Today’s recipe is from one of my dear friends – my neighbor and a wonderful cook Zahera Ummat! People who live here in the U.S might know what I mean if I say...
Author - Maya Akhil
Ingredients 1. Vendakka / okra – 2 cups, cut into 1/2 – 3/4 inch rounds 2. Coconut oil – 2 – 2.5 tbsp 3. Mustard seeds – 1/2 tsp Dried red...
Ingredients (Serves 4) 1. Dried white chickpeas – 1 cup (Soak chickpeas in enough water for 8 – 10 hours.) 2. Oil – 3 tbsp 3. Onion – 1 cup heaped, thinly sliced 4...
Chettinadu food simply makes me nostalgic. I don’t mean to say that I was eating Chettinadu food all my life. It is just that the highly...
The weather in Seattle is glorious nowadays, that I took a small break from blogging! It was very difficult for me to be away from my precious laptop, but I simply had...
Ingredients (Serves 2) 1. Fettuccine or linguine – 5 – 6 oz 2. Shrimp – 12, cleaned Cajun spice mix – 3/4 – 1 tsp (Recipe below) 3. Butter...
Ingredients (Serves 2 – 3) 1. Strawberries – 5 medium, hulled Water – 1/2 cup 2. Water – 1/4 cup Sugar – 1/4 cup 3. Lemon juice –...
Ingredients (Serves 4 – 5) 1. Tomato, medium sour – 4 – 5 medium-small, chopped 2. Oil – 2 tbsp 3. Whole spices – Cardamom – 1, cinnamon stick – 1/2 inch, cloves –...
Ingredients (Serves 5) 1. Winter melon / poosanikai / kumbalanga – 3 – 3.5 cups, cut into medium cubes 2. Chana dal / kadala parippu – 1/3 cup 3. Water – Around 1 + 3/4...
Ingredients (Serves 2 – 3) 1. Pasta – 2 cups (I used rotini pasta) 2. Grape tomatoes – 15 – 20, halved Spring onion or 1/4 cup finely...

