Our special spicy hot sauce chicken filling gets kicked up a notch by presenting them in cute tortilla cones. If you have been following me for some time, you may have noticed that I have a special love for this hot sauce spicy chicken filling which I use in quite a lot of my recipes.Read more
Molten Lava Mini Chocolate Cake in Appam Pan
Molten Lava Mini Chocolate Cake is so soft and delicious, that you cannot stop with one. Since it is made in appam pan, these are bite sized and looks too cute!! School summer holidays have started and I am in search of simple recipes which the kids will like. I have made a list ofRead more
Bombay Chicken Biryani
This Bombay style biryani has all the features a delicious biryani should have- the heady aromas, the vibrant colors, fluffy rice and the strong addictive flavors. Being a strong Malabari at heart, I always prefer our own Malabar Biryani over any other type of Biryani. Even though I make many different types of biryani atRead more
Food Hacks
How to pickle mango and pineapple/ Uppilittath
I love pickled raw mango and pineapple. These are my all time favorites. It is very popular in Kerala and we call it uppilittath. It is a kind of pickle which is terribly easy to prepare and is oil and spice free. Just the thought of these pickled stuff makes my mouth water. I usuallyRead more
How to keep herbs fresh for weeks (coriander, mint and parsley leaves)
I love using fresh herbs in my cooking. So I always keep stock of it in my refrigerator, mainly cilantro (coriander leaves), mint leaves and parsley. But it is a huge challenge to use up that bunch of herbs before it turns brown and slimy. If you store them in the right way, it staysRead more
How to keep fruits fresh for weeks
Keeping strawberries fresh for even a few days has been a challenge for me all this time. Sometimes it gets molded the very next day I buy it and it is very annoying. But I recently started doing something that prevents the strawberries from getting spoiled fast. I wash the berries in a vinegar-water solution,Read more