In our family we love soup not just in winter but anytime of the year. A few months ago, we had been to a restaurant and had their Red Bell Pepper and Tomato Soup along with warm crusted bread and I remember it being so good that we had licked the bowl clean. Ever since I wanted to try making it at home and searched for good recipes over the net. There is no dearth of Bell Pepper and Tomato Soup on the net, but the tough part is narrowing down the search to fit our needs. After some…
South Indian Tomato Rasam Recipe
Although I grew up in Bangalore, the hometown of the renowned restaurant MTR, I was unfamiliar with MTR masalas, powders, and spices. The primary reason for this was my mom’s good culinary skills—she made all the powders for sambhar, rasam, vaangi bhaat, and pulliyogere from scratch at home. And we didn’t feel the need to buy the store-bought powders. Fast forward a few years, when I got married and moved to the United States, I found myself as a novice cook, suddenly responsible for preparing meals. I craved comfort foods like rasam and sambhar—the flavors I grew up with. That’s…
- Breakfast/ Brunch /Tiffin Varieties
- Dosa Varieties
- Easy Vegetarian Recipes
- Karnataka Recipes
- Konkani Recipes
Pan Pole/ Neer Dosa and Batata Song (Spicy Potato in Tamarind Curry)
When Sia announced the RCI event as Udupi Mangalore, I was delighted. Being a Konkani and with family associations to South Kanara I can relate to that cuisine and the style of cooking. I did not want to miss the opportunity to cook and contribute to the event. After thinking of so many different options I finally decided to make our family favorite “Pan Pole” and “Batata Song”. Also when I saw this on Arch’s blog, the craving for this became even stronger. If you are hearing the words for the first time, it may appear strange, but in…
Ridge Gourd Dill and Chana Daal Dry Fry (Beerakaya Fry)
Sometime last week, I was cleaning up the fridge closely inspecting the occupants there, when I noticed that the ridge gourd and Dill were the ones demanding immediate attention. When I bough the Ridge Gourd from the grocery I was planning on making these delicious bhajjis, but never got around making them. So the other option for me was to make a quick curry from the Ridge Gourd. Now cooked Ridge Gourd by itself has a sweet taste to it and when paired with onions becomes even more sweeter. At home we are not fond of this taste, so…
Dahi Bhendi/ Okra Raita
Dahi Bhendi/Okra Raita was one of the first dishes that I had learnt from my MIL after our marriage. Okras are crisped and then added to seasoned yogurt; the crisped okra then absorbs the yogurt and plumps up giving it a unique flavorful taste. I loved the taste and have been making it ever since. This Raita makes a very good side dish Rotis/Chapathis and also with Rice. This is very easy to prepare and is also a good way to finish of those few remaining Okras/lady’s finger sitting in the fridge. My MIL makes this the traditional way…
Blueberry Frozen Yogurt
Thank you all very much for the warm wishes and comments in lieu to the Blog Anniversary. I was over whelmed, touched to say the least and will cherish those words for a long time to come. Moving on, the temperature here has soared and has become unbelievably hot. Continuously for the past 2 weeks are so, the temperature has been 100+. Of course, July and August are the hottest months here and hopefully after that the temperatures should slide down. But at least these warm temperatures provide us with an excuse to indulging onto something cold, creamy…
Blog Anniversary: RedChillies and FoodWorld
Time flies and how!! It has been 2 years since I started RedChillies and 1 year since FoodWorld. It is just a co-incidence that both were started during the month of July. RedChillies: The past 2 years at RedChillies has been an awesome, filling and an enriching experience so far. I can happily say that this has become my hobby and passion, so I feel lucky to have discovered this medium of blogging. I initially started off here impressed by the awesome creations of Mahanandi, Saffron Hut and most of them here. I wanted to give blogging…