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 Diabetes Friendly Thursdays goes Mexican this week! I’ve always wanted to make cornbread, a spicy version. The “Mexican” theme for DFT this week gave me that opportunity, and I happily put on
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Many regular readers of this blog know that I am a fan of Vidya, my  dear blogger friend over at Traditionally Modern Food. Here’s a guest post I made for her. I got this cute gadget from Deepti Thete at the cooking contest in the Columbus Ganesh Festival 2014. Pop Chef is a simple kid friendly gadget that
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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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Creating Recipes with a Cause! I am a proud DFT blogger. To learn about DFT, read this link. To view more DFT recipes, Click here! The proud DFT team brings the indulging dishes made in Appe/Paniyaram/Abelskiever Pan! The classic falafels are deep fried balls made of chickpeas or fava beans. A popular street food with
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Creating Recipes with a Cause! I am a proud DFT blogger. To learn about DFT, read this link. To view more DFT recipes, Click here! DFT brings to you “Kebabs and Tikki Factory” this time. I am contributing to the cause with Spiced Tofu Kebabs!  A quick and fancy treat for the kids in the
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The very first time I tried a mini cheesecake was after getting inspired by my blogger friend Josette’s (The Brook Cook) post. She gave some helpful hints and beautifully presented the dish. I tried an egg-free version of that and fell in love with cheesecake in general. Now that I have shifted to a dairy-free and
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Creating Recipes with a Cause!I am a proud DFT blogger. To learn about DFT, read this link. To view more DFT recipes, Click here! The Proud DFT Team brings Mother’s Day Special this time. How fun is that? Many of us are bringing Chaat or Indian Street Food from our mother’s delectable palate. I’m bringing
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What can I say? This is really the best honor a food blogger can get. When I published my Apricot Orange fudge/Halwa, little did I know that it would take such a magnificent avatar. Remember (from this post), Vaidyaji of Aum Cuisine featured my fudge recipe and we demonstrated it together in the You Tube video?
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Creating Recipes with a Cause!I am a proud DFT blogger. To learn about DFT, read this link. To view more DFT recipes, Click here! Now, I must mention that this is only a mock “Thattai”, a south-Indian fried snack in which rice flour is the main ingredient. I have named it thattai because this tastes
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