Homemade Pizza with Coriander Chutney

Home Bakers, Pepperoni Mushrooms Jalapeno Pizza with Coriander Chutney

Home Bakers is a baking group started by Priya of Priya’s Versatile Recipes and this is our first baking challenge. For the first challenge, Divya chose a simple homemade pizza. She gave us couple of pizza crust recipes and few pizza recipes with various toppings. I chose Giada De Laurentiis recipe for without tomato sauce.… more

Veggie a Month: Brinjal ~ Eggplant Roundup

VFAM, VFAM-Eggplant, Brinjal, Eggplant, Veggie a Month

I would like to thank Priya for letting me host her a Veggie a Month event. I signed up to host this event late last summer and I wanted to try and share handful of eggplants recipes for this event. Then I did not know I would have to go to India in Feb and… more

Thai Eggplants with Cilantro Green Chilies ~ Vankaya Kothimeera Pachi Mirchi Koora

Thai Eggplants with Cilantro Green Chilies, Brinjals with Kothmir Green Chilies, VAM: Brinjal, Veggie Fruit a Month, Veggie a Month

Eggplant or brinjal is not a regular vegetable in my house. I don’t mind eggplants but my husband is a little picky. He eats once in a while does not want me to cook it regularly. I usually cook purple brinjal and few months ago I tried round green brinjals, also known as Thai Eggplants… more

Brinjal Chutney ~ Vankaya Pachadi

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Before I get to today’s post, this is a gentle reminder that tomorrow is the deadline to send in your entries to Veggie/Fruit a Month: Brinjal ~ Eggplant I am guest hosting this month. Are you wondering why my blog was silent for almost two months and I have not even posted any recipes for… more

Veggie a Month: Brinjal ~ Eggplant, Event Announcement

VFAM, VFAM-Eggplant, Brinjal, Eggplant, Veggie a Month

Veggie Fruit a Month (VFAM) is a monthly event started by Priya. It is my pleasure to guest host the event this month. Veggie of the month for March 2013 is Brinjal ~ Eggplant ~ Aubergine. I would request you all to share your favorite brinjal~eggplant~aubergine recipes this month. Here are the rules for this… more

Sun Dried Tomato & Onion Tart

Baking Partners, Savory tart

The bake for Baking Partners # 6 is a tart and I chose a savory tart suggested by Samantha. I made half the recipe, following the recipe to dart, except for the cheese. The recipe called for gruyere cheese and I used gruyere cheese for half the tart and paneer (Indian cheese) for the other… more

Shaped Dinner Rolls

Baking Partners, Dinner Rolls, Rose Rolls, Kaiser Rools, Rosette Rolls, Loin House Roll, Clover Roll, Braided Roll

Holidays are just around the corner and this month’s bake is perfect to try out some homemade dinner rolls for the holidays. We were given two recipes for the rolls, one from the Loin House using egg and the other is an eggless rolls recipe. I followed the Loin House recipe. We were given seven… more

SYF&HWS: Mustard Seeds Roundup

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I would like to thank Anu for letting me guest host her “sizzle your food & health with spices” (SYF&HWS) mustard seeds event. I was a little busy past few weeks and could not contribute any recipes to the event. I will list the entries I received for the event and will include mustard recipes… more

SYF & HWS – Mustard Seeds, Event Announcement

SYF&HWS Series - Mustard Seeds

Sizzle your food & health with spices, SYF & HWS is an event started by Anu of Anu’s Healthy Kitchen.  I am guest hosting the event this  and the spice  is “Mustard Seeds”.    This event runs from Oct 5 – Nov 5.  I use mustard seeds mostly in my tempering and in some of… more

Royyala Kura ~ Shrimp Curry

Royyala Kura, Royyala Iguru, Shrimp Fry, Seafood Feast

I was thinking of updating some of the old posts with new pictures for quite some time. Last week when I prepared shrimp curry, I thought why not re-post the recipe again? Usually when I cook, I play around with the ingredients and add or omit ingredients depending on my mood. I usually prefer sautéing… more