Creamy Carrot Soup from Chef In You!

A cold evening is a perfect invitation or hot delicious soups and sunday was a such a day! Nothing would have done me better than a hot creamy carrot soup from Chef In You! I had this in mind, when I saw the T&T event on Priya's Blog, brainchild of Zlamushka, now taken over by Lakshmi of Kitchen Chronicles. Only I didn't have a perfect day or time for it than last Sunday. I didn't make much changes to it, just followed the recipe. Its a perfect...

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Vankaya pulusu / Brinjal or Eggplant in tangy, spicy Tamarind sauce

There are so many 'pulusus' made of different vegetables, here is one more to include in that category. When winter comes around, its time for hot comfort foods. Simple daals and pulusu falls into that category too. Hot steaming rice with some daal or pulusu on a cold fall or wintery night is just so fulfilling and wonderfully yummy! Some parts of Andhra, pulusu is made with a small amount of daal in it or is eaten with daal on the side, plain daal...

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Bisi bele bath from Chef In You

Sunday was such a groggy day...so calm and quiet...cloudy too. I didn't feel like cooking a big lunch rather I didn't want to even go near the stove. Just sleep in my fluffy bed with the comforter on!... Its these days like these that you should be thankful to dishes like one pot meals, which can be made quickly and can feed the whole family nutritiously. Since T&T was still on at Priya's blog, started by Zlamushka now taken over by Lakshmi...

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Spicy Red Bell Pepper chutney

Red bell pepper is usually sweet and is good in salads or to eat just like that. Add a few drops of lemon juice on raw bell pepper, add a bit of salt and pepper, it tastes absolutely delicious. So when I first tasted red bell pepper chutney at a friends' place...I couldn't believe it...it was absolutely yummy!...Cos of the sweetness, add a lot of chillies to get it spicy....but again its your wish. I like it spicy, make it to your taste. Its a...

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Pappu Vadalu, Gaarelu, Fried Lentil Dumplings....another version!

There are so many version of vadalu or gaarelu in Indian, especially in South India. Here is another version made with two different types of pappulu / lentils. The lentils I used here are split, skin on pesara pappu / mung bean / moong daal and minapa pappu / Urad daal, this too split with skin on. This is a recipe which I got from a friend. She had made it for a party and my husband wanted me to make these again for my son's birthday...

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Eggless Banana Muffins for T&T from Chef In You

This is the second time I am baking with banana within 2 weeks time and this time from Chef in You. Chef in You has soo many yummy recipes...its so difficult to decide what to make. I love all her yummy baked goods and keep drooling at the pictures... This time I decided to try her delicious and healthy Eggless Banana Muffins, which are also low fat and low sugar...something good for me. Me who likes to munch on goodies, low sugar and low...

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Instant Cucumber pickle / Kheera achaar

Pickles are a craze for us south Indians. Many want to have their first bite of dinner or lunch to be with any pickle. Be is with hot rice or even with chapathis. Pickles with perugu annam is also very common. The yummy taste of cold curd rice with spicy pickle! yum!! Pickles like avakaya, usurkaya are prepared carefully only one time of the year when the mangoes are in abundance or you get lots of gooseberries (amla) and stored very carefully for...

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Coconut - Sooji Burfi (Microwave Recipe)

Thanx to all the blogger friends for sending in yummy recipes to the MEC-FESTIVE DISHES event! I am adding all those I recieve ASAP on the MEC blog page (Tab up above). You can check it out and let me know if I am missing any!! I know there is no comments section on that page...but I would love to read your comments, so please do leave a comment on the most recent post!! Pink being the color of the Breast Cancer awareness campaign and October...

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Punjabi Kadhi Pakoras for ICC

Its time for ICC of this month!! I always get excited when I have to make something for ICC...its always something new and interesting...and I get to learn a new dish!.. Even if its a dish I already know...its alwaye fun to make and share the recipe! Don't you all ICC members think so??? :)) This month's ICC, hosted by Srivalli, was to make Punjabi Kadhi Pakoras or simply called Punjabi Kadhi, recipe by Simran of Bombay Foodie. Its...

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A lovely Eggless Chocolate cake for T&T from Chef in You

Its the first time I am taking part in a Tried and Tasted event. I have always thought about it but never found time to actually do it...I know its a lame excuse...but its true...yada..yada..yada So this time, I went ahead and baked a lovely cake from DK's Chef in You for T&T, hosted by Priya, brainchild of Zlamushka currently taken over by Lakshmi of Kitchen Chronicles. There were always a few blogs which I used regularly check from time...

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