Sailu's Kitchen

I’m back from a much needed blogging break. My son’s school re-opened on Monday after a 2 month summer vacation break and he is super excited to find ‘new’ friends in his ‘new’ class (he’s in 1st Std). Can’t put in words the surge of feelings I felt as I watched him mingle with his [...]

I receive many e-mail requests from visitors to blog recipes for pregnant and post-pregnant women, toddler recipes, lunch-box recipes, 30 minute Indian meals, tiffins, party recipes, how to cook for more than 50 people and many many more. I usually blog about the food our family eats and its very difficult to cater to the [...]

A one pot meal that is nourishing and comforting using broken wheat, yellow moong and spinach is Godhuma rava palakura pongal. Ideal for brunch or lunch with a refreshing glass of fresh juice or buttermilk and you have a quick healthy meal ready for your family. On days when I am caught up with things [...]

Preparing my son’s evening tiffin/dinner meals is always a challenging task. I have had numerous requests for tiffin varieties for toddlers and children and they all voice the same opinion – we need variety, variety or more variety of healthy and delicious tiffins/meals! Yesterday, I prepared a cheesy macaroni casserole for Nehal, a recipe I [...]

When RCI – Maharastrian cuisine food blog event was announced, I knew instantly what I would prepare – Sabudana Khichidi, Maharastra’s breakfast delicacy. Preparing this dish got me all nostalgic and took me on a wonderful trip down memory lane, when I reminised my friend’s mother’s sabudana khichidi, one of my fondest food memories – [...]

Although idlis and dosas are the most popular South Indian breakfast items, there are some culinary gems like ravva idli that are nutritious yet filling. I read in a cooking magazine that the birth of ravva idli took place in the kitchen of the famous MTR Restaurant during Second World War when they faced shortage [...]

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 [...]

Preparing different varieties of tiffin recipes for my 4 yr old is a daunting task, sometimes. Yes, after trying out a new recipe, I’m not sure if he is going to eat it at all. I guess, there are some of you out there who would relate to that. But then, it doesn’t stop us [...]

A few of my blog visitors have sent me e-mails requesting me to blog some tiffin recipes for children that are healthy and quick to prepare. I am always on the look out for tiffin recipes/ideas and keep trying new recipes, as I have a 4 year old and need to pack his tiffin box [...]

Earlier I had posted a recipe for carrot yogurt pachadi. In that recipe the carrot mixture prepared before combining yogurt, can also be used as a filling to make stuffed parathas. The recipe for this carrot filling is here. I pack my son’s Tiffin box with this ‘protein rich paratha’.