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Curry: 85 Classic Recipes Explore and enjoy the varieties of curry from various cultures. Extraordinarily versatile, curry was initially best known as an Indian specialty. Over the centuries, it has been adapted and specialized by almost every region in Asia. Jody Vassallo includes recipes .. read full article »

Its inevitable that an Indian meal is accompanied by this famous Yogurt sauce more popularly known as “Raita“. This comes in various flavors and varieties. Its a great base to try your creativity. It was amazing to me that here in the US, yogurt is not a part of a regular diet. Well, what .. read full article »

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Indian Spice Kitchen: Essential Ingredients and Over 200 Authentic Recipes Presenting more than two hundred authentic Indian recipes, an illustrated cookbook explains how to use a wide range of herbs, nuts, spices, vinegars, and other special ingredients to create distinctive Indian .. read full article »

I received this beautiful book  - Anjum's New Indian to review by Wiley Publications. The author of this book is Anjum Anand who presents Indian Food made easy on the Cooking channel. I still want to catch that show. This book is Anjum's interpretation of a vast and diverse culinary .. read full article »

Winter has set in Delhi. We have had some rain this week which has further brought down the temperatures and I am beginning to regret not airing out the winter wardrobe ahead of time when the days were sunny and bright.  The sun will be back in our winter soon enough and we will be found lazily .. read full article »

Winter has set in Delhi. We have had some rain this week which has further brought down the temperatures and I am beginning to regret not airing out the winter wardrobe ahead of time when the days were sunny and bright.  The sun will be back in our winter soon enough and we will be found lazily .. read full article »

Iceberg Lettuce SaladHad a light meal for lunch today. Prepared a simple and quick salad with Iceberg lettuce, red and yellow capsicums and cucumber. I used balsamic-honey vinaigrette which is simple yet assertive.Wash, pat dry a head of iceberg lettuce and tear into bite sized pieces, slice a .. read full article »

Saatvik Bhojan Indian Food for the Soul 101 Saatvik Recipes Saatvik food uplift, energise and illuminate both mind and body, and this guidebook details all such recipes. It is light and illuminating, a quality mentioned in the “Gita” as opposed to “Raja mode” which pertains to action .. read full article »

Saatvik Bhojan Indian Food for the Soul 101 Saatvik Recipes Saatvik food uplift, energise and illuminate both mind and body, and this guidebook details all such recipes. It is light and illuminating, a quality mentioned in the “Gita” as opposed to “Raja mode” which pertains to action .. read full article »

Happy Thanksgiving everyone. Hope you will enjoy and cherish your time with your loved ones! read full article »

It's that time of the year again. Gudiya is very excited about this Thanksgiving feast. "What's the key to have a happy thanksgiving? - Turkey!!" -  Gudiya has been saying this riddle to everyone at least a million times! However, we do not have turkey as her mom doesn't know how to make the .. read full article »

This post will be updated as the day progresses, in a kind of "live blogging" style- a diary of a day of cooking and baking. Thursday, Nov 25- Thanksgiving 2010 is about to dawn. At 5:30 this evening, there will be about 6 hungry guests arriving here. All I have done so far is grocery shopping .. read full article »

Semiya BiryaniWhen pressed for time, I tend to go the quick one pot meal way. Semiya Biryani is a delightful one pot light meal, fragrant with aromatic spices and loaded with vegetables. Use whole wheat vermicelli and you have some wholesome goodness on your dinner plate.Vermicelli (Semiya) .. read full article »

This Thanksgiving I am really thankful that BS does not have a Thanksgiving Feast at school.Now don't get me wrong. Usually I have no problem with them, the feasts that is. Actually I love feasts more when they are hosted by a third party. In all her pre-school years, the teacher would put up a .. read full article »

A quick, simple and tasty rice.. Ingredients :To make powder:Coriander Seeds : 1tbspJeera: 1/4 tspFenugreek Seeds: 4 seedsChanadal: 1/2 tbspUriddal: 1/2tbspRedchilli: 4 (adjust according to your taste)Cinnamon: a small pice ~ for flavor Dry roast/fry all the above and powder. Keep it .. read full article »

I do not eat chicken or mutton dishes. But since my husband and children like chicken, I cook it at home occasionally. My sister gave me this recipe. She makes this dish with mutton, but as we don’t cook or eat mutton at home, I prepared it with chicken. It came out really well and [...] read full article »

(Caution to my squeamish readers: Disgusting imagery alert! Read from Para 4 if you have a weak stomach.) Although I quite like mushrooms, I’m not really crazy about them – I think it’s to do with their texture. I love mushroom soup, because it has the flavour without the texture. I .. read full article »

Southwestern Indian Recipe Book: Vol 1; Apache, Papago, Pima, Pueblo & Navajo A classic, first published by Filter Press in 1973 and updated in this 1998 edition. The book contains both aboriginal and modern recipes from many southwest tribes including Apache, Navajo, Papago, and Pima. There .. read full article »

Southwestern Indian Recipe Book: Vol 1; Apache, Papago, Pima, Pueblo & Navajo A classic, first published by Filter Press in 1973 and updated in this 1998 edition. The book contains both aboriginal and modern recipes from many southwest tribes including Apache, Navajo, Papago, and Pima. There .. read full article »

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Making sweets in Microwave is pretty easy, especially if you are working with a lentil like Moong dal. So when Priya wanted to have Sweets for this edition of Microwave Easy Cooking Event, I had to think of another sweet that can be made. I have already posted one version of making Moong Dal .. read full article »

Authentic Balti Curry: Restaurant Recipes Revealed World-record breaking chef Mohammed Ali Haydor shows you step-by-step how to create a real restaurant Balti curry at home. With colour pictures, the recipes are broken down into easy to follow stages, which form a comprehensive cookery .. read full article »

Authentic Balti Curry: Restaurant Recipes Revealed World-record breaking chef Mohammed Ali Haydor shows you step-by-step how to create a real restaurant Balti curry at home. With colour pictures, the recipes are broken down into easy to follow stages, which form a comprehensive cookery .. read full article »

Recently - although not THAT recently - I was asked if I would like to try out a particular brand of Greek yogurt. Now, Greek yogurt being my most favourite type of yogurt for its thickness and sweetness – by which I mean that it’s not sour like home-made yogurt gets after a few days – I .. read full article »

Vegetable Kati RollMany a night, our dinner comprises of either soup, salad, wrap or sandwich. Last night I made Kati rolls with vegetable filling. I introduced the avocado based dip – Guacamole flavor to the roll which worked great as a spread and was SO delicious. Works great as a lunch box .. read full article »

Did you know that this week is "National Curry Week" in the UK? I didn't, till a short while back. A week of celebrating a type of cuisine that is quintessentially British, having been shaped and given identity over the last 200 years. Did you know the first curry house in the UK was opened .. read full article »

My two girls being different in a lot of aspects are uncannily similar and I am not including points about both being of the same gender here. For one they are both House Devils and Outside Angels. In case of LS, "Outside" means other people's homes and excludes public places like library, .. read full article »

GuacamoleRaw food at its best – Guacamole. Pleasing to the eye and palate, this delightful Mexican classic is a quick versatile dish usually served as a dip/salsa or as a spread over sandwich or wraps. All of us at home relish avocados and use it to prepare a spread or go the salad way. The .. read full article »

Facing both God and my guruWhom should I bow to first? I first bow to my guru because he's the onewho showed me the path to god - Kabir Sanskrit, english script : http://www.chinmaya-chicago.org/BV/Guru%20Paduka%20Stotram.pdf Youtube Video : Kannada text is my attempt to translate(using .. read full article »

Allow me to say…..to all my readers for being very nice to me. It has been more than 4 years since I jotted down my first blog post in a moment of passing curiosity. This blog has gone through bouts of hyperactivity, stretches of inaction and everything in between ever since. But for some .. read full article »

The Food of India: Authentic Recipes from the Spicy Subcontinent (Periplus World Cookbooks) India, the “Spicy Subcontinent” is the world’s most varied nation, a potpourri of peoples, landscapes, religions, languages, and of course, foods. This exquisite recipe collection in full color .. read full article »

Vegetable Kati RollMany a night, our dinner comprises of either soup, salad, wrap or sandwich. Last night I made Kati rolls with vegetable filling. I introduced the avocado based dip – Guacamole flavor to the roll which worked great as a spread and was SO delicious. Works great as a lunch box .. read full article »

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Happy Karthigai Deepam to all my Readers! Ok I have already posted the Pori Urundai Recipe last year. When I told Hubby dear that I am going to click pictures of the Pori Urundai that Amma was going to make, he said Amma makes it every year and I click every year!. I begged to differ saying I .. read full article »

Today is Karthikai Deepam. From Wikipedia: Karthikai Deepam is a festival of lights celebrated by Tamil Hindus on the full moon day of Karthikai month (November/December), which is observed in every home and in every temple. This occurs on the day when the moon is in conjunction with the .. read full article »

Pencil Sketch of a Pumpkin by Nehal (my 8 year old son)This month I celebrate five years of blogging. I was on an unplanned blogging break, thanks to erratic internet connection. Two weeks ago, on 8th November, Sailu’s Kitchen passed its 5th anniversary. I cannot believe that I have been .. read full article »

I came across an article recently on making a very simple Rajma. I was intrigued! Nothing but onions, tomatoes,salt and a little chili powder into the Rajma?? I had to try it out as I read up more on this recipe. I decided to give it a go last night for dinner. I have to say, I woke up craving .. read full article »

500 Indian Recipes: Deliciously authentic step-by-step dishes from India and South-East Asia, easy-to-make with over 500 photographs This book brings to gether 500 authentic recipes for every part of the Indian meal, from spicy appetizers, deliciously rich and creamy curries and vegetarian .. read full article »

500 Indian Recipes: Deliciously authentic step-by-step dishes from India and South-East Asia, easy-to-make with over 500 photographs This book brings to gether 500 authentic recipes for every part of the Indian meal, from spicy appetizers, deliciously rich and creamy curries and vegetarian .. read full article »

This recipe was given to me by my friend Poornima. This was about 4 years ago. I rarely make deep fried items and kodbale making requires some time and effort. So I never got to it. What is better timing than Diwali for making such dishes? So I made these on the festival day. They [...] read full article »

Every year around this time I am looking for a new cake recipe for Aswin's birthday. This time I came across this recipe which doesn't use any sugar or butter. I was intrigued and decided to try it out.I was not going to do this post because I thought the cake had not turned out exactly as I .. read full article »

For past few weeks, the way I cook for Chef In You has changed.  Earlier it was based on recipe request from the readers and family along with recipes that I have been meaning to try for a long while. Now I have lots going on in my end and my cooking is more based on what I have on hand and .. read full article »

Khazana Of Healthy Tasty Recipes Once again the Master Chef Sanjeev Kapoor has cooked up a book,whicch comes straight from the heart. This gamut of recipes gives us a taste of dishes that are specifically healthy,containing the essential ingredients that we need for keeping fit,avoiding .. read full article »

Khazana Of Healthy Tasty Recipes Once again the Master Chef Sanjeev Kapoor has cooked up a book,whicch comes straight from the heart. This gamut of recipes gives us a taste of dishes that are specifically healthy,containing the essential ingredients that we need for keeping fit,avoiding .. read full article »

"Any distinction, exclusion or restriction made on the basis of sex which has the effect or purpose of impairing or nullifying the recognition, enjoyment or exercise by women, irrespective of their marital status, on a basis of equality of men and women, of human rights and fundamental .. read full article »

My cousin told about making methi kootu using whole masoor. Both methi and whole masoor are highly nutritious. Methi is rich in Iron, Phosphorous, calcium and vitamins whereas whole masoor are essential source of inexpensive protein in many parts of the world for those who adhere to a vegetarian .. read full article »

One of my friends on FB posted a few days back “is it winter, monsoon, summer ???? Bangalore make up your mind”…how true! The Bangalore weather just can’t seem to make up its mind on “weather” it has to be winter or monsoon or summer….. One day it is nice and sunny, the next minute .. read full article »

One of my friends on FB posted a few days back “is it winter, monsoon, summer ???? Bangalore make up your mind”…how true! The Bangalore weather just can’t seem to make up its mind on “weather” it has to be winter or monsoon or summer….. One day it is nice and sunny, the next minute .. read full article »

Tamil Non Vegetarian Recipes Great Tamil Non Vegetarian Recipes recipes inside. List Price: $ 1.99 Price: read full article »