I only wish I had the foresight to take a photo when I was making the Satay Chicken with Peanut Sauce and it went drastically wrong. In preparation for sharing that recipe, I tested out a few of my favourite peanut sauce recipes, trying to decide which to share. One of the recipes called for simmering the sauce before pureeing it. I FORGOT that pureeing hot liquid = disaster. Do you know what happens when you do this?...

Masala vada | masala vadai is one of our favorite snacks and we usually make it by deep-frying it. I have posted baked pakoras a few years back. Ever since I wanted to try out a baked version of masala vadais. I have seen my co-participant making this in a Cookery show a few years back in Singapore. The vadai is the same one as to how we make our usual tea kadai masala vadai....

Variety rice is most preferred by kids and adults for lunch boxes. My amma always packs podi smeared idli dosa or some variety rice for lunch box. I have seen many kids are so fussy these days and moms don’t know what to pack for lunch. Also, most of the kids are not eating all the veggies so it is very difficult for moms to incorporate healthy eating habits into kids....

We South Indians make different varieties of vadai. I have posted many types of traditional vadai in jeyashris kitchen like, thavala vadai, arisi vadai, vazhaipoo vadai, milagu vadai and many more. I have still not figured out a right place to take videos in the new house here. Will soon get hold of that and post better videos. Cauliflower vadai recipe Soak ½ cup of chana dal, 4 red chili for 1-2 hours....

It’s great for parties because it’s a big batch help-yourself drink – unlike most cocktails which need to be made one by one! Celebration Fruit Punch! I’ve been mocked for naming this a “Celebration” Fruit Punch – but try telling me this doesn’t look bright, cheerful and celebratory!! So much more than just any old fruit punch, right?? 😉 Punch is nothing more than a drink made with a mix of fruit juice....

Haldirams instant rasgulla tin 1 (18 pieces were there) Khoya | Mawa 1/2 cup Sugar 3 tsp Cardamom powder a pinch Saffron a pinch Milk 2 tsp Cherry few (for garnish) Open the rasgulla tin and drain out the syrup from that. Gently squeeze out the extra syrup from the rasagulla and arrange it in a plate. Soak saffron in warm milk for 5 minutes. In a bowl add khoya and sugar....

Method: Instructions: Cook the basmati with 3/4 cup of water in pressure cooker for 3-4 whistles. Add little salt and few drops of oil while cooking this.Once done, spread this in a plate and keep it aside. Left over rice works out best for this chilli garlic fried rice. In a pan add sesame oil and add the sugar. Adding sugar gives a balance of taste as we are adding chillis, also it gives a nice taste to the fried rice....

Reducing waste and eating healthier This is a story about five amazing women. Wives of Aussie farmers. Mothers with university degrees and professional backgrounds who also happen to be the “go-to” person for anything and everything that needs to be done on a farm. Something that many city folk like myself may never think about is all the millions of tons of fruit and veg that are deemed “not good enough” to be sold in stores....

Chow chow | chayote | seema kathrikkai as it is called in local Tamilnadu, is one of the most favorite vegetables in our home. I make Chow chow kootu more often as kids love that. A few years back I tried chow chow thogayal and it was a huge hit too. We get this vegetable in the local wet markets of Hongkong too. My athai usually makes curry | poriyal with chow chow and my cousins would love this a lot....

Coconut grated 1 cup Sugar 1 cup Ghee few drops Cashew nut few In a pan add ghee and roast the cashew nuts till golden brown. Add the coconut and sugar to the pan and star cooking in a low flame. Ongoing Event – CWF – Whole Wheat Flour Δ

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Palak 1/4 cup (tightly packed) Corn 1/4 cup Besan |kadalai maavu 1/4 cup Rice flour 1/4 cup Red chilli powder 1/2 tsp Chaat masala 1/4 tsp Salt as needed Oil for deep frying Δ

In pursuit of crunchy muesli bars Chewy muesli bars are so easy to make. They don’t even need to be baked! Crunchy muesli bars, however, were irritatingly difficult to crack. At least, without using sugar. Wildly popular crunchy muesli bars from my school playground days (mysteriously difficult to find these days – if at all?) had a frightening amount of sugar in them for something marketed as “healthy”. While I am not one to shy away from sugar in my baking, I just always feel that some things should be a little more wholesome....

Dates 10 Almonds 7 Milk 1/2 cup + 1 cup Banana 1 Soak the dates in 1/2 cup of warm milk. You can put the dates and milk in a microwave safe bowl and microwave it for 1 minute. Soak for 15 minutes. Soak the almonds also in hot water for 15 minutes. Take out the skin of the almonds and take out the seeds from the dates. Blend the soaked dates, almonds, banana and milk (used for soaking) in a blender/mixie....

Bread slices 2 Boiled potato 1 (small) Onion 1 Tomato 1 Green chutney 1-2 tblsp Grated cheese 2-3 tblsp Chaat masala 1/4 tsp Video on how to make bread pizza Take the bread and spread green chutney on one side of the bread. Slice the potato, onions and tomato into roundels. Alternatively you can mash the potato with hands and spread it too. You can add capsicum too, if you want....

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This recipe is a handy way to use up leftover egg whites if you’ve made a recipe using just the egg yolks. A really great fluffy Egg White Omelette More often than not, an egg white omelette is a miserable, bland and rubbery excuse for a breakfast. Usually it’s an afterthought to avoid wasting egg whites leftover from using the yolks for a specific recipe. Other times, it’s a self-imposed torture....

With a crispy, garlic crusted surface, juicy insides and a garlic butter sauce, this is a 5 ingredient boneless skinless chicken thigh recipe. It’s almost unbelievable how outrageously delicious such an effortless recipe can be! The BEST quick chicken thigh recipe I know There’s one key thing about this recipe that distinguishes it from most quick and easy chicken thigh recipes – these are CRISPY skinless chicken thighs. Crispy crust?...