Can you imagine pizza or pasta without the sauce? This is the most essential ingredient which takes them to another level. Fresh juicy tomatoes, garlic, dried herbs and fresh basil/tulsi patta are the main ingredients which complete the sauce. This sauce is...
Do you discard the seeds after eating the melons or watermelons? And If you do so, you have deprived yourself of the cheapest ever sources of micronutrients provided by nature. These seeds are easily available in the stores but you can dry and...
Chutneys are the best accompaniments to the Indian cuisine and when we talk about South Indian cuisine, their delicacies taste divine with a large variety of chutneys like coconut chutney peanut chutney coriander-peanut chutney and onion-tomato chutney
Aam-Karele Ka Achaar/ Raw Mango-Bitter Gourd Pickle/ आम-करेले का अचार
Yes, you heard it right! Raw mango and karela /bitter gourd make a very unique pickle as both are pole apart in the context of taste and texture. One...
Coconut Chutney
If you love the South Indian food, you might have loved their chutneys too which complete their cuisine. These are the best accompaniments and side dishes which have large variations and most of them contain fresh coconut. One such chutney is...
Onion-Tomato Raita
The bliss of relishing chilled raita on a sultry summer day is inexplicable. Raita is a curd or yogurt based dish which is prepared by adding assorted fruits and vegetables. A few aromatics like mint-roasted cumin spice mix (pudina bhuna...
The best thing I like about summers is the curd based goodies which are served chilled. These preparations like raita or dips give you a relief from the killing heat. The curd based chilled preparations are not only healthy but also save...
This crunchy vegetable has the most cooling effect on your food plate and the body as well. Cucumber helps to restore our digestive health. This salad veggie contains a pretty good amount of vitamin B which helps in reducing the damaging...
We can't imagine our cuisine without chutneys. These are the essential side dishes or dips which add the flavours to our main course
A few such dishes which are incomplete without chutneys...
A few more days to go and this root vegetable will disappear from my local vegetable market (as the weather is changing). Before I say goodbye to it I wanted to preserve it to consume later and nothing is better than...