Tomato Sevai

With the leftover Idiyappam, I made a quick and delicious ‘Tomato Sevai’ for breakfast today. Breakfast is a meal that I most often miss because of lack of time. We do have some good breakfasts/brunch over the weekend. Even this tomato sevai, I was in so much hurry, that I just made a quick click. … [Read more…]

Idiyappam – String Hoppers/Steamed rice noodles

There are some dishes that feature very rarely in my kitchen..I think that its based on the assumption that it is a labor intensive dish…or health reasons..or I am just intimidated by it. One such dish is poori..I hardly remember when I made it last..The reason for it being deep fried, and me being health … [Read more…]

Baked Tofu Bread Kofta Curry

To go with my ‘Palak Oat Bran Paratha’ I made a curry of baked tofu bread koftas. These are very easy and made with leftover bread combined with soft tofu and a few spices. I made twice the amount of koftas I needed in one shot. I froze one half and made the curry with … [Read more…]

Carrot Cashew Salad with Feta and Scallions

I had actually made this for ‘No Croutons Required – Carrot’. I didn’t know of the rules that only one entry is allowed per blogger. I really loved this salad, as it was so sweet and fresh and almost made me feel like I was eating dessert. It is very simple to put together and … [Read more…]

Palak Oat Bran Paratha

I did talk about the ‘Inside Scoop on Fiber’ in my post here. That being said, no prize for guessing that I am focusing on adding more fiber to the family diet. Bran is a neat way to do that. And, I don’t mean eating cardboard like cereal bars or eating cereal that is so … [Read more…]

Shrimp fry

You may have seen that I’ve never posted any seafood recipes in my blog. Although I am not a meat eater, I could bring myself to cook meat dishes for my husband. But, somehow I cannot bring myself to cooking seafood. I am slowly clearing out my inhibitions and trying it out..for the sake of … [Read more…]