In the last few days, I have tried innumerable recipes from my fellow food bloggers. I loved all of them. But I usually forgot the links after few days. So I am trying to keep track of them thr’ this page. It will have only the links. I will update it as and when I try any new recipes.

Manisha’s Masoor with red chard: Instead of whole spices I used garam masala. Still it tasted heavenly. I am sure her original method is much better than using the ready made masalas.

Madhuli’s Pumpkin paratha: I prepared these for my husband’s lunch box. They were very soft and tasted heavenly. I liked the taste of Ajwain in the parathas.

Madhu’s Pumpkin soup: This tasted heavenly. Prepared it when I was having a bad throat infection and it gave a very soothing effect. I loved the sweetish taste of pumpkin and the heavenly aroma of pepper in it.

Meena’s Sweet ‘n’ tangy mango curry: I tried this with an almost ripe mango with still a bit of tangy taste. It turned out just amazing. When I saw the recipe I knew it would be tasty, but had not guessed it would be so great. Just amazing.

Updated on Oct 7- 2006
VKN’s Spicy egg masala: After many days, today I felt like eating eggs. I remembered seeing some egg recipe on VKN’s blog. So just searched for it and this recipe caught my attention. The onions and gram flour give a tinge of sweet taste and the masalas make it spicy. In all, it was just awesome.

Update on Oct 16 - 2006
Madhuli’s Green tomato chutney: I had never tried anything with green tomatoes before this. On weekend when I saw fresh green tomatoes, I bought them and tried this chutney. I followed the recipe exactly, but did not grind it into paste (I had cut the tomatoes into thin slices). I gave this along with chapathis in lunchbox today. This was amazingly tasty, the peanut powder gives a very good taste to this chutney.

Updated on Oct 30 - 2006
Shynee’s Crab masala: From the day I saw this recipe on Shynee’s blog, I was hooked to it. Finally I prepared it yesterday. As I thought, it was just amazing. Mmmm….I am going to prepare this again and again now. We Konkanis usually don’t pair crab/fish with coriander leaves. I loved this combo in this dish.

Updated on Nov 5 - 2006
Sudhav’s Arachuvita sambar: I loved the name of this sambar. So thought of preparing it. It almost tasted like Konkani sambar. Loved the taste of it.

Updated on Nov 16 - 2006
Linda’s Sixteen bean soup : Linda’s gorgeous picture of this soup was haunting me. Finally I picked up a pack of Sixteen been during my last grocery shopping. I never thought this soup with such simple ingredients would taste so good. Even the people who don’t like beans would love this soup.

Updated on Dec 1 - 2006
Manisha’s Carrot salad : I never knew peanuts could be used in salads. I had a big batch of carrots at home. So was searching for some recipe with raw carrot. I got this link and immediately attracted to it. I loved the taste of peanuts in this dish.

Updated on Dec 4 - 2006
Madhuli’s Papaya paratha: I prepared this paratha with the same recipe but with papaya instead of pumpkin after Madhuli’s comment . I absolutely loved the sweetish spicy taste of it.

Updated on Jan 10 - 2007
Madhu’s Set dosa and sagu: Ever since I saw this recipe on Madhu’s blog, I was hooked on to it. Set dosa and sagu was one of the favorite breakfasts that we tried in Bangalore. This brought back the sweet memories of food in Bangalore.

Updated on Jan 15th - 2007
Latha’s Lemon rasam or Tili saru: My husband likes tili saru. He was asking me to prepare this from many days and one day he searched in internet and gave me this link asking me to make this. It was so delicious. The lemon gives a very good taste to this rasam.

Updated on Mar 16th - 2007
Sailu’s Indian broad beans curry: From the day I saw this recipe, I wanted to try it here. This was the first time I made anything with these beans. I loved the spicy, sweetish taste of this dish.

Updated on Mar 26th - 2007
Pelicano’s Bitter melons, onions, eggs, peanuts, stir fried with panch phoran: This is a very unusual recipe. I am using peanuts a lot in my cooking these days. This gets an amazing taste from eggs and peanuts.

Updated on Apr 21st - 2007
Nupur’s Lasuni daal palak: I had tried to get the garlicky taste to my daals many times but always I used to feel the palak overpowers garlic. So when I saw this recipe, I tried it immediately. It was so flavourful. Had a strong garlic smell and was just out of the world.

Richa’s Rase wale kale chane: Richa’s picture was so good, I felt like giving it a try. I loved the taste and texture of this dish. I always feel the chane keeps their shape even after cooking and the dishes become too dry. But this dish, as Richa’s picture shows, has a thick gravy.

Updated on May 1st - 2007
Sailu’s Thotakura pappu: I love amaranth leaves. We make a similar daal, but with coconut. So I thought of making something different this time and I loved Sailu’s recipe very much, so gave it a try. It came out superb. I am going to make this often now.

Updated on Sept 27th - 2007
Manisha’s Chitkya ani Kalya Vatanyachi Bhaji : The day I saw this post, I had to try it. I started searching for kala vatana and luckily found in Indian store here. This bhaji is just amazing. Though I am not a big fan of cluster beans, the combination of these beans with pulses makes this very unique. I am happy that there is some way to cook these beans which even I can eat with lot of interest.

Musical’s Lobia saag with mustard: I love black eyed peas(lobia). I hardly use mustard in anything except for seasonings. So when I saw musical’s post, I was hooked to it. I followed the recipe exactly and it was superb as it promised to be.

Updated on Dec 14th - 2007
Manisha’s Nutty green beans : I loved this dish when I first saw it. May be because of my love for peanuts. Then Anita’s post made me cook this dish here. No need to say it was a hit. Instead of Kanda lahsun masala, I used actual kanda(onion) and lahsun(garlic) as Anita has mentioned in her post.

Sunita’s Beans and Vegetable stew: What can be better than a hot bowl of soup in this very cold weather? I love the soups with lots of beans. So I tried this. Its a complete meal in itself.

Anita’s Baingan ki boorani: This was another love-at-first-site kind of dish. The gorgeous picture was tempting me and I was sure we would love this spicy eggplant with cool yogurt on top. Very easy to make and very tasty. I love the hot and cold combo in this dish.

Updated on Dec 16th - 2007
Musical’s Thai style sweet potato stew : I am a great fan of Thai dishes. But I always thought the dishes needed fish sauces. Musical’s recipe caught my attention because it was very simple and she said it tastes great without lemon grass too. I served this with some basmati rice. It was simply delicious.

Updated on Jan 20th - 2008
Sig’s Roasted Salmon steaks on a vegetable bed : Sig’s great presentation of this made me drool. I postponed it for sometime and it kept on coming back to me. I forgot to buy leeks and fennel, so I tried this with onion and potato bed. It is just too good. I am going to try this again with the vegetables mentioned by Sig and also with some other new veggies. I am totally in love with this.

Updated on Feb 29th - 2008
Shn’s Kerala style skewered prawn fry : One look at the gorgeous picture and I fell in love with this dish. I had to try it immediately. It is as good as or better than it looks. Absolutely yummy.

Purnima’s Buttermilk rava dosa : I love any kind of dosas. So when I saw this, I had to try it. Along with other ingredients, I added little corn meal(course one) and rice flour. It tastes great. A very quick breakfast, well suited for weekday breakfasts.