Have leftover idli or dosa batter sitting in your refrigerator? Need something quick and easy to prepare with it? Just add chopped onion, green chillis, coriander leaves, cumin seeds to the batter and prepare fritters aka Punukulu. Punukulu/Punugulu Punukulu are a deep fried snack, a part of Andhra street food culture, served with an assortment [...]

I like french beans when cooked with potatoes. Today’s stir fry recipe is about ordinary ingredients with clean simple flavors. Easy, healthy and makes for a comforting side with sambar and rice. It also goes well with rotis.

A very special dal with minimal ingredients is Nimmakaya Pappu. Cooked with either tur dal or yellow moong dal, its a winner of a recipe. The lemon lends a tangy taste to the earthiness of the dal and the spice of green chillis balance out the flavors. A classic, down-to-earth comforting Andhra recipe.

Our lunch ~ rice with pappu pulusu and chikkudu kaya vepudu I’m a fan of fiber rich lima beans and can never have enough of them. Love their buttery flavor. Earlier on I had blogged a recipe using lima beans and tomatoes. Today, its a cold weather stir fry recipe that is great tasting and [...]

The Indian Food Trail series kickstarts 2009 with a wonderful article by Supriya aka Sia of Monsoon Spice. A passionate foodie who blogs about the cuisine from her home state Karnataka with a focus on Udupi Mangalore region, Supriya’s blog is a foodie’s paradise. Do check out some great appetizer recipes as well as various [...]

Kandi Pachadi ~ Tur dal Chutney Typically eaten with rice during meal times and an absolute Andhra delight, is Kandi Pachadi. Rich in protein, its preparation involves dry red chillis, cumin, split urad dal, sauteed and ground with tamarind and finally tempered with the magic touch of aromatic curry leaves. Its all in the texture, [...]

Sankranti Subhakankshalu to all my dear readers and friends! Its that time of the year to welcome the three day harvest festival, Makara Sankranti. The festivities began yesterday with a lot of feasting. Pulihora, garelu, halwa boorelu, bobbatlu, cauliflower masala curry, potato fry, kakarakaya (bitter gourd) nilava pachadi, charu, appadam and yogurt with white rice [...]

Indo-Chinese Appetizer ~ Gobhi Manchurian The market is flooded with Cauliflower and very reasonably priced. Bought two large heads for Rs.20/-, cut them into florets and used a portion to prepare Gobi Manchurian. I’ve received requests to blog Indo-Chinese recipes especially appetizers. So, I decided on this colorful and vibrant cold-weather appetizer or snack, much [...]

Brown Rice Salad Hoping all of you had wonderful start into the new year. I did. ‘Pearls of wisdom’ ~“Warm up for the year ahead like an athlete would warm up for a competition. Start gently with small movements, increasing the intensity as you go. You’ll last longer and get farther that way than if [...]

“The new year is set before us like an unwritten volume all its pages blank. Let us write upon each day’s page things that at the end of the year we will look upon with rejoicing rather than regret.”