tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-327568752012-01-10T23:29:14.231+11:00Move over the Naked Chef....Here comes the Clothed Cook!Praveenahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04860023534427419957noreply@blogger.comBlogger171100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32756875.post-75096526249985964842006-11-22T10:15:00.000+11:002006-11-22T10:18:11.318+11:00

There was only a few dishes that I could make as a kid. I felt so proud as if I have accomplished something great by making a dish to the school fair. However there were some experiments that I just wish I could forget. Everytime someone from my childhood mentions how I have grown up and now can cook, my dad tells this one story. A story I would rather forget.But after reading Trupti's post

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Sometimes you just want to fly caution to the wind and be bad. REAL BAD. And this weekend I did just that.Albie, my vegan friend, brought these into work and we finished them off within minutes. As they were mini you didn't have to feel guilty about it (but not when you have 6!). Anyway, as a group we established that vegan food isn't too healthy it doesn't taste good and after getting the

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On the weekend I tried Supriya's Stuffed Okra and it was so good! I think I went a bit crazy with the truss tomatoes I got on sale so it was a bit sour but the Okra tasted really yummy with the stuffing.Thanks Supriya (of Spice Corner)

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After blogging a few months now, my 'Recipes to Try' list has gone through the roof. I thought I should bring it down a bit so I focused on trying the things I wanted to try.I started off with Nandita's Egg Curry and paired it with Sailu's Soya Chunks Vegetable PulaoMy hubby is not big on potato so I had to venture out and get my a bag of potatoes to make us Rooma's Jhatpat Aloo Paratha with a

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After making the baked bean and egg toasties, I had some leftover bread and some leftover potato curry. So I thought I would make a few Bread Bondas.This recipe I learnt from a family friend, Sathyavathi aunty. She actually deep fried it and it tastes much better fried but the fat content hits the sky. And since I had the toasties going on I thought I would see what happens if I make it in the

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When Nandita's (of Saffron Trail) WBB#7 theme was Baking, I scratched my head. Because I like baking and have a few muffins, breads and cakes up my sleeve but I didn't think I would eat any of it for breakfast. Even the savoury ones I couldn't really see myself getting up in the morning and baking (and of course eating!).Then I remembered! I had come across this recipe ages and ages ago (from

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Whenever I go out to eat, I have an annoying tendancy to try and recreate what I have eaten at home. This is annoying because the time I am eating out I tend to dissect the food rather than enjoy it. My hubby thinks that some foods should be enjoyed when other people make it but I believe it is a challenge to make it at home. This recipe is one such dish that I had out (of all place the office

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I used to live in Banglore when we were India. Now Bangloreans know how to have food. Every type of food I have had in Banglore has been top notch that I am still thinking about it. The thing that I like most about Banglore is their street food.Everytime I go there I am a big fan of CHAAT. Bhel puri, masala puri, pani puri, moti masala, and the list goes on. I can go to a chat house and have

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After the day of eating rich foods and heavy meals, the next day we weren't too keen on a big breakfast. Since I had some Turkish bread I thought I would make a simple hummus and chickpea salad. Short and sweet but high in calcium!HummusIngredients1 can chickpeas or 400g chickpeas soaked overnight and cooked1 or 2 garlic cloves- minced finely.1 lemon- juiced.1 tbsp tahini- this is seasame butter

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Happy Deepavali (Belated) to all of you! Hope all of you have a properous and happy year!Of course Deepavali is not the same without the sweets. So here I am writing up my two cents on my version of Kheer.This is a pretty simple recipe and I hope it makes it to round two of JFI - Diwali Treats hosted by Vee at Past, Present and Me.KheerIngredients1 cup cooked rice1 cup sugar1 litre milka few

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I know what you are thinking. It is just like all the other adventures I embark upon. After the inital 'honeymoon' phase of about a week, and the excitment dies down, another hobby of mine gets put onto the shelf of unfinished projects. I guess food blogging isn't really a project, but an ongoing hobby, I thought I would stick to it for more than I have.Don't get me wrong, when ever I have

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As soon as I saw this month's JFI Ingredient was Milk I knew exactly what to make. I thought that being milk based it had to be a dessert and what better than Kalakand.Well this sweet is probably not really Kalakand but pretty close to it. I have never been a very patient cook and this is probably what has put me off making basundi (one of my favourites!). However this sweet I have been making

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Living in a foreign country, most people refer to breakfast as being toast, cereal and orange juice. I had a traditional Indian mum and a hard core Andhra husband (I think mentioned this already!). This means that my breakfasts was far from the typical Aussie breakfast. When people ask me what I had for breakfast I struggle to answer. This is because I don't know how to explain what idli, dosas,

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After a western dish, I thought I should follow with an indian red capsicum dish. Since I had some red capsicums (I think americans call it red bell pepper) left over I thought I would make a chutney.When my mother in law came over from India last year we went to Lakshmi aunty's house. There she had red capsicum chutney and has not forgotten since. Everytime I speak to my mother in law she asks

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Boy! What a week. As soon as I have started blogging, I have become so busy! Work is busy and home is busy! But I still have managed to cook and more importantly take photos. However it is not until Sunday night that I have managed to find some time to write up all that I have cooked.If there is one vegetable that me and my husband would regard as our favourite (do people have favourite

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Krishna Janmashtami is a festival of Lord Krishna's birthday. Hence I woke up early to celebrate. It is said that along with rangoli, you should draw little feet of krishna coming into the house as to welcome him into your home. I have never been a great rangoli drawer but thanks to the internet I found some good sites (in particular this one) that will help even the artistically challenged (such

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Wow! It is like I have discovered a whole bunch of friends I never knew I had! After discovering the world of blogging throughMahanandi's Indira, life will never be the same. Being a relatively newly married bride I was only recently introduced to the world of cooking but this is a totally different dimension. Food Blogging.When at home I barely knew where the kitchen was but how things have

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