Thanks to Nithu’s ‘Best from Waste’ Event and to fellow bloggers who inspire me to try new things. Last week I came home from grocery shopping, and started planning my meals for the week, by chopping and bagging veggies. I had gotten a personal watermelon and set to disassemble it. I used a melon baller … [Read more…]
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…]
I went to the farmers market this week, and again I picked up greens…This time I went when it was almost pack-up time. As I hurried in, I saw a young guy slowly packing up these greens in a box. They still were very fresh. I remembered that these were Indian greens and I asked … [Read more…]
NamakPare is the salty, savory, fried, crunchy snack that is a favorite tea-time treat. I have never ever made this snack, and although I’ve had it, I don’t recall my mom making it either. I am not good at rolling dough, afraid of it not being of an even thickness. But when I saw the … [Read more…]
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…]
I’ve said it before..but you can’t beat the French in taking it up an extra notch when it comes to food…..Give them butter to make a cake…and they make it even more richer and nuttier by browning it. They call it ‘beurre noisette’. Although it sounds sexy..it is not entirely a French technique. It is … [Read more…]