I mentioned a lot of times in my posts, that I am an Italian food fanatic. I can gorge over pizzas and pastas daily 😀 I have shared many number of pizza recipes – some the authentic international way and some with an Indian twist like uttapam pizza and pizza pancakes. Today I am sharing my tomato-based […]
Lunch-box Recipes
Stir-fried Eggplants/Brinjal with Coriander leaves (Vankaya Kothimeera Koora)
In my previous post on Coriander-stuffed Eggplants, I mentioned that this simple combination works really well and there I stuffed my eggplants with the coriander filling. Today’s recipe is a slight variation to it, where instead of stuffing I simply add the filling to the curry itself. Coriander leaves when used fresh creates magic in […]
Aloo-stuffed Mirchi Bajji (Potato-stuffed Indian Jalapenos)
Mirchi Bajji is a very famous Indian street-food that is made from deep-fried battered long green chili/mirchi. Especially when it’s raining outside, a cup of tea along with a bowl of hot mirchi bajji is a wow moment.!! During college, there used to be a small stall near our house where they used to sell […]
Fried Rice – Indian style
Fried rice is probably the one recipe I prepare atleast once a week. I find the reason behind it is because it goes along with pretty much any curry on the side – Indian or Chinese. Today we had it for lunch and I served it along with Gobi (Cauliflower) Manchurian. This recipe of fried […]
Eggless Whole-Wheat Mini-Orange Cakes – Children’s Day special
Oranges are in season and it’s Children’s day today in India, so why not make a yummy orange cake so that both the kid and mom is happy? 🙂 Yeah, that was the thought I had, so here I am sharing with all my readers today, a simple easy-to-do eggless version of mini orange cake […]
Majjiga Pulusu/Spiced-Yogurt Stew
Majjiga Pulusu is a famous South-Indian stew made with beaten sour-curd/buttermilk. There are different versions to this. In my family itself, there are 2 versions – My mother’s and my mother-in-law’s 🙂 My mom makes a very mildly flavored one while my mom-in-law makes it with coconut paste and any leafy vegetable. Today, I am […]
Peas Pulao recipe – mutter pulao
Pulao is such a versatile food that we can modify it depending on whatever ingredients we have. Vegetable pulao, palak pulao, methi pulao, rajma pulao etc. Pulao makes a perfect lunch-box meal and also best suits for a busy day. Today I am posting my peas pulao that I often prepare for my husband’s box. I […]
Dum Aloo (Potatoes cooked in creamy sauce)
Here comes another aloo/potato delicacy – Dum Aloo. This is a very famous Indian curry made with boiled baby potatoes that are cooked slowly in a thick and creamy curd-based sauce/gravy. Everyone has their own version to this, some prepare using tomato-based sauce and others use onion-tomato based gravy etc. I do something that is […]