A baking  enthusiast like me often gets bored of making sweet things. The taste buds crave for spicy baked goods, often! When a recipe turns out really well and the whole family loves it, it is natural for a blogger to go back to her old rusty blog and add the super simple recipe in
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Idli, the ubiquitous south Indian   breakfast,  or evening tiffin/snack can be made healthier by substituting some of the white rice with whole grains. An excellent low glycemic index food for diabetics as well as weight watchers. If you worry about a poor digestive system sensitive to whole grains, this is an excellent choice as fermentation
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I am not a smoothie person, to tell you the truth. I do not like to replace my meals with a smoothie, because I really need starch in my food. But it was one of those days… I had a wisdom tooth taken out, and was unable to eat regular lunch. This is where a
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Let us celebrate the Independence of India, with some DFT recipes, cheering for the colors of the flag! Paniyaram is a south Indian snack usually made from left over idli/dosa batter. When it is made in a Appe/Abelskiever pan, it is called “kuzhi” paniyaram.  With the DFT team celebrating India’s independence day this week, I
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I have been very fortunate to have met Selma of Selma’s Table through our Fiesta Friday Virtual Party. An excellent cook and a very passionate blogger, she has always left encouraging comments in my posts. She has co-hosted Fiesta Fridays numerous times, and readily offered her expert advice on everything related to cooking. A quick tour of her
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Idli, the ever popular south Indian breakfast dish, has a universal appeal. It is considered much healthier over dosa, which is a crepe form made with the same batter. The traditional steamed rice and lentil cake, however, is still high in refined carbonydrates, as the ratio of white rice to lentil is usually 4:1. Hence, a whole grain
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  Creating recipes with a cause! I am a proud DFT blogger. To learn about DFT click here To find more DFT recipes click here Binge with DFT this time in OIL FREE Madness!   Cornmeal is coarsely ground corn or maize. Polenta refers to the cooked form of it, an Italian dish that is
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  Baking breads is not something I can claim to be totally comfortable with. Taming the ‘yeast beast’ is a continuous learning process for me. Many of my bread trials have not worked out in the first attempt. Exceptions are whole wheat pita bread and whole wheat pizza which are relatively easy. This month, Swetha
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  When I visit a Health & Wellness store, I can go crazy buying unprocessed foods including superfoods. It is my aim to use as much of it in everyday food. Superfoods being loaded with antioxidants and minerals, are best consumed in raw or minimally cooked form to get the full benefits. After all, we
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  Summer holidays are here! That means kids are always asking for more snacks, and they do not get tired at all. Makes me exhausted and long for the beginning of the school year again! One way I engage my kids is while baking. Yes, they do make a mess of things at times. My
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