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Appetizers & Starters

Prawn Fried Rice

Prawn Fried Rice

Prawn Fried Rice
Along with Royallu Vepudu, I also made a quick, easy and flavorful Indo-Chinese style sweet and sour Prawns the other day and used the left overs to prepare Prawn Fried Rice. Fried rice is something that I make on days I am rushed for time. Fried rice being open to endless variations, I [...]



Royallu Vepudu - Prawn Stir Fry

Royallu Vepudu - Prawn Stir Fry

Prawns are our family’s favorite sea-food. A few readers emailed me requesting for more sea food recipes since they find very few recipes featuring fish, prawns and crabs. The reason there are hardly any sea food recipes is because, I usually prepare sea-food for dinner (I buy the fresh catch that arrives after 2 pm) [...]



Aratikaya Bajji ~ Raw Plantain Fritters

Aratikaya Bajji ~ Raw Plantain Fritters

Pulihora, Aratikaya bajji and Coconut chutney
Bajjis, gold colored, savory, crowd pleasing treats that bring life to a special occasion. During my growing years, you could find me sitting on the beach wall (Vizag is blessed with a beautiful coastline) with family or friends relishing murri mixture and raw plantain bajjis stuffed with raw onions and [...]



Gobi Manchurian

Gobi Manchurian

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 loved [...]



Palakura Bobbarlu Vadalu - Spinach Black-eyed Peas Fritters

Palakura Bobbarlu Vadalu - Spinach Black-eyed Peas Fritters

I was craving something deep-fried last evening but stopped myself from preparing anything at that moment. So, I soaked some alasandalu (lobia/black-eyed peas/bobbarlu) this morning to make some fritters with our evening tea.
Absolutely crunchy on the outside and soft and chewy in the middle, these fritters have a wonderful mouth-feel and are an anytime [...]



Mexican Tacos

Mexican Tacos

My son, Nehal relishes his favorite Mexican snack - tacos and I set myself the task of preparing home made taco shells right from scratch using corn tortillas, loaded with a delicious paneer-vegetable-baked beans filling as a tea-time snack and use the left over tortillas to prepare enchilada casserole for dinner. The tacos I prepare [...]



Corn Chips with Salsa & Sour Cream

Corn Chips with Salsa & Sour Cream

Today I’m blogging three recipes - corn chips, tomato salsa and sour cream! At time, I get into those moods where I want to prepare dishes inspired by a cuisine different from the usual everyday food. So, during the weekend it was an all Mexican cuisine at home.

Eating Mexican food felt comforting, flavorful on [...]



Quesadilla

Quesadilla

Over the weekend, I made some Mexican snacks - quesadillas, tacos, corn chips (nachos) with salsa and sour cream. Tacos and nachos are a regular at our home as Nehal enjoys them a lot. But I had never tried quesadilla and I’ve been wanting to prepare it at home, right from scratch and hence this [...]



Paneer Fajitas

Paneer Fajitas

Today, I made a Mexican inspired appetizer, Paneer fajita (fah-he-tah) which is very simple and tasty - just marinate, grill and eat! With the onset of summer, these fajitas make a great appetizer for barbecues or an evening tiffin for our kids, a great way to get them eat vegetables and remember, its a healthy [...]



Pesara Punukulu - Moong Dal Fritters

Pesara Punukulu - Moong Dal Fritters

Both Satish and I like to snack on some tasty nibbles with our evening tea and one tea-time snack I prepare once in a while, are green moong dal fritters - full of earthy goodness, simple with few ingredients, flavorful and ones which Nehal also relishes. It hardly takes any effort to prepare them - [...]



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