Cranberry beans/Chikkudu ginjalu pulao - Alu Kurma

Cranberry Beans Pulao
During my leisurely walk through the aisles of a mexican grocery store in our neighbourhood, I spotted these cute beans that have purple splotches all over them. I am completely unaware of how they would taste like but picked them right away because I loved the color and [...]

Tomato - Drumstick Curry

A simple yet delicious curry that I always liked carrying in my lunch box during school days was tomato cooked in combination with drumsticks (munagakaya/mulakkada). The tart flavor of the tomato when cooked with onions, garlic and drumsticks together only leaves you craving for more once you taste it. For egg lovers [...]

Back home from a long, hectic fun-filled vacation in India. Trying to beat the winter doldrums and fit into my my regular schedules as I juggle between office, house hold chores, while I keep thinking of all the fun, frolic, shopping, pampering, and a lot of  foods that I have grown up eating. Its been [...]

When it comes to food, I almost eat any vegetable. But with hubby dear, I have to be experimental to please him. This week I decided to include greens in my menu, and while I was shopping around in our neighbourhood Indian grocery store, found these fresh methi leaves in the greens aisle. Then came [...]

Another popular hyderabadi dish that you would surely fall in love with is “bhagara baingan”. Fresh baby  brinjals cooked in a sesame, peanut and tamarind based gravy is sure to leave your guests licking their fingers.I choose to make this delicious dish with tiny purple brinjals because they not only taste good but also consume [...]

A series of incidents have kept me away from blogging lately. Well, to name a few… I broke my camera, fell sick, got busy at work blah blah. In a way I’m happy to fall sick. Any guesses whats the good part about it?? Oh! Yes hubby dear cooking dinner and me enjoying the delicious [...]