Looking for quick and easy Indian desserts to make for Diwali? Then you have to try this creamy, rich and decadent gulab jamun with rabri. All you need is a few ingredients and few minutes of cooking time to make this amazing sweet treat. I use Gits rabdi mix and store bought gulab jamun to...
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Chettinad style Vegetarian Biryani -- spicy, flavorful and delicious dish.
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I have never cooked with Nethi beerakaya aka Silk Squash before. Nethi beerakaya bajji (fritters) are very famous in Andhra. I bought 2 squashes from the Indian store and made pachadi with one and bajji with the other. To make the bajjis, cut the veggie into thin circles. Dip them into bajji/ pakora batter (besan+chili powder+cumin powder+salt+water to make a thin batter) and deep fry till golden brown. Serve hot sprinkled with chaat masala along with ketchup. We gobbled down our bajjis before I could take the pictures, so all I have here is raw silk squash pieces. Here’s the...
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Blogging Marathon# 32: Letter D Theme: A-Z Vegetarian Dishes from Andhra Pradesh Dish: D for Dosakaya Pachadi Letter D stands for veggies like Dondakaya (ivy gourd), Dosakaya (cuke lemon). D also stands for dishes like Dappalam which is a spicy, tangy stew made with toor dal and an assortment of veggies. Daddojam, spiced curd rice or Dalcha, a Hyderabadi lentil dish and so on. I decided to make a traditional chutney recipe using dosakaya (cuke lemon). This is a very quick and simple chutney to make. Dosakaya is not cooked, it is finely chopped and mixed into ground tempering. A...
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This is one of the simplest and tastiest dal recipes. I usually make spinach dal with toor dal and add either tomato or tamarind to make it slightly tangy. But for this dal, I kept it simple and you can the leafy spinach and the slight sweetness of moong dal; tadka with garlic completes the dish. This is my entry Cooking For Kids-Leafy Greens being hosted on this blog. Don't forget to send in your entries before June 30th.
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I’m re-visiting this recipe that I posted about 2 years ago. It features in most of Andhra bhojanams (feasts). I love it since I was little and still do. Here is how we make it: This is my entry to Cooking for Kids-Leafy Greens event. Send in your entries by the end of this month.
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Blogging Marathon# 25: Week 2/ Day 1 Theme: Cooking from a Book Dish: Cucumber Sweet & Sour Chutney (Keera Dosakaya Pachadi) My theme for week 2 of BM# 25 is "Cooking from a Book". Like a lot of you reading this post, I have a ton of cookbooks that I have bought over the years. I find a million reasons to buy a book and I see myself cooking through the entire book before buying. But once the book comes home, it sometimes gets neglected. I have to say I do refer to my cookbooks when I'm in a rut...
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Dal is something that is made almost every other day in my household. Not just my home, but that is the case in almost every Indian households. Lentils form one of the main source of protein to vegetarians. I am always looking for new ways of making the same old pappu/ dal. My everyday dals are usually very simple like this tomato pappu or this palakura pappu. But occasionally I do make kootu where dal is cooked with vegetables and coconut-peppercorn masala paste. My mom learned it from a Tamil neighbor. Today's recipe is from the cookbook, Dakshin by Chandra...
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Alasanda vada or Black eyed peas croquettes are a traditional South Indian fried snack. They are crispy on the outside and fluffy inside.
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Blogging Marathon# 41: Week 4/ Day 1 Theme: BM Pair (Sujatha Ram) Dish: Carrot-Onion Chutney For the last week of marathon, we are cooking from our fellow marathoner. I got paired with Sujatha Ram who blogs at Indian Veg Kitchen. Sujatha is a relatively new blogger, but has quite a few authentic and delicious vegetarian dishes. I have many of her traditional desserts bookmarked and wanted to make at least one for this week, but with my husband travelling, I didn't want to eat the calories all by myself.
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Saravana Bhavan sambar -- copy cat recipe of the popular South Indian restaurant sambar. The addition of ground masala with coriander and fenugreek seeds -- it adds a lot of flavor along with the sambar powder. Also the addition of fried gram dal or putnalu makes the sambar so creamy and delicious.
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Ras Omelette is a popular street food from Goa. Traditionally this is a meat based dish but this is a vegetarian version. So, instead of serving the omelette with xacuti gravy, it uses a spicy tomato gravy. Ross omelette is a favorite with Goan locals as a nighttime fuel after their dancing sessions. But this...
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Wish you all a very Happy Christmas. I made Chocolate chip cookies, Pound cake and a special Andhra Cake (its not baked, but rather cooked cake) for Christmas this year.This is the newest help that I bought from India this time. Its a multi-function table-top grinder (Ultra pride+). Making idlis and dosas is going to be a jiffy now (its just going to more convenient than regular blender). My Ammamma used to make big fluffy Dibba rottes (literally translated into "Fat bread") in a round brass utensil (ittadi ginne). It resembles a cake in both shape and texture and hence...
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Instant Pot black beans and rice is a perfect one pot weeknight meal. This is a hearty and comforting dish that takes just a few minutes to put together. The best part of this dish is this is 100% vegan, quick and easy to make. My family loves topping it with our favorite toppings and...
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Blogging Marathon# 49: Week 4/ Day 2 Theme: Bookmarked Recipes Dish: Afghani Bolani For day 2 of this week's marathon, I made a stuffed flatbread from Afghanistan called Bolani. This recipe has been on my to-make list ever since I saw a bunch of my fellow bloggers make it for the A-Z International marathon.
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Looking for an quick weeknight meal that is kid friendly? Then try this easy peanut noodles recipe. This is an amazing dish packed with veggies and flavor. It also happens to be 100% vegan. A spicy peanut powder makes this desi pasta recipe delicious. Make the big batch of this powder and make this Indian...
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My love for eggplants is well known in my family and even among my blogging buddies (I'm sure at least 2 of them must be nodding their heads and thinking -- eggplant recipe, AGAIN.. come on Pavani :-) But I can't miss an opportunity to buy them and eat them. Last weekend I found cute little baby eggplants at the Indian grocery, they were the perfect size to make stuffed eggplants. I bought a few, of course. As I was leafing through Chandra Padmanabhan's 'Dakshin', I found this easy stuffed eggplant recipe called 'Sagalay'. This peanut stuffing was a variation...
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Blogging Marathon# 36: Week 4/ Day 3 Theme: Online Bookmarked Recipes Dish: Chili Parotta The first time I tasted Chili Parotta was about 4~5 years ago in Saravana bhavan in Edison, NJ. Both my husband and I didn't really like it. It was way too greasy and heavy on the stomach. So that ended my chili parotta eating experience on a bad note. Recently I saw this recipe on Sandhya's blog and it looked so much tastier than what I remember chilli parotta to be. I bookmarked it right away.
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Looking for a kid friendly vegetarian snack? Then try this mini vegetable quiche recipe. It is a very easy to make recipe that takes just a few minutes to put together. They are delicious and great to customize with your favorite veggies. Just use what your kids like. Serve as an appetizer at parties or...
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These instant appam are quick and easy to make. All you need is rice flour, yeast and coconut milk for this recipe. It takes about 2~3 hours of rising time unlike the overnight fermentation needed for traditional appam recipe. The appam turn out spongy and fluffy. Perfect South Indian breakfast to serve with a spicy...
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