‘Pepitas’ is the Spanish term for Pumpkin seeds, which literally means ‘Little seeds of Squash’. Pumpkin seeds are snacked on like peanuts in Mexico and Spain and are also very healthy. Very rich in Vitamin E and certain proteins, they are particularly good for women. I had my eye on making a pesto with pumpkin … [Read more…]
Kadai curries have become quite the craze off late, over the past 3-4 years. Kadai – actually referring to the ‘wok’ – like the miniature one in which I have pictured the dish here, which is where this curry gets its name from. If you think about it, almost all curries made in the olden … [Read more…]
As a kid, I never remember my mom making fancy soups at home, she would make a chicken soup, especially when we get a cold, and then an Indian version of tomato soup. So, our choice whenever we went to restaurants was to order soups. Made the dinner seem extra special. 🙂 And, for me, … [Read more…]
This is another specialty of my grandmas…it tastes so good, that even people who love non vegetarian like my brother, absolutely love it. It tastes very different, where the lentil dumplings are made by grinding soaked dal along with a medley of spices and steamed. The steamed dumplings are then drowned in a curry again … [Read more…]
I had some leftover dosa batter left from last week, which had turned slightly sour. I usualy add some onions and make onion dosa out of this, but it was too little to make enough dosa for the both of us. I then remembered seeing this recipe on Krithis kitchen to make Ragi dosa that … [Read more…]
Vendhaya Keerai or methi, was not a well known dish in my family, until a lot of people started having diabetes and became more aware of methi being a healthy green that aids in controlling blood sugar in diabetics. I guess it is more a North Indian green as opposed to a South Indian. But, … [Read more…]