tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75492811986284460232024-03-14T02:07:00.714-04:00Denufood - Delicious & Nutritious Food......Recipes from our Kitchen!!SEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13110602632368762500noreply@blogger.comBlogger129125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7549281198628446023.post-62612185484718509562011-12-31T17:07:00.001-05:002012-01-02T11:09:09.612-05:00Dark Chocolate and Nuts Pie
Wishing everyone a very happy and prosperous new year !!
A new year treat for my blog and everyone out there . It has been such a long time, since my last post, back in January last year. Had been very busy with studies, internships and then basking in the sweet memories of my family visits. That meant there was lot of cooking and cherishing every morsel of what my mom cooked while she was SEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13110602632368762500noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7549281198628446023.post-70148493286706132532011-01-18T17:11:00.002-05:002011-03-07T14:10:54.661-05:00Vangyache Bharit / Baigan Bharta 1 – North Karnataka RecipeRecipe: Roasted eggplants combined with fresh veggies
Yes, I am back with the eggplant recipe ! It is very rare, that I skip the brinjal/eggplant from my cooking for more than two weeks. And if I do, there is always a feeling of missing something in my diet. But some of you might find, my blog doesn’t reflect these many recipes, but eventually will get there.
Baigan Bharta or Vangyache bharit SEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13110602632368762500noreply@blogger.com26tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7549281198628446023.post-17230044907445184142011-01-12T14:30:00.002-05:002011-01-12T18:55:18.539-05:00Goan Fish CurryFinally, my most favorite curry since my childhood gets its place on the blog. I am not sure why, it has taken such a long time to post this recipe on my blog, probably we are more tempted to finish the curry rather than take pictures or write about it . Anything coconut is dear to me, so is this rich coconut creamy curry with a distinct flavor of tirphal (shown in the picture below) that SEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13110602632368762500noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7549281198628446023.post-80976225880340575892011-01-01T10:47:00.002-05:002011-01-04T21:17:43.218-05:00New Year Wishes
Wishing Everyone A Very Happy and Prosperous New Year
2011SEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13110602632368762500noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7549281198628446023.post-16831257449804988882010-12-21T22:00:00.003-05:002010-12-21T22:55:29.126-05:00Sattvic Tuesdays: Methi Dal / Lentils with fresh fenugreek leavesRecipe: Tempered lentils cooked with tomato and garnished with methi/fenugreek leaves.
All across, I bet there will be more than 1000 ways of how to prepare a daal/lentil soup or curry, each one different with lentils, spices, tempering ingredients and all other additional ingredients that can go into preparing it. A little math, permutation and combination with SEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13110602632368762500noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7549281198628446023.post-32236769091609678812010-12-20T11:24:00.005-05:002010-12-20T13:08:19.608-05:00Amaranth Leaves / Rajgira Bhaji It’s been sometime now with my last post, last month, not to mention how much of recipes I've missed posting as well as visiting. I believe everyone is enjoying the holiday season with lots of sweets, cake and other baked goods. Wishing everyone a wonderful holiday season !!
Today’s post is a simple sautéed amaranth leaves, also known as rajgira SEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13110602632368762500noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7549281198628446023.post-31300343018134034522010-11-05T09:02:00.001-04:002010-11-05T09:09:57.064-04:00Happy Diwali !Wishing Everyone a Very Happy and Prosperous Diwali !! Picture Source:in.com SEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13110602632368762500noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7549281198628446023.post-14214340912484835062010-09-28T13:03:00.004-04:002010-09-28T14:47:03.682-04:00Murg Methi – Fenugreek /Methi Chicken Recipe: Chicken pieces combined with methi/fenugreek leaves, spices, tomato and yogurt !
In the evening for our dinner,I wanted to prepare both chicken and a vegetable as well, I like to include and prefer vegetables in my diet. So I thought why not combine both and prepare a dish, as I had a fresh bunch of methi leaves and a perfect combination with chicken. There are many versions of this SEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13110602632368762500noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7549281198628446023.post-70578855217450670602010-09-20T13:12:00.005-04:002010-09-21T08:09:47.872-04:00Tomato Daal – Red Lentil & Tomato CurryRed lentil and tomatoes cooked with a tempering of mustard seeds, curry leaves and onions !
You must have read the stories of lost and found, about there are hundreds of Bollywood movies spun around the storylines of how siblings are lost from each other and later how they meet or the situations that make them come together. But, why this discussion about movies or stories? This is one of SEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13110602632368762500noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7549281198628446023.post-59521387320672936642010-09-14T15:39:00.004-04:002010-09-17T10:16:36.064-04:00Batatyache Kees / Grated Potato Snack How is everyone doing? I know, I have been on and off with my posting lately. Hopefully I’ll do better as I’ve got so many recipes to share and also see some recipes that I’ve been missing.
So here is one of the very traditional Maharastrian/North Karnataka snack prepared during the fasts. Very similar to this recipe is using sweet potato instead of the regular potato which is also made during SEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13110602632368762500noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7549281198628446023.post-77234784150808883142010-09-11T13:11:00.001-04:002010-09-11T13:12:01.000-04:00Happy Ganesh Chaturthi !!
WISHING YOU ALL A VERY HAPPY AND BLESSED
GANESH CHATURTHI !!
ImageSource: www.sai-ka-aangan.orgSEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13110602632368762500noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7549281198628446023.post-18096016122809091142010-08-31T13:49:00.002-04:002010-08-31T13:50:41.578-04:00Anniversary – A Year of Blogging !
First of all, a big thanks to all my fellow bloggers who take the time to read and comment on my posts here. Thanks you all for also having showered with awards, for sending recipes for events and friendships !!!
I certainly can’t believe, its been a year now, having started the food blogging. Lot of reasons why I started blogging and one of them certainly was to record the ingredients ofSEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13110602632368762500noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7549281198628446023.post-2107275545629217362010-08-25T12:45:00.003-04:002010-08-25T12:48:42.188-04:00Mexican Cilantro Lemon RiceRice cooked with cilantro and lemon !
If you happen to travel a lot, at which place/food joint do you find your closest comfort food? For me, I sure head out to the chipotle’s for a bowl of vegetarian burrito..love the rice and beans, the closest it can get to my comfort food. While working up in MA, I had to change train/bus on my way to MD, and so religiously I made sure to get a pack of the SEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13110602632368762500noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7549281198628446023.post-16646986621846495312010-08-23T10:06:00.002-04:002010-08-23T10:08:16.775-04:00Ambadi/Gongura Bhaji – Red Sorrel Leaves Side DishRecipe: Cooked red sorrel leaves tempered with garlic and peanut powder !
Here, I am back after more than a month, having missed a lot of your posts. I am waiting to see lot of yummy recipes which have been posted. I’ve got a 10 day break before I start by fall semester, so hopefully I make best use of my free time now.
I had prepared this curry/sabzi a while ago, finally it gets its due by SEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13110602632368762500noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7549281198628446023.post-43525725952024224642010-07-08T12:00:00.002-04:002010-07-08T12:02:24.327-04:00Palak/Spinach & Tomatoes I wanted to whip up quickly something for lunch and what better than using tomatoes and greens for a quick dish. A quick sauté of tomatoes and spinach with just the chili powder as spice, tangy and very fulfilling with a bowl of rice. This dish can be prepared in so many ways and different flavors just by using different ingredients like garlic or curry leaves or some whole masala/spices for a SEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13110602632368762500noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7549281198628446023.post-53385267792543224402010-07-04T17:16:00.004-04:002010-07-04T18:52:58.199-04:00Chicken Ghee Roast (Hirva / Green Masala)By now if you have seen couple of my last posts, there is always a post every few days with this tasty and flavorful green masala, yes its my favorite. The use of green chilies, ginger, garlic and cilantro is my most favorite combination/masala that I regularly use for rice or non-veg preparations. It is also called Malvani Hirwa Masala based on the region it is most famous for. Malvan is a town SEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13110602632368762500noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7549281198628446023.post-55795469202639258172010-06-26T22:04:00.004-04:002010-06-27T13:38:20.635-04:00Badaam / Almond ChickenMarinated Chicken pieces simmered in almond masala/sauce !
Preparing this dish had been pending since such a long time, so today sure, I finally managed to prepare this. In one of my previous posts I had mentioned that I have a 4 lb almond bag sitting since such a long time, that I am still not able to finish it off. Of course, if I make sweet it will finish sooner, but we are in no mood to SEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13110602632368762500noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7549281198628446023.post-11622863271226003012010-06-25T14:45:00.004-04:002010-06-25T14:56:07.818-04:00Masoor Amti (Brown Lentil Curry) This is one of the widely used pulses across the world, I believe. Back home Belgaum is famous for this pulse and the locally grown variety is different from the one we get in stores here. The Belgaum masoor is tiny in shape and tastes much better. My grandmothers side, in Belgaum have large farms where they grow this lentil and the other being kale vatane/black peas. So everytime we went SEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13110602632368762500noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7549281198628446023.post-85385916916968813452010-06-18T10:13:00.004-04:002010-06-18T10:27:03.983-04:00White Kidney Beans in Tomato-Coconut MasalaThese days I have religiously preparing the dishes that may help in making some space in my pantry. Lot of different lentils and beans have been lying for such a long time. So have decided to make sure I use all those different beans/lentils.
I don’t remember having white kidney beans but there are so many varieties of this seeds and this preparation is our regular recipe that could be used with SEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13110602632368762500noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7549281198628446023.post-35174767204296007092010-06-16T13:31:00.002-04:002010-06-16T13:33:41.575-04:00Gawar ani Phanasbi chi Bhaji / Cluster Beans & Jackfruit Seeds Curry
A combination curry with jackfruit seeds and cluster beans is very much a konkan recipe. This is the season when the market is flooded with jackfruits, the raw ones used in making lot of curries and the seeds of the ripe ones. I was able to get these frozen jackfruit seeds at our local Indian grocery store which were already slightly cooked, shelled and sliced, else you would need to SEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13110602632368762500noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7549281198628446023.post-22527880556473088822010-06-15T08:55:00.002-04:002010-06-15T08:56:40.010-04:00Green Chicken Curry – Variation from a regular one !
I had actually planned to prepare our regular green chicken curry with coconut and little more spices. But since I had a lot of yogurt lying in the fridge, decided to use yogurt instead and a little less spices. We use this masala to make the Belgaum style Biryani which I might post later on, till then enjoy this nice green and creamy curry !
Ingredients:
2 cups chicken, cubed
whole masala (1 SEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13110602632368762500noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7549281198628446023.post-8682825058791453532010-06-11T12:20:00.006-04:002010-06-11T12:47:34.210-04:00Fava Beans Curry – Middle Eastern Recipe I have heard and read lot about fava beans and its use in the middle eastern and Mediterranean cuisine, but never happen to use them in our cooking. Last week one of our friends bought us some cans of fava beans and mentioned the ingredients that go into making a simple side with pita bread. Not much use of spices but with the ingredients it does come close to an Indian recipe, so the name currySEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13110602632368762500noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7549281198628446023.post-17729575012152009002010-06-07T12:17:00.002-04:002010-06-07T12:19:43.407-04:00Onion Tomato Raita – Onion & Tomato in Yogurt It has been almost close to a month that I have posted. Thank you everyone for having checked on how I was doing. Now that I am done with the exams, I should be posting some new tried and tasted recipes. I am sure everyone here is enjoying their summers and those of you back home, it is nostalgic with monsoons and the rains especially this is a season to be on the India’s West Coast !
BTW, it isSEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13110602632368762500noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7549281198628446023.post-32506189889317499352010-05-13T12:52:00.005-04:002010-05-14T09:00:21.587-04:00Methi Fish – Fish with Fenugreek leaves
A combination dish which came up as I wanted to prepare both fish and methi leaves. A very flavorful dish, probably is a specialty of Bengali, Punjabi cuisine. The use of fenugreek seeds for tempering gives a wonderful aroma to the dish. I cooked this dish in tomato and to add a touch of variation, one could add yogurt to this dish while cooking. I personally do not mix milk products and SEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13110602632368762500noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7549281198628446023.post-62920317311416439792010-05-07T11:14:00.004-04:002010-05-08T22:09:50.406-04:00Dry Shrimps in Tomatoes & TomatillosRecipe: Dry shrimps cooked with tomatoes and tomatillos ! Recipes using dry shrimp, dry salted fish, either you love these or simply hate them due to the smell of the dry shrimps..two extreme cases, I believe its a acquired taste and takes a while to like dishes with dry shrimps. I fall under the first category, being bought up closer to the Indian west coast, it is very natural to include SEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13110602632368762500noreply@blogger.com10