Month: March 2018
Chocolate-Mango scoops
The brown scoop was homemade ice cream, made with banana, chocolate chips, milk and cashew paste. The other was a store-bought tangy mango sorbet ! A match made in dessert heaven.You can omit the milk and just use cashew paste instead for a vegan version! Ingredients Banana -2 (peeled and frozen) Chocolate chips – 1/2…
Varagu Sambhar rice
Lunch! Hot and spicy Varagu (Kodo millet) sambar rice with loads of beans, carrots, peas, drumstick, plump peanuts for the crunch and store bought potato chips. It is a very doable one pot lunch for a workday! I prefer to make yummy wholesome fuss free meals and one pot meals are a boon. You can…
Idly with kaarapodi
Idly, molagapodi and thengai chutney (coconut chutney). This is one kickass instant molagapodi, made with just chilli powder, salt and garlic all crushed together and mixed with sesame oil. No matter how many sides you have for idlies, this one is mandatory! My idlies are made with whole urad dhal with skin, which explains the…
Curd rice with Pomo pearls
That’s how comfort food looks to me! A very calming bowl of curd rice (rice with homemade yogurt) after yesterday’s heavy ghee roast chicken. Didn’t need any sides as it was loaded with green chilies, grated ginger and finely chopped red onions for the spice, diced green pepper, peanuts and channa dhal for the crunch,…
Strawberry Cheesecake
Baked this beauty for my daughter’s birthday! No cheese, cheese cake! Yes! There’s no cheese, just yogurt, condensed milk and cream in equal quantities and baked in a water bath on a biscuit base. That simple yet so tasty! Ingredients: For Biscuit Base Digestives /Oreo/or any other of your choice Salted or unsalted Butter enough…