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I've always viewed making fondant cakes or three dimensional cakes for that matter as a complete different field from pastry making; same as bread making, the skills required are different. For me people making special celebration cakes are more of an a

This porky dish doesn't need much preparation, just let it simmer to cook till the meat is tender. The preserved bean curd ~ 'Nam Yue' adds flavour to the rather bland but crunchy wood ears. For more information regarding the nutrients and goodness of

Kavuni Arisi from Chettinad is also known as "Karuppu Arisi". For more info on Kavuni Arisi and how it looks, please click the link here . Already I have a post on Kavuni Arisi Payasam, here I am putting down another method to make it. Both the method

Similar to the rice balls(Ari Unda or Avalose Unda), but with a slight variation. Here, rice flakes (pressed rice) are used instead of rice grains. Quick and Easy recipe for the busy working Moms Dads. Ingredients 1. Rice flakes (Aval

In spite having been in Sri Lanka for almost 6 years and constantly enjoying its exceptional cuisine for such a long period of time, in our accommodation courtesy of our Sri Lankan cook, in our office during company affairs or during an employee?s birthda

False Trevally Grill Parava in Malayalam or sudumbu in Tamil or False Trevally in English is a very popular fish in Kerala for it's taste. In Trivandrum we rarely buy Parava, b'cos it's very expensive. In Bangalore, I frequently buy Parava as the price

Sweet Potato Pudding / Shakarkand Halwa / Sakkaravalli Kizhangu Halwa Shakarkand / Sakkaravalli Kizhangu Halwa, a healthy dessert with the richness of sweet potatoes. Sweet Potatoes are highly nutritious. I never made anything with this vegetabl

I have always been fascinated by the lovely yellow colour and flavour of Cape Gooseberries and also by the way they are bunched together into a perfect round with berries neatly spaced and aligned on the outer circle. A work of art no doubt! Th

Ingredients: Ridge gourd - 500 gm Green peas - 1/2 cup Onion - 1 Green chillies - 2 Turmeric - 1/4 tsp Red chilli powder - 1 tsp Salt to taste Mustard cumin seeds - 1/4 tsp Channa dal - 1/4 tsp Curry leaves - few Coriander leave

Ketti Kuzhambus are famous through out Chettinad and are of many varieties. Very often you will this featuring in the menus of everyday cooking in a Chettinad House. It is one of the very must items in a menu prepared for a function. What do you mean b

Coconut Rice is a very famous Indian recipe which is normally made on the festive days after the Puja most of the times. As, we break the Coconut in the end of the Puja, we get a fresh Coconut. So, instead of taking the coconut directly, this a yummy way

BC Spot Prawns comes into season and can be easily found everywhere in Vancouver around May every year. During this time, the prawns are large, sweet, and succulent. Anyway, I bought about four pounds of these prawns from my local grocer earlier this week

AKA, dump cake, which is a rather unattractive moniker for such a delicious, yet easy, cake. Growing up in largely Cajun town of LaPlace, La, I ate this cake often, and I've never tired of it. Nor will you, I dare say. My version is an adaptation

We ve been running this blog for a year and a half and still haven t posted anything on such a staple of Eastern European cuisine as Vareniki. Strange, isn t it? One of the reasons for this might be that Vareniki are pretty laborious to make (to my mind,

There are any number of French recipes where the words"Grand Mère" make up part of the recipe name. The words "Grand Mère" (or Grandmother) are synonymous with traditional, old- fashioned, home-style French cuisine. You can find any number of fine eating

Bookmarked this straightaway when I saw it at Sonia's blog. Being a chickenlover, I too love it spicy! A dish which suited my taste 100%...oooh yumm... Gonna try again with other parts of chicken and also fry them first next time. Something for a change.

Tak Dal ( Tangy Lentil ) is a very healthy and tangy dish which is consumed in the Eastern Part of the country during summer period. It is very useful to replenish all the necessary nutrients which our body loses during peak of summer. Mostly it is accomp

Now i'm just wondering where do these cakes come from? A quick check on the internet, no it didnt say the origin of these cakes but this is quite a popular delicacy or dessert in china and also in Hong Kong dim sum restaurants. But it's not common to find

Chinese Szechuan Spicy Fish Soup Last week, my husband treated me to dinner at a Szechuan (also known as Sichuan or Szechwan) restaurant in New York City called Wu Liang Ye , that serves authentic Szechuan cuisine. In the town that I live in, ther

Hope you all had a great Easter ! Here we also had a great time?. I made this White chocolate mousse with passion fruit from Technicolor Kitchen as our Easter dessert. You must be well aware of my love affair with passion fruit by now J I

I m truly over the moon excited about this recipe. It feels as if I ve won the lottery or at least discovered the next best chicken recipe of the year. It s an interesting story how I stumbled upon this delicious dish. I was browsing a few of my vin

Tender or Raw Jack fruit curries are a delicacy. Popular Chettinad recipes with this vegetable are - Masala, Kootu, Poriyal, Milagu Podi Poriyal, Kuruma and Sodhi. If we manage to lay hands on one, we would share it with our close relatives, and definitel

I made these like couple of weeks ago...wanted to send it to an event but never got around to posting it on time. So here I am today with this healthy idlis post :) Idlis and dosas are a common part of our regular diet. My kids love them and I make them

Ingredient Vermicelli 1cup Mixed vegetables 1 cup chopped(carrot,beans,peas cauliflower) Ginger garlic paste 2 tsp Onion 1/2 (sliced) Tomato 1 small(chopped) Green chilli 3-4 (slit open) curry leaves few mint few leaves