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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…
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…
Chitranna (Lemon Rice) An ode to rice contd….
Lemon rice is a very easy to make and popular south Indian dish. The tanginess from the lemon, the spice from the green chillies, the crunch from the peanuts and the yellow colour from the turmeric make the dish an irresistible one. This was one of my favourite lunch to take to school. It had to have…
Thayir Sadam and Mangai Inji (Yoghurt Rice and Mango ginger pickle)
Curd Rice or Yoghurt rice is a very simple dish eaten at the end of a meal. After a fiery hot meal with a medley of spices, curd rice cools the system. You have to eat it to experience the feeling. It is comfort food for most south Indians. In the summer months, this is the…
Vegetable Pulao and Raita
Rice is a staple of India, especially in the south. It is very versatile. Plain cooked rice has no flavour and takes the flavours of the curries you add to it. In the south, there are variations of gravies like sambar, rasam, vathakuzhambu, molagootal etc. Some of them are flavoured with tamarind to give…
Chai With Preethi 