Apple Cake With Pecans
Hope all the readers from US had a relaxing Thanksgiving holidays. I was working from home most of the time. Next few weeks will be very busy too. I had couple of apples that needed immediate attention. I kept on thinking about different things to make with them. But finally I decided to go with [...]

Chicken Biryani And Gravy (Inspired by Lucknowi Biryani)
I am a huge biryani fan. So if anyone even mentions biryani in front of me, I start getting cravings. Last week, we were invited to one of our friend’s home for dinner. She had made a very nice biryani. The next day again I wanted to eat it. So I was pretty [...]

Dried Gooseberry Gravy(Sukkil AvaLe Kadi/Tambli)
This is another classic recipe that I got from V’s grandmother. Kadi is usually a very thin-almost watery dish. I would think this is more like tambli than kadi. She called it amla kadi. So I thought of mentioning both names. Few pieces of the dried gooseberries are fried with spices and then ground with [...]

Beetroot-Spinach Pulav
It was one of those days, when I had a lot of vegetables in refrigerator which needed to be used. I was exhausted after a busy day at work. So I decided to make a one pot dish packed with vegetables. The mild spices give an amazing aroma. Beetroot gives a touch of sweetness. It [...]

Chicken Rava Fry
Aayi has a recipe diary which she had written many years ago. There are many recipes that she has tried many times and some which she just wrote down from different sources. I don’t think she writes in it anymore, but it is one of my favorite things to read. I don’t get bored to [...]