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Aayi's Recipes
If you ask what I like in hot summer for a meal, the first thing that comes to my mind is any of the cold tamblis with rice. They are also easy to cook (at least according to me) because you need not slog in front of stove. Yes, I get irritated to stand in [...]
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Aayi's Recipes
At my home, I think I am the only one who loves rajma. I had this for the first time in Belgaum and ever since then, I have been a big fan. I saw two of my friends, who were from Delhi, make a very creamy and tasty rajma. I tried exact same recipe, I [...]
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Aayi's Recipes
Randayi is a Konkani sidedish which has juicy coconut paste. Different vegetables, lentils are used to make randayis. Pineapple and peas is a very unique combination which tastes great.
When I got married in 1974 and moved to my new home, my husband told me about this recipe. He narrated a story that took place in [...]
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Aayi's Recipes
Some of you already know my love for baking. I have been baking atleast one new kind every 15 days or so. I want to post them here so that I remember them. This is one such bread I baked a while ago.
I got the recipe in Taste of home magazine. I made quite a [...]
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Aayi's Recipes
I love dals with lemon juice. Latha’s lemon rasam has been a great hit at my home. We also love dali thoy with some lemon juice on top. I want to slowly increase the usage of lemon and decrease tamarind and tomato in my cooking. Lets see how that goes.
This dal is inspired by Sanjeev [...]
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Aayi's Recipes
Pulav is a complete one pot dish loved by rice lovers. It is an elegant complete meal in itself and very nutritious because of all the vegetables in it.
Pulav was not a common dish at our place 20 years ago. People here prefer rice and gravies to these dishes. I started making different types of [...]
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Aayi's Recipes
It was our first valentine’s day in the US, we had never celebrated this day before. I had just got a new job. So we thought of celebrating the day. I knew V does not like any non-Indian food, but I insisted that we go to an Italian restaurant. He booked in Zio’s restaurant which [...]
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Aayi's Recipes
It’s time for Daring baker’s challenge again. When I saw this month’s challenge, I was very disappointed. It looked very similar to the Opera cake that we made couple of months ago. Many other DBs had the same concern. But one thing that made me try this was the chocolate. I am not a chocoholic, [...]
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Aayi's Recipes
Menthe hittu(Kannada) - fenugreek powder, is a spicy powder prepared by grinding a variety of spices and lentils. This is served with hot rice and a spoonful of ghee. The Marathi version of this is called Metkoot.
Menthe hittu saves a lot of time many times, when you want to serve something very fast and have [...]
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Aayi's Recipes
About a year ago or so, somewhere on this blog I had mentioned that we both love pastas. So Gowri sent me this recipe. Thanks a lot Gowri.
I am not very fond of soya products even though I know it is good for health. Something about it’s taste used to put me down. (But for [...]