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Missi Roti - A Rajasthani Recipe 2008-05-13 09:48:00 Now a days, I have made it a point to try out different cuisines. In India we have different ways to make a particular food item - Tamilnadu style, Andhra style, kerela style etc. But whenever we think of roti or anything tandoori the first thing that comes to your mind is Northern part of India. They love to make different kinds of rotis and they all taste scrumptious. So I thought why not a Raja
Mango Rice Recipe 2008-05-12 21:05:00 Mangoes originated in East India, Burma and the Andaman Islands bordering the Bay of Bengal. Around the 5th century B.C., Mango is called Mangifera indica and is known as 'king of fruit' throughout the world.The Mango tree plays a sacred role in India; it is a symbol of love and some believe that the Mango tree can grant wishes. In India, Mangoes are found in plenty during the summer season. We ca Read more:Mango
Mullu Murukku - A Rice flour snack recipe 2008-05-12 14:48:00 Mullu Murukku is one of my mother's best recipe. She does this for festivals and we love to eat them. When I was small she used to ask my help in preparation. I always had an excuse. But now I realised what I missed. Cooking is such a pleasure. It gives me a lot of satisfaction too. This mullu murukku can be eaten as side dish or just like any other snack. It is very crispy and tasty. It really ta
Leftover Queen's Foodie Blog roll 2008-05-12 14:30:00 This is yet another food blogroll which every food blogger must enroll. There are a lot of food blogs, focusing on different cuisines. We can learn and share a lot from this blogroll. There is also a forum where we can share our thoughts. Do not hesitate! here is the link to the blogroll. Join and become a part of foodie blogroll soon. Without a doubt it is a great way to increase your traffic. I Read more:Foodie
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Egg Fried Rice Recipe 2008-05-12 09:47:00 Fried rice is a famous recipe from Chinese cuisine which has also taken its form Asian cuisine. Whenever we come across fried rice, the first type that comes to our mind or at least to my mind is vegetable fried rice. However, there are a different types of fried rice and they can be prepared in many different ways. I will share my way of preparing Egg fried rice. Why egg? Egg has lot of protein i Read more:Fried
Mango Pickle Recipe - an easy version 2008-05-11 17:11:00 Mango Pickle
is one of the most tempting side dish as far as I am concerned. Most of the Indians, especially in Andra, love spicy food and Pickles are no exception. Even they say that pregnant women love mango pickle and consume more of mangoes in their first and second trimesters. There are different varieties of pickle and I mostly have store bought mango pickle at my home. I have always wanted Read more:Mango
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Pongal recipe - Mother's Day special recipe 2008-05-10 12:50:00 In India, Pongal
is a very famous festival. It is called farmer's festival or harvest festival. It is celebrated for 4 days in the mid of January every year. During this festival they make a special food called 'Pongal'. Yes! this food is named after the Pongal festival. It is mainly prepared with Raw Rice and Moong Dal. This food is a very tasty and a high calorie food. You can have this food for
Indian Food Glossary 2008-05-09 17:27:00 Many a times I used to wonder what a particular ingredient is called in other Indian Language. As of now I collected few details from my friends and have updated this table. I would greatly appreciate if you can add to this post by sharing how an ingredient is called in your language. Isn't this a fun way of learning and sharing?Anyways, below is the table containg the ingredients in Hindi, Tamil Read more:Glossary
Vanilla Tea Cupcakes Recipe 2008-05-09 12:44:00 Cupcakes are my favourites. They look really very cute. I admire the way cupcakes come out of my oven. Yummy! It makes my mouth water. Cupcakes can be made in many different flavours. Taking about flavours, Vanilla
is my favourite flavour. Be it a milkshake, Ice cream, cake or a cupcake, Vanilla is my first choice. Cupcakes are very easy to make and can be served as dessert or a snack in tea parti
Bread/Egg/Onion/Potato Baji 2008-05-08 14:22:00 Baji is a very famous Indian snack. It is similar to Pakoras but tastes entirely different. Checkout the pakora recipe here. This food is prepared in less than 10mts if you have all the ingredients. You can show your creativity in this food by making different kinds of baji. Some of my favourites are Onion, Egg, Potato
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,Plantain, Green Chillies. You can make even with Meat ( I am not sure, bu
How to prepare Homemade Ginger Garlic Paste 2008-05-08 11:41:00 Ginger Garlic
Paste is one of the most frequently used ingredient for most of the spicy food prepared in India. Ginger + Garlic blended together, gives you the Ginger Garlic Paste. Sounds easy right? Yes, it is very easy to prepare this paste. In most of the Indian houses, they prepare this paste at home so that they can use it in their food preparation. However, we get this paste in Indian stores Read more:Ginger
Delicious Food and its only 100 Calories! 2008-05-08 09:18:00 When I was browsing through Yahoo today, one of their featured articles that caught my eye. 100 Calorie snack! Yes, it is only 100 Calories
. There are a many 100 calorie snack in the stores, but will it match the taste of you preparing them? I bet not. Including me, there are thousands of people struggling to control their eating habits. We need self control and must be determined to carryout a lo Read more:Delicious
How to prepare Raita 2008-05-07 10:42:00 Raita is one of the famous side dish in India. Raita goes well with any type of biryani, pulao, chapatti. See my recipes for Vegetarian Main dish and Non vegetarian main dish. Whenever we feel tired or bored to cook side dish, we can prepare this food as it hardly take 5mts to prepare. Ingredients:1 springs coriander leaves/cilantro2 cups curd10grams green chillies10 grams onion1 pinch salt10 gra Read more:Raita
Lamb Biryani Recipe 2008-05-07 10:00:00 Whenever we go to a hotel, my non-veg friends never hesitate to order Lamb biryani. I have asked them what is so special in it. They said, it depends on the chef. In few hotels they love this food and in other hotels this food is prepared differently which is not very tasty. So I asked one of my friend to share this lamb biryani recipe with us, so that we can make this food taste the way in the ho
Great Cooks blogroll - Food blogroll 2008-05-06 14:40:00 I have always wanted to add a blogroll to my blog and introduce more recipe sites to my viewers. When I was searching for the same I came across this 'Great
Cooks Blogroll'. This has many blogs related to food/recipe and hope this will be a great addition to my blog. We can learn different kinds of recipes and enjoy eating them. If you own a blog about food, recipes, cooking, baking, restaurant
Homemade Yogurt recipe 2008-05-06 11:01:00 Making yogurt is an art. If you do even 1 mistake in the process, your yogurt is spoiled. This doesn't mean that making yogurt is difficult. However, it is time consuming. You may wonder why I am wring this as a post. I have seen a lot of people in the U.S buy yogurt from the store and it does cost you around $3.50. When you can make yogurt at home why waste money on this? It is a very simple proc
Aloo (potato) Bonda Recipe 2008-05-06 10:21:00 Potato is 'the' vegetable which is loved by the world. I have never come across a person who hate potato. What is so special in potato? I don't know but it tastes awesome. Though it has more carbohydrate, no one seem to bother. This recipe is a very famous Indian snack. This food can be prepared in 15-20 mts. Who doesn't like food prepared in minutes? and that too with potato. Ingredients:2 or 3
Oil Free Prawn Recipe 2008-05-05 14:29:00 When it comes to cooking non-vegetarian, I am a big zero. I have never cooked non-veg in my life. But I have friends who love non-veg. Here is one such food which is my best friend's favourite. This food (Prawn
) is one of the healthy and most delicious sea food, I was told. Prawn, which is one among the sea food, contain about 195mg of cholesterol per 100g meat. Most Indian recipes for making non-
Rava Idly recipe 2008-05-02 16:42:00 There are different types of idly and rava idly is one among them. It is very famous in Karnataka and is very delicious if prepared in the right way. In any Indian hotel, rava idly is served with different types of chutneys and parupu podi. This is one of the popular tiffen items that is served as part of Indian food.Ingredients:1 cup wheat sooji/rava1/2 tea spn mustard seeds1/2 tea spn grated and
Gobi Manchurian Recipe 2008-05-01 18:42:00 Gobi ( Cauliflower) Manchurian is a very famous recipe in India. I know people who go to hotels just to eat this recipe. They feel that though it is possible to prepare Gobi Manchurian at home, it won't taste the way it does in the hotels. Why not? Nothing is impossible. Preparing Gobi manchurian in India is slightly tedious because the Gobi (Cauliflower) that we get in India has worms in them and
Soy Meal Maker Recipe 2008-04-29 09:51:00 This is a very healthy dish. You can eat this as a snack or as a side dish. Though it is vegetarian, my friends say that it tastes like chicken. So non-veg lovers, try Soy meal maker instead of chicken to reduce your calorie intake. This dish was also introduced to me by Rekha. You get Soy Nuggets as a packet in all the grocery shop.Ingredients:Soy Nuggets (Meal Maker/Nutrela) : 1/2 packWater : 2
Palak Dal Recipe 2008-04-29 09:26:00 Most of us like dal. Even kids love to eat dal rice. When it is done with Palak
(Spinach), it is more healthier and delicious. Rekha prepared this dish for us and it came out the same way as my mother's recipe.Ingredients:Toor Dal - 1cupSpinach (finely chopped)- 1 cupUrad dal - 1tspoil - 2 tspmustard - 1tspcumin seeds - 1 tspTurmeric - 1 tspRed chillies - 2 nosHing- 1tspSalt - to taste Optional: O
Bhel Puri Recipe 2008-04-29 09:01:00 I went on a trip to Knoxville to meet my friend Rekha. We were together in middle and high school. We had loads of fun and most importantly she cooked me a lot of my favourite dishes. I am very happy to share her recipes here. One of my all time favourite chat is 'Bhel Puri'. When ever I want to eat chat it will always be Bhel puri. I love this dish and rekha prepared it for me on my birthday
Kozhukattai Recipe 2008-04-23 18:25:00 Whenever we think of kozhukattai we are reminded of Vinayakar chaturthi. It is believed that lord Ganesha loves kozhukattai. Even kids love this dish because of its shape. We can show our creativity by preparing this dish in different shapes and also using different stuffing. During the first vinayakar chaturthi after my marriage my mother in law gave me the task of making the cups and filling it
Channa Briyani Recipe 2008-04-21 11:08:00 I have never heard of 'Channa Briyani' until I met Poornima. She used to tell me that this is one of her favourite and she prepares this very often. So, we made her prepare this recipe yesterday for lunch and wow! it was very delicious. She learnt it from her mother-in-law and below is her version of 'Channa Briyani'.Ingredients: Salt (as per taste)1 cup Konda kadalai(kabuli channa)1 cup Basmathi
Vegetarian delight - A Calcium rich recipe 2008-05-14 13:18:00 According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, "The average dietary intake of calcium by children and adolescents is well below the recommended levels of adequate intake." This can mean that these children will not develop their optimal bone mass, which can put them at risk of fractures and osteoporosis.What is osteoporosis?: Osteoporosis is a disease in which bones become fragile and more likel Read more:Calcium
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Puff Pastry 2008-05-14 11:08:00 I love Puffs. who doesn't? In my school days there used to be a canteen and almost daily I used to eat puffs prepared there. Till now, I have never eaten puffs that is more tasty than those canteen puffs. Maybe my mind is fixed with that thought because they were my first puffs. Anyway, after becoming a cook myself, I tried to make puffs, but to be very frank, my puff pastry always ended up in a m Read more:Pastry
Mango Crepes Recipe 2008-05-14 10:56:00 When I was searching for a mango recipe to post in my blog today, I came across this lovely recipe posted by priya. Wow! when I read the recipe, I knew I had to share it with you all. Mango
crepes - A small and very thin Pancake done with Mango :)This being Summer in India, we are very sure that we will get mangoes in plenty and trying a different food recipe always makes me feel adventurous.It is Read more:Crepes
Mango Lassi 2008-05-13 18:43:00 A refreshing drink in summer is always appreciated. Lassi is a very famous Indian drink made with yogurt. You can do different kinds of lassi and today I did one with mango, yes Mango
lassi.Ingredients:1/4 tsp cardamom powder (optional)4 number Ice cubes1 cup Plain yogurt1 cup Ripe mango (chopped)2 tbsp Sugar (add more sugar if you want your lassi to be more sweet)a pinch of saltMethod:Peel and ch
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