Are friends coming over for dinner? Well, here is the recipe to a quick chicken appetizer! It takes less than 45 minutes to prepare. The pan-fried pepper chicken requires only a few simple ingredients that you might already have in your pantry. I used small boneless chicken pieces to make […]
Mangoes always remind me of my childhood summer vacations that I spent with my cousin’s family. They used to live in a house with a massive garden/ yard that had 4 huge mango trees, a jackfruit tree, a couple of coconut trees, and many other trees. I remember plucking and […]
Do you remember those mornings after you got back from vacations? You just do not want to get out of the bed and make breakfast. Here is a solution in the form of Breakfast Khichdi. It is ridiculously easy to make and you will have hot food on the table […]
Saturdays are strictly vegetarian/ lazy days in my household (for religious reasons). It is one of those days you cannot even make eggs for breakfast and I get frustrated when it comes to planning meals on Saturdays. Coconut rice is one those dishes, in my mind, is designated to be […]
Javarisi Paayasam|Sabudana Kheer Recipe is basically an Indian-style creamy pudding. It is usually served after a meal as a dessert. Paayasam does not necessarily have to be a dessert. My mom has such a sweet tooth, that she has the left over kheer for breakfast the next morning! It is […]
Here is a restaurant style pepper chicken recipe! It is another famous Indian style chicken dish and it is available at almost all Indian restaurants. I am sharing this pepper chicken masala recipe that I learnt from my aunt, my mother’s younger sister, my Chitthi! She makes amazing, mouth watering […]
What is Chicken 65? There are many funny and bizarre theories revolving around the how the dish came to be called as Chicken ’65’. Does it require 65 ingredients/spices to prepare this dish? Does it take 65 days for the marinade to be prepared? Do you make this dish with […]
In India, whenever we have guests visit us at home, it is a tradition to serve something sweet, something savory and something hot to drink. Kesari (an Indian sweet/snack) and onion fritters are the most commonly served snacks along with a cup of hot tea or coffee. It is also […]
Kesari is a very popular Indian sweet/snack and it is my all time favorite! Once a week, time of the day never mattered to me, I would totally pester my mom to make me Kesari; and with in 20 minutes or so I would have my own bowl of vibrant […]
Onion raita is a side-dish, mainly paired with variety rice dishes such as tomato rice, vegetable biryani, chicken biryani etc. Its very refreshing and cools you down immediately while you are having a spicy dish such as a biryani! You just need three ingredients to make a simple onion raita: […]
