Masala Vadai
| June 18, 2013 | Posted by MySpicyKitchen under Appetizers & Snacks, Bengal Gram ~ Chana Dal, Black Gram ~ Urad Dal, Breakfast, By Category, By Ingredient, Cook Books, Daily Recipes, Deep & Shallow Fried, Legumes, Toor Dal, Vegetarian, Vegetarian, Vegetarian |
For day two of the marathon, I picked toor dal and chana dal as my ingredients and made masala vada from the cookbook Dakshin, Vegetarian Cuisine from South by Chandra Padmanabhan. The ingredients that piqued my interest and attracted me to this recipe are combination of dals used to prepare this vada. Vada is a… more
Fresh Fenugreek Leaves & Cooked Dal Stir Fry
| June 17, 2013 | Posted by MySpicyKitchen under By Category, By Ingredient, Cook Books, Curries & Fries, Curries & Stir Fries, Daily Recipes, Dals, Fenugreek Leaves ~ Methi Leaves, Legumes, Quick and Easy Recipes, Stir Fries, Toor Dal, Vegetarian, Vegetarian |
For this week’s marathon, my theme is picking two ingredients from a given list and cooking with those two ingredients from a cookbook. For today, my ingredients are greens and toor dal. My greens are fresh fenugreek leaves aka menthi koora. Here the fresh fenugreek leaves are stir fried with pre-cooked toor dal. This is… more
Mango Chocolate Marble Cake
| June 14, 2013 | Posted by MySpicyKitchen under Bakes, Baking, By Category, By Ingredient, Cakes, Muffins, Desserts, Desserts, Desserts & Sweets, Fruits, Mangoes, Vegetarian |
The second bake for Home Bakers Challenge this month is Chocolate Mango Cake and we were give an egg & an eggless version, which was chosen by Spicy Treats. I picked the eggless cake which is also butter less. I baked the cake couple of weeks ago but am late posting it on the blog.… more
Low Fat Blueberry & Vanilla Ice-Creams
| June 12, 2013 | Posted by MySpicyKitchen under Blueberries, By Category, By Ingredient, Desserts, Desserts, Desserts & Sweets, Evaporated Milk, Fruits, Vegetarian |
For the last day of this week’s marathon, I am here with a low fat, low calorie ice-cream, perfect for the upcoming summer. Last week I came across this ice-cream link on one of the social networking groups. As soon as I saw the recipe I wanted to try it and blog it this week.… more
Bell Peppers Gram Flour Stir Fry ~ Capsicum Besan Kura
| June 11, 2013 | Posted by MySpicyKitchen under Bell Pepper, By Category, By Ingredient, Curries & Fries, Curries & Stir Fries, Daily Recipes, Gram Flour, Stir Fries, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Vegetarian |
For the second day of the marathon I am cooked with color green. When I was brainstorming recipes for this theme, all the recipes I could think of were with green color ingredients. I had jotted down so many recipes for this color and picking a recipe from that list was not a difficult task… more
Grilled Stuffed Mackerel
| June 10, 2013 | Posted by MySpicyKitchen under By Category, By Ingredient, Cook Books, Curries & Fries, Entrees, Fish, Non Vegetarian, Non Vegetarian, Seafood, Stir Fries |
Starting today, I am doing a 2 week blogging marathon, 3 days a week. I am participating in the marathon after almost a year and am excited to be part of it again. The themes I chose to do for the marathon are cooking with color for this week and cooking from a cook book… more
Homemade Pizza with Coriander Chutney
| May 12, 2013 | Posted by MySpicyKitchen under Breads & Pizzas, By Category, Non Veg, Non Vegetarian |
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
| April 14, 2013 | Posted by MySpicyKitchen under By Ingredient, Eggplant~Brinjal, Events & Roundups, Vegetables |
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
| March 31, 2013 | Posted by MySpicyKitchen under By Category, By Ingredient, Curries & Fries, Curries & Stir Fries, Daily Recipes, Eggplant~Brinjal, Event Entries, Stir Fries, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Vegetarian |
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
| March 30, 2013 | Posted by MySpicyKitchen under By Ingredient, Chutneys & Condiments, Chutney~Pachadi, Daily Recipes, Eggplant~Brinjal, Event Entries, Salad/Raita/Chutney, Vegetarian |
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










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