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Chickpea Mango Salad

Chickpea mango salad is an Indian style salad of chickpeas and raw mangoes. Salads make for a light and healthy meal during hot summer months. This chickpea salad is a fresh and refreshing salad with raw mangoes giving it a deliciously tangy taste. Seasonal food can be so fresh and I had to make use [...]

Published by admin on May 21st, 2013 at 01:05 am

Cumin Cookies | Eggless Jeera Biscuits

Cumin cookies are savory cookies with a hint of sweetness. I use cumin seeds generally for seasoning dals and sabzis. Love the aroma of cumin and these cookies too have a wonderful flavor. Its a butterless whole wheat flour cookies recipe that is easy to make. The cookies are delicious and a delight to munch [...]

Published by admin on May 20th, 2013 at 10:05 pm

Health Benefits of Banana

Banana, a high energy sweet fruit is equally liked by babies as well as adults. They can be eaten in their whole form or added to smoothies or mashed and added to breads and muffins..yum. These fruits are loaded with nutritious benefits. They have a good amount of Vitamin C and are rich in potassium. [...]

Published by admin on May 19th, 2013 at 08:05 pm

Muttai Kuzhambu | Poached Egg Curry

This muttai kuzhambu recipe is a South Indian style poached egg curry. Usually I prepare boiled egg curries, but this poached egg style dish is a totally different method, where eggs are broken and dropped on the gravy and allowed to cook. Its also called as udaithu oothiya muttai kuzhambu in Tamil, based on the [...]

Published by admin on May 19th, 2013 at 02:05 pm

Aloo Cheese Toast | Potato Cheese Toast

Aloo cheese toast is a minty potato and cheese open faced toasted sandwich. Its a cheesy toast with the lovely flavor of mint and chaat masala lending it a tangy taste. A filling snack for kids, they also make for a delicious snack with evening tea / coffee. Aloo Cheese Toast | Potato Cheese Toast [...]

Published by admin on May 17th, 2013 at 09:05 pm

Keerai Rice | Keerai Sadam

Keerai rice is a healthy greens rice recipe. Its a simple one pot dish loaded with nutrition from the greens. Aren’t one-pot dishes great time savers. You could make them quickly and you are ready to pack them for lunch on busy days or make them when feeling lazy to prepare an elaborate meal. This [...]

Published by admin on May 17th, 2013 at 06:05 pm

Mamidikaya Pappu | Mango Dal

Mamidikaya pappu is raw mango dal, a speciality of Andhra Pradesh. Raw mangoes lend sourness to this curry prepared with split pigeon peas / toor dal. A tangy tasty dish that is served with rice, it is one of the easiest and mildly spiced dal recipes. During summer time, with raw mangoes easily available, this [...]

Published by admin on May 15th, 2013 at 11:05 pm

How to Blanch Almonds | How to Peel Almonds

Some recipes require you to use shelled almonds, which means you would have to remove the outer skin of almonds. Even when making almond flour, you would need to peel the almond skins. The fast and easy way to do this is to blanch the almonds. Here are the steps to blanch almonds. How [...]

Published by admin on May 15th, 2013 at 11:05 pm

Pasta Omelette

Pasta omelette is a delightful combination of pasta and eggs. Its also a great way to use leftover pasta and turn it into a completely new dish. Next time you have some leftover pasta from your previous night’s dinner, do make this pasta omelette for breakfast! Kids will love this simple and tasty dish. Pasta [...]

Published by admin on May 15th, 2013 at 12:05 am

Brinjal Garlic Poriyal | Eggplant Garlic Stir Fry

Garlic brinjal poriyal is a stir fry recipe of eggplants and sliced garlic. A wonder herb, garlic can lend such a fantastic flavor and aroma to a dish. Apart from being able to enhance flavors, it also has antiseptic and antibacterial properties. Now onto this simple recipe that uses very few ingredients and the star [...]

Published by admin on May 14th, 2013 at 01:05 am

Happy Birthday Heart Clip Art

I have created a Happy Birthday clipart with hearts, that is free for download. Just right-click the image and save it in your computer for your use or you could print it. You are free to use this graphic image for your website, or for scrapbook layouts, invitations or you could use it to make [...]

Published by admin on May 11th, 2013 at 11:05 pm

Soya Chunks Tomato Curry

Soya chunks tomato curry is soya chunks / soya nuggets in a tomato based gravy. A great meat substitute, soya is rich in proteins. This dish is a simple flavorful curry with soya absorbing all the flavors. You could have this yummy soya chunks curry as a side dish for rotis or pulao. Soya Chunks [...]

Published by admin on May 11th, 2013 at 08:05 pm

Lemon Semiya Upma | Vermicelli Lemon Bhath

Lemon semiya upma / vermicelli pulihora is a simple tangy South Indian vermicelli recipe. Its one of my favorite breakfast dishes as it can be prepared very quickly and tastes yummy. Lemon can really enhance the flavor of some dishes and this dish is one of them. A lightly spiced dish, you could serve it [...]

Published by admin on May 9th, 2013 at 09:05 pm

Cabbage Pulao | Patta Gobi Pulao

Cabbage pulao is a simple one pot rice dish prepared with shredded cabbage. Apart from cabbage gravy, this has become another of my favorite cabbage recipes. I was always wary of trying pulao using cabbage, since I was of the impression that the flavor of cabbage will be too overpowering in the dish. But to [...]

Published by admin on May 8th, 2013 at 08:05 pm

Carrot Uttapam

Uttapam / uthappam is a thicker version of dosas and is usually prepared with various toppings and can be called as a South Indian savory pancake. It is a simple South Indian breakfast recipe that is usually prepared for breakfast or as an evening snack. Carrot uttapam is one version of uttapam, with grated carrots [...]