Salt and Spice

Ingredients Ripe Kerala Banana – 4 All purpose flour/ Maida – 1 cup Fine rice flour – 2 tbsp Turmeric powder – a pinch Water – as required Baking soda – 1/8 tsp Sugar – 1 tsp Salt – 1/4 tsp Oil – for frying Method Remove the skin of the bananas and cut them [...]

Ingredients Thai Jasmine rice/ Jeera Samba rice – 2 cups Water – 3 cups Boneless chicken – 200 gm Water – 1 1/2 cups Garlic – 1 big finely minced Onions – 2 medium chopped Carrots – 2 medium chopped Beans – 100 gm chopped Capsicum – 1 chopped Leeks – 1 chopped Spring onions [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

‘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 [...]

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 [...]