This Christmas Cake recipe was first posted in December 2011. It has been reposted again this year as it is a really good cake. For Christmas this year I have chosen to make an exotic fruit cake. Not the regular every year Christmas cake but a prize winning one with a Caribbean touch. This cake was […]
This is a very simple and tasty sardine curry. I learned to make it from my mom. Here the spices for the masala/ spice paste requires no roasting or frying. Ingredients: Sardines: 30 For Grinding: Kashmiri Dried red chillies: 12-15 nos Pepper corns: 8 nos Coriander seeds: 2 tablespoons Mustard seeds: 1tsp Whole cumin: 1 […]
This summer our 3 year old hybrid apple tree gave us our first big crop. A lovely mix of golden delicious, red apples and green granny smith apples. Determined not to let any apples go to waste hubby and me set out to pickle the green granny smith apples in my very own spice mix…the […]
This Hot and Spicy Egg Dum Biriyani is another one of my creations in times of need. I must say it is tasty, flavoursome and surely satisfying. Definitely worth savouring. This year our fennel plant produced a lot of fennel seeds/ sweet cumin/ saunf. Dried fennel seed is an aromatic and fruity, anise/ licorice-flavoured spice, which […]
This is my mom’s recipe for a very popular Mangalorean plantain preparation, that makes the perfect accompaniment to a bowl of steaming hot rice and lentil soup/ daaliso saar. The star ingredient in this dish being the “tiny dried shrimp” also known as “Galmbi” in Konkani . When added to the plantains these dried shrimp adds […]
The smokiness of the roasted brinjals and the creaminess of the coconut milk make this salad melt-in-the mouth or simply delish. A dish thats not to be missed. I first tasted this exotic salad at Aunty Betty Sequeira’s house in Mangalore, India. She is an awesome cook and makes such palate pleasing dishes, that everyone […]
This is my ground version of the Chicken ghee roast. It is hot and spicy, a sure delight to the senses! For a no grind version use the marinade and spice paste mix in simple prawn ghee roast recipe, only double the quantities used. In todays recipe I have ground down the roasted whole spices to […]
American style pancakes make for the perfect weekend breakfast treat. This is a very simple recipe, adapted from one of Nigella’s shows……makes a very tasty and satisfying start to the weekend….. Serve along with crispy streaky bacon …. or …. if you are craving a sweet treat …..serve along with red, sweet and luscious strawberries […]
This is one of Mangalore’s most loved dishes….served in almost all Mangalorean restaurants and joints, first created in the kitchens of a well known eatery in Kundapur, Udupi of Dakshina Karnataka. It is a sought after delicacy, prepared using pure ghee or clarified butter and a wonderful blend of ground simple spices. The ghee roast […]
I made this traditional, spicy and tongue tingling hot vegetable curry on the 8th of September 2011 to celebrate the birthday of Our Blessed Mother Mary. It was a healthy, tasty and a perfect accompaniment for the lacy appams. The spice blend I used is a classic ( my moms) and is very versatile, can […]