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The moment I saw this gorgeous sesame tofu recipe , I wanted to try it. Some of the original ingredients are not always what I have in hand or use much so I substituted with my own variations and it still tasted great. Generally, I am not a fan of mixing sweet in a savoury dish but honey-based sauces are always an exception. I am positive this would taste just as fabulous with paneer substituted for tofu and and as a side dish for vegetable fried rice or egg fried rice ....

There are various methods of making a cake (or cupcake) eggless and I have tried quite a few of them already. Vegan mango cake Eggless chocolate cake using bananas Chocolate sponge cake using vinegar Eggless vanilla sponge cake using yogurt Vegan chocolate muffins There are a few more but the ones above are probably the most successful ones. So anyway, coming back to using avocados in a chocolate cake. Let me be honest....

Learn how to make Onion or Vengaya Bajji using this easy recipe from my MIL. Onion bajji makes a great after-school snack or a hot appetizer to serve guests. TH’s most favourite snack in the world is any kind of bajji and he hardly cares what goes into it. I have made Vazhakka Bajji , Potato Bajji , and even Mirchi Bajji a few times but never really tried the easier Vengaya Bajji ever....

Aloo paratha recipe: A flat, filled Indian bread or paratha that is served for breakfast or as a street food in India during all times of the day. Over many years of trying to make aloo paratha at home, I’d like to believe that I have perfected my technique to dish out a very decent aloo paratha recipe, especially for a South Indian! Potatoes have the property to inherently make aloo parathas soft so that makes our job that much easier....

Ammini Kozhukkattai(also called mini kozhukkattai or mani kozhukkattai) is not something I grew up eating. The sweet vella kozhukattai was often made and a favourite in our house but amma just made plain kozhukkattai with the leftover modak cover dough (without the jaggery filling), which we ate with chutney podi or as is. Pin It’s my sis who made this once with the leftover modak covering flour and it was instant love for me....

These avocados are from a tree that is growing wild in a family friend’s place, Thumpayil Farms, in Vagamon and they gave us 4-5 fruits fully ripened on the tree and bursting with freshness. What a luxury it is to eat organic fruits that are fresh off a tree! We refrigerated the super ripe avocados overnight and amma made this amazing milkshake the next day. Pin Avocados or Butter Fruit from Kerala She kept insisting that the fruits were too ripe but the milkshake tasted perfect and was a gorgeous pale green colour....

Anyway, this beans mezhukkupuratti is not just any mezhukkupuratti. This is Pennamma chechy’s recipe. Pennamma chechy was my best friend’s maid. Yeah, I will give you a minute to figure that out. Ok so, Deepa, my BFF, had a maid called Pennamma chechy, a typical Catholic lady who cooked amazing Kerala food and each time I eat at Deepa’s place, there’s always mezhukkupuratti and it’s always always yummy. Once I asked her for the recipe and since then, I have never made mezhukkupuratti any other way....

But, I don’t want to keep this amazing opportunity from you any more. My friend Megha is a certified yoga teacher (I have even taken lessons with her), a level III reiki practitioner, and a Certified Holistic Health Coach from the Institute for Integrative Nutrition, NY. You can find her over at The Balance Mantra. Megha and I would like to invite you to take part in a contest. More details below:...

Pin Homemade Chocolate Ice Cream Recipe Ingredients Instructions This homemade chocolate ice cream is rich, creamy, and just the right amount of sweet so don’t get fooled by its “homemade” tag. The best part about homemade ice cream anyway is that you can control all the flavour combinations and it has none of the nasties that store-bought ice cream has which I don’t mind at all once in a while, but still, nothing beats homemade ice cream, especially for kids....

You may also want to try this super easy recipe for Indian potato roast that goes great with rice or our ever-popular potato masala recipe for poori. While the following recipe has a tinge of sweetness, it does taste amazing even to someone who prefers spicy side dishes to rice or pretty much anything (that’s me, by the way). Heavenly Sesame Potatoes in Sweet Tomato Sauce Ingredients: Serves: 2 2 large potatoes, cut into wedges (I used russet potatoes) 1 large onion, chopped fine 2 tomatoes, sliced into small pieces 1 small capsicum (or half of one), chopped fine 2 teaspoon soya sauce ½ teaspoon brown sugar or honey (white sugar is also fine) 1 teaspoon crushed garlic (or ½ teaspoon garlic paste) 1 teaspoon red chilly powder 2 tablespoon gingelly / sesame oil (must use this oil) Salt to taste Coriander leaves or spring onions, for garnish...

Indian baby food recipes and ideas for 6-8 months - this post on Indian baby food recipes has been a LONG time coming and I am so glad I finally managed to hit publish on it. S turned one earlier this month and now we are feeding her pretty much what we eat but the 6-12 month time was crucial to make sure all safe foods were introduced to her and that she got enough variety and flavours in her meals....

Karunai Kizhangu (known as yam ordinary in English, and sometimes elephant yam) is one of those vegetables from my childhood associated with lots of memories. It is not easily available in Kottayam and so whenever anyone visited from Tamil Nadu or someone from the family went there, karunai kizhangu was among one of the vegetables usually brought back. It has a very similar texture to yam or senai kizhangu but a different flavour....

Since shelf life of mushrooms is just about a day, I had to quickly act on it the next day. The quickest way to cook mushrooms has got to be mushroom masala recipe. It was just yummy with some warm toasted bread or roti / chapati. Ingredients for Mushroom Masala: Button mushrooms - 1 cup Onions - 2 medium Tomato - 1 Jeera powder - 1 tsp Chicken masala - 1 tsp Pepper powder - ½ tsp Ginger-garlic paste - 1 tbsp Fresh coriander leaves - for garnishing...

Orange Cake Recipe with Toffee Sauce: This orange cake recipe started off somewhere else entirely and ended up as an orange cake. A friend SJ and I were discussing a book she recommended and she sent me the recipe for a lemon loaf cake that she said I must try. Although I do agree that fruit cakes must be baked and had at Christmas time, they are not my favourite kind....

Ribbon pakoda recipe: learn how to make ribbon pakoda (ribbon murukku, nada pakoda), a delicious snack with besan that’s a popular snack made during Diwali and Gokulashtami. I, on the other hand, can eat ribbon pakoda any time of the year with some hot tea. Why not, eh? This Diwali, I have stunned myself. I really exceeded my own expectations by attempting kaju katli , kara boondi , venna murukku , maa ladoo , and ribbon pakoda....

This is a good welcome drink idea for a small party in your home. There’s quite a story behind this drink and although I don’t usually share much stories with the recipes, this one can’t come without out so here goes. My dad’s sister, athamma, is quite a cook but more than that, she is a very eager hostess. Whenever we go back home on vacation, dinner at her place is a done thing and all our favourites line up on the table from one end to the other....

Arbi tikki recipe, learn how to make arbi tikki using this easy step by step recipe Pin Arbi tikki recipe Ingredients Instructions Arbi (colocasia, cheppanzkizhangu, chembu) is a root vegetable that I discarded as too slimy in my early days of cooking until I figured out interesting recipes with arbi. This arbi tikki recipe is one of the many ways I love to cook and eat this vegetable and it’s so very easy to prepare too....

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