These plantain chips are my mom’s specialty. When plantains are in season in my hometown, my dad would get a whole thaar(the whole branch of plantains), and my mom would make plantain chips, by setting up a stove on the open terrace of our house. She would make the chips to fill two tall steel … [Read more…]
I had tried these amazing ‘Zucchini crisps’ @ Maggiano’s Little Italy when I had gone for a party hosted there. They had served these cute little coins, that were breaded and fried, that tasted awesome. I probably filled up on most of those, and dessert on that day. 🙂 One of my friends who saw … [Read more…]
I had tasted aloo tikkis for the first time, and the best aloo tikkis so far, when visiting my dad while he was working in Varanasi, probably when I was about 10-12 years old. It was streetfare, where a guy sold pani puri and aloo tikkis, hot from the griddle for 25 paise a piece. … [Read more…]
One of my favorite evening snacks during school/college days was ‘Egg Puffs’. It would be available hot from the oven at ‘Iyengars bakery’ down the road from my house, and it was the item of choice when it came to after school snack that mom would let us buy from outside. I always thought that … [Read more…]
I don’t usually cook sea food at home. It makes rare appearances in my kitchen. But I know that my husband loves fish fry and my brother was also visiting me and requested I make fish fry for him. Now the votes were 2 to 1 and I had to oblige. We usually make fish … [Read more…]
Paruppu Vadai is my absolute favorite when it comes to party appetizers. It tastes good even when cold and is liked by a lot of people. So, once again as in my old post, I was ready to make vadai for a potluck. This time I decided to enhance it with the use of carrot … [Read more…]