tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5949685637012333682012-01-27T05:03:41.876-06:00QUICK AND TASTY RECIPESVallinoreply@blogger.comBlogger581100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-594968563701233368.post-3697671290372345192008-05-12T02:44:00.003-05:002008-05-12T02:52:44.827-05:00

Hello dear blog visitors,I regret to say that I will not be updating the blog until I am relieved of the stress at work. I have all these photos and recipes that I want to post, but I just cannot find time to do it the way I want to. I bought these lovely capsicum (lilac, chocolate and lemon varieties and the red and green are the more commonly available) the other day -but just ended up making

Vallinoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-594968563701233368.post-47789884997679148132008-04-08T11:00:00.005-05:002008-04-08T11:13:59.626-05:00

"A rose is a rose is a rose." - Gertrude SteinCouple photos of the rose plants in my garden. I planted the Jackson and Perkins bare root roses and the first bloom is up!. The plants are struggling with the pests - aphids and some sort of green caterpillars :( . After intensive research on google, I sprayed some soap water and seems like 50% of aphids died. I am looking for other options. If you

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This was not exactly what I had in mind for the picture - but since the time is up - the better one in the lot goes to the CLICK metal event hosted by Jai and Bee at Jugalbandi. I didnt use any software for getting the color variation on the fork. I heated the fork and allowed it to cool to get that bluish tinge. Though I like the yellow background of the second picture- it isnt as sharp as the

Vallinoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-594968563701233368.post-6826965238417383892008-03-15T23:54:00.002-05:002008-03-16T00:14:35.547-05:00

No blabbering this time around - just enjoy the delicious soup - hot or cold. The recipe goes to the "ODE TO POTATO" event hosted by Sia at monsoonspice.comIngredients2 tbsp olive oil2 cups onion slices(chopped)6 cups sweet potato cubes/slices4-5 garlic minced1 cup coconut milk5 cups vegetable broth or water3 bay leaves (optional)1-2 tbsp of red pepper flakes for heatsalt and pepper to tasteHeat

Vallinoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-594968563701233368.post-36979563076054800512008-02-25T18:01:00.002-06:002008-02-25T18:16:26.934-06:00

Dishes made with sora or shark meat are a delicacy. Even in coastal city like visakhaptnam, the shark meat is rare to find. Certain fish taste good only when cooked in a particular way. Ammamma always made fish fry with "vanjaram" and Pittu(or Puttu) with sora. I was told by my aunt Catfish closely resembles vanjaram. However, I am yet to do my analysis on the types of fish. I made pulusu with

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Wow! A post finally after two weeks. So me and my hero went to the matinee show of “Jodha Akbar” today. I am a bit disappointed with the director! I mean Gowariker could have made a terrific movie with gorgeous actors like ash and hrithik and heart warming love story. What could be more intriguing than a hindu princess being married to a mughal king and the love story happening after marriage.

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Hello folks, I am back after 10 days of hectic work schedule. I took pictures of what I cooked these 10 days. Most of them were "clean up the refrigerator" salad/soup type recipes. The frozen peas were hanging in the freezer, I dont know for how long! Made this quick healthy soup. I missed many events - I have to catch up with the food blog world. Oh and by the way, the boule (bread) in the

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This curry / pulusu is amongst the favourite dishes for those who hail from vizag, East and West Godavari districts. Its heavenly and so delicious. The basic ingredients of a "pulusu" are onion and tamarind juice. You can make this dish just with Okra (bendakaya in telugu) but the dried shrimp makes this pulusu totally a top level delicacy. Mom in law also makes this curry with eggplant/brinjal.

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Hello Everyone, I am posting a recipe after a long time. I was busy with work. I will have to come up with some plan to regularly post even during the crunch times. Today I made this delicious prawn curry - its rich and spicy and is heavenly when eaten with white steamed rice. I am also making "printable pages" so that the recipes can be printed and cataloged in your recipe books. Hope you like

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The recipe I present here is low fat version of the deep fried cauliflower. I used broccoflower (a hybrid of broccoli and cauliflower) - for its color and also for its nutritional value. Additionally you would need garlic pods (about 6-7 sliced thin) and bread crumbs. Garlic flavored bread crumbs can also be used, though nothing can beat the aroma of fresh garlic being sauted (I think Sunita will

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In telugu, "narinja" would refer to mandarin oranges that could be easily peeled and eaten versus "battayi" is something like navel oranges but with green skin and yellow flesh. I like mandarin oranges because they are sweet and tart at the same time. I bought a few "Satsuma mandarin" oranges - easy to peel, seedless variety. They are small in size, so can be put into the power juice without the

Vallinoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-594968563701233368.post-23661327216358455752008-01-14T00:11:00.000-06:002008-01-14T19:13:10.852-06:00

This is the first recipe that caught my eye in the "Best Ever" cookbook series. I never tried leeks before, that was also another reason for making this recipe. Leeks belong to the onion and garlic family. They are notoriously dirty - full of dirt between the leaves, do clean them properly before cooking. Remove the tough green leaves and use the bottom white part of the leeks. Ingredients:1/4

Vallinoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-594968563701233368.post-78740324211877864732008-01-12T11:46:00.000-06:002008-01-14T19:13:26.031-06:00

I love jalebi - who doesn’t. I usually buy the instant jalebi mix and make them, this time around I wanted to make them from scratch - had to send it to my cousin who is expecting a baby soon. You know sometimes it’s scary or may be I am over reacting, but I am not comfortable with gifting or making artificial foods for pregnant woman. Just for the sake of the picture above, I made few with

Vallinoreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-594968563701233368.post-81471033755678321712008-01-10T01:37:00.000-06:002008-01-14T19:13:40.130-06:00

Here goes one more salad recipe I love - the basic ingredients are same as muri mixture (puffed rice with tomatoes, chillies, onions, salt and lemon juice). Boil black eyed peas with salt until cooked ( I used a frozen packet). Toss in pomegranate seeds, chopped cilantro, diced tomatoes, chopped spring onions or green onions and chillies (for heat). For seasoning/dressing it would be salt, lemon

Vallinoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-594968563701233368.post-50857290195083374352008-01-09T17:54:00.001-06:002008-01-14T19:13:51.316-06:00

Want to make an impressive dessert without much hard work - Try the combination of instant vanilla pudding and mixed berries. The basic ingredients for the berry tart (above) would be 1. frozen pie shells (bake them in the oven as per instruction takes about 10 -12 minutes), 2. Instant vanilla pudding and 3. Mixed berries. Pour the vanilla pudding in the pie shell and allow the pudding to set.

Vallinoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-594968563701233368.post-49205375260763533682008-01-07T17:04:00.001-06:002008-01-14T19:14:04.690-06:00

OK! Holiday season is long gone! I am back to the salad days with the cool cucumber and dill salad. I feel this is somewhere between a salad and a raita (because of the yogurt/curd factor). The ingredients would be cucumbers(1 cup peeled and chopped), red onion (1/4 cup of thin slices), salt to taste, dill leaves (2 tbsp I used dried from McCormick), pinch of garlic powder, tiny bit of sugar and

Vallinoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-594968563701233368.post-83856797880435714832008-01-05T14:06:00.000-06:002008-01-14T19:14:22.363-06:00

All of us have that "one" gravy recipe, where in the vegetables change but the base ingredients remain the same. This is one such gravy recipe. Mom usually makes it with lady fingers (bendakayalu). So the base is a mix of onion, garlic, tomatoes, cumin (jeelakarra in Telugu) and coriander (dhaniya powder). Chillies/Jalapeños/Chilli powder can also be added for heat. Either these ingredients can

Vallinoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-594968563701233368.post-10811962369263415872008-01-03T14:02:00.000-06:002008-01-15T22:50:25.768-06:00

I dont know how myself and all my cousins got into the habit of calling grandma as amma and mothers as ma. I call both ammamma and nannamma as amma. I dont think it bothered them, may be they felt younger :) haha. So this is my ammamma's recipe. She makes it both with chicken and potato. Its a great combo with veg pulav or chapathis. I think it has a bit of kerala cuisine in it. Nevertheless its

Vallinoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-594968563701233368.post-28678033291704609322008-01-01T23:59:00.000-06:002008-01-02T01:05:49.891-06:00

Am I crazy or what! Tea and chocolate! Yeek - was my first reaction - But thinking about it - I love chocolate cookies and cakes with Tea, then why not spice up chocolate with tea! I was bold enough to try the combination - Trust me I loved this pudding! I used "TAZO" spiced black tea to flavor up the chocolate pudding. There are many other flavored teas out there that I plan to combine with

Vallinoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-594968563701233368.post-44807651849403428742007-12-31T13:11:00.000-06:002007-12-31T14:23:36.764-06:00

Happy NEW YEAR 2008! May the year make all your dreams come true and bring lots of happiness into your lives. December 31st is a special day for all of us - We bid a farewell to the eventful past year and warmly welcome the new year. Cutting cake when the clock strikes 12 has been a tradition in my parents place and I continue the same in my home as well. Hotbreads (now its FoodEX) in Vizag, my

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Happy new year everyone!Noothana Samvatsara Subhakhanshalu :)I am busy sending my gift boxes filled with yummy kaju barfi and homemade fruit and nut chocolate bars for my friends and family. The above picture is quick peek at the box with kaju barfi. OK so dont yell at me,I know the barfi's arent diamond shaped - I like the round shape better and it makes them have a home made feel. This is an

Vallinoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-594968563701233368.post-49317970118064238942007-12-25T13:13:00.000-06:002007-12-25T13:28:11.788-06:00

Merry Christmas everyone! The main dish for the christmas eve dinner at our home yesterday. I will write more about it soon - until then here's a quick look at the recipe for the lamb curry.

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Badam (almonds) and Kaju (cashew) barfi are amongst my favorite Indian sweets. I tried many times to make this in my kitchen and it was a disaster. The reasons for the disaster - I couldnt wait long enough for the milk and sugar to solidify or didnt grind the nuts properly. I almost gave up on making barfi at home until I noticed the instant barfi recipe in "Neelam Batra's" 1000 Indian recipes

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The question I had after looking at Sunita's "Think Spice - cinnamon" event "Which is the dessert I repeat often and cannot do without cinnamon in that". The answer was there besides me in a plate - Baked banana with cinnamon. I make two versions of "banana and cinnamon" combination so often because they are very satisfying and low calorie at the same time. Both the dishes take less than 10

Vallinoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-594968563701233368.post-61325305634417977552007-12-19T19:36:00.001-06:002007-12-20T08:19:43.930-06:00

Chicken curry (Kodi Koora or kura as its called in telugu) is a dish that I often make - I would say once every two weeks. I love it with chapathi's or hot steamed white rice and its super easy to make. Any day you will find chicken curry in my refrigerator and I am not exaggerating. The kodi koora recipe I present here is an easy version of the mix from my mom's and mom-inlaw recipe.Apart from

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I noticed this recipe in the "cooking light" edition this month. When I tried the recipe, I really loved it-Spicy taste with the cinnamony sweet crunch of Persimmons bites. The Salsa is very easy to put together. Combine the following in a bowl and serve over rice crackers for a quick healthy snack. The chat masala is the indian touch to this recipe.1. 1 cup Persimmon (chopped into small pieces)2

Vallinoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-594968563701233368.post-66383931041879418152007-12-16T13:56:00.001-06:002007-12-16T21:53:13.777-06:00

As kids and even now - me and my sister love the "Cadbury Dairy Milk" Chocolates, especially the fruit and nut variety. I couldnt stop myself from buying this chocolate from an Indian store here in the US - only to notice the bad quality - I dont want to go into details-its too bad. So whenever I crave for chocolates, I buy the bars at whole foods or the GHIRADELLI variety and mold it as I want.

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Seafood will reign any port city. Visakhapatnam, the place where I was born, is no exception. Apart from fresh seafood, the dried prawns, dried salted fish are also very famous. The prawns and fish are usually dried in the sun until dehydrated thoroughly. Dried prawns are also referred to as "Endu (dried) Royyalu (prawns)". These dry foods act as an additional flavor to the already spicy Indian

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My salad days continue further. I am looking forward for the weekend to cook some Indian dishes. Do check out my blog on sunday for "Endi royyalu puratu". I plan to make that sunday - kind of craving for it. Btw, today I had some dates in the fridge so quickly made this salad dressing. Lime - Cilantro salad dressing is common - Dates are my addition instead of sugar used in the dressing. The

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Haah - the food blog bug has bit me really hard - its just that - it is a wonderful combination of both my hobbies - cooking and photography. Being a novice and looking all around the wonderful senior food blogs out there - I really think I have lot more to achieve and be a lot more creative. Its a satisfactory, pleasant and relaxing diversion from the regular daily work. I am so glad there are

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My salad days continue! I quickly whipped up this tasty dressing and tossed with bunch of spring mix salad leaves - my lunch for today. How this dressing recipe is born? - I was looking on the salad dressing aisle in the grocery store - trying to find some other tasty stuff than the usual ranch, thousand island etc. I happened to see poppyseed (Ghas ghasalu in telugu, also known as Khus Khus)

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The more colorful your diet, the more antioxidants you get, according to USDA. So make your salads as colorful and imaginative you can get. Combined fruits, veggies, herbs and spices to make tasty and healthy salads. Whenever I make such tasty salad I end up feeling happy that I could give some good nutrition to the cells in my body. The babycorn pomegranate salad is one such salad I came up

Vallinoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-594968563701233368.post-80071971602683860182007-12-09T01:42:00.001-06:002007-12-09T11:21:51.394-06:00

This weekend is a little special - The semester has come to an end, so its a time to celebrate. So I made this easy halwa treat. The tomatoes add tangy flavor to the halwa. Have some tomatoes around in the kitchen? Try this recipe.Ingredients (Serves 4)Butter - 2tbsp ( I used "smart balance" butter instead)Tomatoes - 3 (Boil and puree. Drain out all the seeds and skin)Coconut - 1/2 cup (

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Thai is one of my favorite cuisines - and this particular dessert is very easy to make. It is similar to "kheer" in Indian cuisine with a different texture due to the sticky sweet rice used in this dish. Sticky rice is served with mango,egg custard generally.The sweet sticky rice is available at the grocery stores. It is a short and fat grain rice and when cooked, as the name suggests, the rice

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The mutton fry with curry leaves (mutton vepudu or mamsam (meat) vepudu) dish is so spicy, easy and wonderful - that you will just love it. Its my mom's recipe! The cold weather is out there - mutton fry with warm rice is totally a spicily comfort food. I generally buy meat from whole foods. The meat is much tender, tasty and cooks easily. If you think the meat is tough and not tender, pressure

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What can I say about toor dal (kandi pappu in telugu)! Pappu with Aavakaya pickle mixed with rice and ghee has totally out of this world taste. Toor dal is made with many combinations like spinach, lime juice, mango, tomato, Gongura, Chintachiguru (tender tamarind leaves - thanks sowmya), Methi leaves etc. My favourite combination is pappu with mango. The sour taste of mango accentuates the dal

Vallinoreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-594968563701233368.post-81014339876846367402007-11-30T17:57:00.000-06:002007-11-30T21:45:14.443-06:00

Madhuri is back! All might be thinking whats the relation between the title and her comeback film. Look at the posters of the movie! Doesn't she look gorgeous in that black and blue dress. She is 40 - some are blessed and some work hard to stay so beautiful at that age. Now madhuri dixit isn't exactly my favorite heroine - but I admire her for her dances. My top 3 choices are1. Maar dala - Devdas

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I saw the AFAM Dates event recently and was pondering over what to make. I first wanted to make Date pistacho kulfi - but since I am in still in my picky mode - no heavy cream for me. After that I forgot about the event until yesterday - I was having my breakfast (apple cinnamon oatmeal) - flash flash - why not use Dates instead of apple and have something like a date cinnamon combination for

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There are some days like today when I become too picky about what I eat - ie become totally a health freak! and thats when I try to follow tips from books like "Chasing Life" by Dr. Sanjay Gupta. He mentioned one's plate has to be filled with food with all the colors of the rainbow. So my veggies - tomatoes (red), asparagus (green). Beets (purple) can be added too - but i didnt here - I dont

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The recipe is adapted from the "poached eggs" by Sara moulton. Poaching is the process of gently simmering food in liquid, generally water, stock or wine (wikipedia). Poaching also produces food with low calories aka NO oil - isn't what all those of us who want to maintain/loose weight. Poaching eggs just takes 5 minutes.Procedure:In a shallow pan heat water drizzled with vinegar and salt. After

Vallinoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-594968563701233368.post-15748897519025722182007-11-25T21:46:00.000-06:002007-11-28T13:57:37.228-06:00

I just finished my experimental work and was browsing the wonderful food blogs while waiting for the experimental data to be processed. I came across the Think spice blog which is commemorating spices in the cooking world. One of the points was to send in any dish cooked by dear ones that might have the spice as a highlight. The moment I saw the spice ginger - my dad came to my mind. He is a

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This is trademark sweet of my grandmother. I haven't seen this sweet being sold in any shop nor seen anyone making it except my grandmom. Whenever i was done with school final exams - she had this sweet ready for me. Its my favourite - nothing can beat this one. Yesterday I was soo soo craving for this sunni ( pronounced as "sew"+ "ny" as in you in telugu). As you all know kodiguddu is Egg in

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Its pomegranate season - and whats more than to have a drink with the taste on the background. Making margaritas is fun. Here are the tips 1. To salt the rim of the glass - try rubbing the rim of the glass with a lemon wedge and then dip it in salt.2. Proportion of fruit juice to tequila ( this can be altered based on your taste) - 1.5 cups of juice and 3/4 cup of tequila. A little bit of sugar

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Hello all, Here's a shot of my thanksgiving buffet dinner table - Turkey, stuffing, corn bread with sundried tomatoes and rosemary, eggplant parmesan, caesar salad, gravy, cranberry sauce, wild rice pilaf with carrots, peas and mushrooms and for the ultimate dessert - angel food cake with berries. The recipes will be uploaded soon.

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This is the easiest and the most prettiest dessert that will give a "WOW" expression from everyone - looking at it and also tasting it.First - you have to make angel food cake. It can also be bought at stores. But i used the betty croker mix. Just follow the instructions on the box. I made two square pans cake with the mix. My trifle dish was round and i dont have round baking dishes at home -

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I didnt want a plain wild rice pilaf for the thanksgiving dinner. So I jazzed it up with peas carrots and mushrooms and a bit of indian touch and cooked the dish in an oven instead of the rice cooker. So here goes the recipe. The amount of vegetables and seasoning can be altered based on your taste. Ingredients: 1. Uncle bens' wild rice and long grain original recipe (picture shown). This one

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Corn bread is one of the side dishes in the thanksgiving dinner. I dont remember which show i saw this recipe in - is it emeril or rachel - i am not sure - but somehow knew(ie heard on food network) that rosemary will be a great addition to corn bread. And oh my god! when the corn bread was baking - the smell was awesome. Ingredients:1. Corn bread mix (I used marie calenders) - 5 cups 2. Sweet

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Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Ever tried mixing fruits with herbs? You ought to try this one and it can be one of the salads you serve on the thanksgiving table or as a dessert. Its part of my thanksgiving dinner table. My tryst with this salad happened at a display counter in central market. It was just mango and basil salad. The mint and raspberries are my addition to this recipe. The flavors in

Vallinoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-594968563701233368.post-8991548588352269992007-11-19T13:48:00.000-06:002007-11-28T14:01:35.534-06:00

I already had two "fry" dishes on my blog. The third one ought to be different. So here I present a LAMB KHEEMA or KHAIMA (ground meat) curry with TOMATOES. Its super easy and super tasty. The curry can be eaten with roti or rice. I spread some curry on bread slices and make a sandwitch out of this - its really yummy and makes a great lunch.The ingredients list.1. Ground lamb meat - 2 pounds2.

Vallinoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-594968563701233368.post-15087965918060861122007-11-17T13:43:00.000-06:002007-11-28T14:01:55.134-06:00

This is a really easy and tasty chicken fry/ kodi vepudu recipe from my mom in law- totally yummy and goes well with rasam, sambhar! Great comforting dish on rainy days - its spicy too.Caution - the oil content in this recipe is high - so if you are on a low fat diet then this dish is not for you.Ingredients needed1. 2 pounds of chicken pieces2. 3 tsp of salt3. 2 tsp of turmeric4. 2 tbsp ginger

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I feel this easy recipe is a favorite for everyone pressed for time. This is a very common recipe amongst the south Indians. I learnt this recipe from my mother - this is her favourite one for sure because it doesn't take much time to make - especially when you have to manage a hospital(she is a physician) and then home. I recommend a non-stick pan with a lid for this recipe.Use red Potatoes for

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I wanted to do someting different on tofu, than just crumbled pieces on salad. Also at the same time the dish has to be easy. Another reason for preparing this dish is I need a tasty vegetarian protein rich dish.For the dish,I used MorNu extra firm tofu and fat free french dressing from kraft foods, and some fresh ground pepper.The Tofu packet has 4 slices. I use 1 tbsp dressing per slice.

Vallinoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-594968563701233368.post-7984143107985582872007-11-14T16:30:00.000-06:002008-01-14T19:33:42.194-06:00

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CLICK on the pictures for recipe Curries/Gravy dishes/Fry / Side dishes Tiffins/SnacksSoups

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CLICK on the pictures for recipe SALADS BREADS/BREAKFAST

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Its been almost a month I started this blog - just realized I didn't give a proper introduction to this blog or myself. So here it goes - the scientific way! The paper will be updated as and when any changes occur in materials/methods or results. Valli's KitchenIntroductionFew things about me:I am a simple Indian girl married to a simple Indian boy - hah such a cliche'. The best cook in

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