I’m fairly good when it comes to experimenting with new ingredients and flavors. But there are still a number of Western/American veggies/foods that I haven’t tried. As I was thinking about this, I decided to be adventurous with Kale. Kale especially tastes good during winter and is also very beautiful to look at with the … [Read more…]
This is a very simple kootu, flavored with a mildly spiced coconut paste, accentuated with sweetness from the carrot. Yep, you wouldn’t know this kootu has carrot if I didn’t tell you. The carrot adds a bright orangey yellow hue to the kootu, plus adding a mellow sweetness to it. Ingredients: 2 chayotes, peeled and … [Read more…]
If you ask my mom, what my most favorite dish is, she would answer ‘Aviyal’. She would make a huge pot of aviyal every time, coss I would finish off most of it. And even today, whenever she cooks aviyal back at home, she says I kept thinking of you Denny…Thats the history of me … [Read more…]
We love bitter gourd fry in our house, and the specialty is that we like it to be bitter. So, I don’t conceal the bitterness in any way. This is a very simple bitter gourd fry, but is special because I have used garlic oil for frying the bittergourd. It adds a very nice flavor … [Read more…]
Inspired by the success with the crispy oven baked cauliflower recipe, I decided to make a quick and easy crispy baked okra. This was super easy, one: because I used frozen cut okra and two: because this is no fuss recipe..all I had to do is toss it once and place it in the oven. … [Read more…]
This post has been due for a few weeks now. I have a grape vine in my house and this year the yield was pretty good. But, the drawback is that they were a bit on the tart side. I left them on the vine hoping they would turn sweet…but, the rains came and the … [Read more…]