Vazhaithandu 1/4 cup (chopped) Green chili a very small portion Yogurt |curd 1/2cup Water 1 to 1 and 1/2 cup Ginger a small piece Curry leaves few Oil few drops Mustard little Asafoetida | hing a pinch Grind the chopped vazhaithandu | banana stem along with green chili, ginger and curry leaves in a mixer. Add little water while grinding. Churn the yogurt | curd and add enough water. Filter this using a strainer....

Bajji is a very popular South Indian snack. We make this in the evening for a tea-time snack. This is similar to the North Indian pakoras. We make bajjis using a different variety of vegetables like brinjal, ridge gourd, onion, capsicum, potato, long chilis, and even with appalam too. Bajjis carries a lot of childhood memories. My mom would make bajji almost every weekend and we indulge in it without even thinking about the calories....

Ash gourd kootu | Poosanikai kootu is one of the staple in our home. We usually make kootu by grinding roasted urad dal, red chili, cumin seeds, and coconut. This one is a slightly different one. We use the spices which we used for making arachuvitta sambar. We are not adding any tamarind in this kootu, but it will taste similar to sambar. In our house, this is made during functions or swami samaradani....

METHOD: Pressure Cook the toor dal with enough water and little turmeric powder. Heat a pan, add the mustard seeds and red chilli. Chop the tomatoes finely and add to this and saute it for a while. Wash and chop the methi leaves and addsaute for a minute. Add the tamarind water( soak a small gooseberry size of tamarind in hot water and take extract) When it starts boiling add sambar powder, turmeric powder, asafoetida and salt....

3 ingredient desserts are handy emergency recipes, like Chocolate Covered Strawberries and Peanut Butter Chocolate Bars. Everybody loves them and they’re so quick to make! Peanut Butter Cookies Having dictated this recipe to 3 people at the dog park in the past week, and having had all 3 approach me afterwards with varying forms of love/hate gestures (“THIS is YOUR FAULT!” one lady wailed, showing me her stomach 😉 ), I decided I had better move this up the posting schedule....

Potato 3 (medium size) Eggplant|Brinjal 1 big Onion 1 Tomato 1 Garlic 3 pods Red chili powder 1 tsp Coriander powder 1/2 tsp Turmeric powder 1/4 tsp Jeera powder 1/2 tsp Coriander leaves few Kasoori methi a pinch (optional) Salt as needed Oil 2 tblsp Cumin seeds 1/4 tsp Peel the skin of the potatoes and cut them into cubes. Chop the eggplant into cubes. I used the big ones, if you don’t have big use 5-6 small brinjals....

Badam burfi is an exotic sweet recipe made using badam, sugar, ghee, and little milk as the main ingredients. Almond burfi is a very simple and easy sweet. We don’t have to see any string consistency in this burfi recipe. My mother-in-law used to make cashew coconut burfi for Diwali. This almond burfi I learnt from my cousin. Burfi is a compulsory one we make for Diwali. Also, this can be made for Holi or Rakshabandan festival too....

Whole wheat flour 1 and 1/4 cup Beetroot grated 1/2 cup Methi leaves 3/4 cup Sesame seeds 2 tblsp Green chili 2 Garlic 2 cloves Cumin powder 1 tsp Salt as needed Turmeric powder 1/4 tsp Cooked rice 2 tblsp (optional) Oil 1 tblsp + oil for cooking the theplas Method: Grind the green chili and the garlic. In a wide bowl combine the whole wheat flour, grated beetroot, finely chopped methi leaves, sesame seeds....

Dedicated to Bill Granger who sadly passed on 25 December 2023, too young, aged just 54. Australia has lost one of its industry greats and he will be remembered. Bill Granger’s Corn Fritters with Avocado Salsa I actually posted this right back when I first started RecipeTin Eats. Back then, I had hardly any readers and my photos weren’t so great. But patience isn’t my greatest virtue and I was so excited about starting a food blog that I couldn’t wait to share my favourite recipes....

METHOD: Wash the broccoli florets and keep it aside. Thinly slice the onions, Wash and soak the rice in 1 and 1/2 cup of water and pressure cook this with little salt and a drop of oil for 3 whistles Fluff the rice with fork and allow it to cool by spreading it in a wide plate. In a pan add oil and add in the ginger garlic paste. Saute in a low flame till the raw smell goes....

For an even healthier option, try this Broccoli Salad with a mayo-free Creamy Lemon Dressing or Ranch Dressing, or this Broccoli Salad with Sour Cream dressing! The mere mention of Broccoli Salad conjures up visions of giant bowls of broccoli swimming in oily mayo dressing that’s often too sweet. Just the thought makes my thighs start expanding. Yet I cannot deny that I’m a sucker for a good Broccoli Salad with a creamy dressing....

Dosa batter 1 cup Cauliflower (finely chopped) 1 cup Ginger garlic paste 1 tsp Onion 1 Tomato 1 Cumin seeds 1/4 tsp Curry leaves few Sambar powder 1 tsp Turmeric powder 1/4 tsp Salt to taste Oil 3 tsp Wash the cauliflower nicely and chop them finely. Chop the onions and tomatoes very finely. In a pan add oil and throw in the cumin seeds. Add the ginger garlic paste....

Fast Chinese Noodle Soup! This Chinese Noodle Soup is one of my classic “back pocket” recipes because it’s so versatile and incredibly quick. Because people who cook all day for a living need quick dinners for real life – ask any chef!! Here’s a run down of how it goes: Broth: Plonk and simmer 6 ingredients for 10 minutes (no trip to the Asian store required!);Noodles: Prepare fresh OR dried noodles according to packet directions;Toppings: Rummage in fridge and locate vegetables & proteins of choice....

YES this is easy! Of course it is easy – every recipe on my blog is easy. I promise you this is worth trying. The smell when the pancake hits the pan, the shallots sizzling…..I’m lost for words to describe how good it is. It is a great make ahead dish – you can keep the ready-to-cook pancakes in the fridge or the freezer – and you can cook them in their frozen state, it just takes a 3 minutes instead of 2 minutes on the stove....

These store well for a couple of days in an airtight container. The nutritional information below shows that each piece only contains 9 calories….however, this is somewhat misleading given you won’t be able to stop at one!

You’ll love the creamy broth (but no cream!), and how the tender beans absorb the flavour. Leave some of the ham tender and juicy, pan fry some to make it crispy. It’s the best of both worlds! Leftover Ham Bone Soup! Ham bones are highly coveted in my circle . Each year, I gather as many as I can and stash them in my deep freezer. The Christmas just gone, I went one step further and gifted several Glazed Hams under the guise of being a thoughtful friend....

Bonus: you get to lick the bowl clean. I’ll take that over cake batter any day! Chocolate Truffles 5 years ago when I embarked on a chocolate truffle mission, I was rather surprised that it wasn’t as easy as I thought to find a “normal” chocolate truffle recipe. All I wanted was a basic truffle recipe that I could make without having to use $40/kg ($20/lb) Lindt 85% cacao dark chocolate, without liquor in it, without a salted caramel centre, without using a candy thermometer, without a double coating of chocolate....

Easy Creamy Cheesy Potato Bake. How’s that for a tongue twister, eh? Try saying that 3 times real fast (even harder, after a couple of glasses of wine). I keep getting myself confused, and I’ve probably gotten it wrong a few times in this post even though I’ve gone back to check several times! When you think of potato bakes, you probably think of sliced potatoes. Otherwise known as Potato Gratin, Potato Dauphinoise and Scalloped Potatoes to those in the States....

All purpose flour|maida 1/2 cup Butter 2 and 1/2 tblsp Baking soda 1/4 tsp Baking powder 1/2 tsp Milk 1/2 tblsp Chocolate chips 3 tblsp Sugar 2 tblsp Vanilla essence 1 tsp In a bowl add the flour, baking soda and baking powder. Powder the sugar in a mixie. Add the soft butter to this. Keep the butter in room temperature for sometime, you will get it soft butter....

Ragi flour 1 cup Whole wheat flour 1/2 cup Sugar 1/2 cup Cocoa powder 1/4 cup Baking soda 1/2 tsp Oil 5 tblsp Lemon juice 1 tblsp Vanilla essence 1 tsp Water 1 and 1/4 cup For nutella glaze Nutella 1 tblsp Butter 1 tsp Milk 2 tblsp In a wide bowl, sift the ragi flour, whole wheat flour, baking soda, and cocoa powder. Powder the sugar and in a bowl add the sugar, oil, lemon juice, vanilla essence, and water....