Vegetarian Recipe Blog
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 …
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 …
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 essence these are just Dosas served along with Dry Potato Curry.
“Pan Pole” in Konkani is referred to as “Neer Dosa” in Kannada. These are soft, leafy thin Dosas made with just rice and coconut. Coconuts are used in plenty in Konkani style of cooking. It is not an Instant Dosa per se, as grinding is required for the batter; however no fermentation is required for this Dosa. This is served during breakfast along with chutney, coconut jaggery mixture or even Potato Curry that I made.
Continue reading Pan Pole/ Neer Dosa and Batata Song (Spicy Potato in Tamarind Curry)
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 …
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 …
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 and deliciousJ. Lately I have been seeing lots of blogs posting recipes for Frozen Yogurt and I could not resist trying it myself.
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, …