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It has finally risen above 50 degrees in Minnesota, and the sun has been out the past couple of days, which puts me in a sunny sparkly sort of mood! It has been nice to soak up a bit of vitamin D as winter is officially over tomorrow! I thought such sun

Pesarattu is a breakfast food of the andhra region . It is mainly preapared using moong dhal and the rice is added to ensure crispiness . Traditionally , it is served with onion topping ( no toppings for me, since VJ has a stable cold..)and ther's this ch

In my research of Sri Lankan cuisine, I have discovered that, at only 25,332 square miles, this tiny teardrop of an island, just off the southern tip of India, features remarkable culinary diversity. Hill country cuisine is quite different from that of th

Mediterranean food is known for its heart healthy qualities. Plenty of fresh vegetables, less meat, more dairy products especially yogurt and yes, gallons of freshly pressed olive oil? all these marry to give us great meals which is so simple to make yet

Khandvi Chickpea Flour Rolls Khandvi is a famous traditional Gujarati dish. In India, the state of Gujarat is very famous for its delicacies. This is one of the so called delicacies. It requires practice and speed to roll it. My kids use to call it "

There , I have have done it again! I have cooked so much of the dal makhani that I don't know what to do with it. Most often this is a case with dishes that many of you will associate with. Few of us will toss it off into the dustbin and some of us might

What a mouthful of a title, huh? And the sad part is, there are a lot more ingredients than that to complete this dish! The recipe was inspired by Sunny Anderson from The Food Network , which I happened to stumble across while searching for a stuffed por

Okay. I admit it. I'm not a fan of Halloween. Well, not quite, but I don't go quite as all-out as everyone else does. I mean, I do on the baking end (obviously). But I didn't even go out for Halloween this weekend. I think it has something to do with how

oftas especially fascinate me as somehow I relate them to exotic curries. Unfortunately though Indian restaurants in the US (atleast the ones I have been to) more often than not fail to do a good job in making kofta dishes (and most others too). They are

It's official, I've booked a ticket to Rome and Sicily. Am ecstatic to get away, to leave things behind, shut my brain off, enjoy more of life for awhile...in other words, simply do nothing -- il dolce far niente -- literally, the sweetness of doing no

Vallarai Keerai / Brahmi Leaves are one of the healthiest spinach. This spinach has properties to increase memory power. Normally they make thogayal with it. But i wanted to try sambar with it. So i made it and the result was mouthwatering. This keerai is

It is Sweet Punch time of the month again! We are celebrating our one year anniversary and we were allowed to bake any item of our choice! We have been baking pizzas , wholewheat almond cookies, fruit crumbles , molten lava cake s and many more inte

Ingredients: Brinjal - 1 medium sized (Mattu Gulla) or 5-6 if small variety Coconut, grated - 1/2 cup Coriander Seeds - 2 1/2 tsps Tamarind Extract - 1 tsp Dry Red Chillies - 8 Turmeric Powder - 1/4 tsp Sugar or Jaggery Powder - 1 tsp Rasam Powder - 1

Today I am sharing the recipe of Crab (Njandu) peera pattichathu / Crab Thoran / Crab meat stir fry with coconut. I used canned crab meat for this recipe and this dish is very easy to prepare and goes well with rice. I know a few people who love crabs bu

Macher Jhal , a tomato based fish curry which I make mostly with all types of Asian fish like Striped Bass, Mullet, Buffalo Carp and they just taste awesome. My husband introduced this dish to me as he says he remembers his mom preparing this everyday mor

I grew up eating these beetroot chops at our Bengali neighbor's house. The word “Beet chops” was etched in mind even before I knew of words such as cutlet or patties or tikkis even existed. Beetroot Chops or rather Vegetable chops are a popular Bengali st

Farfel comes from the Middle High German word varveln which means pellet-shaped pasta. It is made from matzo that is ground or cut and used in soups and other dishes. The origin of this dish can be traced back to Ashkenazi Jewish communities in German

Serve 3 Prep 10 minutes cook 20 minutes Ingredients: 6 chicken legs, bone in and skin on 1/2 cup soy sauce 1/4 cup Mirin (cooking rice wine) 1 cup low sodium chicken broth 1 Tbsp sugar, or more to taste 1 Tbsp sesame seed oil a pi

Thiratu pal is a traditional sweet recipe made with milk. Thiratu paal is also called Theratti pal in some places. My mom told that her grandmother used to make this milk sweet recipe for her whenever she went to her house for holidays. It can be made in

This recipe was inspired by ??? 3 ??? , ? ?? ( green onion pancake). I was attracted by the shape and filling inside these pancake. Although it was a pancake it used bread flour in the recipe. I consider them as bread. I like the layers of gre

Always excited with NEW, innovative novel creations, I was intrigued when I first read of these interesting swiss rolls from Ipoh. Hence, a recent trip to north had me coming back lugging a bag of almost 6 of them! I just couldn't resist the fun

Earlier, I was going through the fridge to see what veggies were left from last weeks trip to the store. I found a zucchini, a yellow squash, 8 asparagus spears, 1/2 red bell pepper, some red onion and some other stuff that wouldn't work with this dish. I

This is very famous layered sweet from coastal Andhra originated from and named after the village Tapeswaram in east godavari district. Ingredients: . All purpose flour/Maida – 3 cups . oil – 6 tablespoons, to make dough . Oil – T

Don't adjust your monitors - this mixer is not broken. It's actually making ice cream. We had seen liquid nitrogen used by chefs on television, but had never seen it used in person. Lulu Mooky's , a "mad scientist-like" place where custom ice crea