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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
It’s festival time! Sankranti, our most auspicious harvest festival is just around the corner - time for indulgence, good food, new clothes and lot of fanfare. Preparation for Sankranti, begins weeks in advance at my grandmother’s (ammamma) home and is always centered around fun and traditional festive foods. Sankranti evokes memories of the warmth and […]
I have been experiencing some serious server issues with regard to my blog these past few days. Much to my relief, it has been resolved and the site is up and running. I thank my visitors and blog friends for the concerned enquiries and patience.
Today I’m blogging a very simple, wholesome, healthy tiffin recipe […]
It takes quite some will to supress one’s appetite to indulge in a rich Indian sweet, be it a melt-in-the-mouth gulab jamun or bread halwa. But who can resist them? Over the past week we have been indulging ourselves with a lot of desserts - badam kheer, biscuit cake and bread halwa to name a […]
For most for us Indians, the perfect and comforting food during cold weathers or rainy season is a very popular and comforting Indian snack, Pakoda or Pakodi. Best enjoyed over a hot cup of tea, the cripsy and spicy Pakodi makes tea time something special, almost like a bonding time between family and friends.
Its not […]
Today is Vinayaka Chavithi aka Ganesh Chaturthi festival, dedicated to Lord Ganesha, God of Wisdom and Prosperity. It is celebrated on the Suddha Chavithi day (the fourth day after the no-moon day) of the lunar month Bhadrapada maasam (August/September).
This is a special festival which evokes memories that are very dear to me. Vinayaka Chavithi […]
Though Andhra cuisine is reputed for its fiery hot chillis and spicy food, it also offers some popular traditional sweets, for the sweet-toothed, like borellu, arisellu, bobattu, sunni undalu, boondi laddo, jangiri etc. One such sweet is the Kajjikaya, a traditional sweet that is prepared by rolling out small balls of maida dough into thin […]
Indian cuisine boasts of a wide array of savories ranging from simple plaintain chips to the irresistible samosa. Every region of India be it North or South, East or West, has its own range of traditional savories which can be nibbled on any time of the day and make great accompaniments with coffee, tea or […]
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