Archive for January, 2006

Idiyappam

When I first read the intro by Amy for the IMBB event on noodles I thought of doing some chinese noodles dish but then last night it suddenly dawned on me that I could write about my dear breakfast noodle. This dish is called Idiyappam, which is a Kerala breakfast item. Made of rice, [...]

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Madakku saan…Kerala breakfast

Madakku saan was one of my favorite breakfast items when growing up. This was one of the most requested items at our home . In addition to being served as breakfast, it can also be served as an evening snack. Coming home hungry after school, these were devoured with great joy. So when Meena of [...]

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Broccoli rabe and pasta soup….

I love Italian food and broccoli rabe with sausage is a favorite in our home. The bitterness of the broccoli rabe goes nicely with the spicy sweetness of the sausage. It is so easy to make too..
This dish was created when we both were too tired to make a pasta dish to go with [...]

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Moving to wordpress

Hi guys…Today I decided to move to wordpress. Hopefully it will be a good move. We will see. So visit me here from now on.

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Naked Chef in my kitchen

Last night I bought this cookbook…actually I had cooked some recipes from the Naked Chef before which I had seen on the internet. So when I saw this new version of the Naked Chef I decided to get this….
It was kind of fun to read and I did read quite a few pages of [...]

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New home for salt and pepper

I have been thinking of changing from Blogger as it doesnot support categories and I think it is important to have categories in a cooking blog. Hopefully I will start posting regularly here soon but it might take some time to get used to the new home for salt and pepper. Hope to have [...]

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A different take on mattar paneer

There have been innumerable posts about mattar paneer. VK of My Dhabha, Jen of Atabela and Tony of Anthony's Kitchen had blogged about it. And I was determined to make it soon, just that I was not as enthusiastic about making paneer. I didnt have the cheesecloth to drain the paneer or for that matter [...]

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Treasures from home

Had a lot of catching up to do after my vacation. It was a very hectic 3 weeks but time well spent. Got to eat food cooked by someone other than me and S and it was such a bliss! Havent cooked anything so far to blog about..so I thought I might share with you [...]

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