Uppumavu made of Broken wheat (also called Dalia in Hindi) is a popular breakfast dish as it is considered filling and nutritious. I have not tried it out but I love the sweet payasam made with Broken wheat and jaggery; made it for Onam this year π A bespoke Onam Sadya πΊ Part π and…
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A New November π
The fairy lights are out ! The apartment complex is decorated with multi-coloured string lights wound spiralling the lamp posts and tree trunks; also twined along the hedges lining the entrances; we are ready for Diwali πͺ. And the best part is they remain for the whole of November and December till the New Year….
Savoury Soya: Two tasty dishes π₯
Nano or baby soya chunks look cute and they can be used to make tasty dishes. It makes sense to buy an ingredient only if you can cook it at least in two ways; else they will remain in the cupboards, forgotten till expiry. The two major benefits of cooking with soya are, one, they…
A week in pics π
The days are bright and sunny; not too hot and it rains sometimes late in the evening and at night. So pleasant weather in Bangalore. My pink pathumani poov (10 O’ clock flower) is the prettiest and brightest looking life around the house. It makes me happy ! We had guests over for lunch on…
A City Getaway: ITC Gardenia π
The newspapers claim this to be the wettest October in Bangalore so farβοΈ. The rains seem to be unpredictable, many areas in Bangalore have become waterlogged and IMD declared yellow alert in the city and it’s outskirts for a few days. But this is in the midst of the annual Puja holidays; we were really…
Nando’s @ Bangalore πΆ
Nando’s flame grilled peri-peri chicken π…π Weekend is a time we try to venture out of the house and this weekend some shopping was also on cards. A visit to the mall sounded perfect and Phoenix Market City is one of our favourites. The mall this weekend was teeming with shoppers, schools are closed and…
Hard Rock Cafe Bangalore
Located in the heart of the city and surrounded by the flowing stream of non-stop Bangalore traffic; but once you step inside this charming edifice, you get transported to another world ! What hits you first is the live & loud music courtesy the band called the Wicked Mixture; they were fabulous πΈπΉπΆπ΅ !! The…
Malabar fish curry in minutes β°
…with a little help π. I tried out a ready to cook fish curry from a fish and meat delivery app in Bangalore called http://www.fishandmeatdaily.com I was a little apprehensive about trying out ready to cook, but decided to give it a go; it’s only akin to ordering an eat out with an extra step…
Sambar secrets π
It’s the end of the week and one of the unpleasant tasks in the To Do list of food prep for the next week is grating coconuts π₯₯. Laborious process, but inescapable as we use coconut in practically all the dishes.Β And this is where Sambar scores, it’s a gravy dish that does not require…
Royal Challengers Bar & Cafe: More than a hat trick π₯
Live music, fabulous food, relaxing ambience – that’s a hat trick for this sports themed restaurant and combine it with prompt and friendly service, edgy drinks, this restaurant is superb !! Sunday afternoon and we were at Church Street trying to zero in on a place to eat. The two major attractions of Church Street…
A bespoke Onam Sadya πΊ Part π
7: 00 am, Saturday morning, Thiruvonam Day 2021 π΅; no hurry to rush to the kitchen and start with the cooking π….I had it under control or at least I believed so… The To Do list for the cooking spree on Saturday morning ran like this π Extract the thick and thin coconut milk for…
A bespoke Onam Sadya πΊ Part π
I can’t call it a traditional Onam sadya; we had 10 dishes with 8 veg and 2 non-veg, plus 3 payasams. It was a potluck sadya too, our guests were gracious enough to bring 2 dishes and 2 payasams. Hubs was skeptical, “Have you ever seen a Onam sadya spread with non-veg dishes !?” He…
Cravings for cold cloudy days…π
It’s been a few days since we have seen the sun; the sky is an undulating cover of white and grey with occasional rain and cold breeze. Hailing from Kerala where it’s sweltering hot, the weather in Bangalore is reminiscent of a hill station and it’s lovely π. The cloudy cold days prompt cravings for…
A week in pics π
What’s news !? Rains βοΈ The weather in Bangalore is dreamy. The lockdown here has been lifted and under the erstwhile normal we should be stepping out to explore the city esp. during the weekends; but not so much now. Surprisingly, we are still content to remain at home ! The home deliveries have been…
A taste of Kerala…π
Looks like Brownies; but no π Homemade; yes ! π It’s a fruit halwa… π Jackfruit halwa π€ Tasty and unique to Kerala…a taste of home !! Till next post, take care !!
The Magic Whistle β²
Sounds like the title of an Enid Blyton story. But not so. When we were playing the edible alphabet game in our family WhatsApp group π Q for Queens πΈπ», my dish for the letter Y was the very common yam. I have a love hate relationship with this vegetable. I love it enough to…
Sweet start to the month π₯
June is always special; celebrating the arrival of the monsoon β ; but this year it is in June that we finally got to taste this year’s mangoesπ₯. So double celebrationsπ₯³. Usually we get a carton from Kerala filled with our homegrown Moovandan mangoes; but this time, mom said most of the mangoes were infested…
Q for Queens πΈπ»
Inspired by Anita Nair’s book – the Alphabet Soup for Lovers πGood reads for the monsoon 2020 #1 π¦ we held an edible alphabet game in our family WhatsApp group. Beginning from the first of the month till the twenty sixth, the participants had to post a picture of a homemade dish, beginning with the…
Happiness homemade π
Today was my younger nephew’s b’day. He turned sevenπ¦. My brother and sil arranged an online cake cutting, the kid was thrilled and so were we. He is used to online classes, so greeting his cousins and grandparents virtually seemed perfectly normal to him. My sil took the trouble to bake a cakeπ. It was…
Easy Indian Meal (Set #10): Rice and curries π
“Cook with love, thinking about the people who are going to be eating your food. Think how much you want them to enjoy the meal. Put your heart into it !” my Dad’s secret to cooking tasty meals. In the midst of the lockdown, when everyday is the same, meals have taken up the additional…
Miles and smiles 
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