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Healthy Baked Chocolate Oats

Posted on December 14, 2016December 14, 20166 CommentsPosted in Bakes, Baking, Breakfast, Cakes, Muffins, Crumbles, Pies, Grains, Oats, Quick and Easy Recipes, Vegetarian, VegetarianTagged Bake-a-thon, Bake-a-thon 2016, Cooking for One, Eggless Bakes, No Butter Bakes, Old Fashioned Oats, One Pot Dish

Healthy baked chocolate oats is an eggless and no butter bake. It makes a great breakfast and a quick snack or even a dessert when served with some whipped cream and some berries. Tired of regular cooked oats or instant oats, try this healthy baked chocolate oats for a change and you will love it! […]

Broiled Shrimp Foil Packets

Posted on December 12, 2016January 4, 20179 CommentsPosted in Appetizers & Snacks, Baked & Grilled, By Category, Entrees, Non Veg, Non Vegetarian, Potatoes, Quick and Easy Recipes, Seafood, ShrimpTagged Bake-a-thon, Bake-a-thon 2016, Barbeque, Blogging Marathon, Cooking for One, Grilled Shrimp, One Pot Dish, One Pot Meal, Picnic Food, Shrimp

Broiled shrimp boil foil packets are an alternative to traditional summer shrimp boil. Instead of boiling shrimp in a large pot, shrimp is divided into individual serving size, wrapped in a foil and is broiled in the oven or cooked on a grill. Here I broiled it in the oven. This is a one pot […]

Toor Dal Khichdi in Pressure Cooker

Posted on December 11, 2016February 22, 201912 CommentsPosted in Daily Recipes, Other Varieties, Quick and Easy Recipes, Rice, Rice Varieties, Vegetarian, VegetarianTagged Blogging Marathon, CCChallenge, Cooking for One, One Pot Dish, One Pot Meal, Pressure Cooker Recipe, Rice, Toor Dal

Khichdi is a one pot preparation with lentils and rice. Lentils used vary from toor dal, chana dal, moong dal to masoor. Today’s recipe is toor dal khichdi with vegetables. This is a filling one pot dish and a one pot meal. This recipe serves one, hence a recipe that falls under ‘cooking for one’ […]

Veggie Cheese Sandwich ~ Fusion Sandwich

Posted on November 19, 2016December 17, 20168 CommentsPosted in Appetizers & Snacks, Appetizers/Snacks, Bell Pepper, Breakfast, Carrots, Cheddar Cheese, Daily Recipes, Dairy, Onion, Quick and Easy Recipes, Sandwiches, Sandwiches & Wraps, Sauteed, Steamed & more, Vegetarian, Vegetarian, Vegetarian, VegetarianTagged Blogging Marathon, Cooking for One, Fusion Sandwich

When I cook for myself, I look for easy recipes to fix my meal and this veggie cheese sandwich is one of them. Vegetables and spread for the sandwich differs based on my mood on a given day. For the last recipe in Cooking for One, series is fusion veggie cheese sandwich. I used tomato […]

Chintapandu Pulihora ~ Tamarind Rice

Posted on November 18, 2016March 9, 201710 CommentsPosted in Grains, Other Varieties, Rice, Rice, Rice Varieties, Vegetarian, VegetarianTagged Andhra Cuisine, Andhra Food, Blogging Marathon, Cooking for One, Rice, South Indian Cuisine, South Indian Food, Tamarind, Telangana Cuisine, Telangana Food

Pulihora is a traditional South Indian flavored rice. It is a tart/tangy rice and lime juice, tamarind or mango are the tart/tangy fruit used to prepare this rice. Tamarind or chintapandu pulihora and lime or nimmakaya pulihora are most common preparations while mango or mamidikaya pulihora is seasonal. Chintapandu pulihora is a tangy flavored rice […]

Sooji Dhokla ~ Rava Dhokla ~ Semolina Dhokla

Posted on November 17, 2016February 22, 20198 CommentsPosted in Appetizers & Snacks, Appetizers/Snacks, Breakfast, Daily Recipes, Sauteed, Steamed & more, Vegetarian, Vegetarian, VegetarianTagged Blogging Marathon, Cooking for One, Dhokla, Gujarati Cuisine, Semolina

Dhokla is a farsan (snack) from Gujarati cuisine. It is a savory steamed cake prepared with fermented batter. The most popular and well known dhokla is khaman dhokla. However, there are many varieties of dhoklas prepared in Gujarat and sooji dhokla or rava dhokla or semolina dhokla is one of them. This reminded me of […]