SWEET LASSI RECIPE | PUNJABI SWEET LASSI RECIPE

Sweet Lassi has wonderful child hood memories in me. We have a shop in my native place where we get Samosa, lassi , badam milk and few other north indian sweets. Those days it is very difficult to find these items in all shops. So whenever we go out for shopping with my mom, before taking the bus back to home, we go to this shop and have a samosa and a tall glass of Lassi. Wow, while writing this , i could feel the taste of the sweet lassi.
Last week Raks visited my house, almost it was 4-5 months , since we met. I called her for lunch but as she is bit busy she just came for  half an hour only. She loves chilled juices and instead of buying a juice from shop, i thought i will make this sweet lassi for her . That day i could't take the clicks but yesterday when i was craving for lassi again i made it , clicked and enjoyed it a lot.

GREEN PEAS KACHORI RECIPE - MATAR KACHORI RECIPE

I wanted to make peas paratha, but ended up making peas kachori as i have a sudden craving  for kachori. Sometimes it happens for all of us to have craving for deep fried snack. Hope you all agree !. I have already posted a recipe for Kachori HERE, moth dal stuffing. 

 I almost followed the same recipe but the inside stuffing is bit different. As green peas is in season, i thought i will make the stuffing with green peas. Enjoy this popular street food .

KARA CHUTNEY RECIPE | SIDE DISH FOR IDLI | DOSA

 

Chutneys without coconut are always preferred in most of the houses. This Kara chutney also is a recipe of chutney without coconut and even garlic too. This a very simple chutney which i learnt from my north indian friend,, married to a south indian guy. She cooks both the cuisine very well . We were neighbours few years back but we speak over phone quite often.  Very recently, while talking to her, she was having her breakfast.  She told she was having dosa with kara chutney. Then i suddenly remembered the kara chutney which she makes was so yummy and asked her for the recipe. I made the exact chutney on the same day and enjoyed it with dosa. Over to the recipe of kara chutney.

COOKING FOR GUESTS SERIES #11 - NORTH INDIAN MENU

This week guest menu is an elaborate north indian thali . During our India trip in December, me and my co-sisters went for a lunch at a famous restaurant for lunch. We planned for a buffet there but since it was a fully booked and we have left with the option of choosing for A la carte . We don't want to waste much time in ordering and want to go for a thali meal, so that we can chaat for a long time. Going out like this is a fantastic rejuvenation for all the 3 of us and we never miss this chance. I wanted to try the same meal at home last week. Do try this menu for guests and i am sure they will be super impressed by your cooking. Though it sounds elaborate you can plan and cook it easily.

WHOLE WHEAT ALMOND EGGLESS COOKIES | EGGLESS BAKING RECIPES

 It has been my long time plan to bake this eggless almond cookies. I have tasted this very recently and planned to make this the next week itself. The recipe i have bookmarked from Manjula's Kitchen long back. We all loved this flavorful buttery cookies. Do try this Whole wheat almond cookies at home and enjoy your weekend.

Restaurant style sambar sadam recipe

 Restaurant style Sambar sadam recipe with video and step by step pictures,  a very easy one pot meal, serves as a perfect Sunday brunch or can be packed for lunch box too. I make bisibelabath for weekend lunch but this sambar is more of restaurant style sambar sadam. I learnt this recipe from my friend's mom very long back. She made this sambar sadam and invited us for lunch. It tasted awesome and it tasted more like the restaurant style sambar sadam.  Many times when i do i never had time to click the pictures and twice in a hurry the picture came out bad. Two weeks back, when Suresh was not in town, i made this for me and kids and clicked the pictures too.  So sharing the recipe of how to make sambar sadam today.

RAVA KICHADI RECIPE | SOOJI KHICHADI RECIPE |SOUTH INDIAN BREAKFAST RECIPES

  While typing for the post , my mouth waters for Rava Kichadi. I can eat this rava khichadi for any meal of the day. Be it a breakfast, lunch or dinner i need a cup of coffee of tea to have it along kichadi. A spoon of hot kichadi and a sip of hot coffee is a fantastic combo . Generally in weddings they serve this rava kichadi, With sambar and chutney as an accompaniment this semolina kichadi tastes super yummy.Try out this easy yet tasty rava kichadi for breakfast or even for dinner.
Check out my SOUTH INDIAN BREAKFAST RECIPES

COOKING FOR GUESTS #10 - PANEER PULAO CAULIFLOWER FRY AND MORE

 This 10th week of Cooking for guests recipes comes with a simple and yet a super hit menu. I have made this menu for a group of 5 people who visited us few weeks back. It was a totally a fantastic time and we didn't plan for the meet before. It was just a casual talk in the morning and we all met at our place in the evening. So i don't have much veggies at home and don't have much time to go the shop and buy things too. I planned a meal accordingly and checked my freezer for paneer and peas. Thankfully it was there. I had a huge cauliflower also in my fridge. And i always keep potatoes at home. So i decided to make potato cutlets, peas masala, paneer puloa , cauliflower pepper fry and rotis. I had some store bought chips and ice cream too.
I couldn't click the pictures on that day, but made it on last friday and sharing the same menu today.

CHOCOLATE ICE CREAM RECIPE | HOME MADE EGGLESS CHOCOLATE ICE CREAM | NO ICE CREAM MAKER

Valentines Day is more special to me, as our son Varun was born on the same day. He is turning 8 this year and he wanted me to make Chocolate ice cream for his birthday.  I made it yesterday evening and it turned out very well . I have tried mango ice cream , strawberry ice cream but this is the first one i have tried without condensed milk. But to my surprise it was very creamy. I adapted the recipe from here, which i bookmarked a long back. Try this chocolate ice cream this Valentine's day and  surprise your spouse. This ice cream requires no cooking. Even you can engage your kids in making this ice cream too.

EGGLESS CHOCOLATE CAKE IN MICROWAVE | 2 MINUTES MUG CAKE

   To bake a  Chocolate cake in microwave , is my long time due. I don't have a microwave at home and so i was postponing to make this cake.   As valentines day is nearing, it thought it is the right time to post this eggless chocolate mug cake in microwave.  I baked this cake in my friend's place and it took exactly 2 minutes for me to bake this cake. If you are craving for an chocolate cake or kids are asking for a quick snack just make this cake in just 2 minutes.The cake turned out super soft and moist. The recipe i have adapted from Here.

COOKING FOR GUESTS RECIPES #9 - ADAI AVIYAL AND MORE

This week cooking for guests comes with an interesting South Indian Brunch menu. Generally at our houses we used to eat direct lunch everyday around 11 am, without having breakfast. This is what we call as Brunch. Now a days , when people get up late on a weekend morning , they eat lunch directly around 11 am without making breakfast.  A very few times i have experience of calling guests for Brunch as i find it bit hectic for me to make an elaborate meal and clean the house too by 11 am. I got few requests to post a south indian brunch menu . So in this menu i had made, adai, aviyal, puliyodarai, pineapple kesari and  curd rice.

TOMATO DAL RECIPE | DAL RECIPES

Tomato dal or tomato pappu is an easy dal recipe. A simple and comforting dal  recipe which i learnt from my friend long back. Few days back , when was in no mood to cook i wanted to make something very simple yet tasty. I have little beetroot and few tomatoes and some carrots left over in the fridge. So i decided to make this tomato dal, Beetroot Chutney and carrot curry. It was absolutely a comforting meal and i thoroughly enjoyed the combo of tomato dal with beetroot chutney.  Try out this easy tomato dal recipe. Even you can have this roti too.

DAHI BHALLA RECIPE|DAHI VADA RECIPE

Updated with video
Dahi Vada | Dahi bhalla is a north Indian version of Thayir vadai. I have already posted the south indian Thayir Vadai . This version though i have tasted many times, never tried on my own. I learnt this recipe from my co sister, during our casual talk , while having lunch together. It turned out super tasty and we all finished the entire bowl within no time. You can make vadas in advance and just serve them with curd and chutneys just before eating.

MAANGA INJI PICKLE | MANGO GINGER PICKLE | PICKLE RECIPES

Mango ginger pickle or Maanga inji pickle is a simple pickle which we make when mango inji is available in the market. This pickle doesn't involve any cooking and we don't use oil while making this pickle. During my trip to Chennai in December, when i was walking through the streets of Station road in West Mambalam , i bought some fresh vegetables . Along with that i bought this manga inji also, and made pickle after going home and clicked it also. Everyone at home loved this simple pickle. A perfect combo with curd rice.

GOBI MUTTER DRY RECIPE | CAULIFLOWER PEAS CURRY

The combination of peas and cauliflower and even with potato(Aloo Gobi mutter) is always a  super hit and i never realised that i haven't posted this wonderful combo of Gobi mutter dry in my blog.  Last week when i was updating my recipe index page, i noticed that i haven't posted this recipe and made and clicked the pictures too. Without much introduction let me move to this delicious combo of Cauliflower and peas curry.
 Check  I have already posted Cauliflower Kheema and Cauliflower Peas kurma. 

COOKING FOR GUEST RECIPES #8 - INDO CHINESE RECIPE MENU

This week menu is again an indo-chinese menu like the menu which i posted on the 3rd week. This week we have long weekend here in Singapore for the occasion of Chinese New Year. Last weekend we went to a Indo chinese restaurant called Manchurian club ,for dinner. Varsha gave me an idea to prepare a meal by making all the items we ordered there. So during the eve of the long weekend i made this elaborate Indo -Chinese menu. Though it seems to be little elaborate , it took 2 hours for me to complete this meal. Let's go in detail as what i cooked.