Happy Vishu ~ Paalada Payasam Recipe
Traditional kerala payasam, made by a hyderabadi and served in Chinese tea cups…I am nothing if not a culture cross breed…and the fact that I get to be privy to many facets of it means I kind of enjoy...
View ArticleHappy Birthday with ‘Sugarfree’ Kheer ~ Kaddu ka Kheer (Bottlegourd) Recipe
Dear Amma, you turn a year older today. We wanted to celebrate in style, but you will have to make do with the presence of your children and grandchild minus the exciting vacation unlike the last big...
View ArticleBeat the Heat Series ~ Aam Ras
As kids, we waited for summer vacation like any other child to be free from the bondage of school. It didn’t help that we had no living grandparents or a ‘native place’ to go back to like our friends....
View ArticleBeat the Heat Series ~ Aamrakhand
This is an easy to make Indian dessert that uses the seasons offering and my favourite fruit in the world – Mangoes. Following the aam ras of the day before, this is mango shrikhand also called...
View ArticleFestive Fare ~ Orange Scented Besan Milk Burfi
This is an easy to do variation of the popular 7 cup burfi. I couldn’t get myself to add 3 cups of sugar that the original recipe calls for. For those intimidated by indian sweets, this is a good place...
View ArticleFestive Fare ~ Bobatlu (Puranpoli)
I’d made this for sankranti when I did a festival spread for the newspaper that I write for. What i like is that you can use maida or whole wheat flour for the outer covering or a combination. I love...
View ArticleFestive Fare ~ Semiya Payasam
Growing up, payasam almost always meant Semiya Payasam to us. Credit it to the ever busy working mater who tried her best to do something to mark a festival day as special and to the easy and quick to...
View ArticleFestive Fare ~ Balushahi (Badusha)
Wishing all my readers a Happy Diwali. May the festival bring you Laughter and joy and may you always be surrounded with family and friends and bask in their love. Celebrate in whatever way you choose,...
View ArticleBeat the Heat Series ~ Rose Falooda
This blogging is a dangerous activity, yes it brings you in touch with like minded people, you make friends, you connect offline, but it also means that you can get quite obsessed with making / cooking...
View ArticleSevaiyyan – the dry cousin of sheer khurma
On eid last week, having been confined to the house because of Sage’s continuous seizures, feeling quite sorry for myself, I decided to make myself some sheer khurma. Memories of eating it by the...
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