Mung Bean Idli with Celery Walnut Chutney

Bored of eating soups and a whole lot of eggs during SBD Phase1, this is a recipe that I discovered that makes for a wholesome, filling and very satisfactory meal. Whether you are on a diet or not, this is a very good variation to the traditional idlies and a very healthy one too. The … [Read more…]

Quinoa Upma – A guest post for Krithi’s Kitchen

I think it has been mentioned so many times in both of our blogs, that it is redundant to mention that Krithi and I are college best friends and have been friends for 13 years now. We also share a love for food and cooking and often times find ourselves chatting about food or topics … [Read more…]

Cornmeal Kozhukattai

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…]

Whole Wheat Adai

I was extremely pleased with my whole wheat dosa, that I decided to do one more variety, but this time packed with protein in the form of an adai. I have been an absolute fan of adais – especially the ones that my mom makes, speckled with fresh tender drumstick leaves from our tree. I … [Read more…]

Whole wheat(wheat berry) dosa

I always stumble upon healthy ingredients in the bulk bins of the grocery store. I found whole wheat kernels – labled as hardened winter wheat berries there and picked up some. I had no clue what I was going to make with it, but I was sure to find something in the ingenious food blogs … [Read more…]

Ragi Kaara Dosa

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…]