Indian food, Andhra recipes and Global cuisine inspired cooking

Palak Paneer is a delicious, hearty North Indian dish prepared with spinach and Indian cheese. This traditional greens based vegetarian dish is a rich, smooth, creamy curry where paneer cubes are cooked in a onion-tomato-spinach based gravy which is moderately spiced with Indian spices.

I have tried various variations of the Palak Paneer curry and […]

Its been a while since I updated my blog due to unforeseen and unavoidable circumstances. Past few days, I was involved in organising an event and travelling, with hardly any time to access my computer. All is fine at home and thanks for all the enquiries made and wishes sent by my lovely blog friends […]

Butter Paneer Masala, a bright orange-colored smooth,creamy and light buttery flavored North Indian fare, is one of the most popular main course food items in Indian restaurants.Calcium rich fresh homemade paneer cubes are simmered lightly with a rich buttery onion-tomato sauce and spices,flavored with pleasantly bitter dry fenugreek leaves and further enriched with cashew nut […]

Come summer and the markets are flooded with an abundance of the glorious fruit,mango. I have been looking for new recipes using mangoes,away from the monotony and I found one dessert recipe,Aam Ki Kheer,which is new to me that I had tasted at my friend’s place recently.
In the South we call kheer as payasam and […]

A major influence on Indian cuisine is the Muslim method of cooking, the Mughlai style, which is distinct in the fact that a lot of stress is laid on cooking the food over slow fire and the use of rich spices and nuts like saffron, almonds, cashewnuts, poppy seeds,e lachi, dalchini and jaiphal to name […]

Weekends are generally barbaque times at our home and we had a great kebab mela with succulent pieces of paneer kebabs and delicious chicken tikkas, on Sunday evening. Some of the marinated paneer pieces were still sitting in my refrigerator and the sudden announcement of an arrival of a guest, I knew it was time […]

An aromatic Indian culinary enticement that is an absolute delight to the sweet-toothed is Badam Kheer, a milk based dessert/drink where ground almonds are cooked in milk and sugar and flavored with saffron and cardamom. Its not-so-creamy texture, mild nutty flavor of almonds, aromatic rich flavor of saffron and cardamom make it a delicious […]

Andhras love their mirapakaayalu (green chillis)!Not only do we use them liberally to spice up our curries,pachi mirapakaayalu are used to prepare mirchi bajjis(stuffed green chillis),mirchi khatta masala curry ,mirchi ka salan(hyderabadi chilli delicacy)and a hot favorite (among the south indians) is majjiga mirapakaaylu (sun-dried chillis).
Majjiga (buttermilk) mirapakaaya, a traditional Andhra recipe and as the […]

Summer time conjures up memories of big cool earthern pots of churned buttermilk kept in the open verandah of my tatayya’s (grandfather) farmhouse and those visiting him being offered a glass of cool refreshing ‘majjiga’ (Telugu term for buttermilk) -the quintessential summer drink. I reminse the good olden days of sharing some great moments with […]

Today is being celebrated as the Cheese Sandwich Day in the food blogosphere.I love cheese sandwiches and so does my 3 year old.Today I made a no-nonsense,stoveless,no-grill cheese sandwich which would qualify as a kid friendly recipe.My son is old enough now where he can assemble things on his own.And he loves it when I […]