Parippu Vada

Ingredients 1.5 cups Toor dal 3/4 cup Onion (chopped) 1 sprig Curry leaves (chopped) 1 tbsp Ginger (finely chopped) 2 Green Chillies (finely chopped) 1/2 tbsp Dry red chilli flakes Salt to taste Recipe 1. Soak toor dal (split pigeon peas) for 3-4 hours 2. Drain and grind coarsely along with salt 3. Add chopped … More Parippu Vada

Sharkara upperi / sharkara varatti (Spiced Jaggery coated plantain chips)

Onam’s coming up, which means I need the customary chips for the sadhya. This time around I have run into a problem. I cannot find Sharkara varatti in any Indian store 😭. And being the stickler for certain things, it meant that I now need to make something I have always just bought in a … More Sharkara upperi / sharkara varatti (Spiced Jaggery coated plantain chips)

Deviled Eggs

  Ingredients 4 Boiled eggs (Medium to hard boiled) 3 tbsp Yoghurt 1/2 tsp Cumin powder 1/4 tsp Cayenne pepper powder 1/4 tsp Coriander powder 1/4 tsp Black pepper powder 1 tbsp Coriander leaves (finely chopped) 1 tsp Salt   Recipe Shell the boiled eggs and cut into halves length-wise Remove the yolks and add … More Deviled Eggs

Meat cutlets

Crunchy on the outside and filled with succulent flavored beef on the inside, they are the perfect starters with mint chutney or ketchup. Well, as far as I am concerned I diligently pop them into my mouth without any accompaniments 🙂 I love cutlets and can’t seem to have enough of the ones that my … More Meat cutlets