• Cluster Beans Poriyal – Kothavarangai Poriyal – South Indian Cluster Beans Curry

    Cluster Beans Poriyal – Kothavarangai Poriyal – South Indian Cluster Beans Curry

    Cluster Beans,  also known as Kothavarangai in Tamil, Gawar in Hindi, Goruchikkudu in Telugu is a very humble vegetable with many health benefits… its good for diabetes, great for heart, aids digestion, strengthen bones and also helps to regulate blood pressure. It is very common in South Indian homes and often prepared as a dry…

  • Butterscotch Chocolate Chunk Cookies

    Butterscotch Chocolate Chunk Cookies

    Cookies,Cookies,Cookies just love a good batch of yummy, chunky chocolaty monsters any time of the day!  Recently saw this butterscotch cookies on The Pioneer Woman and can’t resist making, ofcourse eating too 😉 i’m so obsessed with these beauties. They were like “Will you be my valentine?” I just closed my eyes and said Yes! The…

  • Quinoa Pineapple Kesari – Pineapple Kesari recipe – Quinoa Kesari

    Quinoa Pineapple Kesari – Pineapple Kesari recipe – Quinoa Kesari

    Kesari Bhat is a popular and easy sweet dish from Karnataka. It is one of the easiest of all sweet preparations and its like every festive or special occasion will have this under the menu. Traditionally rava / semolina is used to make this dish… sometimes paired with fruits and nuts. Today I’m sharing the…

  • Kids School Lunch Box 16 – Carrot Paniyaram with Tomato Onion Chutney

    Kids School Lunch Box 16 – Carrot Paniyaram with Tomato Onion Chutney

    Today’s lunch box is a very simple and healthy pick for kids school lunch. Carrot kuzhi paniyaram  pairing with tomato onion chutney is what i packed for lunch.  I’ve used plain idli dosa batter mixed with sauteed onion, grated carrot, ginger and tempered with some seasonings. Lunch Box Idea 16, school lunch Box, school Lunch…

  • Sabudana Khichdi – How to make Sabudana Khichdi

    Sabudana Khichdi – How to make Sabudana Khichdi

    Easy Sabudana Khichdi!

  • Bread Upma Recipe – Easy Breakfast Recipes – Bread Recipes

    Bread Upma Recipe – Easy Breakfast Recipes – Bread Recipes

    Upma in general is a simple, yet comforting dish. It is quite versatile and can be fixed in less than 15 minutes. Today we are making bread upma, which is one such fancy way to use leftover bread or just a way to enjoy something different with regular bread other any making a sandwich. Plain…

  • Lemon Parsley Pilaf

    Lemon Parsley Pilaf

    Pilaf is a dish in which rice is cooked in a broth, sauteed in oil or butter along with veggies and herbs topped with dry fruits and nuts!  I’ve been a big fan of pilaf ever since I tried middle eastern cuisine and been experimenting quite a few…. my fav being the herb pilaf with nuts…

  • Easy 4-Ingredient Nutella Cookies

    Easy 4-Ingredient Nutella Cookies

    Made a batch of super easy Nutella cookies during this past christmas break. Should i even bother to introduce Nutella … hey, anything with nutella is a double ok and its universal period! I was browsing for an easy cookie recipe using nutella and this one from Kirbie’s Craving is the top most on search…

  • Rasmalai Recipe – How to make Rasmalai – Homemade Rasmalai – Bengali Sweets

    Rasmalai Recipe – How to make Rasmalai – Homemade Rasmalai – Bengali Sweets

    Ras malai is a very popular Indian (Bengali) sweet prepared with cheese known as “paneer” or “chenna”soaked in rich saffron flavored creamy milk. It is a refreshing dessert very soft & light…. like a rich cheese cake feel to it!  Rasmalai from scratch actually scares many but actually its not. May be a little time…

  • Chicken Lollipop Recipe – Restaurant style Chicken Lollipop – Chicken Starters

    Chicken Lollipop Recipe – Restaurant style Chicken Lollipop – Chicken Starters

    Chicken Lollipop is generally considered as an appetizer dish, a very popular restaurant starter. Its mostly ordered and never made often at home…. the recipe as such is very simple but the painstaking effort of converting the winglets to lollipop is what scares the most!  Though not everyone may know, this chicken dish is made…