Chicken Biriyani
Ashwin is now 7.5 months old and he is growing fast. He has started crawling, standing up and squeals with delight when he sees us after his nap or when R comes home from work. While everyone is happy for us, they are also concerned about our, “open adoption”. I decided to talk about it [...]
Pineapple Rice
pineapple fried rice : a quick lunch item with leftover rice
Simple Rice Pilaf
This is exactly what the name suggests. We cooked this rice today morning when we had a curry left over from last night, but did not have bread or rice to go with it. So I made this quick lightly spiced rice in a jiffy before we both left for work. It is a kid [...]
Bulgur Wheat Pilaf
On our face book page, we had asked readers what recipes they would like to see on this website. We got a whole range of ideas. A few wanted one pot dishes, slow cooker recipes, Samosas, Southern fried chicken etc. We will definitely try to cook up all you asked for. To start off, lets [...]
Tamarind Rice
When one says tamarind rice, we think of plantain leaves lightly toasted over fire and tamarind rice wrapped in it, long distance travels, picnics and quick school lunches. Mom almost always had her stash of tamarind sauce or Puzhikachal as we call it in the refrigerator for those days when she wanted to whip up [...]
Spinach Pilaf
A box full organic spinach, half of which was used and the other half seemed like it was crying to be used. We both love spinach and all the health benefits that comes with it – A carotenoid found in spinach fights prostrate cancer, ovarian cancer and excellent for our bones. We try to have [...]
Spanish Paella
We were in San Diego last week and while strolling through Balboa Park, a lady from one of the stalls calls us to taste Paella. We had just eaten a late lunch and since she said taste, we decided why not. She hands us a plate of paella and casually asked for $5. Though we [...]
Sephardi Spiced Chicken Rice
Sundays with Marlena Spieler How is everyone doing after Thanksgiving? We had a great time with family. We cooked both traditional and non traditional dishes, but it is the quality time you spend with family that counts right? When we get together, of course food plays a vital role and we always look for festive [...]
Wild Rice Salad
June 11, 2009 by shankari
Filed under Rice, Soups/Salads
Thanks to everyone for you who voted for me. More info here Wild rice – 1 cup Vegetable Stock – 2 ¼ cups Olive Oil – 2 T Garlic – 1 clove, minced Shallots – ½ cup, chopped Red Bell Pepper – 1 cup, diced Cumin Powder – ½ tsp Candied Pecan – ½ cup [...]
Comfort Food
Nothing spells comfort food to most tamilians like rice and yogurt. After a few days of eating out, I want to run back to the comfort of thayir saadam aka rice and yogurt. Come summer, my mom would cook rice in the morning and after it cools down, soak the cooked rice in a wee [...]
