CRISPY MASALA PAV (BITE SIZED) / CRISPY & SPICY BITE SIZED BUNS Mumbai is famous for its street food and Masala pav is yet another Mumba...

KATHIAWADI LASANIYA KHATTA DHOKLA (KATHIAWADI GARLIC WHITE DHOKLA) Kathiawadi cuisine hails from Kathiawar in Saurashtra region of India a...

BANANA HALWA KERALA STYLE / PAZHAVARATHI / PAZHAM VARATTI / For all you banana lovers like me, I would like to share this wonderful reci...

LEMON RICE / LIMBU SADAM Rice is a staple food of the South Indians. There are many varieties of rice that is made in the south Indian cuis...

VAZHAKKAI MEZHUKKUVARATHI /PORIYAL/CURRY (RAW BANANA STIR FRY) Raw Banana is widely used in Kerala Cuisine. Every part of the banana is pac...

HYDERABADI CHICKPEAS PULAO / BIRYANI / GARBANZO BEANS PILAF / BIRYANI The locked down has given me the opportunity to try many new recipes...

WATERMELON RIND HALWA This locked down has given us a lot of valuable lessons and one such lesson is reducing wastage and conserving ou...

BROWN RICE KHICHDI Khichdi is the soul food of the Indians!!! Khichdi is a rice lentil porridge that is usually eaten when you want some...

PARUPPU PODI (SPICED LENTILS POWDER) Paruppu Podi with steaming hot rice is food for the soul. It is a saving grace when we are not feel...

GREEN TOMATOES AVIYAL / GREEN TOMATOES COOKED IN COCONUT GRAVY Here I am proud to present yet another kerala-iyer dish, the Green tomatoes...

TOOVAR LILVA PULAV / PIGEON PEAS PULAV This time when I went for my weekend grocery shopping, I saw bags of frozen Toovar Lilva, all ne...

URULAKIZHANGU KAARA CURRY (MASHED SPICY POTATO CURRY(DRY) This is absolutely on the top of my “Comfort foods” list. This curry can never ...

CHOW CHOW KOOTU (CHAYOTE / BANGALORE KATRIKKAI IN COCONUT GRAVY) While growing up in Mumbai I had never ever had this vegetable and when I ...

MINT PULAV I went for my grocery shopping this weekend and saw a green fresh bundle of mint leaves waiting for me to pick it. I couldn’t...