Hamantashen
Sunday With Marlena Spieler This is my last post for our series of cooking through the cook book, Jewish Cooking by Marlena Spieler. What a blast! I got to know two of my blogger friends more closely, had the opportunity to meet Marlena a couple of times and even learned to make Matzo ball soup from her aunt. This journey has been a pleasant and yet challenging one. It challenged me to try recipes that I may never have tried and every time, I was skeptical about it, Marlena proved me wrong each & every time. The recipes were fantastic, we ...
Upma
Back home, we are used to cooking three fresh meals a day. Breakfast would be idli, dosa, upma etc, lunch will be rice, dal and a vegetable and for dinner roti, or dosa. After we moved here, we have gotten used to having cereals, oatmeal, bread or smoothie on the go. From the time, my parents are here, we have been cooking three meals a day. Mom & dad are used to that and we don't want to change it. So yesterday morning, it was upma. Upma is made with semolina and almost has the texture of polenta when cooked. ...
Happy Mother’s Day
Mami & my mom. In the past 8 years or so, I have dreaded Mother’s day. I have almost always focused on why I am not a mother and with my mom also not being around close, to do something special is difficult. One of the years, my cute lil niece called to wish me on Mother’s day and I asked her why and she said I was like a mom to her for a year when she lived with us, it touched me lot. There are lot of women who have influenced my life, and I want to wish the ...
Onion Chutney
This is a family recipe with a fun name attached to it. The chutney is served typically with dosas and idlis and mind you it is made so hot that you want to shout out expletives after your first morsel, but it is so addicting that you continue to enjoy it even after you know it is that spicy. It is traditionally made with raw shallots, red chillies, tamarind and salt- as simple as that. The raw onions gives it one degree of hot, add to it some red chillies which takes it to a whole new level. I think ...
Tahini Sauce
Sunday with Marlena Spieler While I love to make most dishes from scratch, there are a few that I just rather buy from the grocery store. Tahini sauce is one of them, so why this post? Marlena, add a bit of a kick to the store bought Tahini sauce. Tahini Sauce – ½ cup Water – 2 T Lemon Juice – ½ tsp Garlic – 1, finely minced Cumin powder – ¼ tsp Olive oil – 1 tsp Red chillies – ¼ tsp or to taste Chopped parsley – ¼ tsp, optional Whisk the tahini sauce with water until smooth and well incorporated. In a small bowl, mix lemon juice, garlic ...
Cooking Class with Amma & Appa
This is is 200th post and is very special... When we are kids, we say I am the daughter of so & so and when we grow up we hope our parents can say, I am this girl's parent. I choked a bit when I introduced my parents in my cooking class and it was the most surreal moment to watch them listen with pride when I gave the class. For the last three years, I have been telling Rajesh that I want my parents to see me give a class just one time. I was ...
Couscous Salad
With the coming of spring, we try to spend as little time in the kitchen as possible. We cook, but lightly dressed foods and one pot wholesome meals. My parents will be visiting us soon and I know we may not cook very much of non Indian cuisine. I am cleaning up my pantry and using up handfuls of this and that. I found that sky is the limit when it comes to flavoring couscous. You can make a simple salad to something elaborate like pilaf. Here is what I did, this was basically cleaning up my pantry kinda dish. Israeli ...
Appetizers
Knishes
These pastries can be made bite sized or large enough to have for dinner. But however...
Falafel
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Soups/Salads
Watermelon Salad
Sunday with Marlena Spieler The sweet crispness of watermelon combined with salty...
Couscous Salad
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Breads
Pita Bread
Sunday with Marlena Spieler When the three of us were divvying up recipes to cook...
Mandelbrot
Sundays with Marlena Spieler Mandelbrot means Mandel (almond) brot (bread). It tasted...
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Breakfast
Adai
We are just beginning to enjoy the weather here with our parents. We have made small...
Upma
Back home, we are used to cooking three fresh meals a day. Breakfast would be idli, ...
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Vegetarian Sides
Onion Chutney
This is a family recipe with a fun name attached to it. The chutney is served typically...
Tahini Sauce
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Non Vegetarian Sides
Piselli
Sunday with Marlena Spieler I am sure you know that I have just begun to eat fish...
Israeli Grilled Chicken
Sunday with Marlena Spieler The idea of buying a whole chicken and splitting them...
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Rice
Simple Rice Pilaf
This is exactly what the name suggests. We cooked this rice today morning when we...
Bulgur Wheat Pilaf
On our face book page, we had asked readers what recipes they would like to see ...
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Desserts
Hamantashen
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Paal Payasam
Happy Tamil New Year to all of you! Here is a visual treat of what we made this...
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Reviews
Simply Chai
We were at the San Francisco Fancy Food Show recently and had the opportunity to see many vendors showcase...
Dolled up Roasted Dill Potatoes
Update: I have entered this recipe for a contest- please vote for me here. The prize money is $500 and...
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