I got this recipe from Aruna Naresh. Have a look at what she has to say about it “Tried this new recipe last night for dinner. It turned out really good. This recipe is a combination of 2 recipes, one from a recipe book that I read and the other, the Cheesy Wrap available at Pizza Hut. I dont know what to name it…..how about Prawn Cheesy Wraps….”. I tried it and it was delicious....
You all must be wondering why I thought about writing this post. In last few days, I noticed that few of my readers have objections about my including a pinch of turmeric in the authentic dishes. First things first, we do include it from generations and my goal is to provide authentic, tried and tested recipes that I’ve learnt from my Aayi. The second thing is, a pinch of turmeric does not affect the taste in anyway and it has so many medicinal values that, if possible, better to include it in all dishes....
Finally I have found a hobby that is becoming bigger addiction than blogging or cooking. I have been knitting a lot these days(Check what I am upto at my art blog ). I am enjoying it thoroughly, so I am spending very little time in kitchen. For both of us, eggs fit in any meal of the day. I get bored of eating same dish very soon, so I experiment with it....
Ivygourd ( tendli ) is one of my favorite vegetables. My problem is, I can’t stick to one recipe for long time. During weekdays, I don’t like to make anything elaborate either. So I keep changing my favorite recipes to make them simple. This one is a variation of the Konkani dish tendli buthi . Chopped ginger and coriander seeds give a very nice flavor to this dish. Goes very well with rotis or simple rice and dal ....
We, Konkani people, prepare varieties of dishes for breakfast made up of rice. On fasting days we do not eat rice preparations. On such days, wheat preparations are allowed. Wheat rava( Ganva rave ) bhakri is one such preparation which fills the gap. It is not only delicious but also nutritious. As the glycemic value of wheat is lesser than rice, it is also good for diabetics – transformation of wheat to glucose takes more time than rice to glucose....
Give me any vegetable and I mix it with rice to make a quick lunch box item. We both enjoy these lunches and V is very happy to find a different one, each time in his box. Well, he really likes some of them more than others and asks me to repeat them, but I would have forgotten the recipe by then. I decided, no matter how simple they are, I will post them here so that I can make them or even V can make them....
Kadamb – Cucumber Idli “Kadamb” is another dish that always I wanted to include in Aayisrecipes. But like hittu/khotte , for this, the ‘turmeric leaves’ were not available here. So I always prepared either tausalli or made these in banana leaves like this . So this was one of the dishes in “most-wanted-pictures” list. Like hittu/khotte, these pictures are also taken by my brother at my native. “Kadamb” is a kind of idli prepared in turmeric leaves and steamed....
This chutney is known as “kushil narla chutney” (kushile-spoiled, narlu-coconut). Yes, it is basically made of a bit smelly coconuts, not the completely rotten ones though. Sometimes when the coconut is kept as it is for many days, they get a bit of smell (you can smell it, but cannot see the change in color). Instead of wasting such coconuts, they are paired with curry leaves so that the smell can be overcome by a strong smell of leaves....
Green Peas Upma Green peas were not very common at our native before. Now a days we get them during the peas season. Whenever we got them, mom used to make some mouth watering dishes like kurma , pulav and this upma. When green peas were not available, she made this upma with only onion and rava(sooji). Both the versions are too delicious. Green peas gives a unique taste to this upma....
During Konkani weddings, we make a set of sweet dishes. The most famous among them is ‘ ManDe/ chowde ‘(Konkani) or ManDige (Kannada). Usually the previous day of wedding (or same day as wedding, but before actual wedding), we do a pooja called as ‘ Sreemanth pooja ‘. (Some day in future, I will elaborate on all these functions). During this, 5 types of sweets are prepared. Mother-in-laws feed a bite of these sweets to their would-be Son-in-law or daughter-in-law....
It is very rare to get good Indian food here. We have many Indian restaurants, but food quality is very inconsistent. If we like the food once and go there hoping for good food, we get totally disappointed next time. Recently V took me to a restaurant which I never had been before. I had heard some bad reviews about this one, so I was not very keen. But he kept on insisting....
Sometime around 5 years back, I was working for a software company in Bangalore. Our project was a nightmare to everyone involved. We were working day and night 7 days a week. Either we used to go home at odd hours like 12 in the night or we worked throughout night. There was only one dorm in our office which was occupied by guys. So if at all any girls worked throughout night, they had to actually work instead of trying to get a nap (like many guys did – they used to sleep at 1 or 2AM)....
This is a modified version of the very popular Punjabi dish kadhi pakodi – gram flour dumplings in yogurt gravy. I wanted to give this a try for a long time now. But due to sheer laziness, I would just make kadhi – buttermilk gravy. Long time ago, my friend Aruna had sent me a recipe for this dish. What I am posting this today is based on her recipe (for the most part) and the traditional Punjabi version from Anita ....
I have tasted Paneer many times in restaurants, but had never tried cooking it at home. When I got recipe requests for Paneer chili and Paneer 65, I bought a pack of Paneer from Indian store here. I made Paneer chili and it was simply superb. When I searched for Paneer chili , I got many recipes asking for deep frying of Paneer . I wanted to make non-deep fried version....
I had never tasted artichokes before coming to US. But it was love at first bite. I am yet to try the fresh one. I use either frozen or canned ones. I like to add it as a topping for pizza or put it in some pasta dish. This one is so far our favorite pasta dish. Ingredients: 1/2 packet angel hair pasta 1/2 tbl spn butter/olive oil 1/2 cup cherry tomatoes cut into half 1/2 cup chopped artichoke hearts 1/2 cup parmesan cheese 1 tea spn chopped garlic Chopped basil leaves Pepper Salt...
I have been trying different dishes with prawns. Previously I have posted two of my mothers dishes, sungta upkari and sungta khoLu (in the recipe, replace bangda with prawn). Both taste heavenly. (Click on the ‘prawns/shrimps’ in the category and you can see a whole lot of prawns recipes). Recently, I got this recipe from Gowri . I have heard about this recipe a lot, but had never tried it....
We had a surprise baby shower for a friend today. She is having her second baby next month. We decided to have a potluck at another friend’s house. It was a great get together with lot of fun and laughter and great food. I made this cake and ragda patties for the party. Like always, I was pretty nervous when I started this cake. This is the very first baby shower cake I made....
Sprouted moong and coconut paste with spices is a classic dish loved by almost all in our area. Depending on the exact place where a person belongs, we all have different spices that go with this combination to make something different and tasty. This is one such recipe. Mooga gaati is a dish with sprouted moong and coconut paste prepared in Goa. Its almost same as mooga randayi that we prepare but it has sweetish taste due to jaggery....
Everyone has their own recipe for stuffed capsicum. I have tried atleast 4-5 varieties so far with besan filling , potato filling etc. Each one of them has a unique flavor. I have mentioned about V’s very enthusiastic grandmom before. This recipe was given to me by her. Though she can’t cook now, she makes sure to learn new recipes whenever someone cooks anything new. She gave me this recipe....
The name is very misleading for most of us. Its not completely vegetarian in Indian terms. For us, egg also comes under non-veg. But this is what this omelet is called here in US. For us, omelet always meant onion, tomato etc mixed with egg like this recipe . I had not even seen this version of omelet with vegetables stuffed inside egg before coming to US. We tasted this for the first time in Colorado Springs 3 years ago when we were staying at a hotel....
