Salt and Spice

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 [...]

‘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 – [...]

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 – [...]

‘Strawberry Delight Pudding’ was created by me out of necessity and it turned out awesome!  My dear friend Happy Cook is hosting the event “Strawberry Feast”.  Here in India strawberries are not in season.  So I had to look for other options and came up with the idea of making a dessert using ‘strawberry crush’.  [...]

Happy Mother’s Day to all you Mommies! I avoid making desserts since I am a bit health conscious  now a days.  But my son and daughter are  here for summer holidays and so I started making payasams, puddings, cakes, sweets and ice creams for them!  It is after one and a half years all four [...]