Easy peasy ratatouille
The french peasant dish of ratatouille is versatile enough to be served with jacket potatoes, pasta or just simply with a garden salad.
Smokin’ Baingan Bharta!
It is hard to believe now how much I used to hate brinjal as a child. As it was my dad’s favourite veg, the purple thing used to grace our plate more or less on a weekly basis. I was so tired of it that I was quite happy when the pater developed food allergies [...]
Poha Aloo – beaten rice flakes with potatoes
You know those lazy days when you just cannot rouse yourself to cook a proper meal but still feel that hole in the gut? This could fill it very easily, with little work.
Buckwheat Pancakes
For a filling, yet healthy breakfast item, there’s nothing to match buckwheat pancakes. Suitable for diabetics, dieters and the health-conscious.
Rava Kesari
Rava or Sooji Kesari – one of the most delicious of Indian sweets ever.
Olive and Oregano Bread
There’s nothing that spells “home” more than the smell of freshly baked bread. Try this easy to bake recipe and you’ll never go with store bought ones ever again!
Quickie Cup Cakes
What do you do when it is nearly tea-time, you haven’t got anything interesting to eat and your child’s giving you baleful stares? Simple! These quick and dirty cup cakes!
Breakfast with Idlies!
Idli – soft, fragrant, melt in the mouth rice-and-lentil cakes are the perfect South Indian breakfast items. Served with chutneys and/or onion sambhar, they can set you up for a great day.
Carrot Halwa / Gajar Ka Halwa
Can there be a more sumptuous treat than this Queen of Sweets? Fresh carrots, whole milk, assorted nuts make this a medley of yumminess.
Tomato Rice
Ingredients Rice, cooked, 1 cup Tomato thokku, 2 tbsp Sunflower oil, 2 tsp Urad dal, channa dal, 1 tsp each Freshly ground chilli powder*, to taste Gingelly oil, 1 tbsp Curry leaves (optional), for garnish Cook the rice with just enough water so the grains separate easily. Spread on a plate and allow it to [...]
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