Posted inFestival food Side dishes
Spiced black chana(Chane usli/usal)
Chane usli - is one of the dishes that is served in temples during Ram Navami and other festivals. This is one of my all time favorite dishes to cook…
Posted inGravy (Curry and daals)
Daal fry
Daal/dal fry can be made in many different ways. But I always loved the thick daal fry that my pachi(mom's sister) used to make. It was very simple and was…
Posted inGravy (Curry and daals)
Ash gourd sambar(Puli koddel or boLu sambaru)
I have heard a lot about koddel before, but I had never cooked it. It is more popular in South Kanara and it is not made at our place. I…
Chicken gravy(rassa)
When I was doing my bachelors in Belgaum, I used to go to my mom's sister's - Pachi's house almost every weekend. She cooks some of the tastiest dishes. I…
Posted inCake decorating Cakes, Cookies, Pies
Cake decorating 2 – grand finale cake
The course-2 of wilton cake decorating ended yesterday with the last class. In this entire course of 4 weeks, we bake just one cake in the last class. We make…
Posted inSide dishes
Srilankan potato curry
I have cooked very limited Srilankan dishes so far. The main ingredient for all of these dishes is coconut milk. I am not sure if most of their dishes use…
Posted inBreakfast or snacks
Masala rice roti (masala akki rotti)
Since my love for cooking is increasing day by day, Aayi tries to give all of her own recipes as well as the ones she collected from different sources to…
Posted inBreakfast or snacks
Batata vada (with raw onion)
There are many ways of making the popular batata vada (batata-potato, vada-a kind of deep fried snack). I had posted a recipe for it few days ago. I promised to…
Posted inSweets
Sweetened milk(Basundi)
Basundi is a very popular Maharashtrian sweet dish. I have tasted it couple of times when I was a kid. But since I am very intolerant to sweets, I never…