Mushroom Badami Curry

To go with the multigrain chapatis, I decided to make a Mushroom Curry. I had gotten these beautiful mushrooms from Costco. Everything in Costco is big size, even the size of the mushrooms. They were huuuge… And that meant, they were meaty. I decided to make a rich curry and came across the recipe for … [Read more…]

Multi grain Chapati/Roti

When I went to India I saw the muligrain atta that Pillsbury has introduced recently. I checked here in the Indian grocery stores, but they didn’t have it available. It has always been on the back of my mind, to try and recreate this multigrain chapati. And, I came across this recipe in the book … [Read more…]

Ennai Kathirikkai fry (Brinjal Fry)

Blessed are the gals whose husbands can cook.Even more blessed are the husbands who clean after they cook. :), or after you cook. In that way, the most blessed wife I know would be my mom, for she has Daddy. Almost everyday as a kid, I woke up to the sight of Dad in the … [Read more…]

Pina Colada Smoothie

The inspiration for this smoothie is the famous island cocktail ‘Pina Colada’. ‘Pina Colada’ is a Spanish word means ‘strained pineapple’. It is usually made by blending pineapple or pineapple juice, with cream of coconut and dark rum. I decided to skip the alcohol and add some yogurt and banana instead. Ingredients: 1 cup of … [Read more…]

Muttai Kuzhambu(Eggs poached in a curry sauce)

This post is long pending…I seemed to have lost the photo of this one, in the midst of the tons of photos I have been taking recently, and this just slipped through. I made this to go with the Chicken Briyani a while back. It is made by poaching the eggs in a spicy and … [Read more…]

Tofruity Smoothie

I had never thought of adding tofu to a smoothie, but I had read about it in multiple places, and I wondered how it would taste. I made this smoothie this morning for my husband.(He still doesn’t know that it has tofu in it. 🙂 ) I tasted it, and if I didn’t know I … [Read more…]