Krithi's Kitchen

Chicken Chukka / Easy Indian Chicken Side Dish | Indian Chicken Recipes

2012-05-26T09:00:00.000-04:00

This is the first non-veg dish in my space, though I used to eat meat at least twice a month before marriage. My family, Grandma, Dad and Sis are experts in cooking meat and I had been always a sous-chef whenever it comes to cooking non-veg. My territory was limited to the prepping and tasting area. DH is a pure vegetarian. Having said that, I never really had an idea to cook meat at home until

Vetrilai Poondu Sadham / Rice flavored with Garlic and Betel Leaves - Guest post by Reva of Kaarasaaram

2012-05-19T10:00:00.000-04:00

This month's guest post is by Reva of Kaarasaaram. She is one of the dearest blog buddies of me. If you have not stopped by her place you should do so now. She has a pretty and neatly laid out space with gorgeous pictures. She hails from Coimbatore - the heart of the Kongu region in South-India, which has a deep-rooted culture and history associated with it. The Kongu cuisine always uses the

Chole Masala / Channa Masala with Home-made Chana masala powder / Konda Kadalai Kurma | Indian Curry Recipes

2012-05-11T09:00:00.000-04:00

We love Channa at home. It is a great way to include protein in our diet and whatever form I make it, the dish is a winner. I make a lot of variety with Channa with Sundal, Pulao, Vadas being few of them. I made this Channa / Chole Masala recently and totally fell in love with it. One popular dish featuring this channa masala is Channa Batura or Chole Batura. This is a great side dish for

Spicy Ginger Pickle / Easy Inji Thokku

2012-05-06T06:00:00.000-04:00

After I made the Tomato Thokku, I wanted to try my hand at making other variety of pickles. After all DH is a huge pickle fan and would not take his lunch without pickle. So to begin with I made a simple ginger pickle. I saw this recipe in a magazine and bought extra ginger on my grocery shopping last week. This is an easy to make pickle with simple ingredients. Ingredients: Ginger - 50 g - 1

Announcing Serve It Series - Serve It - Preserved

2012-04-30T14:54:00.000-04:00

The theme(s) we selected for the May Edition of 'Serve it' is Preserved. Remember the summer holidays back home when we go to grandma's place, meet all cousins and spend lot of time playing under the sun?? We used to make full use of the sun by getting scorched by the heat and getting back home only for our meals and drinks break - Rasna and lemon juice. Oh... how we miss those days. During

Quinoa Pilaf / Quinoa Coconut Milk Pulao in Pressure Cooker

2012-04-26T09:00:00.000-04:00

Looks like I have been posting at least one Quinoa recipe every month and I am happy about it. This time it is a simple and tasty Quinoa coconut milk pulao or Indian Style Quinoa Pilaf. This recipe is inspired by the Semiya pulao recipe of Chef Dhamu. I loved it very much. I made little tweaks to fit in my favorite quinoa in the same recipe and here it is. It is a one-pot meal and a perfect one

Urad Sweet Bonda / Deep Fried Sweet Vadas with Urad Dhal / Indian Zeppoles

2012-04-21T21:30:00.000-04:00

Do you have some family recipes which you have almost forgotten about. Well, I had forgotten about these beautiful Sweet Urad vadas until my sister reminded about them recently. She had made these for Pongal festival for offering to god. These sweet vadas (or vadeyvu/vadaevu as we call it in our home) is a must in our family for all festivals and marriages. They are similar to Medhu vadas, but

Oma podi - South-Indian Tea-time Snack - Guest post by Vardhini of Cooks Joy

2012-04-14T21:30:00.000-04:00

This month's guest host is by my dear blogger friend Vardhini. I believe most of my blog friends would definitely know Vardhini of Cooks Joy (Previously Zesty Palette). She is an ingenuous food blogger giving the most tempting recipes. She is one person who presents each post with beautiful step-by-step pictures. Now how cool is that. It takes a lot of sincere effort to do that and I know it is

Spinach Broccoli Cream Soup | Soup Recipes

2012-04-06T09:00:00.000-04:00

I am trying to include Spinach to my diet atleast twice or thrice a week. But I get bored with the regular Spinach with dhal curry. So I am trying many ways to include spinach which is interesting too. Spinach chapathi, Spinach basil pesto, Spinach chutney are few of the many ways I try them. The recent addition to the list is this Spinach Broccoli cream soup. Ingredients: Serves -2 Fresh baby

Announcing Serve It Series - Serve It - Pressure Cooked/Slow Cooked

2012-03-31T20:49:00.000-04:00

The theme(s) we selected for the April Edition of 'Serve it' is Pressure cooked / Slow cooked. These are two different or rather contrasting methods of cooking, one designed for quick cooking and the other quite opposite. But, both these cooking methods make the life of the cook more peaceful and makes putting a delicious meal on the table - hassle free. Also come summer we would all want to

Quinoa Bahala Bath / Mosaranna / Quinoa Thayir Sadham

2012-03-23T10:00:00.000-04:00

Happy Ugadi everyone!! Hope you all are celebrating Ugadi in a traditional way with your family. As for me, I miss the Bevu Bella/Ugadi Pachadi very much. I made this Karnataka special recipe Bahala Bath (curd rice) to celebrate Ugadi. Enjoy! I can't stop cooking with Quinoa (pronounced keen-Wah) and I make sure I do so atleast twice in a week. I may sound redundant but quinoa is an excellent

Quinoa Upma - Guest post by Denny of Oh Taste N See

2012-03-16T10:00:00.000-04:00

I have been wanting to invite my dear fellow bloggers to do guest post on my blog. I am happy that I am able to materialize the idea now. To start with the guest post series I asked my friend Denny of Oh Taste N See. As I have mentioned in (many of) my earlier posts, Denny has been one of the important inspirations for me to start a food blog. I believe that one sentence says it all. Without

Beans Paruppu Usili

2012-03-09T15:57:00.000-05:00

Paruppu usili is a traditional south-indian side dish for rice. It is a dry curry made with the combination of dhal and vegetables. Usili can generally be made with many vegetables, string beans, cluster beans, banana blossom to name a few. This recipe here is a short-cut method to make usili. Authentically the dhal mixture is ground into a paste and stir-fried in oil until it is dry and cooked

Announcing Serve It Series - Serve It - Stir-Fried

2012-03-02T12:22:00.000-05:00

The "Serve It" event had been on a break for the past two months. Some personal things were keeping Denny and I busy since the start of new year. Finally we got back on track for the event. The previous Serve It - Sweet Baked received 53 yummy entries. Our blogger-friends sure made it lovely with varieties of baked sweet goodness celebrating the holiday season. This month's theme is Serve It -

Guest Hosting - WWC - CousCous / Broken Wheat for Dinner

2012-01-04T09:37:00.000-05:00

Wish everyone a Very Happy New Year 2012! I know I'm a bit late. But better late than never. Believe you all celebrated new year in a great way. Starting the new year with a healthy cooking challenge, I am guest hosting Sanjeeta's Wholesome Wholegrain Cooking (WWC) for this month. The chosen grain is Couscous and for regions where couscous is not available you can go for Broken Wheat. A

Pumpkin Quinoa Dhal Pulao

2011-12-08T13:56:00.000-05:00

As I had mentioned in my Pumpkin cranberry scones recipe, I did make another dish with the leftover pumpkin. It was last Sunday when I made this Pumpkin and quinoa dhal like a pulao. Quinoa is an easy and healthier replacement for rice. Almost all Indian rice dishes can be replaced with quinoa and you wouldn't miss the rice at all. I am trying to use quinoa atleast twice in a week in the form of

Announcing Serve It Series - Serve It - Baked Sweet

2011-12-01T07:35:00.001-05:00

Last month's Serve It - Savory Baked received 58 lovely entries ranging from frittatas to oven baked vadais. As we had promised last month, this month's theme is Serve It - Baked Sweet. December reminds the end of the year when we are all set to celebrate Christmas and welcome a new year. And speaking of Christmas, the first thing comes in mind to a foodie is the Christmas Cake and lots of

Vegetable Puffs & Egg Puffs

2011-11-22T13:52:00.000-05:00

To begin with, sorry for the sudden absence from this space. I am so elated by the considerate inquiries from my blog buddies. It was totally an unplanned break but things are fine at my end. Thank you very much everyone for your love! Do you remember the after-school snacks you had in your childhood. Ah! those are cherished memories aren't they? Well, anything involving food is a cherished

Guest Hosting - Breakfast Club #17 - The Theme is..

2011-11-15T11:34:00.001-05:00

Breakfast Club is a wonderful event started by Helen of Fuss Free Flavours, which I am guest hosting for the second time this year. My theme for last time was "Pancakes" and the event was a great success with 40 beautiful pancake entries. I would like to thank Helen for giving me an opportunity to host this event again. The theme for this month's event is the most common breakfast of the world

Minestrone Soup | Soup Recipes

2011-11-09T10:42:00.000-05:00

Minestrone (pronounced min-NESS-throw-nay) is a hearty Italian Soup made with vegetables, beans and pasta (or rice). There is no set recipe for this soup but the basic recipe has vegetables (and/or meat), vegetables in season and different types of beans. I have used the vegetables I had at hand with a combination of black-eyed beans and garbanzo beans. It calls for a very simple preparation

Pumpkin Cranberry Savory Scones

2011-11-06T18:00:00.000-05:00

I am trying to make maximum use of the pumpkin season. After the Pumpkin Kootu, I made these pumpkin savory scones. Still have plans for pumpkin soup. But not sure if the plans will change - to another dish of course. When I planned to bake something savory for this month's Serve It event, I wanted to keep it simple. Something which I can munch on for breakfast. The track-record of scone-making

Parangikkai Paruppu Kootu / Pumpkin Coconut Curry with Indian flavours | Indian Curry Recipes

2011-11-03T09:00:00.000-04:00

Pumpkin kootu is an easy to make earthy curry which has the consistency of a stew. This is a medley of sweetness from the pumpkin, earthiness from the moong dhal and spiciness from the chillis. Coconut gives a balance between the flavors and brings it together. If you want to make maximum use of the pumpkin season and want to try something simple with Indian spices, this is for you.

Announcing Serve It Series - Serve It - Savory Baked

2011-11-01T09:22:00.001-04:00

After a fantabulous success of last month's event, Serve It - Festival Potluck with 171 entries, here we are with this month's theme. Come end of the year and winter we all wish to bake, bake and bake. So we are dedicating two months to this theme. But we would want to categorize the baking theme across November and December. So this month's theme is "Savory Baked". Incidentally November is

Bhindi Zunka / Spiced Okra with Chick pea flour crust

2011-10-28T17:46:00.000-04:00

Okra / Bhindi is a love-hate vegetable. People either love it or hate it. We at home love okra. When I saw this Bhindi Zunka in Richa's space I immediately bookmarked it. I had remembered the okra which I got few days before at the market. Gave it a try and boy did I like it... It was awesome. I had made this zunka with bell peppers (sister's recipe). This method of making okra though would

Thengai Burfi / Coconut Fudge - Wish you a Happy Diwali!! | Diwali Sweets Recipes

2011-10-25T18:00:00.000-04:00

First things First!! Wishing everyone a very Happy Diwali!! Believe you are celebrating this day with high spirits. Though it is not a holiday here in US we are celebrating with friends (miss family very much). I made this Coconut Burfi as a part of my Diwali Sweets and Snacks. This is again a recipe from Grandma. I never knew this burfi was so easy to make with only 5 ingredients and can be