How to Cut up a Pineapple | Anannasa | DIY Recipes

How to cut up a pineapple is what we going to learn today. I know most of you already know how to cut a pineapple but there are people whom doesn't know this easy trick or think cutting up a pineapple is huge and messy tasks.  It's quite easy and almost in no time we can cut up a pineapple to relish the fruit as it is or use for any of our favorite recipe.

Phalahari Hari (dhaniya) Chutney Recipe for Fasting | Navratri Vrat-Upwas Recipes

Phalahari Hari Chutney or Vrat ki dhaniya chatni or fasting green coriander chutney whatever we may call is chutney recipe suitable for Navratri or any other fasting. This is no onion no garlic recipe and made with simple and few ingredients. This simple green chutney is suitable for fasting or just any day you just want to replace sendha namak (rock salt) with normal salt if not making this during fasting.

Rajma Masala Sundal | Navratri Sundal Recipes

Rajma Masala Sundal is easy sundal recipe for Navratri, Ganesh Chaturthi or this rajma (red kidney beans) sundal works great as snack, breakfast, light meal too.  Sundal is prepared with variety of legumes like White Chickpeas, black chickpeas, lobia, peanuts, dried peas etc. Sundals are popular during Navratri specially in Southern India, people keeing Kolu make sundal as naivedyam and to distribute as sundal is easy, healthy snack and whether we make in small or large quantity it's almost same effect.

Homemade Roasted Fennel (Saunf) Powder Recipe | How to make Fennel Powder

Homemade roasted fennel powder recipe is easy spice powder recipe which we can do in jiffy to have fresh, flavorful and aromatic fennel powder. Like I mentioned in roasted cumin powder recipe some times store brought spice powder gets spoiled very soon or get worms fast so I prefer homemade spice powder any day than buying these easy things. Everyone have their own favorite spice in kitchen like mustard seeds, cumin seeds etc for me personally must have spice is cumin and fennel seeds.

Andhra Pesarattu Recipe | Pesarattu Dosa (Green Moong Dal)

Pesarattu or known as MLA Pesarattu is popular Andhra breakfast also known as pesarattu dosa is sprinkled with onion, green chilies usually served with rava upma and Allam Pachadi.  Pesarattu is made with green moong dal  making it wholesome, full of protein and very filling breakfast a good way to start the day.

Allam Pachadi Recipe | Ginger Chutney (for Idli, Dosa)

Allam Pachadi is one of the most famous recipe from Andhra, it can be served as a chutney as pickle.  Allam pachadi is synonyms with Pesarattu another Andhra delicacy but it also goes well with idli, dosa, paratha, pakoda etc.  Allam means ginger and pachadi means chutney in Telugu so this chutney is made with ginger, tamarind, red chilli as main ingredients and it's taste really delicious even people tasting it for first time will like this pachadi (chutney).

Moong Dal Khichdi Recipe | Easy Khichdi Recipe

If there is any ultimate food for me then it's khichdi, simple, easy and quick to make, light on stomach making it perfect for a lazy day or to have a quick lunch/dinner or to have during sickness up to you what option you pick to eat khichdi for me I make mostly as Saturday lunch or when some one not feeling well or having upset stomach or as a dinner option on week nights when I just don't want to cook much.

Kanda Bhaaji Channa Dal Sabzi Recipe

Kanda Bhaaji is something new to me and I am sure it must be same to most of you, my MIL planted kanda bhaaji in our small garden and it's nourishing so well that this time I got to eat kanda bhaaji, I don't know what's it's called in English yet so I can't let you guys know google baba is not helping either so until I find what's in called in English we going to call it Kanda Bhaaji only..

Beetroot Kichadi | Beetroot Pachadi | Onam Sadya Recipe

The count down is almost going to finish for Onam and today I am presenting one of the important dish of Onam Sadya - Pachadi and beetroot pachadi (raita) is famous pachadi made during Onam perhaps to make the Sadya looks colorful I guess and if you making Onam Sadya then you should not miss beetroot pachadi as it's colorful and healthy.

Mathanga Vanpayar Erissery | Pumpkin Blackeyed Peas Curry Recipe | Onam Sadya Recipes

Onam is 2 days away and I am sure people celebrating Onam must be very busy with shopping, preparation and all.  I always had people around me celebrating Onam with much fan-fare that I look forward to Onam each year and this year it's going to be not much happening it seems but I am already thinking ways of making it better perhaps a team lunch would do too I think what's say?

Onam Recipes | Onam Sadya Recipes 2013

Onam is Hindu festival celebrated in Kerala - western southern state of India though it's a festival celebrated by all in Kerala.  Onam normally falls on Malayalam month of Chingam (between Aug and Sep) and this year Onam falls on 16th September 2013.  Onam marks home coming of mythical king Mahabali and also consider as harvest festival.