Cherry tomatoes have lately become my absolute favorite. I buy a big tub of them from BJ's and use them in different dishes. They are...

I am not a big fan of spicy Indian style pickles. My mom makes sure she keeps me stocked with fresh pickles every year, but I rarely eat t...

Cranberries are in season during the holidays and are used to make cranberry sauce for Thanksgiving. All the stores carry cranberries and ...

Blogging Marathon# 41: Week 4/ Day 1 Theme: BM Pair ( Sujatha Ram ) Dish: Carrot-Onion Chutney For the last week of marathon, we are co...

Mosdeng Serma from Tripura : This was one of the simplest tomato chutney recipes I have ever made, with very few ingredients; tomatoes, on...

Blogging Marathon# 40: Week 2/ Day 2 Theme: Mango Mania Dish: Mango Pachadi As I was thinking for recipes to make for this weeks theme,...

Blogging Marathon# 33: Week 2/ Day 1 Theme: Favorite Celebrity Chef Recipes Dish: Mango Chutney We are starting 2nd week of blogging ma...

Blogging Marathon# 32: Letter O Theme: A-Z Dishes from Andhra Pradesh Dish: O for Onion Pachadi (Chutney)/ Ullipaya Pachadi Letter O l...

Blogging Marathon# 32: Letter N Theme: A-Z Dishes from Andhra Pradesh Dish: Nuvvulu-Mamidikaya Pachadi (Sesame-Green Mango Chutney) Le...

Blogging Marathon# 32: Letter D Theme: A-Z Vegetarian Dishes from Andhra Pradesh Dish: D for Dosakaya Pachadi  Letter D stands for veg...

One of the Indian cookbooks that I really enjoyed leafing through in the recent past is Hari Nayak's ' My Indian Kitchen '. It...

Recipe Courtesy: My Dear friend Himabindu Here's a delicious no-cook recipe from my friend Himabindu. Bindu and I went to school toget...

Blogging Marathon# 26: Week 4/ Day 1 Theme: Revisiting Old Posts with New Pictures Dish: Undrallu & Allam Pachadi (from June 2006 ) ...

Blogging Marathon# 25: Week 2/ Day 1 Theme: Cooking from a Book Dish: Cucumber Sweet & Sour Chutney (Keera Dosakaya Pachadi) My the...

Blender/ Grinder is a very important appliance in my kitchen, I'm sure it is the same in most of the Indian kitchens. I can't imag...

I’m back for another round of Blogging marathon, BM# 16. Thanks to Valli for organizing and coming up with some very interesting and chall...

This is a delicious and classic tomato chutney that needs no introduction. Every household in India might have their own recipe for this yum...

I was never a big fan of mixing sweet and savory things. I wouldn’t eat a dish if I saw my mom adding sugar or jaggery to any dish. Sweet pi...

I don’t know if I like weekends or not. It seems like they fly by faster than a weekday and I always end up wondering on Sunday night, what ...

Wish you all a very Happy Christmas. I made a traditional Andhra meal for our Christmas eve dinner. I just wanted to try some recipes from ...