Easy Everyday Recipes
This easy Vegetable Biryani is very quick to make and easy to pack for your kids lunch box. Since it is cooked in pressure cooker with just basic ingredients, you can get this done in no time. I made this dish during February and when it become clear that I was going to have tough […]
Mysore Rasam is an aromatic dish made with freshly roasted and ground spice powder and this light dish makes a wonderful lunch or dinner meal. Though the name goes as Mysore Rasam, I am not sure of the connection between the Indian State of Mysore in Karnataka and this rasam. While there are many rasams, […]
For the final day of BM#66 Bookmarked Recipes, I have a different Rice dish made with Cabbage Pakodas. We mostly end up stocking cabbage all the time and it mostly gets done as a kootu or a poriyal during the week. However this one particular time we were not happy with the same dishes and […]
When I was doing the Mega BM on Indian Regional Cuisine, for B I had so many dishes short listed with the help of my Bihari colleague. However as I was doing a series on Indian Bread, I had to drop out quite a few of them. Many got bookmarked and left for posterity.However when […]
For the final day of cooking with Capsicum, I have a spicy delicious bath made with Indian spices and capsicum. This is a typical Mixed Rice version where a roasted spice powder is ground and mixed with a sauteed capsicum into cooked Rice. I was inspired to make this right away when Nandita posted on […]
Today’s dish is from a Telugu cooking show. The combination of pepper and coconut sounded interesting and so I tried it right away. It is definitely a different and delicious combination. For the second day of cooking with Capsicum under 1 Vegetable 3 dishes, I have a Capsicum Coconut Curry. This has been in the […]
For the third and final day of making Rice Dishes, I have a layered Biryani. The clause of the theme was to cook Rice dishes in three different ways. As I said I do make these one pot meals, mixed rice and layered biryanis quite often. Only I didn’t plan it properly and ended up […]
For the second day of BM#65, week 1 under Rice Dishes, its the turn of the Mixed Rice Dish. Mixed rice dishes are so very popular in South that not only is it delicious to eat, its so quick to make as well. One of the famous mixed rice variety is the Lemon Rice, that […]
We are starting the first week of BM# 65. For the first week, I will be sharing some rice dishes cooked in three different ways. We cook only rice for lunch and it keeps varying as steamed rice, mixed rice, and pulaos. A special occasion calls for Biryanis and that again either is nonveg or […]
For the second day of quick dishes, this is one of the pulaos I make for my kids for their lunch. I never thought of clicking it before. However this particular picture was taken during the floods we had in Madras and we were short of ideas being at home through the day. While I […]
Its Vazhakkai Podimas again, a recipe that I got from a colleague. She has been getting it frequently. However everytime I taste, I keep asking and forgetting it prompting. Last week, when I had this on hand, I decided I have to make it if I have to remember. This recipe is made with Sambar […]