Whole Wheat Pancakes

Soft and fluffy pancakes made with whole wheat flour. Perfect for a light and healthy breakfast. I just realized recently that over the years I forgot to post the recipe of a basic pancake. I’m remedying that today with these delicious, light and fluffy, 100% whole wheat pancakes made from scratch. If you are lookingRead more

Chilled Cream Fruit Salad

A semi frozen dessert with a thick chilled cream and fruit cocktail.  If you are anything like me who don’t enjoy fruits much, then this fruit salad is for you. Yeaah a tad less healthy, but extremely delicious. The best part is the texture of this dessert. It is similar to a sorbet, but aRead more

Valayappam/ Funnel Cake/ Kaiveeshal

Valayappam/ Funnel Cakes are deep fried pancake like batter topped with powdered sugar. Hey! Here I am, late as usual with the first post of 2019. Hope this year started off well for you all. Mine was amazing as I was with my family in Dubai for new years. 🙂 Now I am back inRead more

Hyderabadi Wedding Chicken Fry

A delicious fried chicken which is usually served during Hyderabadi weddings.  I have never been to a Hyderabadi wedding but heard a lot about the unique, royal dishes they serve during the function. I saw this shadiyon wala red chicken fry (as how it is popularly known) recipe in YouTube recently and I knew instantlyRead more

Chicken Korma/Kurma-2

A soothing Chicken Korma with the signature coconut milk gravy. It is astonishingly straight forward – and it is made with very less ingredients, even then the flavor is stunning. This chicken korma is our new favorite. We love how mild yet super flavorful it is and the best part is that this curry canRead more

Banana Fritters/ Pazham Pori

Pazham Pori is a popular snack from Kerala made with ripe plantains. Banana slices are dipped in a flour batter and deep fried. With this recipe, you will get  crisp banana fritters everytime.  Pazham pori…oh my God!!! I just love these. Served warm and crisp with a hot cup of chai is the best snackRead more

Crisp Prawn Fry

A spicy Prawn Fry with delicious crumbs from the fried marinade. It sure is a mouth watering dish!     Most of the Keralites would be familiar with Calicut Paragon Prawn Fry. I simply love it. Every time we go there this dish never misses our table. I have been trying to recreate it inRead more

Mafroukeh Truffles

Mafroukeh which is a Lebanese dessert is made of semolina, pistachios, sugar and butter infused with sugar syrup, and rose water. It is filled with a cream called ashta (I have replaced it with mascorpone cheese). Here I have made truffles out of it, making it look more appealing. This is easily one of my favorite ArabicRead more

White Chocolate Crunch Pudding

This White Crunch Chocolate Pudding is an absolutely simple dessert to make whenever a dessert craving hits you. It has a delicious white chocolate cream layered between a crunchy, nutty, biscuit layer. Hello all! Nice to be back here after the 2 months break. Technically I have not been posting regularly in my blog forRead more

Pistachio Financiers

These mini Pistachio Almond Cake is a French cake that is light and moist. The key ingredients are almond flour and pistachio flour which gives a nutty flavor to the Pistachio Financiers.     What I love about these little cakes are that the directions are rather simple, but oh so good (the simple thingsRead more

Bengali Chicken Kosha

Kosha Murgir Mangsho/ Bengali Chicken Kosha is a Bengali speciality dish. It is a spicy, semi dry chicken curry and goes well with roti, puri or pulao. Hey there. I am back after a break, again. 🙂 I had gone for a three week vacation to my hometown, Kerala. Had a fantastic time there. MissRead more

Crispy Chicken Fry

A deep fried crisp chicken fry with Indian flavors. This chicken fry can be eaten as an appetizer, or with main course or you can even make chilli chicken with it. The last option was what I opted for. I made chilli chicken dry with this fried chicken by tossing it in a spicy sauce.Read more