Its been almost 10 days since I last posted. Thats very unusual of me, but I have been unusually busy: my son and I have been suffering with a very bad cold, my brother is visiting me from Texas and we took a 3 day trip to Leavensworth for a winter vacation. All said, very … [Read more…]
I have to confess that the legume that features very less in my kitchen is black eyed peas. Its not that I don’t like it, I only know one dish to make with it. It is a pulikuzhambu with eggplant and black eyed peas. Of late I have been reaching out to other blogs to … [Read more…]
I have always found that using zucchini in dishes where you normally use eggplant, or use both in conjunction works best. With that in mind, when I wanted to make vaangi baath, but didnt have any eggplants on hand, I used zucchini instead. Hence, the zucchini Baath. Its a very easy recipe, that I made … [Read more…]
‘Pain Perdu’ literally means ‘Lost Bread’ in French. It was an innovative way of using up leftover bread that was invented by French cooks. But, I did not use up leftover bread here….I bought a beautiful loaf of Challah bread from the local bakery, with the sole objective of making ‘Pain Perdu’. I had never … [Read more…]
I was browsing for bottlegourd recipes, and I came across this great kurma that uses yogurt and almonds as the base at Priya’s Easy and Tasty Recipes. I was intrigued by how it would taste, but since it sounded like a delicious and healthy combo, I decided to give it a try. It was a … [Read more…]
To be honest I have never cooked with moth beans or matki before. I was intrigued by these cute little beans and I figured I could give them a try. I soaked them and sprouted them sometime back. I always soak, sprout beans when I have time and stash them in the freezer. I found … [Read more…]