RedChillies

Spicy Broken Wheat Pongal/ Dalia Khichidi

redchillies — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 04:07:57 +0000

Pongal is a famous tiffin item in South India. It is usually made of rice and moong daal in a pressure cooker with appropriate seasonings. I mostly make it with rice the traditional way, on occasions I make it with rava (Rava Pongal) but this time I made this Spicy Pongal using broken wheat/dalia. I [...]

Bhel Puri Recipe

redchillies — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:47:16 +0000

Bhel Puri is a combination of puffed rice along with vegetables and spicy, tangy chutney/auce. This is the most commonly sold chaat/fast food in many places in India. It is a snack with an iconic status in Western India. Bhelpuri is low-fat, delicious and eay to make! After a long day at work, or on [...]

Easy Corn Bread

redchillies — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 05:16:21 +0000

I remember years ago when we had taken a road trip to Austin, we were tired, hungry and were craving for something warm and hearty. It was dark and colder than the usual and with no many choices on hand we reluctantly stopped at a local café located on the highway. However we were in [...]

Cabbage Coconut Curry/ Cabbage Kootu

redchillies — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 19:44:04 +0000

I vaguely remember eating this daal curry at a friend’s place years ago. Her mom had made this for lunch, and she had served it very lovingly. This recipe was new to me then and I recall having taken generous serving of this yummy curry. In Konkani cuisine we have quite a few varieties of [...]

Konkani Undi/ Steamed Rice dumpling

redchillies — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 21:55:33 +0000

Blame it on the winter season, but lately I have been on the lookout for ‘chatpata’ steamed food that can be made ‘zhatpat’. One some really cold days, I don’t care for heavy meals, but feel like nibbling on some warm finger food along with hearty soup. So while on quest for such recipes on [...]