Fire Up The Grill, Toss the Slaw, I've Got The Fastest Salad Ever!!! Plus, Enter To Win Tropical Traditions Coconut. by kathy gori

There are days when no matter how much I love it, I just don't feel like cooking. When the lazy don't feel like cooking, the lazy go out to eat. That does happen sometimes but most of the time, since we try to watch what we eat and keep it on the…

Upma by Ekta Vengateri

Upma is had for breakfast in India. There are various upmas and ways to prepare upma. It can be made from vermicilli, cracked wheat and rava and can be the dry kind, wet kind or if it does not turn out good the soggy one :). This one is a Rava upma, the wet kind which works the best for me. If you want it a bit dry you can add less…

corn Soup by priyadarshini

a very rich and diet soup.

Hot, Fast and Spicy! The Seeni Sambol Story by kathy gori

Ok, I'm back to sambols again. Seeing as how we're in the final stages of this re-write we're doing and since we're going to Los Angeles on a business trip next week, cooking is down to bare bones quickness. However, since we eat our main meal at mid day which is also in the middle of our working day I still want something, even the…

Vangi Bhath by Rumana Ambrin Rawat (My Blog: http://rumanarawat.blogspot.com)

Vangi Bhat is a delicious one pot meal. It is a wonderful combination of eggplant and rice combined with lovely aromatic spices. This is a typical Maharashtrian specialty but enjoyed throughout Southern India as well.

The Raw And The Uncooked, A Meatless Monday Special by kathy gori

I'm loving this whole meatless Monday business. It's great to take a break from the same old same old. One of my food blogger friends Jeroxie at Addictive and Consuming, had a post up last night where she was describing some simply divine potato and pea samosas made with filo dough. I had no business reading it at that hour as I was…

Adai Avial by vidhya

An adai when served with aviyal makes a wholesome, nutritious meal. Aviyal is a medley of boiled vegetables (think carrots, potatoes, chow-chow, white pumpkin, yellow cucumber - mostly the water based veggies etc) simmered in yogurt, coconut gravy. Its so easy to make the batter for adai, no need to toil over fermenting the batter.…

Sambar by miansari66

Sambar is a very common and popular South Indian and Sri Lankan Dish. Tamil people like it very much.

Okra - Peanut Fry !!!! by sri vidya

Fries !!! My hubby's fav... I usually don't go for fries as they consume lot of oil and time though!!! But my people always need some or the fries while having dal, sambar or rasam. So got to make one each day...And sometime i divert him giving some chips or some papads to skip this!!! And today as my main event is to make a recipe…

mint and urad bonda by sunil k.nayar

this is one from my home city, Black gram which usually use for vada (a break fast come snacks items) with the same mixture i given a little variation.

Dhal Munchkin - Savoury Indian style by vidhya

Urad dhal savory Munchkin is called as Urad dhal Kozhakattai. They are prepared on festive days.

MOONG DAL SPLIT VADA by Kokila Karthikeyan

CASHEW-NUTS RICE/SATHAM by Kokila Karthikeyan

Broken Wheat Bise Belle Bhath by Malathi Savitha

World Diabetes Day is held on November 14 each year. The day aims to increase an awareness of the effects of diabetes and its complications amongst the general population and professionals. In Significance of this day we have posted Broken Wheat Bise belle Bhath. Health Benefits of Broken Wheat: - Cracked wheat is an excellent…

Soy Chunks Manchurian by Kokila Karthikeyan