Coriander leaves - Aayi's Recipes

Vegetable-Chicken Curry and Puffs

I always look for more ways to include both protein and vegetables into our meals. When I make chicken curry, I make a paste of cooked vegetables and add it…

Shilpa April 3, 2017

Gravy (Curry and daals) Side dishes Simple and Easy

Black Chickpeas in Green Masasla(Kala Chana Hara Masala)

Few months back when my parents were here, my friend had invited us for dinner. She is one of the few Konkani friends I have here in KS and we…

Shilpa March 19, 2017

Gravy (Curry and daals)

Mushroom – Capsicum Gravy

Mushrooms was one of the favorite things to eat when I was growing up. I haven't been using them much lately. Last week I saw a pack of beautiful…

Shilpa June 12, 2016

Egg

Eggs in Coriander Leaves Curry

Living in Kansas for more than 9 years now, we have made some very close friends. We feel it is such a blessing when we are so far away from…

Shilpa January 6, 2015

Side dishes

Paneer – Capsicum Gravy

The very first time I tasted paneer was when I was in engineering college. Our all parties involved atleast one paneer dish. I have tried including it in my cooking,…

Shilpa December 10, 2013

Gravy (Curry and daals)

Toor Dal Amti

My MIL (Mother In Law) prepared this for us during our India trip. Considering I love all kinds of Marathi (or Marathi inspired) dishes, I loved it. I don't know…

Shilpa April 28, 2013

Chicken Simple and Easy

Chicken with Pickle (Chicken Achari Kabab)

Well, this is not the traditional chicken achari recipe, but my cousin Anirudh's creation. Few months ago, we were chatting on google chat - he was in Germany and I…

Shilpa March 13, 2013

Side dishes

Pigeon Peas (Tuvar Lilva) in Coriander Masala

I spend a lot of time looking at every corner of Indian store here and I wonder about new vegetables that I have never tasted. Almost during every visit, I…

Shilpa October 10, 2012

Chicken Simple and Easy

Onion Chicken with Soy Sauce

It looks like ages ago when I was working for a IT company in Bangalore!. Anyone who has ever worked in IT industry knows how busy and stressful life can…

Shilpa October 4, 2012

Baby/Kid friendly Fish Starters

Fried Salmon With Green Masala

This is another of those salmon experiments we liked. Recently we started buying Salmon from Costco. It is quite cheaper there compared to Whole Foods (where we do all our…

Shilpa March 5, 2012