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Plain old Scrambled Eggs with Mushrooms and Masala. Doesn’t that have a nice ring to it? More easy egg recipes – Kerala egg roast recipe, cheese omelet recipe, avocado egg sandwich, malabar egg curry. Scrambled Eggs (Akoori) Recipe Ingredients: (Serves 2) Eggs – 4 Onion – 1 small, chopped Tomato – half of one, chopped Mushrooms, any variety – 1/4 cup (remove hard stem and quarter the cap if using button mushrooms) Capsicum – 1/4 of one, cubed Curry masala / Garam masala – 1/2 tsp Ground cumin / jeera / jeerakam – a pinch Red chilli powder – a generous pinch (you can also use 1 sliced green chilli) Curry leaves – a few Oil – 2 tsp Salt – to taste Pepper powder – for sprinkling on top while serving Instructions:...

Confession: on some nights, I get lazy on the way back in the train and drag TH to have dinner outside. On those nights, I come back, drain the soaked chickpeas and stick it in the fridge. It can be stored like that for a week until you are ready to make what you want with it. Go ahead, I promise the chickpeas won’t feel bad or anything. If you like chana recipes, check out this Kerala kadala curry recipe, Chana Masala for poori, or this gorgeous Punjabi chole masala....

Personally, I prefer the semi-dry avial recipe that Amma uses without adding curd. We add sour raw mangoes for tartness and that works perfectly without making the avial too dilute or watery. This is probably the South Kerala style of making avial. Like many dishes around the world, avial was born out of the need to use up leftover vegetables, I am sure. There are many different variations to avial recipe like this raw cashew avial, tomato avial, and the more popular mixed vegetable aviyal....

Did you know that it’s easy to make made incredibly tender, fall-off-the bone oven baked ribs? It is and you can definitely make them in your own kitchen. Let us show you how to make really, really good ribs that are so good, you’ll want to make them over and over again! Remember that Bacon Bourbon Barbecue Sauce recipe we shared last week — we went ahead and slathered ridiculously tender, oven-baked ribs with it....

In the recipe below, you will notice we say this will serve four. That may be true, but we managed to down every single one of these crispy smashed discs of creamy potato in one sitting. There, we warned you. How to Make Bacon Roasted Potatoes We cook the potatoes twice. First, we boil them. Second we smash them and bake in the oven until crispy. While the potatoes are boiling, bake some bacon....

There’s a shaved Brussels sprout salad in our Cookbook (page 68) that’s one of my go-to salads in the fall and/or winter. It has a tangy citrusy dressing and it’s tossed with cranberries and pine nuts. A few weeks ago while I was planning to make that salad for Thanksgiving, I saw a sprout and ricotta toast recipe on Epicurious and got the idea that my favorite little salad would make a bright festive appetizer....

These buffalo cauliflower tacos are fresh, flavorful, and FUN! I started making them when I was testing this air fryer buffalo cauliflower recipe and had lots of leftover buffalo cauliflower wings on hand. To make them a meal, I stuffed them into corn tortillas with crisp cabbage, creamy avocado, cilantro, and jalapeños. Then, I added a drizzle of vegan ranch to take it all over the top. The combination was so tasty that I knew I had to share a recipe!...

I don’t have much of a weakness for fried foods. French fries don’t make me crazy, I never really cared for fried chicken… but whenever we’re on vacation, I find myself ordering little balls of fried stuff everywhere we turn. Cod croquettes in Japan, arancini in Italy, and all kinds mashed veggie fritters (with tangy yogurt sauces) in London. Since we’re currently not on vacation, these are baked, not fried… but I promise they’re so good that you likely won’t even notice....

Making this cherry tomato pasta recipe is like giving yourself a gift. It’s incredibly simple, so you don’t need a lot of time or energy to do it, and the flavor is just so good. Sweet, tangy, fresh…this cherry tomato pasta is what summer cooking is all about. Cherry Tomato Pasta Recipe Ingredients Like any good summer recipe, this cherry tomato pasta starts with peak-season produce. Here, that means lots and lots of cherry tomatoes....

My family has been making this oatmeal raisin cookie recipe for years, and we are never disappointed! They’ve become one of our favorite cookie recipes. I make them for us to enjoy at home and love to give them away around the holidays. These cookies are easy to make but require an electric hand or stand mixer. If you do not have one, I recommend hopping over to our easy oatmeal cookies, which only require a spoon to mix the cookie batter....

Pie is something I enjoy most when other people make it. I usually don’t have the patience to make crust, but that’s probably because I’m more of a filling person anyway. (When I was a kid, I’d always eat the pumpkin pie filling and leave the shell of the crust behind.) So, naturally, crisps and crumbles are my fall desserts of choice. This apple crumble recipe is much easier than pie, but it still has all of apple pie’s fruity-crunchy-fall-spiced goodness....

I guest posted the other day at Turntable Kitchen. Kasey and Matt are in Japan, which is one of the places Jack and I loved the most. We spent a week in Kyoto and one of the first things we set out to find was soba. It’s served in teeny tiny hundred-year-old restaurants. The noodles are handmade, and cold soba is served plain with a dipping sauce. Just dip and slurp....

Being married to a Tamil Brahmin has opened up this whole world of rasams and boy, am I grateful! But the biggest food discovery for me has been paruppu usili. I love that thing and totally regret the years lost not knowing of its existence. My top 3 favourite rasams are Milagu Rasam, Tomato Rasam, and Mysore Rasam. Here’s the entire list of rasam recipes if you want to browse around a bit....

I have visited Sydney before and loved it each time which is one of the main reasons why we decided to just move. TH came along with me last time I was here on work and he really liked it too. We are both looking forward to exploring the city, finding a nice place to live, enjoying the amazing fresh food scene and outdoor activities here, and most of all, staying in one place for a few years now (an international relocation does take the wind out of you!...

That’s why these brownies are so ideal when you want a fuss-free, easy and yummy snack. The ingredients are most probably lurking in your pantry already and you need less than 20 mins to whip them up before sticking it into the oven.

This black bean burger recipe is going to be your new best friend. The hearty patties are charred on the outside, tender in the middle, and packed with bold, smoky flavor. But that’s not all. They’re also easy to make! You won’t need to haul out the food processor or dirty 3 pans to whip them up. Nope – this black bean burger recipe comes together in one bowl in under 30 minutes, cooking time included....

These chocolate chip muffins are a family favorite for a reason! Thanks to the sour cream in the batter, they’re quick, simple, and incredibly moist. If you are wondering, you can substitute sour cream for yogurt! Both achieve the same results: big, tall, fluffy, moist, and delicious muffins. I’m such a fan of baking muffins. They are beginner-friendly, and you can enjoy them for breakfast, as a snack, or anytime a craving hits....

We’ve shared many mushroom recipes with you, but today, I’m finally sharing our absolute favorite: a mushroom pasta with pappardelle, perfectly cooked garlicky mushrooms, and a creamy butter sauce made without cream. We make this easy pasta recipe for ourselves on weeknights but also love serving it to friends when they come for dinner. Honestly, this might be one of our favorite ways to eat mushrooms. Key Ingredients Pasta: I love pappardelle, but fettuccine, linguine, or even short pasta shapes like campanelle work really well....

After cooking pots, they are my biggest kitchen obsession and I often try to pick up knives as varied as possible. I did get 2 knives from the US during my recent trip but that’s for another post because today I am going to talk to you about Ergo Chef Knives. Update: I would probably recommend Pure Komachi knives over these. They are cheaper and last equally as long. Pin Pros: – They are gorgeous – They are ergonomic and that’s great for people who spend a lot of time chopping – They are super sharp, as knives should be – The cutting blade is very thin and this allows for very smooth and thin slicing....

This is our family’s essential mignonette recipe. Mignonette (French) is roughly translated to “cute” or “dainty,” which seems fitting since it’s always served with a tiny spoon in a tiny bowl (haha). I love this sauce with fresh oysters and think you will, too! This one is super classic, but try our herb mignonette for a herby, sweeter twist! Key Ingredients Shallots: I mince my shallots of mignonette finely and use a lot....