Sol Kadi/ Konkani Style kokum Kadi –II

Sol Kadi/ Konkani Style kokum Kadi –II

Kokum is the dried skin of a fruit related to mangosteens.The outer cover of fruit is dried in the sun to get Aamsul or Kokam/Kokum. It is used as a slightly sour spice in recipes that yields peculiar taste and dark red colour. It is 

Turnips Curry Recipe

Turnips Curry Recipe

You know how you go to the same place again and again and kind of memorize the landmarks, right? For us going to the supermarket is like it, we have been going to the same place for years now and we are used to the 

Raw Mango Rice (MavinaKayi Chitranna)

Raw Mango Rice (MavinaKayi Chitranna)

This Raw Mango Rice called as ‘Mavinakayi Chitranna’ in Kannada is a variation of the usual Mango Rice recipe that I have posted here. In the latter version, all the ingredients are mixed and cooked over the stove top; where as in this version, the 

Microwave Chocolate Pudding

Microwave Chocolate Pudding

The wistful part about the weekend is that it is not long enough and gets over in no time; here you are dreaming of lazy, casual Saturday morning, anticipating in doing things in a relaxing, causal way and before you know it you are driven 

Multi Beans Spinach Dry Curry

Multi Beans Spinach Dry Curry

You know how we buy those small bags of beans, use them for whatever and then have handful of them remaining? And then we wonder what to do with them? That is what happened to me; I had little amount of black eyed beans, red 

Eggless Chocolate Chip Banana Pancake for kids

Eggless Chocolate Chip Banana Pancake for kids

  This time around (yet again) over the weekend we had some overripe bananas lurking on our countertops. I usually do not throw them, but come up with means of using them. I have tried making Eggless Whole Wheat Banana Muffins, Eggless Banana Oats Chocolate 

Semi Dry spicy Okra (Bhindi) Curry

Semi Dry spicy Okra (Bhindi) Curry

Okra is a favorite in our family; so a trip to the Indian grocery is not complete without buying a bagful of fresh okras.  Luckily for us, it is available all the year round. I prefer using the fresh variety as I have not had