Garlic Smoked Tomato Chutney And A Tribute To An Amazing Couple

Errr… This post is somewhat going to be a bit long. The recipe is simple, short and unique. You can always scoot down to the recipe but you won’t know what you are missing out on the next few Para's. This recipe and the post is a tribute which if I did not do I will not be able to consider myself worthy.

Cauliflower Peas Kurma

What to cook as a side dish for Rotis today? This eternal query has been around since the time of our grandmothers and mothers. But though there are so many options to try it never clicks immediately. Also the time factor and the availability of goodies in the pantry must also be taken into consideration in our cases.

Roundup of Let’s Cook Series ~ School Break-Time Snacks

This series round up had been special as it featured upon snacks and I’m sure all of us have the age old head ache of what to pack for our children snack box. I hope this roundup opens up our mind and gives us various ideas to try out and make the kids happy in the process.

I hope you all find this round up a treat as much as I did and benefit out of it. Here are the entries I received.

Gayathri Kumar has sent in Eggless Pumpkin Cake

Pineapple Rava Kesari / Halwa

I simply love the pineapple flavor to bits but you all have to admit with me that getting the skin off to bite into the succulent juicy flesh of the fruit could be very frustrating. The numerous cuts in my hand in the past while engaged in that particular activity has put me off from enjoying this fruit. I have religiously stuck to the tinned ones.

Channa Masala

I guess this will be everyone’s favorite to be relished with puris. Though I have 3 to 4 versions of making this masala depending on my time, this version happens to be my entire family’s favorite to be enjoyed during leisurely Sunday mornings.

Announcing Blog Hop Wednesdays

This announcement is not an event actually but an endeavor to bring together like minded bloggers who are willing to visit other blogger’s space, experiment and have fun at the same time. I’m sure that many of you visit other’s blogger space, register your comments, bookmark some and forget totally about it after some time. This has happened to many a times and had been pondering over this idea for some time now.

This venture is an attempt to broaden our horizons, get to know and try out new recipes and at the same time be connected with other bloggers meanwhile making ourselves into becoming the best cook. Throw in some interaction, suggestion, ideas with a new blogger every week it will be added fun giving us all a chance to visit others space and going through it fully. I have named it as you can see “ Blog Hop Wednesdays” with the following logo. Hope you all like it.

Dal Tadka

This flavorsome simple dal happens to be my children's favorite to be had along with the rotis. It is full of goodness loaded with proteins which is a plus for people who are vegetarians and one of the best ways to add proteins into their diets and to keep you filled for a long time.

Announcing Let’s Cook Series #6 ~ Subzis for Rotis

First, I would like to thank all you readers and my dear fellow bloggers who had given an enthusiastic support to this series so far by sending your entries and for participating so actively. Thank you for letting me to take a peep into your kitchen.


Though Rotis/Chapatthis/Phulkas/Naans/Parathas were considered to be a staple diet of the North Indians it is now widely being made in the kitchens across the country and world. It is a rich in carbohydrate and considered a high fiber diet than when compared to the rice and will become a wholesome food high in nutritional value when paired with a great Subzi/Side dish.

Subzis for Rotis

Peas Chaat ~ Beach Style | Gravy Version

 

First of all let me tell you that this is not the usual Pattani Sundal that we get to eat in the beaches. During the summer holidays when my SIL’s family came to visit us, we all had an opportunity to visit the beach and that is where I came across this chaat. My kids loved it so much and pestering their dear Daddy to take them to the beach just to enjoy this chaat.

Eggless Banana Loaf / Bread

I am all smiles as I am drafting this post. This particular recipe has got a couple of firsts to its credit. This is the first bread that I am baking and also this happens to be the first baked goody in my new home and kitchen after I shifted residence. As this is the first time I decided to experiment with less quantity to be sure of the results.

Butter Cookies

I distinctly remember my grandmother cultivating in me the habit of munching on cookies with milk on mornings and evenings when I was a child. It is one of the sweet moments that I would never ever wish to forget in my life.

Mint Aloo Chaat

This is the second time I’m trying out this chaat and feel so happy that I got the texture correctly this time. I had this at my friend’s house when myself and the kids went over to her house for some well deserved bonding time. My kids loved this chaat very much and were asking me to make it. I just had an idea of what all must have gone into it and recreated it.

The first time something was really missing with the texture and the flavors did not get incorporated well enough. This time I found out and rectified the mistake and it was just perfect.

Giveaway Winner and more Kudos

When I logged in to check my mails after a fortnight of absence due to the fault in my phone connection I was quite overjoyed to see that I had been selected as the giveaway winner sponsored by Aarthi.


I received this giveaway book last week which as you can see is by Tarla Dalal, a Padma Shree Awardee in the field of cooking. Thanks Aarthi for sponsoring. The pictures in this book are awesome and absolutely drool worthy. Hope I don’t stop with drooling over all the pictures and try out all the recipes.