Posted inCake decorating Cakes, Cookies, Pies
Happy new year 2008 (with a cake)
Wish you all a very happy and prosperous new year. Here is a cake that I created today. Why this theme? Well, I wanted to create the famous Harbor bridge-Opera…
Posted inChaats and Street food
Dahi batata sev puri
As most of you, I love chaats. When my parents were here with us few months ago, aayi and I prepared different chaats, almost every day. I am happy that…
Posted inCakes, Cookies, Pies
Eggless fruit cake
This is not the traditional Christmas cake. The bold letters for those, who came here looking for traditional Christmas cake. I don't think I have ever tasted a traditional fruit…
Posted inSide dishes
Horse gram sidedish (Kulitha koddel)
There was one time, when I absolutely hated horse gram. Aayi even stopped cooking with it after the tantrums I would throw when she made anything with this. Somehow it…
Posted inRice items
Chickpeas biryani (Chole biryani)
Sometime last week, one of my reader had put a request for chole biryani. When I saw it, I realized that I had read something similar to one of the…
Posted inCakes, Cookies, Pies
Blueberry muffins
Once in a while, I get infected by bugs - like baking bug, craft bug etc. Last week I had a baking fever. Almost every day of the week, I…
Butter chicken or Murg makhani
This delicious butter chicken was on my to-do list for a long time. I think this is one of the staples of Indian restaurants outside India. I have eaten in…
Posted inBreakfast or snacks Konkani Recipes
Mangalore buns(Banana puris)
These traditional Konkani buns were in my draft for a very long time now. I agree, this should have been one of the early posts on this blog. Because this…
Coorg chicken curry
Coorg or Kodagu is one of the most beautiful places in Karnataka. Just before we moved to US, we had been to Madikeri. This has some of the breath taking…
Posted inMunchies (dabbe khaaN)
Spicy rice-peanut discs(Nippattu)
Nippattu is a disc shaped crunchy deep fried item, that is very popular in some parts of Karnataka. There are many different ways of making this dish. The basic ingredient…