Very Homey Daal

Well, daal is one of the simple, yet delicious and healthy lentil soup in Indian cuisine. Every Indian has his/her own recipe for this, imo. Whichever recipe it is, daal is delicious and satisfying.

When I visited my sister in Gujarat, she prepared this for me. It is definitely not Gujarati daal. Thick lentil soup with South Indian spice and flavors.

Rawa Pongal

Pongal is one of my favorite breakfast. It is so filling and healthy. I ate pongal when I started living in Bangalore. ie, when I stared working. My company provided us with full breakfast and lunch. In fact, I started putting on weight here. I used to wait for Thursday to eat pongal.

Masaledaar Baingan Bhartha

When I visited my sister in Guj, she made this bharta which is much different than what I cook. My sister's recipe is very spicy and chatpatta. Her recipes are always finger-licking tasty! This one was my instant favorite.

Biscuit Ambade

Biscuit ambade is one of the snacks which brings back the childhood memories. It is one of the snacks my grandpa used to pack for us from the famous Raya Hotel in Coondapura. He used to spoil us with all delicious goodies. Then on my Mother made these at home.

Tasty Purple Potatoes

This is not a recipe. Just my blabbering over the excitement. I had never tasted purple potatoes and so didn't expect these not so good looking purple potatoes to taste so good and creamy. In India, my Mom used to get Purple Yam called Kon in Konkani. She boiled kon adding little salt. Me and my sister used to go bonkers and eat all of it. I got the same taste when I ate these purple potatoes plus the creamy texture.

These potatoes are more healthier than the regular potatoes because they contain more antioxidants. Can't wait to find some recipes ... there should be some purple potato salad :) Love these ... yum yum!!