Milagai Podi

Milagai Podi is traditional and best accompaniment for idli , dosa and uthappa . Though there are many recipes to make milagai Podi and every family has their own  traditional family recipe of making idli podi  but the main ingredients remain the same just different ratio of ingredients or few more or less ingredients to…

Amritsari chole masala powder

There is a Joy and freshness in making your own masala powders . The aroma and flavours you get from home made masala powder beats the masala powder packet you buy from the store . Indeed a freshly ground batch of masala powder will beat any commercial brands hands down . This is because home…

Amritsari chole

In this blog I am sharing another version of chole . In my one of the oldest blog I shared the Pindi chole recipe . Many people confuse Amritsari chole with Pindi chole. They are similar a lot of aspects. Amritsari chole belong to its namesake city in Panjab India . Pindi chole is believed…

Thatte Idli

Thatte Idli is Karnataka special recipe with idlis steamed in plates specially from Bidadi. Bidadi is an industrial suburb just outside Bangalore enroute to Mysore . Thatte Idli is super soft fluffy larger and flatter idli made in plates instead of the regular idli mould hence being coined as plate idli too . Thatte means…

Methi Malai Matar Paneer

Methi malai matar paneer is a vegetarian dish made with fresh Fenugreek leaves, green peas and soft chunks of paneer. This is north Indian dish that comprises of a mildly spicy creamy curry made with fresh Fenugreek leaves and green peas topped with heavy cream. With only a hint of spice this delicious dish makes…

Mahalaya Amavasya Special

Mahalaya Amavasya also called ” Pitra Moksha Amavasya is a Hindu tradition dedicated to the pitra or ancestors . It is observed on the amavasya ( new moon day ) of the Bhadrapada  month . Mahalaya Amavasya is the last day of the 15 day long shrada rituals . This day is considered to be…

Godu Appo ( Sweet Paniyaram ) Without Coconut .

Appo is sweet dish made of wheat , jaggery , and coconut or rice , coconut and jaggery . Appo served as Prasad to lord Ganesha . This recipe is easy way to prepare appo without adding coconut and made from wheat flour . The secret behind very tasty appo is right ingredients and lots…

Almond Cookies

This is shortbread cookies recipe adding almonds . This is buttery , crispy and utterly delicious clasic cookies . The “short ” part of shortbread refers to lack of gluten development in this cookies . Liquid activate gluten but because there is no liquid in the recipe and lot of fat the gluten doesn’t have…

Churmundo ( Wheat flour laddu )

Churmundo is a konkani style laddu made out of wheat flour . Which is staple konkani sweet . Though of course like most recipes there are several ways this laddu can be made . Tellechery , kannur side konkanis prepare this laddu by another method , that I will prepare and post shortly . But…

Eggless Choco Chips Cookies

Choco chips cookies are America ‘s most favourite cookies . This eggless version of cookies is very easy to make that even baking beginners can also make this very successfully . This cookies are rich in flavour , crunchy from outside while soft and chewy from inside , but I want more crispy cookies so…