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Oatmeal, Dates & Raisin Cookies

Have you ever noticed a goat or a cow grazing? There is something common….those two animals keep chewing all the time. Seems like I have something in common with them :) Oh yes, I’ve told you several times about how I like to munch something every now and then. Can you believe it when I [...]

Sausage Bites

How was your Onam celebrations? Hope you had a great time with your friends & family. We celebrated Onam at our friend Vinod & Deepthi’s  place. I know I didnt wish you Onam. I didnt make anything special for Onam & I felt bad wishing you Onam empty handed. However if you are a Non [...]

Beef & Kaya (Raw Banana) Ularthiyathu

Sometimes when I tell people that my appa is a pure vegetarian, they ask me whether I’ve considered being a veggie. I’m almost about to say yes, but then at that precise moment, my mind dishes out the picture of deep dark beef fry topped with thengakothu (coconut bites), followed by chemmeen roast (prawns roast) [...]

Devil’s Food Cupcakes with Vanilla Cream filling

Sweet Punch time again. This month’s challenge was selected by Divs. She chose these lovely cupcake recipe from Baking Bites. I very much enjoyed baking these. Its a very soft & moist cupcake and the filling makes it grande. There were 3 stages in the recipe, making cupcake, filling them and frosting them. I didnt [...]

Kovakka (Ivy Gourd) Peera Pattichathu

Choru (rice), a thoran (veggie with coconut), a mezhukkuperatti (stir fried veggie without coconut), a non veg dish and a chaaru (gravy) curry. This is the standard lunch menu back home. Even when I started cooking I also used to have the same menu. As the years passed on, there was a slight change. If [...]

Scrambled Egg Curry

The season of lent has started. One of the most asked questions, by the hard core carnivores, during this period is “what to make with these vegetables” ?? No, I havent given up any non veg. Its usually said that you should sacrifice the most loved items/things/habit. Be it food, watching movies etc; I dont [...]

Best of 2009

Hope you had a wonderful holiday and is all set to rock the 2010! I thought I will start blogging this year by quickly taking a peek into last year. Blogging wise, 2009 was a good year for me. I celebrated 3 years of blogging and became a lot more active with this space. I [...]