Vegetarian Recipe Blog
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 …
My dear friend Upsi makes the best Methi (Fenugreek leaves) Pakodas. Whenever she makes them at home, she is sweet enough to bring some for us as well. Pakodas made with Fenugreek are new to us and we had not tasted it before. Of course, …
For all the readers in the US, hope you are all having a wonderful and relaxing long weekend. We had lots of activities planned for the past 2 days that I did not get much time to try out the recipes that I had bookmarked. But then today afternoon I managed to sneak into the kitchen and try out these easy, low-fat Garlic Sesame sticks.
Sesame sticks are available in many super markets here in the US. They are about 2 inches in length, quite crispy and have salty taste which complements well to the flavor of toasted sesame seeds. Never the less they are addictive and once you start eating them, you cannot stopJ. Based on the level of crispness and the taste, I have a fair idea they have quite a big portion of oil/butter in it. I looked through many recipes on the internet indeed confirmed it. However I wanted to try a lower fat variety and this is what I came up with.
Five minutes into taking pictures, my camera battery died down and so I was not able to take many pictures. I am glad at least I found one worthwhile picture, because by the time the batteries were charged the sticks were gone J
This is my contribution to the Low Fat Baking Event hosted by Madhuram of Eggless Cooking.
This also goes to Think Spice Think Sesame Seeds created by Sunitha of Sunita’s World and guest hosted by PJ of Seduce Your Tastebuds.
A year or two ago maybe I would not have thought of combing vegetables and beans to make a dry curry. Not that it is unusual, but then I grew up eating that way. In our Konkani cuisine we have lots of coconut based curries …
It is sometimes wonderful what a small change to routine can do isn’t it? This is in regards to our regular weekend grocery. We have been living in this area for a long time now and along with many things we are so used to …
Weekend afternoons is usually the time, when I find some time to do experimenting both with food as well as taking pictures. The little one is asleep and so gives me the “me-time” to do things without interruption. Of course, I take a short nap too, my small luxury and that helps me re-charge and try out things at a leisurely pace.
Late afternoon and early evening is also a time, when I start craving for something sweet along with a warm cup of tea. I enjoy having muffins, cookies, tea cakes rather than salty stuff along with tea.
So last week I was inspired by this idea of Cherry Short cake at Varsha’s blog here. I decided to give it a try with some work around and shortcut. Luckily I had some fresh Cherries and Strawberries that day and so decided to use them to make the Preserves.
I was also feeling lazy to bake a cake and instead decided to use the store bought Sponge Cake Dessert Shells for this. Add the freshly prepared preserve into the Dessert Shell groove/well and voila there you have it, my version of Strawberry Cherry Short Cake, easy, light tasting, delicious and almost fat free.
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I have had this post sitting in my draft for a long time now. I made this Kheer/Payasam a long time ago during Ugadi, but somehow never got around posting it. We love this traditional kheer (dessert) at home. It is called as “Madgane” …