Patholi is an offering which we make on the day of “Nagara panchami”, or the snake festival in our household. Monsoon is the season in which we get a lot of greens in abundance. Maybe that is the reas…
Breadfruit Hummus
Hummus is a Middle Eastern food dip or spread made from cooked chickpeas blended with roasted sesame seed, olive oil, lemon juice, garlic, and salt. My family doesn’t like tahini at all (paste of roas…
Kashmiri Pulav and Tadka dal
The Kashmiri Pulav what we see in restaurants have so many fresh fruits and dry fruits and are sweetish in taste as well. But in 2011, when we went to Kashmir, The care taker of our boat house made th…
Rice Nippattu
Nippattu is nothing but savoury Rice cracker. Last week my friend brought my favourite rice Nippat from “Popular sweet mart”, very famous and my favourite, from my native Putter. While conversing, my …
Zucchini Chutney
Zucchini, a member of gourd family is a popular summer squash, also known as courgette. Personally, I like this spongy veggie and include this in so many Indian recipes. Zucchini chutney is one of the…
Leek and Broccoli Soup
This soup is really light and creamy in texture, that too with very little calories. Addition of broccoli neutralises the strong flavour of leek as well as gives creaminess and appealing colour withou…
Homemade Gelato
Gelato is a super-rich, creamy, intensely flavoured natural ice cream. ”Gelato “is the Italian word for an ice-cream, is defined in English as a “Soft ice cream”. It contains milk cream, sugar and pur…
Kashaya / Herbal drink
Kashaya is an herbal drink, unlike tea or coffee it is a decoction of a group of herbs, which is used in our day to day cooking. This particular recipe is my dad’s favourite one and we follow this rec…
Raw Jackfruit Dosa
Raw jackfruit Dosa is known as “Halasina kayi dose”. It is a traditional recipe of Mangalore. Usually, Jack season is always a feast in our coastal area. We have so many dishes of jack from its raw fo…
Ash Gourd Sweet Dosa
Ash gourd or winter melon or white pumpkin has so many health benefits and it is literally the most ignored veggie by all. In our native we prepare so many varieties of dishes from this white coloured…