Shilpa of ‘Aayis Recipes’ needs no introduction. She is a prolific food blogger who regularly updates her blog with simple everyday recipes with a focus on Konkani food. I admire Shilpa for her dedication to bring Konkani recipes on the world food map and has even got her Aayi (mother) to blog about food. I [...]

I used the left over chopped mixed vegetables from the baked vegetable jalfrazi, to prepare Mexican rice. The recipe is by no means authentic. I liked the flavors of cumin, tomato sauce and worchestershire sauce mingle with the vegetables and rice. The recipe calls for cheese and cream which I avoided and served the cooked [...]

Baked Vegetable Jalfrazi with Home made bread Though this recipe is time consuming in terms of preparation, its worth the effort and time. Makes for a satisfying, nutritious, and delicious one pot meal. And not to mention, its a great way to get Nehal to eat his vegetables. Be prepared for some good amount of [...]

Pulusu aka stew is a typical Andhra preparation which is a tamarind based gravy dish that provides a tangy flavor to vegetables, lentils (pappu pulusu), meat (mamsam pulusu) or fish (chepala pulusu). Pulusu originates from the word ‘pulupu’, the tangy flavor of tamarind or lemon. In our parts of Andhra, jaggery or sugar also make [...]

Vangi Bhath Brinjal is a prized possession in my kitchen. I know a few of you will wince on reading that. I love brinjal cooked in any form! This vibrant purple beauty has always been my favorite since childhood. Yesterday there was a bit of chill in the air with no sunlight, pretty dull kind [...]

Kanda aka Suran Vadas Like bittergourd, I disliked yam aka ‘suran’ (kanda in Telugu) as a child. It was a chance encounter with this vegetable in the form of kebabs, from a friend’s tiffin dabba, that I had to re-think my opinion of suran. One bite into the kebab and I was sold. At first [...]

Usri Kaya pachadi, kakara kaya vepudu, pappu anapakaya with white rice As a child, just hearing the word ‘Kakarakaya’ aka ‘bittergourd’ from my mother would keep me away from the day’s meal. It was only as a young teenager that I began to start liking it ever since I tasted a bittergourd stir fry with [...]

Sunday was an Indo-Chinese inspired meal. Loaded with fresh produce from the rythu bazaar (farmer’s market), I was tempted to use as many vegetables as possible for the day’s meal. Indo Chinese it was! Vegetable noodles tossed in toasted sesame seeds and to accompany it was, vegetables and paneer cubes cooked in a sweet and [...]

Beans Vepudu The past few days were like hot summer. It drizzled this morning with the temperature cooling down quite a bit. I was sitting by the bedroom window after Nehal left for school, sipping hot ginger flavored tea, watching the flowers sway to the drizzle and listening to Bhim Sen Joshi’s classical music. Beautiful [...]

Usually this pachadi is prepared because there is left over bottle gourd lying in the refrigerator. Many a time its just a very small portion that is left and there is nothing much that can prepared with it except chutney. Today was one such day when there was just enough sorakaya aka lauki and a [...]