Pin I think I am beginning to like potatoes almost as much as TH! The picture of Chettinad Aloo looks too white because we are using fresh spices in the recipe and not the ground masala. The taste is still great and smells amazing, trust me! I will try to update with a better of Aloo Chettinad soon. Ingredients: Pototoes - 3 big Ginger garlic paste - 1 tsp Red chilli powder - 1 teaspoon or to taste Cardamom - 1 Cinnamon - 1" piece Cloves - 2 Star anise - 1 (optional) Grated coconut - 2 tablespoon (or 1 tablespoon soaked khus khus or poppy seeds) Salt For tempering Oil - 1 tbsp Mustard seeds - ½ tsp Urad dal - ½ tsp...

Chilli paneer gravy recipe: learn how to make chilli paneer gravy, one of the vegetarian highlights of Indo-Chinese cooking. The dry chilli paneer recipe is often served as as a starter while the gravy version makes a great side dish for fried rice or vegetable noodles . Chilli paneer gravy recipe Ingredients Instructions For all paneer lovers out there, this one’s for you, especially if you also love Indo-Chinese food ....

Pin Cluster beans, known as Mattikaya in Telugu and Kothavarakkai in Tamil is popular in the north as Guar. In Malayalam, we just call it Kothavarakka, a slight variation in pronunciation from what its called in Tamil. I am a little confused about what Chitkaya/Chikkadikaya is? Is it another name for the vegetable in Telugu? Anyway, I got a pack of it in the Indian store and immediately grabbed it, thinking I will try what my mom normally makes with it - an avial or a in a tangy gravy with ground coconut and tomatoes....

Cucumber Tomato Raita Recipe: learn how to make Cucumber Tomato Raita. Raita is a sort of Indian salad using yogurt as the base and vegetables of choice with some mild spices added to enhance the flavour. In almost 6 years of food blogging, I have not shared a single Raita Recipe . That really is quite unbelievable because I make different types of raita almost every weekend. It’s a quick dish to put together and raita compliments both rice and roti based meals beautifully....

Well, I know these pancakes are not really the Brad Pitt of pancakes but they come together in 10 mins, and are eggless. So, stop being shallow. After all, the rustic look is in these days. The more dilapidated-looking the plywood for for your food photo base, the better. Haven’t you noticed? Btw, you do need some maple syrup to serve these up because they aren’t super sweet on their own....

Now, pulao recipes are all over the Internet and you probably have your own version of pulao that you make on a busy day. This Chana Pulao I am going to share today is going to really appeal to some of you who are looking for a super quick, nutritious, one-pot rice dish. While I have used soaked and pressure-cooked green chana for this Chana Pulao, you can use the regular kala chana (black chana) or the white chickpeas or Kabuli chana....

The reason why I have never shared the recipe is because the green chutney I make at home wasn’t the best. I mean, it still works great with chaat and in sandwiches but I had a feeling it could be better. And so I never bothered sharing my just above-average green chutney recipe here. Then, Jey, Raks, and I met for tea at Jey’s place one day and that’s where this story takes a happy turn....

How to make Layered Chicken Biryani Recipe Pin How to Make Chicken Biryani Recipe Ingredients Instructions Amma makes amazing chicken biryani . Her recipe has evolved and changed over years and now she has two versions, one is the more homely one-pot chicken biryani and the other is a layered chicken biryani, the recipe of which she got from a caterer in our local club and adapted over the years to suit our tastebuds....

Sorghum requires a good amount of soaking time so you do need to prepare in advance to make the dosas. If you are looking for a quick recipe with sorghum then this is probably not it but it’s still arguably simple to make and gives you a healthy homemade breakfast for your family to enjoy. Other dosa recipes on Edible Garden you may like - instant rava dosa , instant wheat dosa , sago dosa , spring roll dosa , and of course the plain dosa recipe ....

There are a few different method of preparing Kerala Appam. Using kallu or toddy is a popular method (and the resulting Appam is then called Kallappam) which is how amma used to make it during my childhood. The resulting appams were super soft and had this wonderful fermented flavour from the toddy. Then you can prepare Kerala appam with yeast . While yeast is a reasonably good substitute for toddy in the appam batter, it does give a different flavour to the appam and not really preferred by some, including us....

Kerala Plum Cake or Christmas Fruit Cake Recipe - a delicious and easy step by step recipe for fruit cake or Kerala plum cake, that’s perfect for Christmas or really, all year round. Christmas in Kerala is what memories are made of. I haven’t come back in 6 years so this year is extra special. Except for once or twice when I was a kid, Amma hasn’t made fruit cake at home from scratch because every year we are inundated with fruit cakes from friends celebrating Christmas....

Pin In Kerala, or atleast the parts that I am from, moong dal is usually preferred over toor dal. We make a curry with moong dal, any squash or cucumber we can get our hands on and also add coconut (but of course!). Oh wait, I actually have a recipe in here somewhere. Oh yes, here it is. Cherupayar Vellarikka Curry - yellow moong dal cooked with cucumber. Yellow Moong Dal Tadka / Cherupayar Parippu Curry Serves: 4 What I Used: Yellow moong dal / split green bean / cherupayar - 1 cup Green chillies - 2, split Tomato - 1, chopped (optional) Turmeric powder - 1 pinch Salt - to taste For tempering: Oil - 1 tbsp Mustard seeds - ½ tsp Jeera / jeerakam - 1 tsp Ginger - ½ tsp, grated Red chillies - 2, torn into halves Curry leaves - a few Hing / asafoetida / kaayam - a pinch (optional) How to make Moong Dal Tadka: 1....

Here’s why: Paal Poori is a delicious dessert which, true to its name, is pooris soaked in sweetened, thickened milk and then garnished with roasted cashew nuts and almonds. Yum much? Paal Poli Recipe Ingredients: 1.5 litres of milk 1 can (400gm) of evaporated milk 1 can (400gm) of condensed milk Powder together: 2-3 tablespoon of sugar (adjust to your preference) 6-8 pods of green cardamom For the Pooris: 1.5 cups of all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon of oil Salt to taste Oil of for deep frying...

I got some fresh organic red spinach from the wet market complete with roots and snatched up the last bunch before it was all gone. I knew there are so many great recipes for palak paneer in our blogosphere so wasn’t too worried about finding one. Pin Zeroed in on Sailu’s blog, finally. I didn’t make many changes to her recipe, except for quantities of some. Be warned that this is not one of those quick and easy recipes....

I love NIgella Lawson’s recipes and since I had had these ricotta hotcakes before, I knew they were delicious and worth repeating as soon as I got back to Singapore. The ricotta cheese makes the pancakes super light and there’s less amount of flour in these compared to regular pancakes. Before I got into how to make Nigella Lawson’s awesome ricotta hotcakes, a word about ricotta cheese. A few words, actually....

If you like easy rice recipes, some of my favourite recommendations are - South Indian lemon rice , paneer and peas pulao , and this easy vegetable pulao made in a rice cooker too. Sambar Rice (Sambar Sadam) in a Rice Cooker Preparation time: 30 minutes Cooking time: 40 minutes Serves 4 Ingredients: 1 cup of rice ¾ cup of toor dal, soaked for 30 mins in warm water 1 carrot, sliced 10 green beans, sliced 12 shallots (or 1 large onion) 2 tablespoon of sambar powder 2 tablespoon of oil ½ teaspoon of cumin / jeera ¼ teaspoon of mustard seeds ¼ teaspoon of hing powder (asafoetida) 1 stalk of curry leaves Salt to taste 1 lemon-sized ball of tamarind 1 + 2....

Before doing the post on Types of Ovens - How to Choose an Oven , Aparna had reached out to me to talk a bit about her convection oven. Aparna blogs at Aps Kitchen and from her the cakes and cookies on her site (the last few baked in her new convection oven) you can see that she is using her new convection oven well. I am not an expert in baking yet but I would like to share some information about my oven....

Simple Indian-style potato roast recipe using basic spices already available in your kitchen. Confession: The Husband doesn’t cook often or even at all, but he makes the best basic potato roast ever. I didn’t mention this to him the first few times he made this but when I once asked him what he adds to it, he was like “are you asking me for my secret recipe so you can put it in your blog ?...

I have been quite hooked to Sri Lankan recipes and reading up on differences and similarities between Indian and Sri Lankan cuisines. I really want to try using their salted chillies in my cooking too. The book mentions how they marinate chillies in salt water and use that in their curries. The use of coconut milk is also quite extensive in their recipes. If you like recipes with beetroots , then you may enjoy this Kerala beetroot thoran recipe , beetroot pachadi , and this dal with beet leaves ....

Recently, my uncle visited me in Singapore and since breadfruit was in season, she sent me a small wedge. I chopped it up into small cubes and made thoran with it. We had it with chapati and some yellow dal tadka , an unusual combination for a thoran but much enjoyed nevertheless. The best thing about thorans is that it works with most vegetables and is super easy to put together for a quick lunch....