Bisi bele bath powder
Bisi bele bath powder, a spice blend that comes handy to make bisi bela bath, a rice and lentil dish with vegetables. There are several pre-made powder sold in stores but nothing matches freshly homemade powder.
Recipe source: Radhika of “Just homemade”
Ingredients you’ll need:
4 Guntur +8 byadagi chilies*
2 tbsp...
Vietnamese spring rolls/summer rolls
Vietnamese spring rolls/summer rolls, are “perfect for Summer”. They are non fried, wrapped in translucent rice paper that are the best way to show off a in-season produce. Just grab the few simple ingredients, sauté tofu, and wrap!—you’ve got an eye-catching quick finger food that’s healthy. Isn’t this a great snack option? The Asian flavored sauce and these are a perfect light meal.
The weather’s all warm and...
Asian Dipping Sauce
Asian Dipping Sauce is really easy to make at home. Just whisk together the ingredients and adjust the quantity of ingredients for various variation. You can use this sauce as a dip for Asian inspired recipes and also great sauce to toss in noodles or rice. The sauce recipe can be made sweet or spicy, you could adjust the honey or chili sauce according to taste.
All you have to do is mix them and adjust with hot water till required consistency. You can...
Honeycomb bread | khaliat nahal
Honeycomb bread or Khaliat Nahal (translates as Bee’s Hive in Arabic). They are soft tender buttery rolls filled with a small block of cream cheese and called honeycomb bread because the buns are set in honeycomb pattern and baked. A sugar-honey syrup along with a hint of orange, not too over powering, is poured over after they are freshly baked.
The bread is great for breakfast, evening snack and as a dessert too. I baked a large batch the previous...
Refried Beans
Refried beans is cooked and mashed pinto beans and is integral part of Mexican and Tex-Mex cuisine. If you usually try them out of a can, this fresh-super easy recipe is no excuse not to make them yourself at home.
Pinto, means painted in Spanish, they got their name cause of the brown specks in pale pink that looks like a painting. As most other beans, pinto beans are not...
Paneer Pull-Apart rolls
Paneer Pull-Apart Rolls, trust me, these egg-less rolls are easy to make, its foolproof recipe. The bread is soft and subtle flavors of spices with paneer is so aromatic, you’ll feel like a proud baker after every bite and this will be in the top of savory snacks list. I wanted to make a pull-apart bread that is a hearty appetizer, something impressive before big dinner. But this also makes a great side dish with soup, the pieces of bread between...
Restaurant Style Salsa
Restaurant Style Salsa is the pureed-thin consistency salsa they serve in restaurants with chips, the one everyone hogs before the food is served. The home-style salsa is more like Pico de gallo that is made with fresh ingredients. But for this recipe, canned tomatoes and chilies give that restaurant style flavor and color. The salsa that is sold in jars have lot of vinegar for preserving them for long time and we detest the vinegar flavor in salsa, if...
Brownie with ice cream and chocolate ganache
V-Day spl post – Brownie with Ice cream topped with homemade chocolate ganache/Sauce.
We’ve never been much for flashy Valentine’s Day over priced roses, heart-shaped gifts or out for an expensive dinner. Instead we would be creative with our date nights and you’ll find me happy in the kitchen, cooking with love for my valentine and follow with a night of cozying up on the couch to watch movies or some series, we are just...
Pico-de-gallo
Pico-de-gallo (pronounced as Pico-de-gayo), A mexican salad/salsa filled with freshness and flavors of onions, tomatoes, jalapeño peppers, cilantro and lime combined that can be ready in 5 minutes! Freshly made Pico-de-gallo, Guacamole, corn chips with Margarita/Virgin-Margarita is often a must when we grill outside.
Pico is not just a dip with tortilla chips, can also be used as a mix-in to kick up your guacamole, a topping for tacos, a layer in...
Carrot cake with cream cheese frosting
Carrot cake with cream cheese frosting is rich and flavor-packed spice cake. It is made of grated carrots-nuts (walnuts or pecans) and usually paired with sweet cream cheese frosting. The pretty orange flecks of grated carrot give the Carrot Cake color and soft dense texture.
We loved our cake more the next day! So if are planning to bake the previous day, don’t worry! They don’t dry out instead the flavors soak in well. Also you can bake...