Salt and Spice

This is a very tasty chinese dish. It can be served as a side dish with noodles, fried rice or pulao. Or it can also be served as a snack for parties! I have garnished it with home-grown spring onions. Ingredients: Babycorn -200 gm Onion -1 chopped Garlic -2 tbsp chopped Egg -1 beaten Red [...]

I have been making this sandwich for years whenever there is a kids’ party at home. It is a healthy sandwich and is yummy too! Coriander leaves and mint leaves are used to make the green chutney which enhances the nutritive value of this sandwich. This is my entry for this week’s Weekend Herb Blogging [...]

Chicken Pulao is a South Indian Dish in which chicken is cooked along with rice. In Kerala, we make only Chicken Biriyani in which the chicken is prepared separately and then rice and the chicken are arranged layer by layer and then put on dum or baked. I learnt to make Chicken Pulao only after [...]

Padavalanga Parippu Curry Ingredients: Snake gourd -1\2 kgToor dal -1\2 cupGrated coconut -1\2 cupGreen chillies -4Turmeric powder -1\2 tspCumin seeds -1\4 tspWater -2 cupsSalt -to taste For Tempering: Mustard seeds -1 tspSmall onions -4 slicedDry red chillies -3 brokenCurry leaves -1 sprigOil -1 tbsp Method: Scrape the skin of the snake gourd and remove the [...]

What you need: Paneer -200gms cubed Capsicum -1 cubed Tomato -1 cubed Onion -1 cubed Green chillies -2 chopped Ginger – garlic paste -1 tsp Tomato sauce -2 tbsp Chilli powder -1 tsp Turmeric powder -1\4 tsp Garam masala -1\2 tsp Water -1 cup Coriander leaves -1 tbsp chopped Salt -to taste Oil -2 tbsp [...]

Ingredients: Mutton -1 kg Onions -2 sliced Ginger -2″ piece chopped Garlic -5 chopped Green chillies -4 slit Dry red chillies -3 broken, seedless Curry leaves -2 sprigs Mutton masala -2 tsp Coriander powder -2 tsp Chilli powder -1 tsp Turmeric powder -1 tsp Gram masala -1 tsp Curd -1 cup Salt -to taste Oil [...]

Pachoru is an ancient Christian delicacy. It is usually made during Church Festivals. In olden days, when one’s wishes come true, people used to make Pachoru and take it to the church and distribute it to the devotees, on the festival day. It is served with melted jaggery and can be eaten as a snack [...]

This is an Indo – Chinese recipe that I often make at home. It is my daughter’s favourite chicken dish. No frying is required in its preparation. But it is very tasty! Ingredients: Chicken -1 kg Onion -1 large, chopped Green chillies -5 slit Ginger – garlic paste -2 tsp Chilli powder -1 tsp Turmeric [...]

This is a Tamil recipe which I learnt from one of my friends. Here, Sambar powder is used as the masala. Let me tell you, it really tastes good and goes well with rice, rotis and dosas! This is my entry for the Click event hosted by Bee and Jai of Jugalbandi. The photograph was [...]

Now that winter is approaching, it is time that I started making soups. This soup is made with green peas and potatoes. It is a healthy and filling soup and is easy to prepare. Ingredients: Dry green peas -1\2 cup Potaoes -2 medium Water -1 cup Onion -2 tbsp finely chopped Water -2.5 cups Milk [...]