August, 2009 - Aayi's Recipes

Amaranth in coconut sauce (Bhajji denTe randayi)

We get two types of edible Amaranth â€“ red ones called as 'tambdi bhajji' and green one(we call it white) called as dhavi(white) bhajji. Any greens are called bhajji in…

Varada August 29, 2009

Festival food Sweets

Panchakajjaya

Wish you all a very happy Ganesh Chaturthi. We had great festival celebrations at home today. We brought home a small Ganesha idol yesterday. We spent last two days shopping…

Shilpa August 23, 2009

My lunchbox Rice items Simple and Easy

Tomato-capsicum rice

I am always in search of simple and easy recipes for our lunchbox. I recently started preparing lunch on previous day to make my mornings a little bit less stressful.…

Shilpa August 19, 2009

Konkani Recipes Side dishes Simple and Easy

Spicy drumstick (Maskasangi sukke)

Sukke(Konkani) translates to dry. Sukke is a type of dry sidedish with coconut. Some times, it has a coconut paste and sometimes it has grated coconut. Maskasangi - drumstick sukke…

Shilpa August 18, 2009

Side dishes

Spicy banana pepper

When we go to fresh vegetable section or to farmer's market, I feel like trying the new vegetable that I haven't tried before. My such experiments were not always successful.…

Shilpa August 16, 2009

Egg My lunchbox Rice items

Vegetable and Egg pulav

Nupur sent me a lovely package of very fresh & fragrant Kolhapuri masala. I had totally forgotten the aroma of this masala which I had tasted in Belgaum at my…

Shilpa August 10, 2009

Konkani Recipes Simple and Easy Starters

Mushroom Fry (Almbe phodi)

Somewhere in the month of July â€“ August, we get Mushrooms(Almbe in Konkani, anabe in Kannada) here. They grow naturally especially in forests. They grow abundantly near the snake nests.…

Varada August 8, 2009

Side dishes

Corn-Capsicum curry

Ever since we started shopping at Farmer's market, we have very fresh vegetables on hand all the time. These days we get tons of fresh corn for very less price.…

Shilpa August 4, 2009

Pizzas and Pastas

Roasted cherry tomatoes pasta

What is your favorite pass time when you are waiting in the doctor's office? Mine is undoubtedly reading recipe section of magazines. Sometimes I write them down, sometimes just read…

Shilpa August 1, 2009