Hyderabadi Chicken Dum Biryani (Kacchi Style)

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Hyderabadi Chicken Dum Biryani (Kacchi Style) If you are reading this, you’re likely either hungry and could not resit gawking at a plateful of biryani.. or are on the same journey I was until now – the search for THE biryani. While we were pretty happy alternating between this and this, I knew I had to … Continue reading

Flan | Caramel Custard

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Flan | Caramel Custard This post would hands down win the longest-time-in-blog-drafts award, if there was one. The first time I put together this post was in 2012, sometime around the holiday season when a friend of mine asked me if I had a good flan recipe. I gave her what I considered my best … Continue reading

Mildly Spiced Chicken Patties with Green Yogurt Dip

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Are you some-what back to work, or being wise and waiting it out until the year’s grand end coming up mid-week through? No matter what you’re doing, don’t get over partying and feasting just yet. Not for another 2 days at-least! So, if you’re still deciding on appetizer options for the New Year’s party, these … Continue reading

Mushroom (Koon) Mutta Thoran | Kerala Style Mushroom-Egg Stir Fry

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Mushroom (Koon) Mutta  Thoran ~ Finely cut mushrooms stir fried with scrambled eggs and shredded coconut When Onam fell on a weekday this year, all I wanted to do was put together dinner with a few Kerala-style dishes that would appeal to a barely-mallu palette. This thoran is a perfect fit – D found it … Continue reading

Chicken and Vegetable Frittata

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You are probably wondering if I have been on an egg diet all month, this being my 3rd post in a row with eggs in them! Well eggs just happen to be so versatile that it might even fully justify having an entire blog for these little guys. Saturday mornings are usually big-breakfast days and … Continue reading

Egg Fried Rice

It’s hard to believe I still haven’t posted the recipe for my all time favorite egg fried rice – every single person who’s tasted this has wanted the recipe right away and I kept thinking it would take me no time to get it on the blog. Well, I was wrong. The best things about … Continue reading

Spicy Hard Boiled Egg Fry

How often have you made a nice simple dish, that did not take very long, but it just wasn’t good enough to complete your meal? I often find myself in that position, especially when I make my favorite butter milk curry mor kuzhambu – I could eat portion after portion of the curry with rice and not … Continue reading

Easy Vegetable Noodles Stir-Fry

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It’s been a busy few few weeks after the New Year’s with everything from work and winter bugs catching up with us. But tummies still grumble when the time’s right, and something’s got to get made. Well, so there are a few good recipes I have waiting in my drafts to share with you all. … Continue reading

Sweet Cinnamon French Toast

Sweet Cinnamon French Toast Another favorite childhood memory – tearing up fat slices of bread that is soooo soft all through its core, soaked up in the sweet goodness of milk, eggs and sugar. Add cinnamon to it and you have a winner breakfast (more like dessert?!) any day – fills you up in a very happy … Continue reading