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Karate Kismuri/ BitterGourd Onion Coconut Mix

» by redchillies May 19th, 2010 at 12:33 pm » Comments (20)

Kismuri (Konkani word) is a side dish that is made of a mix of coconut, onion, chilli powder along with roasted ingredients like bittergourd, pappad etc. Karate is Konkani word for Bitter gourd and hence the name Kaarate Kismuri. No, not the martial arts Karate, I promise you there is no such thing involved in [...]

Microwave Chocolate Pudding

» by redchillies April 21st, 2010 at 9:21 am » Comments (22)

The wistful part about the weekend is that it is not long enough and gets over in no time; here you are dreaming of lazy, casual Saturday morning, anticipating in doing things in a relaxing, causal way and before you know it you are driven to a hectic, groggy, rush hour Monday morning in no [...]

Bitter Gourd Crisps/ Bittergourd Rings (Microwave)

» by redchillies January 28th, 2010 at 3:14 pm » Comments (33)

Whenever I go through my old posts, especially the ones I posted when I just started blogging, I think to myself, “Oh, I should I have provided more information” or “the picture is so bad” or gosh, “what was I thinking when I wrote this” etc. Not that I am an expert or that I [...]

Mango Peda

» by redchillies November 26th, 2009 at 11:41 am » Comments (36)

We love mangoes at home; both the raw and the ripe fruity ones. We prefer eating fresh mangoes, but during mango off-season we succumb to temptation and buy those big Mango pulp cans from the Indian store. I tried Mango ice-cream with the pulp and after that a good bit of mango pulp was left over. [...]

Kalakand Recipe

» by redchillies November 22nd, 2009 at 4:43 pm » Comments (29)

Kalakand is a popular sweet made out of solidified, sweetened milk called Khoya and Paneer (cottage cheese). Growing up in Bangalore this used to be one of our favorite sweets. It has a rich, decadent and melt-in-your moth taste. Traditionally made, it is a very long process in which the Khoya and Paneer are made [...]

Microwave Wheat Ladoos (Churmundo, Churma Laddu)

» by redchillies January 8th, 2008 at 12:16 pm » Comments (19)

With buildings, retail stores, restaurants, homes, palm trees sprawled on either side of the road the drive pretty much seemed the usual. The weather seemed perfect not too hot or too cold and the visitors scrambled along trying to make the most of this beautiful day. As we drove along the road for 5 more [...]