Cake House

T his is one of the signature dishes of Kerala. I am sure each and every house in Kerala would have cooked this recipe atleast once. Each of us will have different variations in making this curry. This contains the sweetness of mango, tanginess of yogurt and the spice of chillies. This tastes best when used the next day. This is called as sweet and sour curry because the sourness of yogurt is balanced by the sweetness of mangoes. You wont believe, I never knew this kind of a dish exist. When my brother returned from Kerala, he mentioned about this dish which he liked a lot, which was made by my grand mom, and my first expression was WHAT !!! How is it possible to make a main course curry with a fruit and that too with sweet mangoes. I only kept wondering how it would have tasted. In Andhra we dont get these type of mangoes and so this was never cooked at my home. But the next time when I went to kerala for vacation, I insisted on eating this curry which is specially made by my grandmom...

O ne evening, when my Husband came back from office, the house was filled with the aroma of a cake which was baking in the oven. He was too delighted to have a piece of the banana almond cake which I usually make for my little one. So he asked me to bake yet another cake using my newly bought cake pan. However the cake turns, he is usually ok with that. So I simply thought of baking a basic chocolate cake along the similar lines how I usually make the banana almond cake. Thinking about the chocolate cake,sometime before I read about a moist cake in Raks blog. She is a perfect and a great cook and she has lots of collections in her space. I made the cake and it turned out really good and my husband even shared the cake with his colleagues. He tells me they all liked it a lot. Not sure.. need to check when I meet them next time :-) Anyways, I was satisfied the way it came out and I had another cake recipe for my blog. We like it to be simple so I didn’t do any decorations, but simply k...

We all know that eating green food is very vital to a healthy diet, and spinach is the king of greens. It is a rich source of iron and rich oxidants that we all need. This is a very tasty, simple and nutritious dal preparation. Any kind of dal can be used like, moong dal, masoor dal (red lentils) and so on. Here I am preparing this with toor dal. This is one of my favourite comfort food, which is very easy to make. I make this curry almost once in two weeks.. :) This can be served with hot steam rice, roti / chapatis. Adding garlic to seasoning will get an extra flavor to the dish. This is rich in proteins and nutrients. In general this is served with hot rice, dollops of ghee and avakai (mango pickle), which will awaken your appetite. Ingredients: Toor Dal- 1cup Spinach / Palak- 1cup Onions- 1no Green chillies (slitted)- 3nos Mustard seeds- 1tsp Turmeric powder- 1tsp Oil- 1tbsp Curry leaves- few Salt- as per taste Garlic cloves- 3nos Red chillies- 2nos Method: Wash the spinach and cut...

S unnundalu is a very traditional sweet from Andhra . We get to see these in almost all the special occasions. These are made with black gram, which is very nutritious and protein rich. This is loved by all. This is ideal for kids as well as pregnant women because of the protein and iron content in them. From my childhood this has been one of my favorite sweets. Whenever I go to my friends place, they used to give me this sweet since they know that I love them a lot ( btw, my mom doesn’t know how to make these laddoos ). Without thinking about the calories, I used to eat 2 or 3 laddoos one after the other. Most of the houses in Andhra will have a stock of these laddoos.  It had been a while since I ate these. Recently I thought of making this for my little one, who is having a sweet tooth, but thinking about the calories, I was a bit hesitant to make it. If I make them I will never stop munching till it gets over. In fact, I will end up eating more than my cutie pie. So I got a sol...

T his is an excellent snack / appetizer which will be loved by all the non veggies. Fish finger has a crunchy crispiness outside and softness of tender fish inside. They can be baked in the oven, shallow fried, grilled or deep fried. In all the ways they are quite appealing and appetizing. I have been thinking of making this but I didn’t know what type of fish is used for this. Most of the fish fingers are made with salmon, which we get very rarely.  So I thought of buying a fleshy fish and ended up with black pomfret and the result was scrumptious. My little one couldn’t stop munching till the last. These days I make them regularly as fish (as compared to any other non-veg) is very nutritious and healthy for kids. In this recipe, the fish is cut into rectangles, marinated with spices, covered in breadcrumbs and fried in oil. Fish fingers can also be used as a filling for burger and sandwiches. Ingredients: Fish- 500gms Ginger garlic paste- 1tbsp Red chilli powder- 2tsp Pepper powd...

M omos / dumplings are  delicious appetizer which is cooked by boiling, steaming, baking as well as frying. In all the ways these are tasty. These can be filled with any minced meat and it can also be made with vegetables. At first when my cousin bought this and I didn’t like the taste and these were a strict no to me, but one day when my SIL got an idea of making momos with the left over chicken ( she is a great fan of these cute dumplings ), I was first hesitant to make, but later we both got into the mission and in the first attempt it came out well and then I realised that its so easy to make ( we tried it out from a book long back ). Now these are my favorite appetizers and when ever we visit a Chinese eatery, I order these first :) The dough is shaped into small circular flat pieces and after filling is placed, it is enclosed either in a round shape or in the shape of a half moon. I don't know whether the one which I made are called as momos as I shaped them in the form of gu...