Salt and Spice

Wish You All A Very Happy New Year!
Hope you all had an enjoyable time during Christmas and throughout the Holiday Season…!  ‘Peanut Butterscotch Cake’ is a delicious cake which you can make for the New Year celebrations.  I am sure all your friends and family will like it!
Ingredients
Butter – 45 + 120g
Brown Sugar – 1/3 [...]

Today I am posting a quick and easy way to make ‘Carrot Halwa’ using microwave.  ‘Carrot Halwa’ is a well known traditional Indian sweet which is usually made during festivals.  So dear friends, make this delicious dessert within no time and enjoy with your kids!
I am sending yummy ‘Carrot Halwa’ to Paru for the event [...]

Barbecue Chicken is something my kids love for dinner…!  It is a simple and delicious chicken dish which is also healthy because of the use of very little oil in the preparation!  Here I am posting my recipe for Barbecue Chicken.
Yummy Barbecue Chicken is off to Radhika for the “Food for 7 Stages of Life [...]

Ingredients
Whole Wheat flour – 3 cups
Salt – to taste
Water – as needed
Ghee – as required
For the Filling
Potatoes – 4 boiled
Onions – 2 finely chopped
Ginger – 1 tsp finely chopped
Green chillies – 4 finely chopped
Cumin seeds – 1/2 tsp
Turmeric powder – 1/2 tsp
Garam masala – 1/4 tsp
Coriander leaves – 1 tbsp chopped
Salt – to taste
Oil – [...]

Ingredients
Minced Beef – 1 kg
Potatoes – 4
Onions – 3 big chopped
Ginger – 2′” piece minced
Green chillies – 4 minced
Pepper powder – 3/4 tsp
Garam masala – 2 tsp
Salt – to taste
Oil – 1 tbsp
Eggs – 2 beaten
Bread crumbs – as required
Oil – for frying

Method
Boil the potatoes and mash them well.  Cook the minced beef with enough [...]

‘Orange Cake’ is a perfect tea time snack you can serve to your guests.  I am sure they will love it…   Here is my recipe for the yummy ‘Orange Cake’ which is a hit in my family!
This is my entry for the event “Monthly Mingle: High Tea Treats” hosted by Aparna which was [...]

‘Chocolate Cake’ is my son’s favorite cake.  The dark color and the softness of the cake is irresistible!  It is so yum that you will ask for more…!  I avoid icing on my cakes for health reasons, but you can decorate the cake with any icing of your choice.
This ‘Chocolate Cake’ is off to Hema’s [...]

I think most of you are familiar with the savoury “Chakka Puzhukku”.  But I have never come across any posts regarding the “Sweet Chakka Puzhukku” which was a usual evening snack in my house, during Jack fruit season.  I was a great fan of it and now my family enjoys it too!  It is a [...]

‘Rava Appam’ is a yummy snack which my Mom used to make.  It is a family favorite and I make it whenever there is leftover bread at home.  Kids will love this soft and nutritious snack!
I am sending this snack to Priya for the event “Sunday Snacks – Snacks with Breads”

Ingredients
Rava/sooji/semolina – 1 1/2 cups
Ripe [...]

This is my 75th post and thought of posting something sweet to celebrate the occasion!  So here comes the ‘Carrot Cake’ which is healthy as well as yummy.  It is a hit in my family and will vanish within no time once I serve it…!
Ingredients
All purpose flour/ Maida – 3 cups
Carrots – 2 cups grated
Sugar [...]