Spicy Tomato Daal

Spicy Tomato Daal

Daal along with rice makes its appearance during our meal time in one form or the other; be it the humble daali thoy, Palak Daal, Mango Daal or the ubiquitous rasam, sambhar we have it pretty much every day. At times, I also make this 

Indian Cucumber Raita Recipe

Indian Cucumber Raita Recipe

  If you are looking for a quick cooling Yogurt Cucumber Raita, then this one is for you. Raita is an Indian condiment made using yogurt/ curd and used as a side dish, sauce or dip. This is not only enhances flavor, but offsets the 

Bombay Tomato Pulao — Tawa Pulao

Bombay Tomato Pulao — Tawa Pulao

Who knew that you could add Pav Bhaji masala and ketchup to rice and make this one of a kind rice dish? Errrr…. Pulao to be precise, not me of course! If you already knew that please be so kind as to not to roll 

Indian Okra Fry/ Crispy Bhindi Fry Recipe

Indian Okra Fry/ Crispy Bhindi Fry Recipe

In our house okra is one of our favorite vegetable. Thankfully we get this all the year around in our grocery stores and so there is no dearth of okra related recipes in our household. It regularly makes its way onto our table in the 

Vermicelli (Semiya) Upma/ Shavige Uppittu

Vermicelli (Semiya) Upma/ Shavige Uppittu

This will probably be my last post for the Light Lunches Event here @RedChillies an on-going event for the month of June. This event focuses on light lunches that are easy on the calories, yet rich in taste and delicious.  Once such dish that fits 

Lentil Vegetable Soup

Lentil Vegetable Soup

Lentils are commonly available and as we all know they are high in protein and nutritious. For this recipe, I brought the lentils from our regular store and not the Indian store. While writing this I realized that maybe the brown lentil is same as 

Garden Pasta Salad

Garden Pasta Salad

Don’t we all look for light healthy food options?  I do and I look for low fat, healthy, vegetarian lunch ideas all the time and that is the idea behind the Light lunch Event. Throughout the month of June I will be posting recipes of