Yet another recipe born out of our veggie garden. This is the first year, that I planted basil in our garden. Every year, I’ve tried growing basil from seeds, and for some reason I never had success with it. This year, I got a small basil plant and put it next to our tomato plants … [Read more…]
Mixed rice/Pulavs are a great dish to serve – either in a potluck, for a weeknight dinner or for the lunch box the next day. I have so many rice recipes on OhTastenSee, but there is so much more to document. This ‘Mint Rice’ is one such recipe. I make this with leftover rice. I … [Read more…]
Curry leaves or Karuvepilai(tamil) is rarely something that is the star of a dish. Although it adds a beautiful finishing touch to almost all South Indian dishes, it also has an ill fate of being ‘cast away’, as a mere garnish. It is purely edible, quite tasty and also is very healthy. Treat it just … [Read more…]
‘Cappelletti’ are small hat shaped pasta, that is very similar to its stuffed cousin toretlloni. I found it as an interesting shape and picked it up from Costco last week. Thinking of what sauce to toss it in, I remembered I had bookmarked a Sundried Tomato Pesto recipe by Giada. I absolutely love the tartness … [Read more…]
When thinking of ‘Cooking with Ragi’, the last thing that would normally have come to my mind is making a deep fried dish with it. But I have been inspired by so many of my fellow foodies such as Valar and Sangeetha and decided that my next recipe with Ragi should be a deep fried … [Read more…]
‘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…]