Snacks

Pinto Beans Sundal ~ Pinto Beans Stir Fried with Coconut and Lightly Spiced with Red Chillies and Asafoetida

October 3, 2011
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Happy Navrathri! Happy Dusserah! It is such fun filled festive occassions that make me miss home a lot. Yes, it is true that you have built this new family of friends, new home and get the opportunity to celebrate with them and create new memories but the memories of celebrating these back home are bittersweet [...]

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Cooking with Amma : Vazhakka Bajji / Vazhakkai Bajji ~ Raw Banana Fritters

July 19, 2011
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More recipes of teatime snacks that Amma made are here! It is supposed to be summer here but it just doesnt feel that way with the cloudy skies and the temperatures timid to go above 70-75 and some rains too along with that. But we are making the most of it with innumerous cups of [...]

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Cooking with Amma : Aval Nanachathu ~ Flattened Brown Rice Flakes sweetened with Jaggery and Coconut

July 12, 2011
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Amma (mom) and Appa (dad) are here for a few weeks and life is such a bliss these days, a lot hectic too(hectic because we are always trying to take them places and go out with them:) ). It feels good to go back home to someone there and not an empty house. I love [...]

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Chocolate Coconut Squares

June 19, 2011
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What was supposed to be Nanaimo bars ended up being Chocolate Coconut Squares. It probably was the third time after deciding to make Nanaimo bars, I do not make them or make something else instead. I always forget to account for the time required to set each layer of the bar before going to the [...]

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Mixed Vegetable Pakodas /Pakoras /Fritters

June 29, 2010
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One can easily make this any day in Seattle and more than 50% of the time can’t go wrong with it – cos its always pakoda season here in the Emerald City. These pakodas are probable the only thing that I cooked during the weekend. This saturday AJ and I ran/walked our first half marathon [...]

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Raspberry Almond Buttermilk Cake

June 27, 2010
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It was a sunny Tuesday last week and any guesses what I would have done? yes, of course I baked! I had bookmarked this Raspberry Buttermilk Cake – Smitten Kitchen for a while now and recently saw a Raspberry Almond Bread in Snacksgiving and I had to make a raspberry- …

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Everyday Chocolate Cake

June 6, 2010
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  Chocolate is something that I can get a craving for instantly – by seeing a picture of a chocolate something, reading a chocolate something recipe, sometimes even after I have just finished eating one of the giant chocolate muffins I get at deli at work. I came up with this recipe last day work [...]

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Coconut Cornflakes Macaroons

June 2, 2010
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…and finally, I am checking something off my wish list. You may have noticed the not so small wish list of things I would like to make once at least. I made that list quite some time back but have never got around to making anything from it. The coconut macaroons …

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Blueberry Coffee Cake

May 15, 2010
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I don’t know what it is with good weather and baking. Whenever it is nice and sunny outside, all I want to do is bake! I have been meaning to bake something to go with tea for sometime now and zeroed in on blueberry coffee cake. Our balcony/patio is all cleared up now …

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Red Curry Deviled Eggs

April 10, 2010
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Deviled eggs are an easy and great way to have some appetizers ready for a party. It doesn’t take much time at all to prepare, you can just let your imagination go wild in terms of what flavor you want – there is no worry about getting the consistency wrong, getting it over/undercooked etc …

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