India is the land to umpteen chutneys and pickles. Here is a simple recipe for a popular coconut-mint chutney. Chutney is usually made by grinding fresh herbs and coconut, but I have sauteed them first. So this chutney can be stored in the refrigerator for a couple of days. You will need: Oil – 1 tbsp Mint leaves…
Restaurant Style Creamy Egg Curry
Have you ever wondered how the curries in restaurants are so creamy and rich? The answer, my friend, lies in a whir of the blender. The bhuna or mixture of onions, ginger, garlic and spices fried in oil, is blended to make a smooth paste, which gives the curry its creaminess. This egg curry is…
Easy Dessert – Sweet And Chewy Coconut Bars
I had a bag of shredded coconut in the freezer (leftover after decorating my Bunny Cake for Easter). I was looking for ways to use it up and thought of making Indian coconut bars, called barfi in Hindi. Coconut barfi is made with freshly grated coconut and sugar, cooked to a thick consistency that firms up as…
Light Potato Salad With Yogurt Dressing
I love the potato salad from Bill Miller BBQ. I do not have it that often, but I wanted it so bad the other day, I decided to make my own potato salad. I did not want to use mayonnaise or sour cream, but I found many recipes that used plain yogurt as the base for…
Flourless Peanut Butter Cookies
This is a delicious, super-easy peanut butter cookie recipe that even kids can help make. I used chunky peanut butter because that’s what I like, but feel free to use the creamy version, if that’s what you prefer. You will need: Peanut butter – 1 cup Sugar – 1 cup Egg – 1, large Vanilla…
Easy Dessert – Bread Pudding Coated With Caramel Sauce
Smooth and delicate bread pudding, coated with a delicious caramel sauce, is a simple and stunning dessert at the same time. Made with bread, eggs, milk and sugar, the pudding can either be steamed or baked in a bain-marie. Note (Feb 1st, 2017): This blog post was originally published in May 2013, which I have…
Dum Aloo / Slow-Cooked Spicy Potatoes
Dum Aloo or slow-steam-cooked potatoes (baby potatoes are best) is originally a Kashmiri dish, made by deep-frying the baby potatoes and slowly simmering them in a yogurt based spice mixture. As always, there are many variations of dum aloo. This is one of those dishes that is as much delicious served dry or with gravy. I…
Tomato Rice With Cucumber-Carrot Raita
Remember I told you about variety-rice dishes in my earlier post on coconut rice? Well, I have another super easy, yummy recipe for you. This time it is the slightly spicier tomato rice. I made a refreshing cucumber and carrot raita (yogurt based salad) to go with it. You will need: (* – Refer notes) Tomato Rice: Rice…
Chinese Rice Noodle Soup
The internet is a wonderful tool, and so is blogging. There is so much inspiration around us. This is especially true in the case of foodie blogs. It is so addictive, dangerous even. You may get fixated on some mouth-watering dish created by someone half a world away, and you just have to try it…
Vanilla Cupcakes With Buttercream Frosting
Do you have a blog schedule? I am trying to develop one. According to it, I had another post planned for today. But then, life happens. Yesterday happened to be the birthday of a friend’s sweet little baby boy. So I made cupcakes. And I am posting the recipe now. Because it turned out so…
Chicken Korma
Korma is a South Asian curry made with vegetables or meat, simmered in a creamy sauce made of yogurt, cream, cashew nut/almond paste or coconut milk. It is more like a stew than a curry. As any Indian will tell you, there is no set rules to making a particular curry. Each household has their…
Vegetable Stew With Coconut Milk
This is a simple and mild vegetable curry prepared in Kerala and parts of Tamil Nadu, where coconuts are found in abundance and form an integral part of everyday diet. In parts of Kerala where I grew up, this is known as “ishtoo” in the local dialect, ishtoo being a play on the English word “stew”. It…
