Veggie Platter

Brinjal / Eggplant is often called the 'King of the vegetables' in India. Back in our home state, Andhra where it is called 'va...

    The ubiquitous potato is probably the most liked vegetable around the globe (at least from my perspective.) Each may have their ow...

Though I have been blogging for almost close to three years, the hosting of a cooking event always intimidated me. I assume it to be a dif...

 I prefer raitas to go along with my rotis, especially during my lonely lunches on weekdays. Raitas are usually simple, quick, convenient...

Semolina - Vermicelli Payasam: I prefer quick and easy payasams for neivedyam and yesterday I prepared rava - semiya payasam. This is a...

Happy Dasara to everyone. I prepared a simple neivedyam as Dasara (navarathri) began today. It included green beans koora, eggplant-tomato...

I prefer to cook (especially the breakfasts) simple on weekends. On the other hand, my husband who is is not a sugary cereal / bread person ...

      I am sharing here another vegetable chutney that goes well with rice. The mild sweetness of the chayote is well balanced with the...

Like most of the Indian women, my mother used to prepare (& still does) different kinds of vadiyalu (papads, loosely translated), sun dr...

Translated from Telugu, Palakoora - Spinach, Mamidikaya - Green Mango, Pappu - Dal, A lentil preparation from Andhra If this would have...