Under 20 minutes – Sweet Corn & Alu Tikkis.

  Today was one of those days when I actually “craved” for chat foods! I had to have anything that could even  remotely be categorised under “chat”! I check my pantry and I was out of puffed rice..else I could have made Bhel Puri/Jhaalmuri. No time for pani puris and there was too much prep [...]

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Bruschetta topped with Roasted veggies,Arugula and Pecorino & Parmesan cheese – Super Healthy & Yum!!!

I have always loved ciabatta bread in any form as I simply adore rustic variations of bread and bread alone! Every time I peek in to Trader joes my favourite store in the neighbourhood, I never fail to pick a Ciabatta and my favourite Pizza Dough made with whole wheat. Ciabatta is an Italian white [...]

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Yummy Mango Slices sprinkled with niceness!!!! – Street Foods & Snacks.

I really dont know whats with me and mangoes. I find gazillion ways and including mangoes in my dishes now and then. I remember, as a child in our earlier home in Chennai. my dad had planted a mango sapling when I was a baby!. By the time I was in high school, the mango [...]

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Spiced Mini Kozhukattais. (Mini Kozhukattais spiced with Spicy Dhal Powder)

Mini Kozhukattais are an easy anytime quick fix snack. With the advancement in recent years, one can get clean rice flour which chops away many laborious steps in preparation of many delicacies having this flour as the base. In earlier days, one had to clean the rice, wash it well and painstakingly dry it on [...]

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Crunchy Coconut Almond Biscuits – Home made Using just 5 ingredients.

Here I was in my favourite grocer`s buying fresh farm produce and my eyes suddenly lingered for a moment on the baking aisle. It had been quite some time since I had baked as I had a very difficult time eating whatI  had cooked through my pregnancy. I ventured in to the aisle, even as [...]

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Banana & Chocolate Muffins with Choco Chips & Crunchy Rice Krispies!!!

In keeping with the speed of my never ending quest for variations of Eggless Muffins, today I decided to get a little more adventurous on the contents. I opened my pantry and wondered what to play around with??? Bananas..yes, of course, they are my egg substitues….Chocolates, oh yes, welcome any time….Choco chips. well…why not? I [...]

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Easy N Tasty Carrot Panner Savoury Muffins

This week has been more of a Muffin Marathon at home as my daughter loves them. Everyday I had decided to make different varieties of healthy muffins for her at home. Yesterday was her favourite – Eggless Dates Muffins. Today was an especially cold evening so I wanted to bake something warm and toasty yet [...]

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Anubhavati – One Lovely Year & Delicious Eggless Nutty Banana Muffins!!!

Yes, it has really been a year today since I began Anubhavati…It has been a wonderful year for me, with another lovely addition in the family, and of course with Anubhavati….There have been countless  lessons learnt, friends made and so many wonderful moments enjoyed. It has also opened a whole new world of creativity in [...]

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Mini Idlis in Sweet Curd – Kid Friendly Breakfast Options.

As a kid, I remember I would simply hate having Idlis for breakfast. In my opinion an Idli is simply a blob of plain dough steamed , with no inherent taste of its own. Ocassionally, I would force one or two down my throat by smothering them with sugar and ghee. As a teenager, my [...]

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Back after a Break – Simple Steamed Jumbo Peanuts & Memories!!!!

It has been a very busy break for me, having another baby after 6 years!!! I have almost forgotten the simple and joyous , yet difficult times of having a newborn in the home!  Sleep times and wakeup calls are completly regulated by her and so are the schedules of the rest of the day. [...]

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