Panner Pepper Masala
Watched the movie Talaash. It was disappointing to see supernatural in a movie backed by an actor like Amir Khan - thinking Khan. I would never have watched it had I the tiniest of clue of the movie...
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We humans might pride ourselves with all our achievements. Yes, we sent one of us on to Moon, may be Mars very soon; we have eradicated small pox, we have defeated tuberculosis & malaria, we have...
View ArticleShahi Choley
Our season of eating continues and after days and days of entertaining I had practically exhausted all my options to make something different. So fell back on good old Choley. Because this particular...
View ArticleShort cut to Rasmalai
This year started out like any normal year. But ended like none that I have known before. It might not have been the end of the world, but indeed the end of the world as I knew it before. I am so very...
View ArticleMooli Pomogranate Raita
New year kicks in. This time around, I have no resolutions. It never did work with me, figured out any day is just as good as the 1st of Jan to do good things. Just not reading News as voraciously as...
View ArticleDeviled eggs Kannada style!
We are just past the season of eating. So my inbox is full of stuff I served at dinner parties these past two weeks. We are right now in the season of resolution, mostly of eating well and probably...
View ArticleHappy Sankranti
Wishing everyone a very happy Sankranti. Love this celebration of a bountiful harvest. Love the Ellu Bella, sugarcane, Sakkare acchu and of course the riot of colours on cattle back in Mysore. Like a...
View ArticlePalak Panner
I love Palak Panner, Saag Panner all those green dishes with Panner in it. Unlike the buttery greasy versions, Palak Panner can be made with very less fat but taste heavenly. I make this dish quite a...
View ArticleCaramel Custard
My favorite movie of all times is perhaps 'You've Got Mail'. I love books, I love love stories, I love Tom Hanks, I love internet and there it is. My favorite movie. I watch it when ever I feel like...
View ArticleEggplant Salad / Badanekayi Salad
Eggplant aka Brinjal aka Aubergines, are versatile vegetables. They are great in curries, steamed, fried, grilled, in pickles, pizzas, with rice ....the list goes on. I love them. I got to pile them...
View ArticleLentil and Spinach Soup
They say Indian Agriculture is a gamble with the weather gods. My blogging shares a similar equation with the weather gods. If the weather is bright and sunny, I get a chance to get some decent...
View ArticleSpicy Orange Baby Bok Choy
Sunny boy wants to be a chef these days. He is in the kitchen all the time, trying his little hands in making one pretend dish after another. After endless chocolate, strawberry pancakes, Doses and...
View ArticleMushroomy Onion Soup
I had heard so much about the french onion soup. I had to try it. Long long ago, when I landed a job, I took Honey out for a treat to a local restaurant. I saw the soup on the menu and was very excited...
View ArticlePinto Beans Toge
Winter is such a sad time for a vegetable lover like me. There are very few great looking produce in the super markets. So this is the time of the year that I end up buying all kinds of beans and...
View ArticleTondekayi Fry
After three short years my laptop battery decided to die on me stalling my life as a blogger for weeks. Just happened to receive my shipment and guess what the first thing on my mind, write up a post....
View ArticleSpring Break Brownie
It is time for spring break in this corner of the world. Sunny boy too enjoyed a sort of spring break last week. We had a wonderful time. We hit a milestone that I have been looking forward for a long...
View ArticleHuli Pudi
When do cooks back home feel they have come of age and are no longer amateurs in the kitchen? My answer would be when you make pickles and pudis. I few weeks back I ran out of my stash of Huli Pudi...
View ArticleBadam Puri
Badam puri also known as Surali puri is one of those old fashioned sweets which were very popular back in the days when everything home made was the only option. I remember my grand mother making this...
View ArticleKayi Obbattu
Ugadi is just round the corner. Ugadi is the first day of our calender and therefore celebrated by all communities across the Kannada heartland. It is probably the one of the two festivals that is...
View ArticleMorning Glory Slice
It is matter of few weeks. I got tired of fixing breakfast every morning. No we are not cereal-out-of-the-box or bread kind of people. We are Dose-Paddu-Chapati-Akki rotti kind of people. I felt like...
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