Lemon Cookies

Winter/snow is in full swing in most part of the United States, but here in Texas we have been blessed with an unusually spring like weather and have been enjoying every moment of it. Let us see, how long it lasts though!  Anyway, I had tasted some lime cookies at a get together and had fallen in love with the taste. Cookies that had an equal balance of sweet and tanginess with melt in the mouth texture; reminded me so much of our very own Nankathai (Butter cookies) with lemony flavor.  I wanted to re-create it and searched on the…

Red Chori Plantain Curry

This recipe had been lying in my drafts for a long time now, but did not get to post it for one reason or the other. Now that we are getting close to the end of the year, I wanted to clear the posts in my drafts and make way for the new ones.  The recipe for this has been adapted from Indira’s Moong Bean Plaintain curry.  I love cooked plantain and also cooked moong beans, but hitherto this recipe I had no idea of combining them together for making this delicious curry. I chose Azuki bean/Red Chori instead of…

Vegan Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins

Baking or cooking with kids has been fun experience so far for me. It is a good way to connect with them and they learn things about different ingredients, measurements, concept of wet and dry etc. So time permitting I use the opportunity to bake with our 5 year old.  Of course, there are some funny, wild, exasperated moments but you learn to take them as they come along. For example even a task as simple as stirring the dry ingredients in a bowl somehow brings up the picture of bad guys, chasing them, fighting with them and in the…