The best part about this Blueberry Muffins With Cinnamon Crumb Topping recipe is, that it takes only around 30 minutes to make and is a great way to begin a weekend. We can use fresh or frozen blueberries. Summer brings lots of exciting family activities. One such activity we enjoy is Berry picking. Fresh berries have an intense flavor, and it is a fun snack. Blueberries and Strawberries are very predominant in the area where we live....
Buttered Sweet corn salad is one of the recipes that can be made very quickly and can be used as a snack or as a salad before a meal. Also, this is a kids-friendly recipe as my boys love them. This is a common street food in India We look forward to summer for many things. The first and foremost reason is that we have a summer break. That means more time cuddling with the kids in the morning, spending a lazy day in the pool, and family vacations....
Nothing can warm you up on a cold day like a bowl of piping hot soup Cream Of Tomato Soup With Mint. This soup is my kind of comfort food, especially for cold rainy days. Nothing can warm you up on a cold day like a bowl of piping-hot soup. This is my kind of comfort food, for which I look forward to cold rainy days. I already have a Tomato soup recipe in the blog....
Bajra Roti is very hearty and goes well with some spicy subzi. This Millet Flatbread is not soft and fluffy like traditional Rotis. This week my theme for the Blogging Marathon is Flavors of India and I decided to explore certain states in India. The first recipe I have in this series is this Bajra roti / Pearl Millet flatbread from Haryana. I made Haryana thali last year and this Bajra roti / Bajre Ki Roti is one of the recipes that were in the thali....
This delicious and very simple Horse Gram subzi is made with one of a very healthy lentil, that is highly underrated and less used. This Kollu Subzi is a very good recipe as a side for roti or paratha. This Horse gram lentil subzi was made by accident in my kitchen. I was planning on making kollu sundal and wanted to save the lentil-cooked water to make rasam the next day....
Making a batch of jalapeno jelly at home is so quick & easy! You can make it for a fraction of the cost with the fresh jalapenos from the backyard. This also makes up for a great edible gift ! When there is an abundance of something our imagination goes beyond and over and we try out things that we have never even thought of before. That is usually my case at the end of every summer....
Kovakkai also called tindora in Hindi and Ivy gourd in English is one of our favorite vegetables. As much as I love it, the boys like it even more. My trip to Indian stores guarantees a couple of pounds of ivy gourd and this Kovakkai Poriyal / Kovakkai Curry is one of the first recipes I make with it. Next to okra, kovakka i or tindora is one of our favorite vegetables....
The most delicious bread you will ever bake is this Lemon Blueberry Bread. This Lemon Blueberry Bread is not just the easiest recipe, but also one of the moistest and most flavorful breads ever. Lately, after 9 PM, I want to do nothing else but have time for myself. This time is not spent blogging, reading, or crafting, but watching series after series of shows on Netflix. The one we are watching now is ‘Hart of Dixie’, and I am totally addicted to it....
Lemon glow chiffon cake is one of my favorites because of its texture and softness. It is also very light and stores well. Baking partners, the group of baking enthusiasts who came together and started baking together completed its one year this month. I have been a part of this group started by Swathi Iyer of Zesty South Indian Kitchen since the beginning of this year and I have thoroughly enjoyed baking with these amazing bakers....
Mango Thokku or Maangai Thokku is a common pickle that is found in south Indian pantry to be used as a side dish for yogurt rice. This grated raw mango pickle also pairs well with tiffins like Dosai, Idli etc. Summer is almost over and today is the first day kids are back in school. Summers in India always means fresh homemade pickles that are made and stored for the entire year....
Nei appam or Vellam appam is one of the most essential recipes we make for festivals and pooja. Apart from that, sweet appam is one of my kids’ favorite foods to eat, and it is such an easy and instant recipe to make. Appam is a traditional South Indian sweet made as Neivedhiyam/Offering to the god during several festival and Pooja’s. There is a couple of different ways to make them and this Nei Appam recipe is one of them....
I personally love chewy cookies and this Orange-Scented Cranberry Walnut Cookies was the perfect kind for my taste. The original recipe has eggs in it, but I substituted the eggs with sour cream and it worked great. I am on the last day of this week’s Kid’s Delight - Cakes and Cookies theme and the last recipe that I have for this theme is Cranberry Walnut Cookies. I wanted to bake chocolate chip and nut cookies but realized at the last moment that I had no chocolate chips at home....
Panch Phoron Tarkari, a mixed vegetable curry made with a unique and flavorful five-spice masala blend is delicious! One of the easiest tarkari or curry to make with assorted vegetables of your choice. Takes less than 30 minutes from start to finish! Panch phoran or panch phoron , is an Indian blend of whole spices made with five different spices mixed together. One of the easiest spice blends to make as there is no roasting or processing involved....
The beginning of the year means more festivals and more celebrations. This Payatham urundai is a traditional ladoo recipe that is perfect for the upcoming Makar Sankranti festival . Pasi paruppu laddu needs just 3 main ingredients - moong dal, brown sugar (jaggery), and ghee (nei). We can add nuts and cardamom for flavoring. This moong dal ladoo is kind of a healthier dessert that we can enjoy guilt-free....
A pizzadilla is a fusion of pizza and quesadilla with vegetables and spices. This is one of the kid’s favorite and a very good recipe for kid’s lunch boxes. For the third day of mess-free lunch box recipes for kids, I have this super fun fusion recipe that can be made in no time in the mornings. Pizza is every kid’s favorite meal. Pizzadilla gracefully bridges the flavors of pizza and the handheld charm of a quesadilla, has emerged as a delightful and innovative dish....
Growing up in India, we got to enjoy a fair share of pillow-soft sweet buns and these pull-apart sweet rolls taste just like the ones from the bakery. When I was getting ready to bake this Sweet bun, my thoughts kept going back, to my days of growing up in Chennai. This sweet bun is my mother’s favorite and she would ask me to pick them up every time I am going to Adyar Bakery....
This refried beans dip is an excellent dish for parties and an excellent side dish. With only three ingredients, it is simple for even novice cooks. It takes less than 30 minutes to make this dish, which makes it even more appealing for parties. I love entertaining, and most of the time, I struggle with choosing what to make for an appetizer/starter. I don’t want to always make fried appetizers, and sometimes prefer more engaging starters....
This Rice Condé Sundae is made with milk, strawberries, and brown sugar/jaggery. The Creamy Rice Pudding is made with low-fat milk (2 %), and it has very little sugar in it. For the third day of cooking from a cookbook theme, I wanted to make something that utilized fruits. I had a box of strawberries in my refrigerator and that was one of the ingredients given to us to choose from....
Sodh i, the Tirunelvelli specialty dish is something that I have not even heard of before. When Valli gave us the choice of combo dishes to choose from, I chose to work on recipes that I have never done before. In that series, this is my last combo for the week Sodhi with puli inji . When researched in the internet, I learned that Sodhi is a dish that is prepared in Tirunelvelli district during the wedding....
This Vegetarian 15 Bean Soup made in the Instant Pot is ready in under an hour and is the perfect meal with some crusty bread on the side. I make soups, especially for my boys and with my struggle to get more protein in their diet, I have been looking for protein-rich soup ideas. That is when I came across this 15 Bean Soup Mix from the Hurst Beans....
