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• Cabbage Rice
  on Sep 13, 2012 in Rice Cabbage Lunch Box Dishes
  Back after months! Very very sorry for not responding your queries, was that much busy making home better.. :) Now back with a simple rice recipe to fill our little pearls' lunch boxes, Cabbage Rice.. Its a real pleasure getting a "satisfied" feedbac...
• Cabbage Rice
  on Sep 13, 2012 in Rice Cabbage Lunch Box Dishes
  Back after months! Very very sorry for not responding to your queries, was that much busy making home better.. :) Now back with a simple rice recipe to fill our little pearls' lunch boxes, Cabbage Rice.. Its a real pleasure getting a "satisfied" feed...
• Mangalore Fish Curry
  on Apr 18, 2012 in Karnataka Cuisine Fish
  Once when I tasted a Manglorean fish curry from our neighbour, I didn't like the taste. She added only little tamarind and that was incompatible with our taste buds.. :) Things have been changed when the amount of tamarind increased, now it has been...
• Mangalore Fish Curry
  on Apr 18, 2012 in Karnataka Cuisine Fish
  Once when I tasted a Manglorean fish curry from our neighbour, I didn't like the taste. She added only little tamarind and that was incompatible with our taste buds.. :) Things have been changed when the amount of tamarind increased, now it has been...
• Bilimbi Chutney / Irumbanpuli Chammanthi
  on Feb 21, 2012 in Chutney / Chammanthi Bilimbi
  There were about 43 comments in the inbox. Now you know the reason why couldn't you find any reply to your queries and comments..Have posted a bilimbi pickle earlier. This one is very simple to make and tastes great with rice and dosas.Ingredients,bi...
• Bilimbi Chutney / Irumbanpuli Chammanthi
  on Feb 21, 2012 in Chutney / Chammanthi Bilimbi
  There were about 43 comments in the inbox. Now you know the reason why couldn't you find any reply to your queries and comments..Have posted a bilimbi pickle earlier. This one is very simple to make and tastes great with rice and dosas.Ingredients,bi...
• Egg Puri
  on Dec 31, 2011 in puri recipes Egg Kids Snacks
  My blog turns 5 on this Newyear's Eve. Alhamdulillah.. Thanks to my readers, friends and relatives who supported me all these years..I have nothing special to give you all on this special occasion. My niece was asking mom to make this puri when she s...
• Kanji Vellam Halwa / Rice Soup Halwa
  on Nov 29, 2011 in Halwa Sweets Rice Soup / Kanji Vellam
  I have been seeing the neglected comments and unanswered queries here since few days... please bear with me, I have a big reason for that.. A great loss in my life, my uppa (father) left us.. I don't know what to write here and was trying to hide.
• Broccoli Egg Dry Fry
  on Oct 28, 2011 in Veg side dishes Egg Broccoli
  Normally steaming is the best option to consume broccoli in a healthy way, stir-frying also helps.. Experimenting on whatever ingredient you cook may bring out nice results, some times.. This simple dish was born once when I got bored of our ordinary...
• Mughlai Chicken Curry
  on Sep 30, 2011 in Chicken Curry Mughlai Cuisine
  A simple dish from the Mughlai Cuisine, hope you all may love this. H's European colleagues were very much impressed with it's mild taste, and kids too loved.. Eat like the Emperor and come back to share your thoughts... :)Ingredients used,chicken 1...
• Homemade Chocolate Brownies
  on Sep 7, 2011 in Cakes and Cookies
  As most of you know I’m not that fond of baking, but I love to treat myself at the bakery once in a while. However, some baking recipes can be so easy that you really don’t need to be a top chef with restaurant insurance to make them, and they ar...
• Thalassery Chicken Biryani
  on Aug 29, 2011 in Rice Biryani Malabar Recipes
  While writing this post I thought about a song, which we used to sing in the childhood.. biryani vekkalalla perunnalu... :) Yeah, that is true, but I was waiting to give you all my special Eid gift, this Thalassery Biryani. This one is easy to prepa...
• Macaroni Payasam / Kheer
  on Aug 10, 2011 in Pasta Paayasam / Kheer
  Was very busy since few days, thats why couldn't meet you all... And this is the blessed month,so there are many things to do, hope you all are busy with prayers and reciting Quran.. Did any one of you invited few for iftar? I love to do but this tim...
• Spicy Brinjal Curry
  on Jul 14, 2011 in Veggies for lunch Brinjal
  You might have heard a lot about BT Brinjal from the various news sources. Nowadays nothing much is heard about it, it seems that all the commotions have died down and people started forgetting the issue. Bt brinjals are really very much dangerous t...
• Stuffed Buns
  on Jul 1, 2011 in Bread Spicy Snacks
  Am not much fond of baking. I don't feel it as easy as the normal stove top cooking. Here is the stuffed bun recipe that I tried out recently.I think the bun was not much good as the one we get from the bakeries. Didn't have much patience to wait unt...
• Spring Onion Soup
  on Jun 20, 2011 in Spring Onion Soup
  H was very excited to talk about the person who is managing a vegetable garden in Fujairah. He is an engineer from Holland, lucky enough to grow vegetables for own use.We too were lucky to get a bag of veggies from there! :) Lots of mint leaves, cabb...
• Paneer Makhani / Butter Paneer Masala
  on Jun 10, 2011 in Paneer / Cottage Cheese
  I had no hope that my kids will eat paneer before making this dish. I didn't like paneer and so wouldn't buy it. When we were kids (me, sis and bro) mom had made paneer at home as per the instructions published in the news paper cooking column. I sti...
• Kinnathappam
  on Jun 1, 2011 in Sweets
  Kinnathappam is a traditional steamed sweet cake from the Kerala Muslim Cuisine. The ingredients vary from region to region. I love the one with gram dal and jaggery. Hope to come with that in another post, insha Allah.Ingredients,rice powder (roaste...
• Mango Milk Shake
  on May 22, 2011 in Mango Drinks
  Appropriate for the season, and for my busy schedule too! I think am very late to bring this, was thinking to post from the beginning of the mango season, now monsoon is about to start...:)Ingredients,ripe mangoes 3 medium sizewhole milk powder 5 Tbs...
• Prawn Pulav / Shrimp Pilaf
  on May 10, 2011 in Rice Lunch Box Dishes Prawns
  Eating vegetables is a hard task for my kids.. :) My son wouldn't have lunch if I give him ordinary rice and veg curries. He comes back home tired, it made me worried every time. So I started giving rice dishes, especially Arabic rice, or vegetable o...