An easy to put recipe for Knol Khol Kurma / noolkol kurma / turnip kurma that can be made in minutes. Perfect side dish for chapati or pulao. Recipe with step by step pictures. These days I do most of my veggie kurma using the OPOS - One Pot One Shot method as the...
Recipe for Fresh Green Karamani Kurma, Pachai Karamani Kurma. Perfect as a side dish for Chapati. Recipe with step by step pictures. We had a good harvest of fresh Black-eyed pea at the farm. Black-eyed pea is also called as cowpea, lobia, alsande kalu and karamani....
Egg Fried Rice is an easy fix dish for me for my sons lunch box at least once a week. Its perfect with the carb from the rice and the protein from the eggs. I also make it for parties or big dinners as its so easy to make and with a good side dish, everyone enjoys!...
This is one of my go-to easy breakfast recipes that we make very often at home. I always make extra chapati's and I am the happiest person to have leftover chapatis after dinner on the table. Wrap the leftover chapatis in an aluminium foil and leave it in the kitchen...
This is another of my dad's favorite dish. He used to have a job which required him to travel a lot and so my mom would make this for lunch whenever he was in town. My dad had a job that involved lot of travel and his eating habits were a little chaos. He suffered...
I love black urad dal. I have already posted a recipe for Dal Bukhara which uses black urad dal as its main ingredient. Maa Ki Dal is a Punjabi everyday dal made with black urad. There is no addition of butter or cream in this recipe. Traditionally, the creaminess of...
Here is a very simple egg fry recipe that can be put together in minutes and makes for a perfect side dish for lunch or dinner. Who doesn't like masala coated fried eggs right! Here is how to do masala coated egg fry recipe. South Indian Tamilnadu style boiled egg fry...
Onion Tomato Thokku and chapati is a nostalgic dish for a lot of us, Tamilians. Whenever we used to travel, Chapati and Thokku would be packed and kept. It is like a mandatory thing in our house. It's been quite a long time since I made Onion Tomato Thokku or travel...
Pasta Soup is something I do regularly for our weekend dinners. After the "roaming around Saturdays" that involve delicious snacking of stuffed buns from the abundant little bakeries of Hong Kong, Portuguese style egg tarts and boba tea in the evening, we usually...
I am a soup girl for dinner and you all know that. I love, love, love Thai soups as they are so comforting. The aromas and the fragrance of the soup makes it perfect for winding up after a long day. Thai soups are ambrosial. The distinct flavor that comes from the...
Carrot Orange Ginger Soup is simply divine. Its a very light soup with its aromas wafting through the air when you serve it. I never intended to sound poetic. Its one of the most easiest soups to make. The addition of orange rind heightens the flavor. The essential...
About a month back, after dropping our son in a class, Vinodh and I, decided to settle in for sometime in a nearby restaurant to kill time and also catch up with my ramblings. It was a small cozy restaurant named Istanbul in Wanchai, HK. We ordered some soup and...