All kids are fond of this hakka noodles and my daughter always orders this whenever we eat out.I do make this at home many a times for her and add a lot of veggies to add to the taste.Hakka noodles posses a tasty following and so it has many likings.The smoky taste and aroma it gives is liked by many.We can reproduce the same taste at home with minimal efforts and can be made easily and quickly too.You could have this for snack,dinner or as a lunch box option.Be sure to include a lo of vegetables as kids tend to...
Come summers,it is mangoes or popsicles that I look forward to each year.It has been like this since childhood and now daughter demands the same. I ate a lot of mangoes this year and made these popsicles,Mango Jam and Mango Ice Cream.The recipes of which will be following suit. Mango Popsicle turned out super creamy and the yoghurt in it tasted too good.The only good thing about summers is having them any time on a hot summer day.These are fun to make and involve your children in the making and they will love it doing the work. The delicious popsicles...
The first time I had fruit parfait was in a resort in bangalore which we visited 2 years ago.The fruits and yogurt mix with granola or cornflakes or crushed biscuits one after the other is called parafit.You can have numerous variations of fruits and toppings with these.Tastes great for breakfast or even as a dessert it needs very little time to prepare and is loved by kids and all.This recipe I sent for 25 snacks which got published in malligai magal,a tamil monthly magazine.I tried with granola,cut fruits and thick set curd. Serve this always chilled .Do try this for your family and let me know..
Who doesn’t love mangoes and iam no exeption.As everyone i look forward to the mango season and love to make pickles besides enjoying the fruit.The mango season is in full swing now and couldn’t resist making this instant pickle.For this no soaking or standing time is needed,you make it and eat it.Methyam or vendhyam is fenugreek in tamil and it’s unique in flavour in the pickle is simply awesome.It requires less than 10 minutes to make and you can make it with ease.So scroll down for an easy recipe with mango.. Notes Use firm solid mangoes for better taste.
Iam very happy to post this recipe as it is the 50th post in my blog.I thought why not celebrate it with some sweet,so here's the post. Besan as we all know is gram flour and this recipe can be made easily even by beginners and enjoyed.Only roasting the gram flour gently is the trick.My daughter is very fond of sweets and she helped me this time to click the pictures as i was making ladoos. They came out pretty well and we enjoyed it a lot.These ladoos will delight you from the regular ones due the heavenly taste of...
Paneer Butter Masala is a favourite side dish for my daughter.She often orders this whenever we visit any restaurant and when I was asked to write reviews for Eastern Spices Paneer Butter Masala,I didn’t waste that oppurtunity to treat Dhivya.It becomes very easy to make this dish using the masala product and it tased awesome with the carefully ground spices to perfection.This recipe is adapted from Tarla Dalal website and choose to alter a few steps to suit our tastebuds.This is a perfect recipe when you want to make anything foor a special occasion and is great to have with...
I first tasted Bonda soup at a place called Halli mane the famous hotel here.I didn't know though how it would taste since i have never heard of a thing called bonda soupIt is a most popular snack variety here in Karnataka..Well it is not soup actually but Bondas soaked in yellow lentil gravy similar to rasam but with no tamarind.I have this peculiar habit of trying things at home after tasting them outside somewhere, so i tried it at home.It was a huge hit.I Should thank my hubby here for he is also a great foodie like me takes...
Vada Pav is a street food which is deep fried potato patty with spices and chutneys and native to Mumbai.Though I have had this addictive snack many times,I am making it for the first time at home.This is a step wise process involving preparing chutneys,making potato patties and assembling them on the pav bun. Pav is a variant of Pao which means sweetened bread in Portugese. The Vada Pav is an innovative recipe made by a Marathi and the rest is history.Many restuarants sell these cute vada pavs and some have additional toppings as well.I am also fond of Pav...
It was only a simple dry curry or a manchurian that I have made with cauliflower.So when I saw a new recipe in a magazine,I was tempted to try out for an evening snack last week.Cauliflower has no taste of its own so putting some spices turns it out to be tasty.I also learnt by googling that it has an excellent source of vitaminC besides having B-complex minerals and several anti cancer phyto chemicals like sulforaphane.It is also very low in calories.Coming to cashewnuts they have do have fat content but it is so worthy to try this recipe that...
