Sweet Corn Vegetable Soup

Sweet corn soup is one of our favorite soups to order at an Indian restaurant. Thick and creamy with a healthy dose of vegetables it is a great way to start a meal. It is an Indian Chinese soup recipe which can be easily made at home using fresh or canned corn and few other ingredients. I decided to make this at home for an Indo Chinese style potluck dinner. I received guidance from her about the procedure and she suggested using cream style canned corn. Cream style corn has a good amount of crushed corn and it helped in…

Seasoned Broken Wheat with Yogurt

What could be more refreshing than  seasoned yogurt rice? Growing up in the South of India, where yogurt rice (or curd rice) is a staple, our meals feel incomplete without a small bowl of it. I’ve experimented extensively with broken wheat, making kheer, sweet pongal and spicy pongal—all with great results. This broken wheat with yogurt is an extension of those experiments and, thankfully, has a delightful outcome. It’s very easy to prepare, cooling for the body, and highly nutritious. Yogurt is mixed into the already cooked broken wheat and then aptly seasoned with traditional tadka ingredients. Taste-wise, I found…

Rice Vermicelli Upma/ Akki Shavige Uppittu

Semiya is Indian vermicelli and is usually available in the Indian grocery stores. Different things likes upma, kheer, pulao, dosa can be made using these rice noodles. This is a favorite and in our house this upma has transformed from a breakfast/tiffin/evening snack dish to a main course lunch/dinner dish owing to lack of time. The good thing is that this is a one dish meal and that means less work with cleaning and dish washing. This is also a crowd pleaser and can be put together in no time (if you have the semiya/shevai on hand). This is also…