Malabar Chicken Biriyani
Malabar biriyani is probably the first thing which I started serving for my guests, it has taken atleast one round among most of my friends and the fact that its so easy to make without compromising...
View ArticleUniappam
Wishing you all a Very happy Vishu !Uniappam always bring some nostalgic feeling for me, especially the Vishu back home, My amma makes atleast 100 uniappams for vishu and...
View ArticleMango cheese cake
I am a Mango fan, a die hard fan ! I am not a fruit person, my hubby on the other hand is a fruitoman and he eats all kinds of fruits and the contradiction in our case is, my fruit loving hubby doesnt...
View ArticleChicken Dumplings /Chicken Dimsum /Chicken Momos
I remember eating these beauties from a restaurant called Mainland China in Pune. Nobody would think of making them at home if you have so many such Chinese eating outs around. But in London where we...
View ArticleSticky Toffee pudding, A guest post for Manju @ Manju's Eating Delights !
Manju's Eating Delights is one of my favorite blogs which I check out on regular basis whenever she updates it, we both share the same passion when it comes to baking and cake decoration and that's...
View ArticleLight Whole meal bread and a recipe review !
Reviewing a recipe from baking mad's website that has so many awesome recipes was quite challenging for me. I was lost in middle of all those great recipes so I have been postponing this review for...
View ArticleParippu Pradhaman
The only time I cook exclusive Kerala sadya items is for our festivals Onam and Vishu and most of the dishes which I make for sadya's are not regular things in my kitchen, to be honest I cook these...
View ArticleUzhunnu Vada / Medhu vada/ urad dal vada
Whenever we go to South Indian restaurants here, vada always finds a way to our table. But sometimes they disappoint us when its not hot and crunchy as we want, but neverthless we enjoy it the way they...
View ArticleSemiya payasam/ Vermicilli Kheer
Semiya payasam is my absolute favourite, it's one of the easiest and tastiest payasam among all, don't you think so? I don't think anyone can screw this up, but my first attempt on making this was an...
View ArticleSweet and Spicy Chicken ( oriental style )
Saturday is our usual grocery shopping day and we buy everything in bulk for the whole week that day. But sometimes if we have weekend plans we do shopping a day early on friday night and Friday...
View ArticleKuzhi paniyaram
My fight with idly batter go a long way back, the weather here is so horrible for the batter to ferment and after trying all the tricks ( keeping it a preheated oven, keeping it a whole day etc ) still...
View ArticleEla Ada / Steamed rice flour parcels with Sweet coconut filling !
If you ask me how many times I have devoured this , I have to say countless. For 4 years of my high school life atleast few times a week I used to eat Elad ada . I am not going into all that story...
View ArticlePavakka Kichadi / Tempered Karela Raita
I am still in that holiday mood after the 3 day bank holiday here and I don't feel like getting back to usual routine. The glorious sun is shining ever so brightly now and usually in summer my...
View ArticleParippu Vada /Chana dal fritters
Back home Parippu vada is a very popular tea time snack and people who love it go crazy for it, but I was never a parippu vada fan but once in while I too enjoy this with a cup of tea.When I got hold...
View ArticleNew york style Pizza
I have been making pizza on and off since a long time and they tasted great all the time but look wise I was always disappointed. I wanted a pizza that looked like dominos pizza or pizza hut's pizza,...
View ArticleAchari Gobi / Cauliflower in pickling masala
When it comes to veggies cauliflower is something I like to experiment a lot with. I m surprised by the way my eating habits have changed as I used to hate it before and the only cauliflower thing I...
View ArticleAnnouncing my first Give away
Ever since I completed 5 years of blogging last january, I have been thinking of doing a give away here but for some reason I kept postponing it. So after lots of thinking finally the right time has...
View ArticleBanana bread with fruits and nuts and some hiking pictures
Yesterday morning when we woke up the weather outside looked so gloomy and grey, so with much disappointement we all slowed down our routine pace and was planning to spend the weekend in a shopping...
View ArticleDal Makhani
I hate the fact that I have to scratch my head every single day for coming up with what to cook for dinner. If I ask my other half he never gives an answer really, or maybe I should say I only cook...
View ArticleAnniversary cake ( Devils food cake with coffee liqueur flavoured chocolate...
It was our anniversary yesterday and this time I decided to surprise S with a anniversary dinner and a cake. Its 8 years now, so we have passed that stage of suprise gifts and all but once in a while...
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