Tuna Cutlets

Tuna cutlets are one of my favourite snacks that my mom cooks for us. Whenever I go home on vacation, she'll always make sure she makes these for me at least once. They're just so soft on the inside and wonderfully crisp on the outside. Strangely, I love the combination of these cutlets with laban (that's Arabic for buttermilk). Dunking these hot and crispy cutlets into chilled laban is pure heaven! If you have nothing interesting for dinner,...

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Jungle Time again

Its that time of the year again.. the Indian summer!! best time to hit the jungles.. This time we're goin for 5 nights!! woohooooooo!! And we also got a car.. no more back breaking bike rides, although they were fun and adventurous too.. So with a lot of space in the boot, I've decided to prepare breakfast and tea for our travel. Our Menu for the drive: Fish Cutlets (from Canned Tuna) Chappatis Tomato-Egg Curry Love-letters for dessert A flask of tea An ice box full of beer cans, bacardi breezer & water Chips: Onion rings My plan tonight: Prepare...

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Chettinad Chicken Curry

First night of non-vegetarian food after a whole week of eating bland stuff to recuperate from my fever. Had three pieces of chicken breasts in the freezer which I defrosted, cleaned and cut up into little cubes. I made this amazing curry with lots of onions and garlic (more garlic than I have used throughout the past 5 months, my whole garlic stock is over now!) But thoroughly enjoyed cooking this one. Update: My hubby chose this recipe as...

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Chocolate Pancakes

Made these delicious pancakes for breakfast today. I was all out on sugar, so compensated with sweet cocoa powder (by Cadury's) and brown sugar, and it was fabulous! I put in all the powders together in a bowl, then added a cup of milk and whisked it a bit. Broke an egg into the bowl and whisked it again. Added melted butter and then started to make the pancakes. Simple! I will be posting its pictures soon as I have finally bought a DSLR camera.....

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Coriander-Mint Chutney

There are tons of variations of this green chutney that I found on the net. I particularly liked vahchef's green chutney post as it gives 3 different types of green chutneys that you can use. It doesnt involve onions in the basic paste.  Also in Sanjeev Kapoor's post, I saw that the ratio of coriander to mint leaves is 2:1 (2 portions of coriander leaves to 1 portion of mint leaves), whereas in vahchef's post, its the exact opposite. I tried...

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Banana Pancakes

Another ripe banana used for breakfast today using this recipe. :) Credit: http://www.easy-banana-recipes.com/caramel-banana-pancakes.html Servings: 10-12 pieces (depending how big you make them) Preparation time: 10 minutes Cook time: 15 minutes Comments: Caramel sauce can be prepared days ahead, and kept in refrigerator. When needed, simply warm in pan or heat in microwave. To serve pancakes, place cooked pancakes onto a serving plate, topped with the sliced bananas and warm caramel sauce. Delicious! Ingredients: Ingredients for Pancakes: 2...

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Tomato Sambar - Tomato Lentil Stew

Quick and easy accompaniment with steamed rice. Credit: http://www.tarladalal.com/Thakkali-(tomato)-Sambar-15592r Ingredients: 4 to 6 big sized tomatoes 1 cup toovar (arhar) dal a pinch of asafoetida (hing) 1/2 tsp turmeric powder (haldi) 2 tbsp sambaar powder For Seasoning: 1/2 tsp mustard seeds ( rai / sarson) few curry leaves (kadi patta) 1/2 tsp fenugreek (methi) seeds 1 tsp cumin seeds (jeera) 3 to 4 whole dry kashmiri red chillies deseeded and broken up 4 to 6 tbsp oil For Garnishing: 3 to 4 tbsp chopped coriander (dhania) leaves 3...

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Dum Aloo

Was watching the world cup final tonight, but had to cook something quick for dinner too. Kitchen hardly had any stuff that I could work with.. found 3 potatoes and tried to look for some curry that can go with rice, as I dont think I can make chappathis with all this excitement. Decided to make Dum aloo with Tomato sambar. Credit: http://www.indianvegetariankitchen.com/2009/01/dum-aloo.html Ingredients: Potatoes-3 small(pressure cooked, peeled and cut into big pieces) Salt Oil-2 tbsp Curd/Yogurt-2 tbsp coriander leaves- to garnish Kasuri...

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Date and Tamarind Chutney

I made this as an accompaniment to the banana pooris. Its the traditional sweet chutney that is served in chaats that I love so much! And its quite easy to prepare as well.. Its best served chilled but as I did not have time to refrigerate it (had a hungry bee breathing down my neck!), I served it warm and it went quite well with cold yoghurt, yesterday's cold spicy tomato chutney (recipe posted already) and coriander chutney. Credit: http://www.grouprecipes.com/11916/sweet-chutney.html Ingredients: Dates: 250 gms Tamarind:150 gms Jaggery:...

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Banana Poori

This was today's breakfast.. or rather brunch. As I said in my previous post, I had this ripe banana that I had to use before it rots and I would have no choice but to throw it away. It just the regular chappathi dough to which you add mashed banana in the end. Since it would be too sticky, I kept adding more atta till I got the right consistency to roll it. Credit: http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art24948.asp Pooris are a delicious deep-fried Indian bread and the addition of ripened bananas makes them even harder to resist. Pooris (or puris)...

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Spicy Tomato Chutney

This is what I prepared for tonight's dinner. Bee came back from the UK today. Boy what a HOT day today was!! Bangalore has become unbearable hot to withstand. Bee is feeling kinda sick coz of the climate change and wanted somethin to cool his body down. When I told him I had chappathis and havent figured out the side dish yet, he asked if I could prepare a spicy tomato chutney. I reckon he remembered the usual tomato chutney which was chilled and spicy that we used to have at this north indian mess called Prayag Raj. So I googled it and...

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Chemmeen Peera - Shrimp cooked with Coconut and Gambooge

I think Chemmeen Peera is a truly authentic dish from Kerala that almost symbolizes the coastal cuisine of the state. When people visit Kerala in search of exotic dishes, I think this should be considered a must! Simply lip smacking tangy goodness! This is an absolutely fabulous dish that goes really well with rice and moru curry. Always a huge hit at home.. gets people to lick their fingers and plates clean. Credit: http://www.mooshikan.com/index.php/recipes/285-chemmeen-peera-pattichathu Ingredients: Small...

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Banana recipes I found on the net and want to try sometime..

This is a list of banana recipes I found over a day of googling coz I had 3 bananas in the fridge and dont know what to do with it than just eat em as it is.. Banana Poori: http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art24948.asp Sweet Chutney: http://www.grouprecipes.com/11916/sweet-chutney.html More banana recipes (when I want to get rid of the bananas in the house before they rot) Glazed Bananas: http://www.easy-banana-recipes.com/glazed-bananas.html Banana Fritters: http://www.easy-banana-recipes.com/banana-fritters-recipe.html (will go well...

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