When I see the green tomatoes I think of this Chutney/Dip. When everyone look for ripe red tomatoes in the packed Tomato bags at the super market, I pick the bags that have one or two raw/green tomatoes so I can make this chutney. This is...
I spent my childhood in North Karnataka with a mixture of cultures and food around, my parents are from coastal Karnataka so at home lunch was always a combination of South Canara and Dharwad style recipes, which my mother learnt from our...
Bagara Baingan or baby eggplant curry is a traditional dish from Hyderabad served with Biriyani. Ground peanut, coconut and sesame seeds slow cooked in tamarind water and spices gives it a very rich texture. It tastes delicious with chapathi...
Stuffed Capsicum or Bharwan Shimla Mirch as called in North India is an interesting dish. You can use pretty much anything as filling from Paneer (cottage cheese), potato to onion masala. I have tried to replicate my mother's way of...
Tovve refers to Dal preparation without adding any saaru/rasam powder. It must be the easiest and quickest dal recipe and tastes wonderful. We need only a handful of ingredients to prepare this comfort food.
Nothing
can replace...
Prawns curry is a thick, creamy and spicy coconut based masala gravy cooked with prawn. Like any other curry it can be made in several different ways. I follow my mother in law's Mangalorean recipe with a small change. I add 2 tbsp of coconut...
Baby Brinjals have been associated with Indian Hallmark recipe of stuffed brinjals (Bharwaan Baingan / Barli vangi/badanekayi ennegayi). Stuffed Brinjals taste divine but preparation and cooking takes a while. I wanted something simpler and...
Tender coconut water or bonda/elneeru as called in Udupi/Mangalore is a refreshing drink in itself. But this simple drink made by adding Lemon, Sugar, Salt and Icecubes takes it to a different level. The temperature is still high in this part...
Thinking about pickles reminds me of the month long process of making whole mango pickles back home.First the raw mangoes are mixed with salt and sealed in a china clay jar for 15 days and when the mangoes leave all the water and shrink in...
Chocolates!!! Who doesn't like them? I am learning baking and look for a reason to bake a cake. Well it doesn't need any reason to indulge in chocolates :P
Today is R's bday. She is my domestic helper and lives with us. Every...