June, 2007 - Aayi's Recipes

Moong daal saar(Muga dali saru/muga daali thoy)

Moong dal(Hindi) - muga dali(Konkani) is very rarely used for the gravies in Konkani cooking. It is used more in side dishes like usli(usal) or kosumbaris. One of the reasons…

Shilpa June 24, 2007

Side dishes

Dal makhani

One of my readers asked for this popular recipe. Dal makhani must be one of those dishes which are always present in the Indian restaurant buffets here. I love it…

Shilpa June 21, 2007

Breakfast or snacks Simple and Easy

Tomato Omelet (Vegetarian)

A delicious vegetarian tomato omelet which makes a great filling breakfast or snack

Shilpa June 18, 2007

Cake decorating Cakes, Cookies, Pies

Cake decorating – Cake for my dad

Wish a very happy father's day to you all. I have been writing so much about my mom on this blog. But I think, I have never written anything about…

Shilpa June 16, 2007

Side dishes

Raw jackfruit in coconut-lentil sauce(Kadgi randayi)

Raw jackfruit is called kadgi in Konkani. This is as popular as the ripe jackfruit. This is used as a vegetable in many dishes. Some people can give anything to…

Shilpa June 14, 2007

Chicken NonVeg

Chicken gravy(Kori kajipu)

My brother visited us over this weekend. He came to US on a short trip for some office work and before leaving for India, he wanted to meet me and…

Shilpa June 12, 2007

Gravy (Curry and daals)

Mango dal

My experience with mangoes here in US has been a big disaster so far. At my native we had a lot of mango trees. So I have grown up eating…

Shilpa June 7, 2007

Information center

How to Boil Eggs

Many of you who eat eggs might think I have gone crazy to write this post. But when we take a moment and go back to those initial days of…

Shilpa June 5, 2007

Cake decorating Cakes, Cookies, Pies

Cake decorating FGP – cake 3

In May,I had joined Fondant and Gum Paste class. I didn't know what a gum paste or fondant is before joining this course. After I finished my course-1 and course-2,…

Shilpa June 2, 2007