Another day, another snack. This is like murukku with urad and rice flours. I prefer these to besan based ones for some reason. These can be made in 2 ways – one, where urad dal is cooked and then added as a paste and two, where urad flour can be roasted and used directly. This…
Author: Ramya T
Sunnundalu
This is another quintessential Andhra thing. I categorize it as a dessert here but it technically is a very healthy food. Protein rich due to husked urad dal, trace minerals from jaggery and healthy fats from ghee make this a very wholesome and filling food item. I have had this when terribly hungry and I…
Andhra Pappu Chakkalu
Andhra pappu chakkalu, one my favorite snacks ever! These are rice flour based snacks that can be customized to suit anyone’s taste buds. Here I present you the version we love and make most often at home. Read on for ingredients and steps to prepare these. Ingredients Rice flour – 4 cups Melted butter –…
Eggless Banana Blueberry Pancakes
Raised in India, breakfast usually was a savory item. Idly, dosa, utappam, upma, even rice. Eating something sweet for breakfast was not a thing, at least at my parents’. Corn flakes, toast with jam, ghee roasted bread in milk were an occasional thing though. And to this day I prefer savory breakfasts to sweet ones….
Yummy quick Rasmalai
Rasmalai, the very name makes me want to eat some, right now. A very indulgent dessert made with homemade cottage cheese and soaked in reduced sweetened milk seasoned with rich spices and dried fruit. This truly and deservedly has a special place in every one’s heart. Today I share with you an instant version of…
Whole Wheat cookies
The first thing I ever attempted baking were cookies. Not veggies or frozen food but cookies, nankhatai specifically. And surprisingly for a first attempt, they turned out amazingly well! Over the years, I have a built a collection of a few trusted recipes I can fall back to when I want to bake cookies. Mostly…
Undrallu
Undrallu, steamed rice flour balls offered to Lord Ganesha. This is something typically made for Ganesh Chaturthi and is eaten with a strong chutney, like ginger chutney. The rice flour is made at home too for this festival offering. This preparation requires just a few ingredients – rice, water, salt, chana dal and cumin seeds….
Sambar with fresh masala paste
Sambar, explained to the uninitiated as spiced lentil stew with vegetables. The very word to me is comfort food. We make sambar once a week at least most times. Even after having made it so many times, the taste varies almost every single time. That is because of the combination of veggies I use in…
Qubani ka meetha
Qubani ka meetha – essentially stewed dried apricots with some apricot kernel seeds added in and sweetened with a little sugar. One of those quintessentially Hyderabadi dishes/sweets. Apricots are truly celebrated in this dish. The recipe is a simple one and ensures that all flavors of apricots come through really well. Sweetness, tartness that is…
Onion Tomato chutney
Thanks to this quarantine period, we have been making fresh home cooked food 99% of the time. And chutney is a regular fare at our place now. For idli, dosa, rava dosa, rice, the perfect side dish for everything. I prefer chutneys to pickles these days. Nothing can beat a good fresh homemade chutney for…
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