Those were the day when I used to dislike Upma to the core. I used to eat it along with yogurt, sugar to overcome its vapid taste and grumble constantly about its lack of taste. My poor mother would then make some special alternate like poha for me to take to school/college. Fast forward few years and I have learnt to appreciate things, value the effort that goes into making any dish. Also thanks to my MIL I have learnt to add ginger, cloves and coarse rava to enhance the taste of Upma. This is called as Upma…
Herb Mania Fenugreek Round Up
Is it just me or did the past month fly by so fast? Here I was just weeks ago, contemplating if I should even venture into hosting an event. After all it has been over a year since I started blogging and I have participated in numerous events, but never hosted anything on my own. The opportunity came in the form of Herb Mania an event created by Dee of Ammalu’s Kitchen. Dee wanted other bloggers to guest host her event and I seized the opportunity. Thanks Dee for letting me host the event and it has been a fun…
Red Chori and Squash Curry
I found Red Chori (Azuki bean) in the Indian grocery a while ago and totally loved it. This is different from Rajma (Red Kidney Bean), they do have similar color but the shape and taste are totally different. When correctly cooked Red Bean taste like cooked Horse Gram (kulith, hurali), but is denser than the horse gram. I have prepared one curry before without using any coconut and this is another one that I tried which has coconut masala in it. This is more like our Konkani Ghashi in which the flavor of the cooked beans blends with that of…