Hello everyone, It was a bit difficult to decide which would be my first post. Shilpa and her husband (who call themselves as 'board of directors' of this blog) voted…
Aayi makes some of the amazing pickles I have ever tasted. I never liked any of the ready made pickles because of this reason. She puts very less oil and…
I planted some tomatoes in our backyard this year. I was not sure what would be the yield, so in the small vegetable patch, I planted 8 plants. They grew…
Magge or moggem is a special kind of cucumber. It is widely used in cooking at our place. In Bangalore, it is sold as Mangalore Southekayi (cucumber), this is called…
Many of you asked me for a garam masala recipe. Frankly, I have used many different recipes for this popular spice blend. Some I liked, some not so much. After…
It has been a long time I posted anything here. Today I thought of posting a Gooseberry Pickle recipe which was introduced to me many years ago, by a neighbor.…
Last December when Shilpa visited us, we were trying to remember if there were any recipes that my mother prepared, which we have not posted on this site. While discussing…
We came to US last week to stay with our daughter for a while. Since both of them love pickles, I started with their favorite cauliflower pickle. Usually I make…
Hope you all had a great vacation. I could not post anything here for last few months, but hopefully I can post something once in a while. Rasam is very…