Sprouts Salad

Do you like sprouts?? I love to enjoy them, but many do not like them as is... Sprouts can be used in many ways and this salad is a delicious way of enjoying it.. Enjoy this protein rich salad with only a few ingredients... Serve this cold and it will be a pleaser.. Serve this as a light snack or as a side..

Buttermilk Biscuits

This is one of the first biscuits I tried.. I remember searching for biscuits recipe and I will always land up in cookies where there were many eggs to begin with.. Then when I searched biscuits without eggs, I landed on this recipe and tried it immediately. The pictures are at least 8 - 10 years old.. So long long ago, so long ago...

Iyengar Bakery Khara Biscuit / Savory Shortbread Cookies

Do you like sweet or savory? I love savory goodies over the sweet ones.. When I was in US and we visit coffee shops, you hardly get anything savory.. All the items in the menu will be sweet or over sweet.. Quick breads, muffins or donuts.. Not my choice.. I always love the puffs, samosas, sandwiches we get here.. And who can forget the delicious savory bakery biscuit we get here.. So tasty and delicious.. When I saw this recipe, I tried it and was very happy with the results..

Onion Kulcha

For the next 3 days, we are going to be seeing 3 different types of Breads for this month’s BM. Kulcha is a famous Indian bread that tastes best when served hot. It is accompanied with a variety of dishes like paneer butter masala, channa masala etc, though the most common side is the chole (or channa masala). Kulcha can be done in many ways and onion kulcha is a common variety of kulcha. This recipe will make 5 kulchas. Stuffing is a personal choice, you can also add cumin seeds, chili powder, salt and chat masala.

Maambazham Mor Kuzhambu / Maambazham Pulicherry

Mangoes are delicious, they are called the King of Fruits is what I am teaching my little one now.. So true.. Mango when eaten raw or when eaten as a fruit is super yummy and delicious.. It is also very versatile. I have made few recipes with Mango and Manga (raw mango) and have loved each of it. It is Mango season now and I wanted to do a different recipe that I have not tried before and answer was the easy and quick authentic mor kuzhambu made with Mango. Loved this recipe for its taste, easy of making it, its authenticity and such a different one.. A delicious mor kuzhambu made with mangoes. This mor kuzhambu is also very quick one to do..

Aloo Anardana Paratha - Jammu and Kashmir

Jammu and Kashmir is the Northern most state in India. It consists of three regions – Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh. Srinagar is the Summer capital and Jammu is the Winter capital. Jammu has numerous Hindu shrines which is big Hindu Pilgrimage bringing thousands of pilgrims every year. Kashmir is so beautiful and scenic and many movies of 1970’s and 1980’s time have captured the beauty for a lot of the romantic songs.. Ladakh is known for its remote mountainous picture perfect scenery and Buddhist Culture.. Coming to the cuisine of Jammu and Kashmir, Kashmir cuisine was mostly influenced originally by the Kashmiri Pandits. Usually Pandits do not eat meat, but this region is an exception where the Pandits have eaten all the meat except Beef which is banned here. So with a cuisine which has so much of meat based dishes, it was little challenge for me to land on an authentic dish from this region. I was so excited when my research landed me on Sanjeev Kapoor’s website and this was a dish mentioned for this region and was a sure try. A delicious spicy paratha which gets its flavor from the dried anardana seeds.. This recipe makes 12 - 14 parathas.. I served this with curd and it was such a delicious dinner. Now because this paratha is big, one could eat 2 or 3. I got this recipe inspired from here, but did few changes.

Gulgula / Gulgule –Chhattisgarh Cuisine

Today we travel to Central India to the State of Chhattisgarh. Chhattisgarh is a newly formed Indian state and was born on November 1st, 2000. Chhattisgarh is known as the rice bowl of India and has a rich varieties of rice and rice based dishes. A lot of the traditional foods are prepared with rice, rice flour, curd and green leafy vegetables. When coming to sweets, Gulgula is one of the popular sweets from this state. I got this recipe from here. A delicious sweet from the state of Chhattisgarh. This is so quick to make and also very delicious…

Eggless Slovak Paska Bread

One of the great ways to beat the stress is Bread baking for me.. But I never got a chance to try this delicious Bread until now but I wanted to try it as soon as Gayathri announced it for this month's Eggless Baking Group. Slovak Paska is an Eastern European Bread during Easter and is loaded with butter and eggs. This is also a very decorative bread.. With this recipe I got one 9x5 loaf and one 5x3 loaf..

Thayir Semiya Adai

Some recipes are very interesting and can imagine the end product when we are making it.. This one I got from a TV show – “Arusuvai Ithu Thani Suvai” from Jaya TV which is by a very famous Chef - Mrs. Revathy Shanmugam. This is my choice for this Blogging Marathon - Recipes from Celebrity cooks.

Yogurt Parfait

Y was one letter that finished really late in my planning. It was done only on 25th Sep.. I did this for hubby's birthday and we all enjoyed it a lot.. I made 3 glasses and they looked so picture perfect.. Since I made this for evening, my pictures are not so perfect.. Wish I captured them in the day time.. Thanks to our BM friends on the advise of when to assemble.. This one is all to taste and preference and availability.. Yogurt Parfait is basically a layered desert with yogurt, fruits and nuts.. How many layers, how much quantity depends on you. This quantity made 3 tall servings. This is my choice for Y – International

Thenkoodu Buns / Khaliat Nahal (Honeycomb Buns or Bee’s Hive Buns)

Bread baking is fun and sometimes tedious with the wait time for the proofing.. When Aparna announced this month challenge for We Knead to Bake, it so looking so tempting and wanted to try it immediately, but then kept postponing.. And when I was deciding on recipes for the A-Z, it so happened that recipe for T had to be either International or baked.. So I chose this thenkoodu designed bread for T - Baked. Thenkoodu meaning beehive or honeycomb is the design this bread resembles and thus the name for this delicious sweet stuffing bun. Khaliat Nahal translates as Bee’s Hive in Arabic. This is because the buns are baked close to each other in a round pan where they form a honeycomb like pattern. They’re traditionally made sweet and glazed with honey flavored syrup, though savory versions are also made. I chose the sweet one which has cream cheese as the filling. I chose to use hung curd instead of cream cheese and also added some dry fruits and nuts to it..

 

Nelakadalai pachadi / Groundnut Dip

Nelakadalai is tamil name for Groundnut and this pachadi / dip is a great accompaniment. I saw this from a TV show (Arokya Unavu in Jaya TV) and tried it the next day and we loved it..Has a nice variety of texture from the crushed groundnuts and the grated carrot and the seasoning... This goes very well with sambar rice or Biriyani or aloo paratha... Kept well in the fridge for 2 days.. Have loved it so much that this is my first choice when it comes to making pachadi.. My choice for N - Others / Miscellaneous

Arisi Adai–Puzhungal Arisi Adai

Arisi Adai is a dish that is traditional to South India and is very healthy. It tastes best when served hot. Coconut chutney and tomato urugai are a great side dish for this one. This dish is made mainly with the parboiled rice which makes it very healthy and very filling!!! We are starting a month long marathon with A-Z as the challenge with 4 themes. This will be A for Regional Food

Paneer Khalimirch Masala

A very fascinating name was which that attracted me to this dish while I was watching a TV show.. I noted down the recipe and made it.. We loved the flavor and I served this with roti..

Eggless Jam Swirled Muffins / Eggless Nutella Swirled Muffins

Want a breakfast or food on the go in a jiffy? I am sure a lot of us say yes.. These muffins are so perfect for it. A delicious and very pretty looking muffins was suggested by Priya for this month's Eggless Baking Group which is started by Gayathri. It was a quick and easy one and you get a lot of points for those swirls. Wanted to get the picture with the muffin opened (like the interior), but it was gone by then!!! The original recipe had eggs and I replaced them with Egg replacer and little extra baking soda

Mishti Doi – Easier method

Mishti Doi, the word makes me so nostalgic. Takes me back to school days when I spent one year in Calcutta (now Kolkata) and we used to enjoy this delicious mildly sweet and mouth melting sweet called Mishti Doi which was served in individual earthen pots. To me mishti doi, as the name says - Mishti means sweet doi means dahi means curd. So Mishti doi is sweetened curd. When I learned to Shrikand which is also a sort of sweetened curd, I thought it is the same as mishti doi but with another name.. and Yes I was wrong. Mishti doi is done way differently than Shrikand. I searched internet for this recipe and got the traditional way of doing it where the milk is reduced to half and then it is made to a curd.. Now I also saw a lesser difficult method from here and the lazy in me liked the easier method.. I am sharing this for BM with Sweets from Bengal (Course wise meal from any state).

Eggless Tiramisu

Tiramisu is an Italian delicacy and tastes best when served cool. I have made a few changes to the original Tiramisu recipe based on our taste and preference. I have substituted Sponge cake sheets for lady fingers or savoriadi cookies; grape juice for rum or brandy; homemade substitute for mascarpone cheese. It tastes very heavenly and needs to be refrigerated at least 8 hours before serving. I am very happy that Gayathri took my suggestion for this month’s Eggless Baking Group.

Capsicum Pachadi / Raitha

Capsicum pachadi or raitha is a very simple and refreshing dish. It is a great accompaniment for spicy foods like Biriyani, sambar rice or can be a part of our traditional menu as pachadi..

Neer Moru (நீர் மோர்)

Neer Moru is a very tasty and soothing drink. It is made on Rama Navami which falls on 20.4.2013 this year. It is a quick one and can be done in less than 10 minutes. It tastes best when served cold.. It is very healthy and is a body coolant. It is generally served during summer.

Cucumber Raitha / Cucumber Pachadi

A very tasty and refreshing dish which is best when served chill. This is very simple and quick to make and can be done in less than 10 minutes. This is a accompaniment for Biriyani, Pulao, Sambar rice or any spicy dish. Make sure that the curd is not sour and is fresh. This is the first dish, somebody asked me a recipe for.