Image source: Google images Eating healthy is on everyone’s ‘to do’ list these days, and every one is looking for healthy, wholesome recipes to try. Kiran’s ‘Cooking with whole foods’ event, helps showcase such recipes, cycling through a Wholegrain, Legumes and Beans, Vegetables, Fruits and Seeds. I am guest hosting this event with my featured … [Read more…]
I had once bought a candy thermometer when it was on sale, with the idea of making ‘MysorePak’. I have never made it from scratch and finding the correct consistency of the sugar syrup for this Indian sweet made from besan/chickpea flour is very important and I had seen a recipe which has made this … [Read more…]
These plantain chips are my mom’s specialty. When plantains are in season in my hometown, my dad would get a whole thaar(the whole branch of plantains), and my mom would make plantain chips, by setting up a stove on the open terrace of our house. She would make the chips to fill two tall steel … [Read more…]
I came across the recipe for ‘Mean Green Cucumber Juice’ by Sunny Anderson, and I loved the green color. The fact that the juice was sweet, yet green made it an exciting recipe to try. I altered the recipe a bit, by flavoring the juice with mint, which added great flavor. I also reduced a … [Read more…]
Spinach is one of the most favorite ingredients in our house. Everyone in my family loves any kind of preparation with spinach in it. The challenge though is in finding new and innovative recipes to feature this nutrition packed veggie. I almost always have frozen chopped spinach on hand, and also buy baby spinach leaves … [Read more…]
There are very few times I have tried a recipe – where I have been unsure of how it would taste. Unsure if I would like it or not. This is one such recipe, where I totally was on experiment mode. I had read about this dish ‘Shukto’ – which is made from a medley … [Read more…]