Rice is a staple in the South of India. Traditionally steamed rice is eaten for lunch and dinner. For breakfast and evening snacks, rice is used in different forms to make scrumptious snacks. Some of the most common and well-known food items are idlis, dosas and appam. Dumplings are made in different ways, for example,…
Category: Recipes
Chewy Chocolate Coffee Brownie
I have baked brownies over the years and have used different recipes. You can hardly go wrong in a brownie. If it is slightly undercooked, it is fudgy and overcooked, cakey. But, the taste is always good. You can find a million recipes online and I have tried many of them. I usually make brownies…
Chocolate Chip Cookies
I am posting after a long time. This week my son turned 17. Every year for the past 6 -7 years he has asked for these chocolate chip cookies for his birthday. Always a hit! This has been adapted from the famous Nestle Toll House chocolate chip cookie recipe. I have been using this recipe for…
Maavinkai Chitranna (Raw Mango Rice)
This week we celebrated Ugadi, the New Year day celebrated in Karnataka and some other parts of India. Yugadi or Ugadi means New Beginnings. It is the first day after the first new moon. It is the day after the March equinox. The festival, like many other festivals in India, is celebrated with wearing…
Baked Sweet Potato Fries
Healthy, quick and really good especially when you have a craving for chips! Earlier today, I was cutting some sweet potatoes to make some red curry. I realised I had too much, so decided to make some fries (Peeled sweet potatoes don’t keep well in the fridge). So, I sliced them finely, tossed them in a…
Healthy Granola
Want to eat a healthy breakfast or snack, pour some granola in a bowl, add some milk or yogurt and top it with some fruits.
Spring Rolls, for dinner?
The last few days have been cold and dreary. All I wanted to do was roll up in bed with a good book, some hot tea and something fried. This is the perfect weather to eat samosas, pakodas and all things fried. Today I decided to make some spring rolls and served it with some…
Baking cookies and gleeful hearts; this is how the HOLIDAY starts! Tis the season to be jolly!
Frank Sinatra’s ‘Christmas Memories’ Singing carols, stringing popcorn Making footprints in the snow Memories, Christmas memories They’re the sweetest ones I know Cookies baking in the kitchen Cards and ribbons everywhere Frosty, Christmas memories Float like snowflakes in the air And oh, the joy of waking Christmas mornings The family round the tree We had…
Banana Bread
I love baking and bake every weekend. This is a good recipe for a snack.
Chai With Preethi 