Vegetarian Recipe Blog
Poha Flattened rice (also called beaten rice) is also called Avalakki in Kannada, Atukulu in Telugu and Aval in Tamil. This vegetable Poha is one of our favorite go-to meals. I make this whenever we are in a hurry or have to eat something healthy …
Growing up, Poori (fried flour flatbread) was always my first choice whenever we dined out. Of course, I often skipped the accompanying chutney, Potato Bhaji, Korma, or Potato Masala back then because they felt too spicy for my young palate. Over time, I grew accustomed …
Not so long ago we had one of those lazy weekends where we did not feel like cooking much , did not feel like going to restaurant either and just lazed around, made just plain rice and simple daal. But then when hunger struck us we were left drooling and thinking of different possibilities, options and more yummy stuff to munch along with the plain food.
Dear Husband (DH): “Wish we had a simple lemon pickle at least and that would have kicked up a notch of this plain food. We need to make it next time and keep it handy”.
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Day 10: Ready to eat !
This is a very simple yet tasty pickle and goes very well with Daal rice, yogurt rice etc.This is my contribution to AFAM:Lemon an event hosted by EC at Simple Indian Food Easy Cooking Blog.
Kosambari is a typical and traditional saladin Karnataka. It is prepared during major festivals, auspicious occasions, and marriages and even offered as ‘prasada’ in temples. This is also called as Koshimbir in Konkani and Maharashtra and is very easy to prepare. Kosumbari does not involve …
This month’s herb for the Herb Mania Event is Fenugreek. This event was started by Dee of Ammalu’s Kitchen and when I checked with her, she graciously agreed to let me host the event for this month. Thank you dear Dee for giving me this …
Oven baked potatoes fries are a frequent at our house especially on Sunday’s. This along with our regular Lima Beans Saar, Upkari and a salad is something that makes our Sunday lunch special.
This is a very good alternative to those deep-fried fat laden potato fries. Peeled potato are cut into strips and then baked in the oven. Sweet potatoes can also be baked similar way and forms a wonderful accompaniment to any meal. This is a good one for the kids too.
I have used sweet dried basil as on of the seasoning. This is readily available in regular grocery in the spice section. This can be skipped altogether or if preferred Rosemary, oregano, sesame seed, dry garlic powder can be used instead.
This is my contribution to Herb Mania an event hosted by the wonderful and talented Dee of Ammalu’s Kitchen.
I am not exactly an electronic or a gadget buff unlike the other half who literally drools over anything that has “technology” written over it. But then after some deliberation I brought this sleek Media Player by Creative and I am so glad I …