Food with a Pinch of Love :

Kuskusa

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Leftover chapattis/rotis (whole-wheat tortillas) can be churned into this yummy snack or breakfast item. Can be made with fresh rotis too, but a day old rotis are dry enough to make a coarse powder without making it mushy. The recipe is quick and[...]

White Radish and Spring Onions Veggie

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This dish has white radish along with their leaves combined with spring onions (scallions). That?s a very different combination of veggies, especially the radish leaves in a vegetable was new for me. Made this for the first time – its yummy[...]

Paneer Jalfrezie (Spicy Indian Cottage Cheese)

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For the first time, I tried a dry sabzi with paneer. It came out really yummy. Plus, the ardent paneer fan that I am, I would surely be trying this out more often Click here to read on for the entire recipe.   Posted in Dry Vegetables, Main Course

Muthuswaram or Chakli (Spicy Spiral Snacks)

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Muthuswaram (or mullu murukku as I like to call it), also known as Chakli in Hindi, Marathi is a crispy, crunchy, spicy fried snack made in spirals or coils. It is sometimes also referred to as Murukku (though I refer to the one twisted by hand by[...]

Patra or Alu Vadi (Stuffed Taro Leaves)

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Patra or Alu Vadi is a snack made of taro/colocasia (Arbi/Chembu) leaves. These leaves are available only for a certain part of the year ? around the winter in India. The leaves smeared with a chickpea flour and spice batter; then steamed and[...]

Pokkodam

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Pokkodam is a crispy fried flat noodles of chickpea flour and rice flour. A yummy snack for munching on ? made so often during Diwali or even just otherwise ? One of my favorite namkeens along with chakli (murukku) varieties. This is my twist on the[...]

Singada (Water Chestnut Flour) Tikki

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Singada (or Singoda) tikkis are made with singada or water-chestnut flour. This flour is used typically during fasts as an alternative to chickpea flour. These yummy tikkis are welcome as a snack even at times when we are not fasting ? Click here for[...]

Vel Avil (Beaten rice with Jaggery)

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This is one of my fave simple sweet dishes:) . Especially if guests come over, it can be quickly prepared at short notice. During Navratri, I made this for neivedyam (offering to God). So, here?s the recipe of a sweet poha/avil. Click here for the[...]

Kovakka Roast (Ivy Gourd Roasted Veggie)

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Roasted Kovakka or tendli (also known as tindoora or kundru) is an easy and yummy dish. It goes well with sambar-rice or simply with chapatis. I made this dish with the chutney powder for idlis. You can also make it as a thoran (or poriyal) by[...]

Pasta with Fresh Basil and Tomatoes

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It was long pending to return to blogging again. I really missed blogging and blog-hopping but was busy with other stuff to find time. Usually, I try pasta with dried herbs as that?s what I have on hand always. Else, the maggi masala too tastes good[...]