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Recent Posts Tagged With 'Festival Holiday Recipes'

May 18

Badam Kheer (Sweet Almond pudding)

Some dishes are like teleporting device – which take you back home. Home where you spent your childhood along with all those memories. Even the thought of making it, relishing it would never fail to put a smile in your face and bring back all (read full article)

almonds, cardamom, Dasara Navaratri, Desserts Sweets, Diwali Deepavali, Drinks Smoothies, Entertaining, Favourites, Festival Holiday Recipes, ghee

May 04

Tres Leches (3 Milk) Cake

I made…I ate….and I got conquered! That’s all I have to say for this uber delicious cake. I made it cos I was curious. I was certain from the reviews that both of us would not end up eating more than 1 spoon and I already was listi (read full article)

baking, baking powder, cake flour, Cakes cupcakes, cinco de mayo, Condensed milk, Desserts Sweets, eggs, evaporated milk, Festival Holiday Recipes

Mar 29

Milagu Vadai (Peppercorn fritters)

I have been hardly cooking last few weeks – the work pressure is getting on to me with deadlines one after the other. The food is mostly simple and nothing special enough to post. So I have been using up all my drafts and soon its going to hit (read full article)

black gram, cumin, Festival Holiday Recipes, ghee, gluten free, Hanuman Jayanthi, indian, Kid Friendly Recipes, Peppercorns, Recipes By Cuisine

Feb 15

Kachori (Khasta, Pyaz & Peas )

This month’s ICC-Challenge spoiled my precious ‘never-to-end’ diet. I mean I was all about following this diet, which I started just the previous day of making these, diligently! But Valli spoiled it! So I am off my diet ..yet ag (read full article)

asafoetida, bay leaf, chickpea flour, Chilli powder, cilantro, cumin, curry leaves, events, fennel seeds, Festival Holiday Recipes

Feb 08

Eggless Vanilla Cake

I now have 6 requests for Vanilla cake (with 5 of them for it being an eggless version!). Never figured out that Vanilla cake has such a special place in so many people’s hearts. I have had some beautiful conversations with all these readers w (read full article)

baking, baking powder, baking soda, Cakes cupcakes, Condensed milk, Desserts Sweets, Eggless Baking, Festival Holiday Recipes, fusion, Healthy Baking

Feb 05

Low fat Marble Chocolate Cheesecake

Recently when one of my Facebook readers – Pauline Heart asked me for Marble Cheesecake recipe for the upcoming Chinese New Year, I was reminded of this low calorie recipe from Cooking Light magazine which I had been meaning to try for a long (read full article)

American, baking, Cakes cupcakes, Chinese New Year, Chocolate, cream cheese, Desserts Sweets, eggs, Festival Holiday Recipes, gluten free

Jan 31

South Indian Coconut Rice

Its amazing how sometimes my mind works so differently from many of my friends! Not always in a good way am sure . See weekends are the time when everyone needs that ‘family’ time together having hustled and bustled throughout the week- (read full article)

bengal gram, black gram, cashews, coconut, curry leaves, Festival Holiday Recipes, gluten free, Healthy Vegetarian Recipes, indian, Kid Friendly Recipes

Jan 15

Moong Dal Halwa

This month’s ICC-Challenge posed us with another interesting dish – esp. for me since I have never attempted to make it before. For a good reason, since I have no takers for sweets in my house. I knew about Moong Dal Halwa (Sweet Yellow (read full article)

cardamom, cashews, Dasara Navaratri, Desserts Sweets, Diwali Deepavali, Entertaining, events, Festival Holiday Recipes, ghee, gluten free

Jan 10

Indian Pongal Festival Recipes

Image courtesy:Internet Pongal is a Hindu festival celebrated by the South Indians. Simply put, it is Indian Thanksgiving. It is known as “Harvest festival”. This occasion signals the end of the traditional farming season, giving farmers (read full article)

Festival Holiday Recipes, Pongal

Jan 08

South Indian Tamarind Rice

Its been ages since I made Puliyodharai (Tamarind Rice, Puliyogare, Pulihora etc etc ) – in the authentic traditional way. Actually echoing my better half’s smart pants comment ‘In fact I don’t remember having made it at all! (read full article)

cashews, Coriander seeds, curry leaves, fenugreek seeds, Festival Holiday Recipes, gluten free, indian, Kid Friendly Recipes, main course, Peanuts

Jan 07

South Indian Lemon Rice

However hard I try, its sometimes inevitable that I am faced with leftovers – esp. rice. But the number of options for using up rice is myriad to say the least. Indian cuisine especially is very good in this regard owing to the fact that rice (read full article)

curry leaves, Festival Holiday Recipes, gluten free, Healthy Vegetarian Recipes, indian, Kid Friendly Recipes, lemon, low calorie, main course, mustard

Dec 20

White Dinner Rolls (Indian Pav)

What Indians refer to as Pav (as in Pav Bhaji) is probably the dinner rolls to the western world! The soft textured buttery rounded bread is a world of its own! There is something to be said about the pillowy texture of these rolls which makes me go (read full article)

Active yeast, American, Appetizers, baking, Bread Flour, breads, Breakfast, Christmas, Eggless Baking, Entertaining

Dec 17

Shepherds Pie

It all started out with a “Cottage Pie“, then slowly just like it happens for almost everything, it sprouted branches by way of variations. Shepherd Pie came into existence and so did many others like cowboy pie, Pâté chinois, hachis P (read full article)

American, baking, carrots, chickpeas, Christmas, English, Festival Holiday Recipes, Healthy Vegetarian Recipes, Heavy Cream, Low Fat Baking

Dec 15

Chegodilu (Fried Rice Flour Rings)

When Valli announced this month’s challenge for ICC, I was ECSTATIC! The making of it sounded and in fact looked exactly like my childhood favorite which in Tamil is known by ‘Kola Vadai’. There was this fav. restaurant in Chennai (read full article)

cumin, Dasara Navaratri, Diwali Deepavali, events, Festival Holiday Recipes, ghee, gluten free, indian, Indian Cooking Challenge, Kid Friendly Recipes

Dec 13

Baked Onion Garlic Soup

During one of our vacation spots, we landed up in a place which was nearly anti-vegetarian. It was actually even worse for me since I don’t even eat eggs. If you can cheat me by hiding its taste, appearance and smell into something, then I am (read full article)

American, Appetizers, Christmas, English, Festival Holiday Recipes, garlic, gluten free, Healthy Vegetarian Recipes, Heavy Cream, Kid Friendly Recipes

Dec 09

Snickerdoodle Cookies

This is the Best Snickerdoodle Cookie recipe EVER! From all the ones that I have tried (well its not as many would think, but anything more than 3, is many in my dictionary. I am lazy remember?). This recipe is from All Recipes where for once, at le (read full article)

American, baking, cardamom, Christmas, cinnamon, cookies, Cookies Biscuits, cream of tartar, eggs, English

Dec 07

Fresh Cranberry & Orange Bread

Delicious, bright red and fresh cranberries have been checking me out for the past few days (or is it the other way?!). Every where I go, there they are nestled among other fruits, yet standing out with their juicy appearance! I could not resist the (read full article)

American, baking, breads, Breakfast, Christmas, cranberries, eggs, Festival Holiday Recipes, Healthy Baking, Healthy Vegetarian Recipes

Dec 04

Lentil and Bean “Meatloaf”

I received a recipe request from a dear reader ‘Neha Vaswani’ for a vegetarian alternative to the classic meat loaf recipe. I had never made a loaf per se which did not involve flour or a wholegrain in a prominent role. So set about chec (read full article)

American, baking, bell peppers, carrots, celery, cheddar, Christmas, Danish, Eggless Baking, European

Dec 03

Green Bean Casserole

Alton Brown says that these are the “Best Ever Green Bean Casserole“.Sure, I agree. These indeed are the Best. I say it cos the hater in the house actually took 3 extra helpings of this recipe. But I would be damned to know how the heck (read full article)

American, baking, Christmas, Eggless Baking, Festival Holiday Recipes, gluten free, green beans, half and half, Healthy Baking, Healthy Vegetarian Recipes

Dec 01

Spanakopita triangles

There is something to be said for combining Spinach with feta and ricotta cheese! The sensation that it creates is amazing! The Greek do know how to eat! The creaminess of the ricotta, the saltiness of feta combine with earthy spinach to create a wh (read full article)

Appetizers, baking, Christmas, dill, Eggless Baking, Entertaining, Festival Holiday Recipes, feta cheese, Greek, Healthy Vegetarian Recipes

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