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Recent Posts Tagged With 'snacks'

Jul 29

Pico De Gallo (Fresh tomato salsa)

After marriage, in the initial days of cooking, I was content making traditional foods that I grew up with. Like any new bride full of enthusiasm, I laid down feasts after feasts, making my husband feel that our wedding feast was still on a roll! he (read full article)

Appetizers, cilantro, cinco de mayo, condiments, Entertaining, garlic, gluten free, Healthy Vegetarian Recipes, jalapeno, Kid Friendly Recipes

Jul 26

Low Calorie Aloo Bonda (Potato fritters)

My husband is getting into a bad habit nowadays. The one who scowled at eating snacks of any kind (except the super healthy types), he has started “demanding” for evening snacks when he gets home from work. And not any snacks – he (read full article)

chickpea flour, cilantro, curry leaves, Entertaining, Favourites, gluten free, Healthy Vegetarian Recipes, indian, Kid Friendly Recipes, low calorie

Jul 19

Thai Styled Tempeh Cutlets

I rely on Soya beans and its by products for our day to day source of protein along with the more obvious ones like Legumes etc. Among that is Tempeh which I love. Its texture is close to that of a meat and it does look weird. But don’t get fo (read full article)

Appetizers, cilantro, eggs, Entertaining, fusion, garlic, ginger, gluten free, Healthy Vegetarian Recipes, Kid Friendly Recipes

Jul 12

Paneer Cigar Rolls

This post is long due. I had actually posted this recipe right in my early days of blogging. But it so happened that the enthusiastic me, while trying to migrate to my own domain, managed to delete a bunch of my recipes (59 recipes in fact!!) Among (read full article)

Appetizers, cilantro, Entertaining, Favourites, garlic, ghee, ginger, indian, Kid Friendly Recipes, Mozzarella

Jun 01

Wheat Couscous Patties

Sometimes it can indeed get boring and monotonous to make the same things again and again. But by making  few changes, either by way of adding new ingredients, adopting a different cooking process or something as simple as changing the way the dish (read full article)

African, American, bell peppers, Burger Sandwich Roasts, carrots, cilantro, Couscous, cumin-coriander powder, Eggplant, Entertaining

May 25

Russian Buckwheat Blinis with Caviar

I love trying out new recipes irrespective of the place. I still remember I was talking to my mother and was telling her about this blogging which I was doing. She asked me for how long I am going to keep blogging. I replied as long as I have the in (read full article)

Active yeast, Appetizers, Bread Flour, Buckwheat, eggs, Entertaining, Favourites, milk, Recipes By Cuisine, russian

May 14

Nutty Chocolate Brownies

I usually am organized (ahem – to be more truthful, I try to be) when it comes to blogging. It really requires that I plan ahead/ cook ahead so that I am not out of drafts/photos when I want to do a post. With work and other commitments, you k (read full article)

American, baking, Cakes cupcakes, Chocolate, Desserts Sweets, eggs, Entertaining, fusion, Kid Friendly Recipes, Maple Syrup

May 06

Paneer Lollipop (”Chicken” drumstick)

One of the main aims of this blog has always been to make a vegetarian or Vegan version of a non-vegetarian dish possible. Instead of going for the obvious “mock meats” as an substitute, I choose to use more natural and organic substitut (read full article)

Appetizers, baby corn, chinese, cilantro, Cornstarch, Entertaining, garlic, ginger, indian, Indo-Chinese

Apr 12

Chocolate Chip and Nut Muffins

Recently, I had a little visitor, who loves chocolate and walnuts. Every time he visits me, I have some chocolate chip cookies ready and waiting for him. This time for a change, I thought I will make something else for him with his fav. ingredients. (read full article)

American, baking, baking powder, baking soda, Chocolate, eggs, Kid Friendly Recipes, muffins, Recipes By Cuisine, semi sweet chocolate

Apr 09

Mango Nut Bread

I am seeing Mangoes everywhere. I love them and the memories of my growing up days abound. The times when I used to sit around in the backyard of my grandma’s house, sucking those ripe and luscious mangoes..aah Bliss! They seem like just yeste (read full article)

baking, baking soda, Breakfast, cinnamon, eggs, fusion, Healthy Baking, Kid Friendly Recipes, low calorie, Low Fat Baking

Apr 01

Banana Chocolate Brownies

If you thought this post is accompanied with pictures taken in very ‘low enthusiasm’, I have to admit, that you are right! They look like the half hearted attempt at taking pictures which I assure you is the way I took it. Now, the expla (read full article)

baking, banana, Brown Sugar, Cakes cupcakes, Chocolate, cocoa powder, Desserts Sweets, eggs, Entertaining, fusion

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 22

Pao de Queijo (Brazillian Cheese Bread)

If you are a regular reader of this blog, you would be aware of my new strategy of emptying out my pantry before I buy anything new. My recipes are also mostly those which help me in this regard. I have a list of about 58 recipes which make use of v (read full article)

Appetizers, baking, cheddar, eggs, gluten free, Kid Friendly Recipes, milk, Mozzarella, QUICK BREADS, Recipes with Cheese

Feb 17

Chocolate and Hazelnut Bread

I do not usually bake as and when desire strikes fancy! Its usually planned out. I have this list of to-do bakes for every month with specific ones planned for each week. I have to do it to accommodate my time and schedule not to mention the availab (read full article)

almond extract, baking, baking powder, baking soda, Breakfast, Cakes cupcakes, Chocolate, cinnamon, Desserts Sweets, eggs

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 11

Grapefruit Ginger Bread

Adding fruits to breads has been always been a passion for me. I started it as a way to overcome my handicap. I dunno why, but I simply don’t have this habit of consuming fruits on a day to day basis! “What’s so hard about it?̶ (read full article)

baking, baking powder, baking soda, Breakfast, eggs, fusion, ginger powder, grapefruit, Healthy Baking, Healthy Vegetarian Recipes

Feb 03

Khatta Dhokla

When I made Khaman Dhokla with amazing results, I had one reader Kavita interact with me about Khatta Dhokla! I promised her a recipe and here it is – 2 months later. Well its late indeed and I really apologize to many of my readers whose req (read full article)

Appetizers, black gram, Eno Fruit Salt, gluten free, Healthy Vegetarian Recipes, indian, Kid Friendly Recipes, low calorie, Peppercorns, Recipes By Cuisine

Jan 21

Sprouted Ragi & Black Eyed Peas Cutlets

Its been raining cats and dogs, literally! OK agreed that the cat jumped down from a roof to the ground to escape the pouring rain and the neighbor’s dog jumped up and down seeing the cat – its still rain, cat and dog in the same picture (read full article)

black eyed peas, cilantro, finger millet, gluten free, Healthy Vegetarian Recipes, indian, Kid Friendly Recipes, mint, onions, potatoes

Jan 12

Eggless Triticale and Currant Scones

Its getting to be too hard getting up early nowadays. (Ignoring the jibe on my side about “When have you ever been able to?” #$#$$). Anything before 8am, seems to look and feel like 4 am to me! Regular readers of this blog would know abo (read full article)

American, baking, Breakfast, cinnamon, currants, Eggless Baking, English, Entertaining, Healthy Baking, Healthy Vegetarian Recipes

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

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