Bread Upma/ Breada Upkari

This is an easy one to prepare if you are looking for a quick fix, healthy dish. This is also a good way to use up the day old bread from the pantry.  Even though the list of ingredients looks long, most of them are used only as tadka/seasoning. The star of this dish is the seasoning. Bread chunks are then tossed into the seasoning, which then takes up the flavors of the seasoning and along with cooked onions forms a wonderful taste. This can be eaten for breakfast or as a quick snack.   

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…

Show Me Your Breakfast: Berry Yogurt Parfait

  Show Me your Breakfast, she says and this is what I have! Weekdays are pretty tight for us and it is difficult to sit down and have a decent breakfast. So we try to make up for that and have a good and healthy breakfast during the weekends.   We try to start of the day with healthy breakfast and most of the days we have regular oatmeal with lots of dry fruits and a cup of orange juice. But on some other days especially when we have lots of berries at home we have this variation of Berry…