A usual question asked is – What is your favorite food? I always have trouble answering that as my favorite food changes depending on the day, the weather, the moods and so does my comfort food. There are days when a simple dish of pasta sauteed in olive oil with some garlic and vegetables…
Sesame Seed Rice (Ellu Sadam) with Roasted Eggplant and Yogurt Salad (Kathirikai Pachadi)
There was a time when I bought a lot of cookbooks. I still do but I have become selective now. As promised, here is my first post from my cookbook shelf. Southern Spice is a book I enjoy reading. The author is Chandra Padmanabhan and I also own her first book, ‘Dakshin’. All recipes in…
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Coconut Oat Cookies
I have been baking for more than 20 years and have never tried to make oatmeal cookies. Maybe the cookies I ate were not great or it seemed too healthy. Recently, I decided to try making these, maybe because it had coconut which I like very much. I threw in some chocolate chips and it…
‘Wonder’ in Teaching Science and My Personal Mastery
It has been two years since I started this journey of exploration and learning. I started an MA in Design in Education from Srishti Institute of Art, Design and Technology. I knew before I even started that I will be in for an exhilarating roller coaster ride; The potential energy- excitement and fear of the…
Memories from 10 years ago
I found an email today from 2009. I was approached to teach a cooking class at the local co-op. It was a wonderful experience, I still remember the adrenaline rush I had. The other time I had the same feeling was the same year when I campaigned for President Obama. Here are the recipes I…
Mashed Potato – The Indian Way Potato Podimas / Urulaikizhangu Podimas
One of my favourite dish as a kid and even now is Podimas. It is an easy to make side dish. Today is Easter and it would look really good on an Easter table especially for vegetarians. It is usually eaten with rice and maybe sambar but will even go well with dosa or even…
Badanekai ennegai (stuffed baby eggplants) An aubergine by any other name contd..
Stuffed eggplants are made all over India with a slight variation of spices and called by different name. This is a favourite in Karnataka and is usually served with jolada rotti (sorghum bread). I remember my mother making it when we had relatives visiting from out of town. Many many years ago, when we visited…
Beetroot Daal (Beetroot with lentils)
Beetroot is a vegetable which people either love or don’t like. I like it and this is one of my favourite recipe. This is one of my mother’s recipe. I am not sure where she got this one but she made it quite a lot when I was growing up. This is something I make…
Vegan Elaneer Payasam (Tender Coconut Payasam)
Elaneer (Tender coconut) is a very refreshing drink rich in minerals and electrolytes. A couple of years ago, I came across this payasam in a restaurant but it had milk and therefore could not drink it. I came home and looked up the recipes and all of the ones I came across had condensed milk…
Chai With Preethi 