Spicy pineapple (Ananas palya)
Posted inSide dishes

Spicy pineapple (Ananas palya)

Pineapple is called ananas in most of the Indian languages. Palya(Kannada) meaning side dish. Many people asked me for this recipe. I had seen this in one of the Kannada…
Chicken tikka
Posted inChicken NonVeg

Chicken tikka

I had stopped cooking or eating chicken for a while now, so there weren't any non-vegetarian recipe posts for last 4-5months. But as they say - times change, so do…
Stop plagiarism
Posted inGeneral

Stop plagiarism

(Icon credits - Sandeepa of Bong Mom's cook) I've posted about this before on Aayi's Recipes. But this post is here to support the drive to stop plagiarism in the…
Bottle gourd in peanut chutney
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Bottle gourd in peanut chutney

Bottle gourd is called gardudde(Konkani), lauki(Hindi). If you are a fan of Swami Ramdev, the great yoga guru, you would have heard the name of this vegetable a million times.…
Ragda pattis
Posted inChaats and Street food

Ragda pattis

I am a huge fan of chaats. I never tried making them myself before coming to US, since I would get them easily in Bangalore. But when I came here,…
Baked cauliflower
Posted inStarters

Baked cauliflower

Cauliflower is a universal vegetable used in many dishes, in many forms. It is one of my favorite vegetables. Whenever I ask my husband to buy veggies, he always picks…
Carrot sidedish (Gajjara upkari)
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Carrot sidedish (Gajjara upkari)

I used carrot only in sambars or in kosambaris until recently. So I never tried to make any sidedishes with this beautiful and tasty vegetable, I thought it tastes awesome…