Whenever I visit fresh market, I see Indians pouncing on “Okra” (Bhindi)! After a long wait, when I get chance to pick the veggie, many times I would find only bad/bruised ones being left and I end up not buying it! Thankfully I got fresh tender okra this week 🙂 The other day while I […]
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Our family loves Spinach! There were days when our LO would eat only spinach! When he was about ten months old, everyday I would cook spinach with powdered black pepper and salt, mix it with rice and ghee and feed him!! Now at 23 months, he eats almost all veggies and still spinach is his […]
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I always steam cook vegetables to make curries (poriyal/sabji). Fried curries are a rarity. Just because it would take lot of time to cook and use a good amount of fat inducing oil/butter! Can you think of potato fry with very less oil (or butter)?? I bet you can! Want a clue? Bake them 😉 […]
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Peanut also known as “ground nut” is loaded with nutrients! Peanut sundal is one of the easiest snack that you can enjoy at all times. Vendors in Chennai (a city in India) suburban trains fondly call it “Time pass Kadalai” 🙂 You can easily ‘kill’ time munching this inexpensive nut while enjoying(really?!) the long train […]
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After joyful Krishna Janmashtami and Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations, its time for NAVARATHRI! In south India, navarathri is celebrated with “Bommai Kolu” (aka Golu) and “Sundal” (recipe with legumes, like the one given below). Nava-rathri means nine nights. Navarathri is the Hindu festival celebrated for nine nights and ten days. Last day is called “Vijaya Dasami”. […]
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Hope everyone had a wonderful Ganesh Chaturthi! This year I made fried modak for prasadam. “Kozhukattai” and “Modakam” are the sweet dishes prepared for Ganesh Chavithi. Fried modaks are also prepared on Sankashti (Sankata hara chaturthi) as neivedhyam to lord Ganesh. Fried modaks are easy to make and tasty to relish 🙂 Ingredients: Wheat flour: […]
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