Vadai is one of the most famous ‘South Indian’ dishes. Anybody that is not from South India, if you would ask them what South Indian food they like – there are three dishes: Idly, Vada and Sambar. This is my absolute favorite dish as well. I love eating these on Diwali day, along with sukiyam. … [Read more…]
Thanks to an overwhelming response to the ‘Serve it’ Series started by me and Krithi of Krithi’s kitchen – we now have 3 different collections of recipes by cooking technique. We have a total of 278 recipes linked by foodies – bloggers and non bloggers alike. And what more do we need to celbrate! Add … [Read more…]
Cauliflower is one of my favorite vegetables, especially when it is a stir fry that my mom makes. So simple, yet so tasty. But my son doesn’t like cauliflower. He loves broccoli, but refuses to even touch cauliflower. I know! How is that even remotely possible, right? If you are like DH – you’d be … [Read more…]
I have been trying to eat whole grains as much as possible these days, especially since I have learnt that I am pre-diabetic. One of the saddest things about this has been to give up on white rice, coss I thought that is close to impossible for me. But once I have adapted this lifestyle … [Read more…]
When my brother was a kid, he was always envious of the many festivals celebrated by our neighbors such as navrathri, vinayagar chathurthi etc. He used to ask my mom, how come we always cake festivals and briyani festivals, how come we dont have sundal festival or kozhukattai festival or murukku festival. For him at … [Read more…]
 If you look at most of the subzis, or side dishes for chapatis you see on ‘Oh Taste n See;, you will see that they are saucy. Yes, we are a big fan of masalas or curries as side dishes for chapatis as opposed to sookhi subzis or dry curries. Dry curries are typically … [Read more…]