WHOLE WHEAT PIZZA

Ordering pizza when hubby is eating out is slowly becoming less frequent, ever since i tried my own pizza. Who wants to eat the refined flour based overpriced pizzas when you can bake a healthier version at home. :)

The novelty of baking a pizza at home is loading(unloading)

WHITE BREAD

After the whole wheat, i wanted to try out a plain white bread just to see how it comes out at home. I am really happy with the result. The bread was beautiful (if u call food beautiful!) and yummy.

I think ii will try out the mixture of plain flour and whole wheat next ti

SPICY STUFFED BUN

Potato buns and spicy capsicum buns are the specialties of 'bangalore bakery' i think. I can't find them in many other bakeries and not here in hyderabad. We have a bangalore bakery nearby but his buns are always "over" by the time we go there and ask for it.

So i decided to try my hand at

WHOLE WHEAT BREAD, My first bread,

in fact my first baking attempt. The bread was very good and made from whole wheat flour. (regular atta) I wanted to make a healthy bread without refined flour and am happy with the result. Even though it was not as spongy and soft as 'bangalore iyyengar bakery'

CLEAR VEG SOUP

Soups are our(me and my hubby) favorite, especially when we have it in our head to loose weight :) It is a filling and nutritious meal. And some like this one are easy to make too.

I prepared this soup long before i went for the

BACK TO BLOGGING

Hi everyone,

Hmmmm... it been a long time since my last post! I have been ... lets say 'distracted' from many things in these last few months, from traveling to sickness to summer break and not to forget the new found hobby of painting. :)
So finally decided its high time i started posting those drafted posts as well as some new stuff.

Thank you, all of you, who left lovely comments in my absence. I am yet to visit many of the blogs, which i will be doing very shortly. In the mean time thanks for visiting and the comments.
Keep visiting.

BANANA CHIPS

When Mrs.R dropped in with the nice raw bananas from her backyard, i suddenly got the idea of making chips.
It had been  real long time since i had these things. Again the childhood memories of my grand parents place and all.... :) . You all pretty much know how the story goes.

Anyway i tried my hand at these chips not sure if they are going to be soggy or crisp. But they turned out real nice. Yummy too.  So i am so inspired to try out the Nendra banana chips next time. All i have to do is find some nendra banana ;-)

GREEN PEA CURRY

Had some dry green peas in my pantry for sometime now. So tried this version of curry with a fusion of both south and north. It turned out slightly different but tasty.

HOT AND SOUR SOUP (INDO-CHINESE)

Hot and sour soup is an ideal soup for the cold weather. Its really easy to make too. Doesn't take a lot of time.

Made this one when hubby had cold. A hot bowl of soup in winter is a really nice experience especially when you are down with the sour throat!

HAPPY NEW YEAR

Wish you all a very happy and prosperous new year.

Well the wishes come a little late as i was a bit busy. Couldn't login to my account for more than a week now. Today took out some time for the first post of the year.

I wish you all the readers and followers a very happy and bright 2011. May god grant your all of your wishes.

BUTTERED VEGGIES

Its been more than a week since my last post. I been busy with personal things ,guests and everything. Well.., still am i busy with those things but today i sneaked a few minutes for this post.

I love simple food with minimum ingredients. This is one of those lovely dishes i love snacking on! Well it is healthy right?


Ok, here is the recipe. Hmmm.. Infact there is almost no recipe for this dish! It is as simple as tossing assorted veggies in butter and adding a dash of salt and pepper.

AWARD

Suja Sugathan of Kitchen Corner has passed on  'Best Blogger' award to me. Visit Suja's place for a collection of variety of recipes.

Thank you very much Suja for  the lovely award.


Akhila of Learning to cook- Akhila's kitchen has passed on  an award to me. Visit Akhila's place place for a collection of variety of yummy recipes and interesting events.

Thank you very much Akhils for the lovely award.

Chitra hegde of Chitranna has passed on a thank you note for the award she received from VEGGIE FLAVOURS.

MIXED-GREENS PARATHA

The greens vendor is back in our colony! He had disappeared for a couple of months but now back. So i can buy all the fresh stuff and enjoy.

First thing i thought of making was Methi Paratha, then decided to try something different and new.

The mixed green paratha turned out to be more healthy :)

ONION CHUTNEY

We had a nice tangy tomato chutney at the restaurant last weekend. I liked the tangy taste and wanted to try it out at home.

Since i was running low on tomato, decided to make a onion version. Turned out nice.


For the toamto version add 1 cup of chopped tomato instead of tamarind juice. Decrease the amount of onion to 1/2 cup and add 5-6 chopped garlic pods

SESAME BEANS

When we were kids we used to love eating raw beans. When it is tender and crunchy it tastes very nice. Of course i am a veggie lover, and used (still do ) eat many of them raw.

So when we got  fresh, green, tender beans from the market, we would finish off a portion in the raw form as soon as it was washed.  Guess my parents didn't have a tough time making us children

BREAD DOSA

The other day we were watching a cookery show on TV. The host made these yummy looking bread dosas which i decided to make with the leftover bread which i had.

Since i had not noted down the amount of ingredients, i have used my

AWARD TIME - RE VISITED

Santosh Bangar of Sanosh's kitchen has passed on the best blogger award to me. This is very exciting. This week has been awards week for me.

Thank you very much santosh for the lovely award. Santosh has a lovely blog where she has n number of mouth watering recipes. Do visit her blog.




Biny Anoop of Biny's Recipes has shared her 'Best Blogger' award with me. Visit Biny's place for a collection of yummy recipes.

Thank you very much Biny for sharing the lovely award.

APPLE-POTATO SALAD

Salad is a very flexible dish as you can literally make it from any food group. Veggies, fruits, dairy, meat, nuts, lentils.... the list is endless as to what can be used in a salad.

Its a healthy way of eating as mostly there are many uncooked

VIRGIN MARY

Virgin mary, a non-alcoholic version of bloody mary is a mock tail, which in fact one can drink at any time of the day.
This drink can be had for breakfast or brunch or can be served at parties as a

OK, ANOTHER AWARD , ...

Well, another award for my blog.


Kurinji of Kurinji Kathambam has passed on "One Lovely Blog Award" to me. Thank you very much Kurinji, for a lovely award.

Kurinji had beautiful blog, which is an assortment of yummy recipes as well as some craft,art, entertainment ideas. I especially like her Rangoli collection. Please take time to visit her.

Since she has requested me to pass on the award to the 12 bloggers of my choice, i am passing it to the following bloggers.


1.Gayatri Kumar of Gayathri's Cook Spot
2.Chitra Hegde of Chitranna
3.Aipi of U.S.Masala
4.Pratibha of The Chef and her Kitchen
5.Divya of Easy Cooking
6.Sharmi of Sharmis passions
7.Padmajha SureshbabuSeduce Your Tastebud
8.Gayatri Bharadwaj of AmmanAdge
9.Panch Pakwan
10.Nirupama Sriram of Its life
11.Hari Chandana of Indian Cuisine
12.Lakshmi of Taste of Mysore

Congratulations to all of you.



Priya Sreeram of BON APPETIT has also shared the "One lovely blog" award with me.

Priya has a collection of mouth watering recpies at BON APPETIT. Check out her place for the step-by-step guide to all the recipes.

Thank you very much Priya for sharing the award.