Plus an optional side of buttery, crispy smashed potatoes for a drumsticks dinner made on one tray! Sticky Baked Chicken Drumsticks recipe This baked Chicken Drumsticks recipe is one of those gems that you’re going to want to keep in your back pocket. Here’s why you’re going to love it and make it over and over again: Unbelievably easy – just spoon sauce over the chicken legs and bake; Magical 5 ingredient Honey Mustard Sauce They roast beautifully so they’re sticky and golden; The flavour is universally pleasing....

See separate directions for brown basmati rice – How to cook Brown Rice. How to cook Basmati Rice The biggest mistake most people make which results in gluey rice is using the wrong rice to water ratio. The correct rice to water ratio is 1 : 1.5 (1 cup of rice to 1.5 cups of water). Most people use 1 3/4 cups of water or even 2 cups of water, AND they rinse the rice which makes it waterlogged and makes the mushy rice problem even worse....

Let’s face it – life is busy, especially if you’re a working parent with kids. Or if you’re a 20-something year old with a hectic social schedule or a 30-something year old with a jet setting corporate lifestyle. And no matter how great your intentions are, you still find yourself scrambling every night to get organised to make a nutritious meal. Forget trying to make meals interesting – that’s way too hard!...

Vinayagar chaturthi | Ganesh chaturthi | pillayar chaturthi, the main prasad made for this ganesha festival for neivedyam is modak | modakam. Though we make different varieties of modakam | kozhukattai, the base for making all kozhukattai is the outer cover made with rice flour. Traditionally rice flour is processed at home for this festival. I have given the recipe for homemade rice flour. A few readers asked me how to avoid cracks while making the outer cover....

Marinated Grilled Vegetables (BBQ or oven!) I don’t think I’ve ever been so excited about a vegetable recipe!! 😂 I mean, we’ve all done basic grilled vegetables. You might’ve even tried your hand tossing vegetables in a basic marinade before barbecuing them. But have you ever tossed grilled vegetables in a marinade AFTER grilling them?? They suck up flavour in a way that raw vegetables never will, and they taste like homemade antipasto vegetables....

What is Besan Burfi? Besan burfi is a sweet and dense dessert made using besan, sugar, water, cardamom, and ghee. I think this might be the easiest dessert recipe on my blog? And that’s crazy because I’m sharing a burfi recipe. Burfi is something I used to dismiss as being too complicated to make myself. Much easier to ask a family member to make it for me (lol). But having an instant pot makes making besan burfi so simple!...

Instant Pot Mac and Cheese I realize that mac and cheese isn’t the healthiest thing in the world, but homemade mac and cheese sure beats the kind that comes out of a box. And sometimes, the fact is that you just want a bowl of warm, cheesy pasta. I’ll be honest, this (gluten-free) mac and cheese has saved me on more than one occasion. It’s the perfect thing to make when your fridge is near empty and you have a toddler and husband who have made it clear that they need food ASAP....

Once upon a time, a girl named Ashley, with a food blog came up with this great recipe for red lentil dal, also known as masoor dal. But she had absolutely nothing interesting to say about the dal other than the fact that it was tasty. When she tried explaining this to the bowl of masoor dal, the dal was quite offended. So masoor dal decided HE would take over Ashley’s post and talk a little about himself....

A variant of idlis seasoned with whole peppercorns and cumin seeds and topped with generous amounts of ghee. This is a popular, South Indian Tamil Brahmin recipe that can be had for breakfast or dinner. Itgets its name as it is popularly made as an offering to God at the Sri VaradharajaSwamy temple in the town of Kanchipuram. Kanchipuram idlis are so popular that people do not mind queuing up for hours to get the prasadam....

Kala channa | black kondakadalai 1 cup Coconut scrapped 1/4 cup Coconut bits 2 tblsp Fennel seeds 1 tsp Onion 1 Tomato 1 Turmeric powder 1/4 tsp Oil 3 tsp Mustard seeds 1/4 tsp Curry leaves few Red chili powder 1/2 tsp Coriander powder 1/2 tsp Salt as needed Coconut oil few drops (optional) Soak the kala channa for 8 hours and cook it with little salt. Chop the tomato and onions finely....

Instant mango pickle, one of the most beautiful things in summer is mangoes. When I was living in Singapore, we always got raw mangoes. But after moving to Hongkong we get it seasonal only. that too weekly once when veggies come from India, we get this Tottapuri mango aka Kili mooku manga, which is perfect for making pickles. I have posted a few versions of mango pickles in Jeyashri’s kitchen....

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Heat a pan and add one tblsp oil and fry the paneer till golden brown. Keep it aside. Chop one onion into cubes and cook in the same oil till golden brown. Keep it aside. Chop the other onion into small pieces and cook this along with garlic, till the onions turn brown. Grind the onions along ginger to a fine paste. Grind the tomatoes into a puree or use 1/2 cup tomato puree....

Mini Christmas Cakes Here are the Mini Christmas Cakes I promised in last weeks’ Holiday Gift Guide!! This is just my classic Christmas Cake converted into mini form. They look so great on a platter to serve at gatherings, and are also ideal for gifting because they have a long shelf life. The cake is beautifully moist, rich with dried fruit, perfumed with Christmas spices. Dense, but soft pudding-like, not like a brick as many store bought ones are....

Mint leaves 1 cup Lemon juice 2 tblsp Sugar as needed Ginger a small piece Chaat masala a pinch Water 2 cups Wash the mint leaves nicely . Let the leaves be fresh. Grind this along with ginger and sugar into a smooth paste. Filter the ground paste . Add water to this and squeeze the lemon juice. Add water to this . I added few ice cubes. Add a dash of chaat masala....

Mochai | Field beans 3/4 cup Small onion 7-8 Garlic 6-7 cloves Sambar powder 1 and 1/4 tblsp Sesame oil 1 tblsp Tamarind gooseberry sized. Mustard seeds 1/4 tsp Turmeric powder 1/4 tsp Curry leaves few Jaggery 1/2 tsp To grind Coconut 1/2 cup Tomato 1 Shallots | small onion 2 Fennel seeds 1/4 tsp (optional) Method: Soak the tamarind in hot water for 10 minutes and extract tamarind extract using 1 and 1/2 cup water....

Wheat dosa recipe Mysore masala dosa In a wide bowl add the moongil arisi, idli rice,urad dal, methi seeds,poha and channa dal. Wash and soak this in water for 3-4 hours. Drain the water and grind this in a grinder into a smooth paste. Use cold water while grinding the batter. Once done,transfer it to a vessel and add salt and mix well. Let this ferment for 5-6 hours. Unlike normal dosa this need not be fermented for 9-12 hours....

Coriander seeds |dhaniya 1/2 cup Black urad dal 2 tblsp Cumin seeds 1 tsp Curry leaves 1 fistful (optional) Salt as needed Red chili 10- 12 Garlic 2 pods Oil 1 tsp In a pan dry roast the dhaniya | coriander seeds. Roast in a medium flame without getting it burnt. roast till it the colour is changed and it emits a nice aroma. Else the podi will be taste raw....

We always prefer to have hot filter coffee, but one hot afternoon I wanted to have a cup cold drink and when I was searching in my refrigerator the idea of cold coffee suddenly came to my mind before I taste this delicious creamy cold coffee I wanted to click this and here is the recipe for Nutella Cold Coffee. Also check out our other Nutella recipes – Nutella cookies, Nutella banana ice cream, Nutella fruit sandwich, nutella brownies....

Parangikkai | Yellow Pumpkin 1 cup (cubed) Coconut 2 tblsp Green Chili 1 (small) Sugar 2 tsp Rice flour 1 tsp Salt to taste Coconut oil 1 tsp Mustard seeds 1/4 tsp In a pan add the cubed pumpkin and add half cup of water. Add little salt and cook the pumpkins till soft. This will cook very fast, so ensure not to make it mashed. Meanwhile grind the coconut, green chili, sugar and rice flour into a fine paste adding little water....