Healthy Moong dal recipes for breakfast

Published on August 2, 2008

I am always on the lookout for healthy, quick and filling breakfast options and I found two great recipes using yellow Moong dal – Bedmi puri (puffed Indian bread) and Moong dal chilla (crepes). For both these options you have to soak the Moong dal for two hours and then grind with a little water to make a smooth paste.


Stuffed spicy gram flour parathas

Published on June 10, 2008

Today, I tried making parathas with spicy gram flour fillings and it came out well. The stuffing can also be used to make Kachoris. Here’s the recipe:


Leftover makeover: Bread Upma/Poha

Published on June 9, 2008

I cribbed about cooking in the humidity and the heat. Hubby decided to make life easier for me and brought in a loaf of bread; a rarity in our home. I guiltily served bread and omelets for breakfast and stashed away the remaining loaf into the fridge. It was parathas again for breakfast the next [...]


The art of potato-poha making

Published on May 18, 2008

Poha or flattened rice is an easy-to-cook snack or breakfast meal. However, one needs to mix the ingredients right and follow a certain method to get the perfect flavor.


Little pleasures that make life …

Published on May 13, 2008

Getting up to the smell of rain hanging in the air and opening my eyes to an overclouded sky, I was as euphoric as a child, prodding hubby to get up and enjoy the morning drizzle. I quickly brewed up some coffee and hubby and I relaxed in the balcony after what seemed ages. More surprises in store!


The “first quarter of the first nuptial year”

Published on March 12, 2008

 Human beings have developed the concept of milestones – to keep track, to reminiscence, to celebrate, to mourn, to repair, to learn, to evolve, and mostly just for the heck of it. I have also decided to document the key milestones in the First Quarter of the First Nuptial Year of OUR life.  
1.       After years [...]