I find myself making one pot meals very frequently these days. It is mainly to adapt to the busy schedule. These meals are easy to make and also help use up my pantry items. I made this simple delicious rice last week. I had some left over dal from previous day. So I thought it …
It was one of those days, when I had a lot of vegetables in refrigerator which needed to be used. I was exhausted after a busy day at work. So I decided to make a one pot dish packed with vegetables. The mild spices give an amazing aroma. Beetroot gives a touch of sweetness. It …
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 …
I am always in search of simple and easy recipes for our lunchbox. I recently started preparing lunch on previous day to make my mornings a little bit less stressful. This is one simple dish that makes its appearance very often in our boxes. Tomato-capsicum rice is something I have been cooking for a long …
Nupur sent me a lovely package of very fresh & fragrant Kolhapuri masala. I had totally forgotten the aroma of this masala which I had tasted in Belgaum at my pachi’s place. I have always relished this aromatic masala and continue to do so. Thanks a lot Nupur. Now, I wanted to experiment with this …
Its getting colder and colder here. Today the temperature here is 4F and I am frozen to my bones. I am knitting a lot these days but it looks like I can never get enough warm cloths for the season. A hot bowl of delicious food is all I crave for when I step in …
This is one of those very simple and nutritious rice dishes that I cooked few days ago. I am tired of giving same things in lunch box for V. So I try to make something different whenever possible. Sometimes they turn out good, and sometimes they become flop. I am trying to keep track of …
Its no secret that I love easy lunchbox items. Daily morning I spend some time thinking about what to cook. This is one such item that I tried recently. I had seen this recipe in one of the TV shows back home. This rice takes some time to get used to. While I simply love …
I am in constant search of simple recipes to cook for lunch boxes. Usually, I cook some simple lunch to take to office. It all changed in last few months when due to extreme weather conditions, I just feel like getting up late in the morning. So my lunch boxes were getting affected. I started …
Until 2 weeks ago, I didn’t know about this delicious Konkani dish. Daali betti is somewhere between a vegetable pulav and vegetable pongal. This is dry compared to bisi bele bhath. This has toor daal unlike any pulav and is dry in texture compared to pongal. This dish was never prepared at my home, so when …
