Love sabudana khichdi! It’s such an funny Indian breakfast made with sabudana, which are these little tapioca pearls that you cook with peanuts, potatoes and spices. The recipes I have seen online seem to cook this dish using a pan, but my mother in … Continue reading
For forever we’ve been using store bought coconut chutney which is very good, but the other day my husband said he was tired of it. So I thought it was time to make my own. What a refreshing change! Coconut chutney … Continue reading
Poha is flattened rice often served for breakfast or as a snack in India. This version is made with onions, potatoes and peas. For some reason I was kind of intimidated to make it because I didn’t know how the … Continue reading
The first time I had seviya upma was at this stand in Bangalore where the area around where you order was packed. We had already had our seviya upma, but I wanted more coffee. My husband decided that I needed … Continue reading
This is hands down one of my favorite Indian breakfasts. I made it for us last weekend and have been eating the leftovers all week! The first time I went to India I was new to eating Indian food 3 … Continue reading
Dhoklas are a Gujarati snack made of a fermented batter of rice and besan flour which is steamed and then cut into squares. Fermenting batter takes so long so I was excited when I found out about khaman dhoklas which … Continue reading
The other night I was going to be eating solo, so I was planning on just throwing something quick together, but then somehow I ended up making Mysore dosa with a new kind of sambhar! It started because I looked … Continue reading
Updated 3/30/14: I’ve updated this recipe a few times, adding more sambar powder, cumin seeds and coconut. Also canned crushed tomatoes are especially good in this! The only thing is that this recipe is not quite so quick as it … Continue reading
Upma is a South Indian breakfast made with semolina (suji) and is kind of like an Indian version of cream of wheat. The first time I had it I loved it! And I think it must have been an instant … Continue reading
Happy Mother’s Day to all you mom’s out there! My mom came up from San Diego for the weekend and for mother’s day I made idli sambhar. My sambhar recipe was inspired by two recipes from Aayi’s recipe bog. It was … Continue reading