vegetarian version of the popular dindugul thalappakati biryani known for their unique style seeraga samba chicken and mutton biryani loaded with spices. In this recipe I have replaced chicken with soya chunks which has equal amount of protein just like […]
Veg manchurian is a delicious and a popular Indo Chinese dish prepared by adding deep fried veg manchurian balls in spicy, sweet and tangy sauce/gravy loaded with ginger, garlic and spring onions. But wait did we hear that the dish is made with deep fried veggie balls? Yes that is […]
Potato puffs/ Aloo puff is a popular Indian snack prepared by filling puff pastry sheets with spicy mashed potato mixture and baked to perfection. I never knew that there was something called aloo puffs until last year when I noticed in a café. We all/ I am used to typical […]
Avocado egg toast is a simple and quick to make healthy breakfast that can be prepared in jiffy with bread, avocado, eggs and some seasoning. Voila the breakfast is ready. Sometimes we feel we need something light, simple and tummy filling breakfast and this toast surely is one such kind! […]
