1-min chocolate chip cookie in a cup . In one minute. Made in the microwave. Delicious. That’s really all I need to say about this awesome recipe but I will talk a bit more because, you know, I love to talk! So yes, this cookie thing in a cup is fabulous you guys. Remember the 5-minute chocolate mug cake recipe ? Well, this is even better. The texture is that of a soft cookie and it’s really hard to mess it up so great results are guaranteed....

For chena thoran: Cut 250 gms chena/yam into small cubes. Grate 1 cup coconut. You can keep both these in the fridge overnight. For fish fry: Cut and clean the fish, marinate in the paste (recipe follows) and leave in the freezer. Now let’s move on the actual meal. Here are the items again and the preparation time required. Rice - 7 mins 2. Moru kachiyathu - 7 mins 3. Chena thoran - 10 mins 4....

Chow chow kootu recipe, learn how to make chow chow kootu or chayote squash kootu recipe, a Tamil-style recipe that goes great with rasam and rice. Pin No kootu I’ve ever made has looked as pretty as this Chow Chow Kootu. The mom-in-law made this the day after they landed in Singapore earlier last month. Thank God I had some chow chow languishing in the fridge. Sometimes, letting vegetables stay in there results in good things - like this kootu....

Pin As always, a dish of the final good stuff. There’s a reason why my cake looks a bit dense and hole-y. More about that in a bit. Pin Pin Add that into a sieve with ¾ teaspoon baking powder. Pin Sieve about thrice until the baking powder and the flour are well combined. Pin Open the milkmaid can. Lick off the excess on your fingers, smell it, lick some more....

Some of my favourite pictures I have taken are of baby corn masala , heart-shaped cookies , and I love the lighting in this dry aloo gobi recipe . Pin Pin Now here is a picture of spicy baby potatoes that uses a slightly different recipe but captures the same subjects - potatoes and masala. There are several things I changed in the second picture. Pic 2 was clicked near a window, indoors whereas Pic 1 was clicked by putting the dish on a plate in the balcony....

I quickly realised I need to master the art of how to make curd at home because buying those Nestle curd cartons from the store was not working out very well for our wallets. Also, there’s something special about homemade curd. Although you are not really doing anything special, it feels a bit magical to heat up some milk, add some curd in there, mix, set it aside, and magically have it harden up and taste awesome after a few hours....

Coriander, also known as cilantro, is a welcome addition into any kitchen. Technically, the leaves are the cilantro and the seeds are the coriander, but this seems to mean one and the same these days. A usual snack for tiffin when I was in school used to be green chutney sandwiches. Sometimes there were mint chutney cheese sandwiches but most of the time, it used to be a simple coriander chutney slathered on some buttered bread....

Pin Nei Appam for Krishna Jayanthi Anyway, enough reminiscing from me. I am sure many of you are celebrating Janmashtami this year with family and loved ones. Food is an integral part of any celebration and I have a humble list of easy recipes for Janmashtami. Click on the links below to get to the recipes. Krishna Jayanthi Snacks Thattai Murukku Aval Vadai Masala Vada Kai Murukku Paruppu Vadai Medhu Vadai...

Learn how to make Matar Paneer (also called Mattar Paneer or Mutter Paneer Masala ), a popular vegetarian Indian side dish recipe with paneer and green peas aka matar in an onion-tomato-cashew gravy. Matar Paneer is a fantastic side dish for roti and pulao, perfect for when you have guests over. The first time I made matar paneer at home was many years ago, in our first home in Singapore, in 2008!...

Microwave banana chips recipe - freshly fried hot chips is a beautiful, delicious thing and we all know that. TH is a huge chips lover and when we used to live in Hyderabad, he’d go to the fresh chips stalls and get a small batch every 2-3 days to eat with pepper rasam and rice. This is one of those vices that caught on to me from him and I love that combination....

For some reason, we have always called it Mom’s Delight at home. So here it is, presenting to you.. Mom’s Delight Recipe Ingredients: Powdered Marie Biscuits - 1 cup Grated Coconut - 4 tablespoon (optional) Sweetened Condensed Milk - ½ cup Bittersweet Chocolate Shavings - ½ cup **or Cocoa Powder - 3 tbsp Dried Chopped nuts - ½ cup Butter - 2 tbsp Instructions: Melt the butter and pour it into a pudding dish....

Rava Laduu (or Rava Ladoo) is an easy and fail-proof Diwali sweet recipe for last-minute people like me. They are ready in under 30 minutes and use basic ingredients like rava or semolina, ghee, and sugar. I was invited to two homes this Diwali and wanted to take along some homemade Diwali sweets with me. A quick call to Amma and we agreed on this easy Rava Laddu recipe for me to give a shot....

In my version of red coconut chutney , I use ginger, shallots, and garlic when grinding the coconut. This gives a lot of flavour to the chutney but if you prefer to keep it simpler or want to serve it with pongal or some dish that has a lot of flavour of its own, then you can choose ginger or garlic and add just one to the chutney. I’m just trying to say, experiment and adapt the chutney to your taste....

Sago payasam: learn how to make Sago Payasam with sago, also known as javvarisi payasam in Tamil, chavvari payasam in Malayalam, and tapioca pearls in English (since they are made from tapioca starch). Onam was always special growing up. Kerala comes alive during this time more than at any other and everyone joins in the celebrations. It’s also the first 10-day break we get from school and college after they reopen post summer....

Oh just one thing. If you are like me and used to turn down cheppankizhangu because its too “slimy” then this dish will make you rethink. Well, its fried, that’s a no-brainer but apart from that, it also brings out the unique flavour this tuber has. What you need to make the Seppankizhangu Fry (apart from a mother-in-law who cooks this for you and waits patiently while you click pictures at every step)...

This Thakkalu Kuzhambu or Tomato Saar Recipe is as delicious as it is simple. I love anything tomato-flavoured and especially when it’s kuzhambu with coconut ground in it, it’s extra special for me. This Tomato Kulambu goes great with rice and some chips. You can add a dry vegetable curry on the side, like a betroot thoran or a beans mezhukkupuratti which would just take your meal to the next level....

Vishu is a truly special occasion in Kerala and I wanted to do a round up post with a Vishu recipe list (or Tamil New Year Recipes depending on what festival you were celebrating) Pin Here’s a quick list of recipes: Inji curry Sweet mango pickle Vendakka pachadi Beetroot pachadi Kerala sambar Kaalan Olan Erissery Avial Semiya payasam Cherupayar payasam Wishing all readers of Edible Garden a wonderful Vishu and a Happy New Year 🙂...

Best banana cake recipe - yes that’s what I decided to call this banana cake because this is hands down the best banana cake recipe I have ever come across, baked, and tasted. I tasted this banana cake for the first time when I was in Sydney. I have a colleague there who loves baking almost as much as I do and she bakes cakes for people in her team very often....

TH and I were due to visit my cousin for lunch. A cousin with two kids. Which meant, we should be getting them something.Fruits? Nah. Reminds me of visiting someone at the hospital. Chocolates? I am a bit careful when I get this for kids because I know parents who don’t introduce chocolates to their kids until they are about 10 or so. Yeah, really. Though I am super glad my parents didn’t think of something like this, I respect these parents’ decision....

I mix up three different colours of capsicum for this dish usually just to make it more appealing and also, the peppers all have different levels of sweetness, the red being the sweetest. You can choose the spices you want to add, I keep it minimal just letting the capsicum shine through as much as possible. Use the freshest capsicum you can find and use it on the same day as buying it for best results....