Vegetarian Char Kway Teow with mock meat. Char Kway Teow is a dish very close to my heart so I was eager to taste the vegetarian version. It was good. Not Penang-street-food good but still very good for a vegetarian version which had to take its flavour from mock meat. The delicious vegetarian kheema masala dosa that Amrith and I shared. It was spicy, made with soya chunks and peas, and some masala, and was very filling....

Kandi Podi-Paruppu Podi-Andhra Style Paruppu Podi Recipe INGREDIENTS (Recipe adapted from here ) Toor dal / Tuvaram paruppu /Split gram - 1 cup Moong dal /Paasi paruppu / Cherupayar Parippu - ½ cup Chana dal / Kadala paruppu / Bengal gram - ½ cup Red chilli powder - 2 tbsp Black pepper powder - 2 tsp Hing / Asafoetida / Perungayam - ½ tsp Jeera / Jeerakam - 1 tbsp Salt - to taste...

And then he went and made it happen. A few months after this conversation, he actually brought some egg tarts from back home and I tried them. They were custardy, sweet, and true to his word, delicious. I had no more excuses to not bake some Portuguese egg tarts and the best opportunity came up when a bunch of were going to visit Joao and Ruth’s baby, Luke. Imagine baking Portuguese egg tarts for the first time for a Portuguese....

Here is our Sunday lunch - a simple Kannadiga one! I. Bele Saaru or Karnataka-Style Sambar The lovely Karnataka style sambhar with a unique sweet flavour contributed by jaggery. The consistency is supposed to be thicker than rasam but thinner than normal sambhar, but since we like it on the thicker side, I made it that way. I am especially proud of the fact that I made the Sambar Powder from scratch (like I have mentioned a lot of times already :D)....

After all that talk, I’m hungry. Let’s have a nice bowl of hot tomato spinach pulao, shall we? If you want to skip the stepwise pictures, you can scroll to the end of this post for the recipe in one place.If you want to check out more pulao recipes, then here’s my pressure cooker veg pulao , aloo capsicum pulao , palak khichdi recipe , and simple paneer pulao . You can also check out this Indian quinoa pulao recipe ....

Its all about eating less carbs or no carbs now, I get it. So I want to apologize for shoving these 5 rice recipes in your face but these are the most popular (pageviews popularity from Google Analytics) on Edible Garden and I wanted to list them out for you, just in case. Its all about eating less carbs or no carbs now, I get it. So I want to apologize for shoving these 5 rice recipes in your face but these are the most popular (pageviews popularity from Google Analytics) on Edible Garden and I wanted to list them out for you, just in case....

Vengaya kara kuzhambu recipe: recipe for vengaya kara kuzhambu or onion kara kuzhambu with coconut milk . The kuzhambu (or pulusu , as we Reddiars call it) in my home and TH’s home are very different. My mom-in-law’s recipes are much milder, easier to make, and taste great with typical South Indian side dishes.This kara kozhambu is something she makes very often and it goes best with rice although we have it with pretty much anything in hand, like ven pongal....

I know many of you are celebrating this year and enjoying the day with your family and friends. Here’s a list of 10 easy recipes you can follow for making your Krishna Jayanthi (Gokulashtami) stress-free and delicious.

I had some methi leaves left over after making Methi Pulao and decided to try Aloo Methi with it. I also had one fresh corn cob and decided to throw that in too. Nothing like bringing together some fresh vegetable wilting away in the fridge, eh? I love making dry curries with aloo, especially using Russet potatoes. They cook very fast and turn almost creamy when they are done which tastes fantastic with both rotis and rice....

Event hosting is always special for me. Seeing an entry in my email, checking out the post, compiling it into a label in my gmail account (I am yet to become perfect at not forgetting even a single entry), and everything else associated with it. It’s now my turn to host A Fruit A Month (AFAM) for January. It didn’t take me that long to zero in on a particular fruit....

This is an easy and tasty dosa batter recipe using millets, specifically barnyard millet or kuthiraivali in Tamil. Packed with fibre, protein, and essential nutrients, barnyard millet makes this dosa lighter on the stomach, crispy, and easy to digest. Whether you’re looking for a wholesome breakfast or a quick dinner, this recipe is simple, delicious, and perfect for busy cooks. As you can tell, barnyard millet dosa turns out looking the same as regular dosa and taste-wise, they are really similar too....

Technically, I didn’t see what the issue was but I did have this (probably) irrational fear of making a cake in a pressure cooker, especially since I had a perfectly functioning and good oven. But I ventured forth last weekend and made a cake from scratch in a pressure cooker, and let me tell you, there’s really nothing to fear, just a few things to remember. So here goes....

Potatoes in Red Coriander Sauce Serves: 2 Preparation time: 15-20 mins Source: Complete Indian Cooking by Mridula Baljekar, et al. What I Used: A dozen baby potatoes (or 3 potatoes, cubed) 1.5 teaspoon coriander seeds / malli 1.5 teaspoon cumin seeds / jeera / jeerakam 4 garlic cloves 3 tablespoon thick tamarind juice (or 1 tablespoon readymade tamarind paste) 1 pureed tomato (or chopped fine) A few curry leaves ½ teaspoon sugar 2 tablespoon oil Salt to taste Coriander leaves / kothamalli to garnish How I Made It: 1....

I have made Masala Vadai using chana dal and it’s crisp and delicious, no doubt, but nothing compares to making Paruppu Vadai with peas dal (or vada paruppu as it’s called in Tamil Nadu). They smell and taste quite different from channa dal and toor dal and are definitely worth an extra trip to the supermarket, trust me. PARIPPU VADA Recipe Ingredients for Parippu Vada: 1 cup of split peas dal (pattani paruppu, peas parippu, vadai paruppu) 2-3 dry red chillies, crushed (or 1 teaspoon red chilli flakes, or use green chillies) 1" piece of ginger, minced 6 of shallots, sliced 1 strand of curry leaves, torn into small pieces ¼ teaspoon of hing (asafoetida, perungaayam) 1 teaspoon of salt (adjust to taste) 2 cups of oil, for deep frying...

{Here’s the regular Bread Upma Recipe , in case you are interested in that instead} There’s a bit of a story behind how this recipe came to me. Amma was visiting my Athamma in Salem and Athamma’s neigbour, an aunty she’s been friends with for many years, brought over Bread Upma as breakfast for everyone. One bite into it and Amma was asking her for the recipe so she could pass it to me and I could post it here!...

Learn how to make Paneer Jalfrezi , a popular restaurant-style paneer recipe that has some vegetables thrown in. Paneer Jalfrezi goes fabulously with nan or pulao and gives a nice protein kick to the meal, especially for vegetarians. It’s no secret that paneer is one of my absolute favourite things to cook and eat. TH, thankfully, is the same so I make paneer at home often and freeze it in cubes....

I can’t think Paruppu Thogayal without thinking of Kavya, my niece. This is her absolute favourite! The sis makes it super well and this is one of those recipes that I learnt for TH. Super easy, very versatile, and you can find a few good uses for it apart from just mixing it with rice. Also check out: Moong dal thogayal recipe Kothamalli thogayal recipe Chow chow thogayal Eggplant chutney Thakkali Chutney Peanut chutney...

The gorgeous chutney you see in the pictures was made by my good friend Disha who hosted a lovely brunch at her place this Saturday for a few friends. I absolutely loved the freshness and mild sweetness in this chutney and asked for the recipe immediately. She had adapted it from Chandra Padmanabhan’s Simply South. Now, a quick word about Chandra Padmanabhan’s cookbooks. Although Dakshin ( US | India ) is her more popular and award-winning book, I am partial to Simply South and have tried quite a few recipes from it....

Learn how to make South Indian style Dahi Vada or Thayir Vadai Recipe using this easy recipe. I was terribly jet-lagged all of last week. I couldn’t keep my eyes open beyond 8pm and was up and about by 4:30 which is super duper rare for me because I am just not a morning person. I have to say I secretly enjoyed my energy at 5 in the morning the past few days....