Vegetable cutlet

Very good morning :) I made these cutlets on Monday (i.e. 14th this month) It was again the first time I was trying. I knew the recipe but never tried it till Monday :) It was a success indeed. Although initially I thought it would be a huge disaster. :) It came out well. My parents loved it genuinely. It was a nice treat for this cold weather too :) Hot - crispy cutlets served with tomato ketchup and with the rains pouring outside is a lovely moment I would say :) I feel everyone should make these cutlets :) The recipe goes as thus. Ingredients...

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Snake gourd palya / fry

Good day :) Along with the tomato saaru it was snake gourd fry for the lunch. It is extremely simple to make :) It takes some time to cook, but ingredients are really easy to remember. This palya / fry has a slightly sweet taste :) It is a very good combination with the spicy saaru :) The recipe goes as follows :) Ingredients (5-6 servings) 2 snake gourds (Chopped) 1 cup coconut (Grated) 2 tsp saaru powder (Refer here to make the saaru powder) A little bigger than lemon sized jaggery ½ tsp of turmeric powder 2 cups of water Salt...

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Tomato saaru

The tomato saaru is probably the all time favorite traditional food of everyone I presume :) It is spicy, light, not very complicated to prepare. Served along with white rice and another palya (Fry) is the tastiest combination :) Tomato saaru are made in different varieties of ways. The one which is made at my home involves the use of a ground powder made of dry red chillies, coriander seeds, cumin seeds, methi seeds (Menthe in Kannada, Fenugreek in English) and asafoetida (Hingu in Kannada). We DO NOT put any seasoning / tempering...

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A vegetarian mini meal

This Sunday I had taken up the afternoon lunch to task :) Prepared the delicious and traditional tomato saaru with a palya (Fry) of snake gourd :) Really sooted the marvelous rainy climate :) It was my first time and it did turn out good :) Happy happy happy :) :) :) The picture is shown above :) I'll be briefing through the recipe of the tomato saaru and snake gourd palya in my next posts :) So take care till I write :) Happy cooking :) ...

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Finger chips

Yesterday I prepared these finger chips as you can see in the above picture. It is very simple. :) Easy to make :) It falls under the category of junk food generally :) But having it once in a while is negligible :) There is a difference between the finger chips and french fries. In french freies we freeze the potatoes for about 1 or 2 days to make it stiff. finger chips its not required. :) The method to prepare finger chips Ingredients (For one full plate of finger chips as shown above) 1 large potato cooking oil (for deep frying) 1...

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Sweet chapati

Good evening :) The recipe which I’m going to write here now was told to me by Chaitra ma’am :) She is my “Software Engineering” and “Entrepreneurship and management” subject lecturer :) She had experimented with these ingredients and it came out well :) and then she passed it on to me :) I tried this and it came out very tasty :) It is a sweet chapati. PLEASE NOTE IT IS “NOT” A HOLIGE. It is a chapati but with a tiny twist :) The recipe goes as follows. Ingredients (For 8-9 sweet chapatis) 3-4 cups of wheat flour Hot water (To...

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