A delicious beef curry stir-fried with lots of pepper and Indian spices. Beef Pepper Fry is a perfect curry to be served with kerala parotta or any naan or roti. This recipe is developed without using the regular spices which we otherwise use in any […]

Ajwain Fish Tikka is a spicy barbeque dish. Fish pieces are marinated with a combination of yogurt and spices infused with a slight flavor of ajwain, grilled or shallow fried to perfection. Serve as a starter or as a side dish with a main course […]

A quick and easy way of making prawn dum biryani combined with some aromatic ingredients along with the right blend of spices. Sometimes the dishes which I prepare are just unplanned ones, same is the case with this prawn biryani. I wanted to make a […]

This month’s challenge is based on the theme ‘Biryani’. I don’t think there is anyone who dislikes biryani, it is one of those dishes which means ‘celebration’ or maybe a family get together, wedding, eid celebration…and the list goes on. Preparing biryani involves many steps […]

Meen Pulichattu is a dry preparation where the fish fillet or slice is first marinated and pan-fried, and then wrapped in a banana leaf along with a dry chili based gravy and again shallow fried to perfection to enhance the flavors of the leaf as […]

This dish of Ivy gourd is prepared with minimum spices, with only a few ingredients and it is a complete meal on its own. It is served as a staple side dish with daily food like dal and steamed rice. This dish of Ivy gourd […]

    Kentucky Fried Chicken is a homemade version where chicken is marinated and batter fried to perfection. If you have any queries regarding the recipe, do mention it in the comments section and I shall get back to you. Kindly give feedback in the […]

An easy and quick rice recipe combined with lentils is ideal for preparing daily food which pairs well with any kind of curry. An easy and quick rice recipe combined with lentils is ideal for preparing daily food which pairs well with any kind of […]

Bharwan Bhindi is a popular Indian style preparation of okra stuffed with flavorful spicy stuffing, and shallow fried till crispy from outside and soft from inside. It is best served as a side dish or as an appetizer. Step by step pictures       […]

A traditional porridge where meat, wheat, and lentils are slow-cooked along with the aromatic spices and ingredients making it a one-pot comfort food As the cold weather sets in, we start craving more warm and one-pot kinds of food. The moment we think of winter […]

A pizza parcel is nothing but a pizza in a different shape. Making it in this way makes it easier for packing a lunch box or for any picnic outings where open pizza could be a mess. I usually prepare it this way when I […]

  This is the first time that I get a chance to be a part of a challenge created by a food bloggers group on Facebook. The members were assigned a common blog from which we can select any recipe of our choice and post […]

This dish is a combination of meat and lentils. I personally prefer Urad dal (black gram lentil) with meat because of its creamy and soft texture. It happens to be an ideal curry to have with parathas for breakfast or dinner. I am not trying […]

Dal Panchratan is a popular dish in most Indian restaurants. ‘Panchratan’ means five jewels, and here five jewels represent five different kinds of lentils. The idea is to prepare a curry using these five kinds of lentils. It is very essential that you need to […]

This chutney takes me down the timeline of when I would visit my grandparents in Mangalore. Those were much-awaited vacations to get away from books and studies (not exactly… as we had never ever-ending list of holiday homework). Just before our lunchtime, I could hear […]

I am so much in love with Chicken 65 that I like to have it in many different forms. If you are familiar with my other recipes on the blog, you will find recipes like Chicken 65 which is dry preparation. And then I also […]

A recipe of Mughlai style kabab where chicken legs are marinated in a special blend of spices and then grilled to perfection. In this recipe, the kabab is prepared on the stovetop which helps in retaining all the moisture making it the most succulent and […]

As the name suggests, this is a Turkish specialty. Pide is actually ‘Pizza’ in a Turkish accent probably. What makes this Pide different from Pizza is, that you will not find the usual tomato sauce or any of the Italian flavors. So this indicates that […]

  In my previous posts on biryani, I have always divided the whole procedure into steps. This is to make the procedure clear and easier to understand. Preparing biryani is never rocket science, but yes, it needs a little practice and some fine details that […]

  All are familiar with the recipe of Paneer Paratha, but just to overcome the blandness of paneer, I decided to add some finely chopped capsicum. What I like about this paratha is that the stuffing needs no cooking on the stove. It can be […]