Saras Yummy Bites

                              Keerai kootu is one of the simplest and comforting dish which taste great with steamed rice. You can use any variety of  keerai for this recipe and adjust spice level to your taste. This recipe is also for Srivalli’s Blogging Marathon […]

            This month Baking partners gave me a chance to experiment about french cheese puffs, Pate a choux pastry, which was adapted from Thomas Keller’s Bounchon Bakery book.  Thanks Swathi for this wonderful recipe.           Gougeres are  small, hollow, savoury puff pastries made of eggs and […]

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Preparation time: 10 minutes Cooking time: 10 minutes Serves:  ½ cup powder Sources: www.divinetaste.com Ingredients: ¼ cup almonds ¼ cup cashews 2 tbsp pistachios 2/8 tsp saffron strands ¼ nutmeg, ground in a mortar and pestle or coffee grinder 12 cardamom pods, shelled and seeds crushed 4 peppercorns, crushed 8 tbsp raw sugar / regular white sugar ½ tsp turmeric […]

      This is another summer treat from a book named “Juice and Smoothie” written by Jan Castorina, Dimitra Stais, Tracy Rutherford which is very filling and refreshing and best to kick start the day. This recipe goes to Srivalli’s Blogging Marathon under the “Cook from cookbook” theme. To make it more interesting Valli […]

             Amba Rasayan is a konkan recipe which I adapted from Sanjeev Kapoor cookbook. Where Amba means Mangoes and Rasayan means juice, where ripe mango is chopped and soaked in the sweetened coconut milk.  This quick fix dessert takes hardly 10 minutes to prepare and taste best when serve chilled. […]

            Trifle is a dessert dish made from thick custard, fruit, sponge cake, fruit juice or jelly, and whipped cream. These ingredients are usually arranged in layers which is one of the easiest dessert also. The recipe below is adapted from food.com and I have alter to my taste by changing the chocolate mousse to chocolate […]

                Savarin is a rich cake  made with a sweet yeast dough which is soaked in a rum syrup overnight after baking and then either filled with pastry cream or topped with whipped heavy cream and garnished with fresh fruit.   This traditional dessert is often served at celebratory occasions like weddings, […]

          New york Style pizza was the challenge for this month Baking partners started by Swathi, As usual, three recipes were suggested by three friends from the group and I selected New york style pizza given by Pam of Living Rancho Delux where the recipe was adapted from couple sources, Feeling Foodish and Serious Eats. […]

              This month Challenge of Daring Cooks was hosted by Monkey Queen of  Don’t Make Me Call My Flying Monkeys and she challenged us with En Croute and I made it more simple. Thanks Monkey Queen,  My family thoroughly enjoyed with lots of childhood memories. What is En Croute?                It is a food that has been wrapped in pastry […]

             This is the first challenge from “Home bakers Challenge” group started by PriyaSuresh of Priya’s easy and tasty recipes.              This group is filled with full of fun, experiment in baking. Every month one person of the team will suggest a recipe and all the members have to bake the recipe and reveal it […]

Somosas are the addictive snacks for many of us and Can you imagine samosa in desserts???? Yeah I don’t have any idea about the dessert samosa till I tasted this yummilicious dessert in one of the restaurant here in Irving, Texas. My family totally love it and we are frequent customer to that place for […]

         When Comes to appetizers, every one choice will be Samosa, a deep fried triangle shape pastry with savory filling, is a popular street food in India. Even though there are many variety of samosas, Punjabi samosa is very special in taste and appearance. Sharing this recipe for Blogging Marathon # 28 under theme ” […]

Dear Friends, Thanks for all the participants who contributed their recipes in ” Dish in 30 minutes ~ Soups & salad” event held in February 2013.  Due to some issue with my linky tool, I am not able to update  the round up and winner announcement.  Please excuse for the delay and I am posting the roundup in  […]

          Spinach or any greens are winter vegetables which is fresh and full of nutrition in that season.  This is one type of keerai recipe from my Amma’s kitchen which I enjoyed from my childhood.  I used to prepare this with spinach and amarnath leaves which is widely available here in […]

     This is a simple fry made usually made in many household of South India. Plantains are native to India and are grown most widely in tropical climates and seasonal veggies of most cold countries. Plantain are used in many savory dishes somewhat like potatoes.. This Recipe is for Blogging Marathon under ” Seasonal” […]

  Preparation time:  Less than10 minutes Cooking time: Less than 5 minutes Serves: 2 Ingredients: 1 cup yogurt 2 cups curd 2 minced green chillies ½ inch minced ginger 2 tbsp minced cilantro 5 ~ 7 curry leaves Salt to taste For Seasoning: ( optional) ½ tsp oil ¼ tsp mustard A pinch  hing Method: […]

                 Cheese cake is for this month, Baking Partners challenge and I have chosen, No bake pistachios cheese cake which was adapted from here and I have changed it to pistachio cheesecake, which is very light and yummy in every bite.. Preparation time:  30~ 35 minutes Standing time: 7 hours ~ overnight (including crust standing […]

        Mysore bonda is a hot favorite snack from traditional Mysore cuisine and popular in South India. This is a deep fried savory lentil balls, accompanied with spicy chutney / dip served with cup of tea or coffee. Sharing this recipe for Blogging marathon under the theme” Traditional”. Do check, Blogging Marathon page for the […]

Preparation time: 10 minutes Cooking time: 15 ~ 20 minutes Serves: 5 ~ 6 Sources: www.sarasyummybites.com Ingredients: Gooseberry size tamarind Salt to taste For Grinding: 5 red chillies or to taste 2 tsp pepper 2 tsp urad dhal 2 tsp gram dhal 1 tsp jeera 1 tsp hing Few curry leaves For Seasoning: 3 ~ […]

Vangibaath is a traditional recipe from karnataka, India. Also popular in Tamilnadu and Andhra pradesh with different names. Which is prepared in daily basis with available ingredients at home. This is a simple rice with fried eggplant and a special masala powder added to it, gives nice flavor and taste. I adapted this recipe from […]

           Holige/ Puran poli/ Bobbattu is a sweet flat bread prepared mainly during festival time in India. Usually dhal and jaggery is used as stuffing where we can also change the stuffing to our choice with jaggery base but Mangalore poli is a special poli made up of dhal and sugar and can be stored […]

                 Rose milk is versatile welcome drink in many occasions. Which is so simple and tasty. Rose syrup is easily available in most Indain stores and making one is more affordable and easy. I am sure every one has a pleasant memories behind this delicious drinks..Try and blast […]

Preparation time: 15 minutes Cooking time: 25 minutes Serves: 2~3 Ingredients: 2 eggs ½ cup shredded Cauliflower ¼ cup fresh or frozen peas ( I used frozen peas) 1 medium size onion, chopped 1 medium size tomato, chopped 1 tsp ginger garlic paste 1 tbsp. minced cilantro Masalas Ingredients: 2 tsp red chili powder or […]

               This is another delicacy from Goan Cuisine, which is easier to make with available ingredients basic ingredients found in our kitchen and taste great with some spicy side dishes. When I tried this recipe for Blogging marathon for Goan cuisine theme from here, my kids totally loved it and become a regular recipe in […]

           Tangzhong method / Water- Roux method was developed in Asia and this technique was introduced by Yvonne Chen in her Chinese book, entitled “65°C Bread Doctor”. In her book, she described that this water roux method/ tangzhong is the “secret ingredient” which originated from Japan, to make soft bread which can […]

This week Blogging Marathon, I have selected Smoked dishes theme. Generally   Garlic is roasted on the smoker over wood chips, and put the garlic bulbs on grills instead of wrapping them up or putting them in a covered dish (which would of course prevent the smoke from getting at them.)                This smoking can be […]

Total time: 1 hour 25 minutes Preparation time: 10 minutes Standing time: 1 hour Cooking time: 10 ~ 15 minutes Serves: 6-7 Source: Vah chef INGREDIENTS: 200 grams boneless chicken, cut into bite size pieces 2 tbsp melted butter or oil For Marination: ¾ cup heavy cream ¼ tsp green cardamom powder 1 tsp white […]

              Soups is a primarily liquid food generally served warm or cold. It is a combination of mixed vegetables and meat or both. Traditionally soups are classified into thick and clear soups. Where thick soups are puree of the vegeatables clear soups are extracted water or broth of meat […]

Egg Bhurji is easy and quick to make recipe in absences of meat and seafood in our pantry. It can be used in many ways like stuffing in paratha roll, as masala in dosa and also like a filling in samosas or puffs. Egg Bhurji is very famous in North India and also popular street […]

                       Hi All. It’s been awhile since my last blog, quite busy for all these months. And I truly appreciate all of the love and support I’ve constantly received from y’all. 🙂     I am happy to be back in Blogging marathon. And I am starting with 3 different Bhurji recipes and today I […]

Today recipe is from Tarla Dalal’s cookbook “Paneer” for Blogging Marathon “Cooking from a cook” theme.  This delicious version is very simple to make but as its own flavours.. Try this once and sure you will save it in your top menu list…   Total time: 35 minutes Preparation time: 15 minutes Cooking time: 20 […]

Butter chicken or murgh makhani is a authentic and flavourful recipe in Indian cuisine and now it is popular in the countries all over the world. Frying tomatoes in butter gives a rich bright color to gravy with out any artificial food colors. This gravy is usually served with naan,roti,parathas,roomali roti and steamed rice. I […]

         This month Baking Partners challenge is my favorite American dessert – PIE…and two option was given, one is sweet version and other one is savory version.. First I thought to prepare Savory one and later I changed my mind to prepare apple pie. I must thank Gayathri  of Gayathri cookspot for suggesting this […]

In our busy life who would hesitate to learn a dish which can be made in 30 minutes.  Especially the weekdays with kids going school and spouse to work making breakfast and lunch pack is the most challenging task for any individual.  So I came up with an idea to host a special event called […]

               This would be a mouthwatering dish for those who loves to eat goat organs. This is very famous in many part of South India and they are high in cholesterol and iron. They cook very fast that you have to have an eye.  If they cook too long they will become chewy and hard […]

Last week, my friend Savitha’s Mother in law came from India, She bought lot of home made snacks where Savi shared some of those. In which I am very much attracted to Maida biscuits ( will post it soon) & Thattai which was differently prepared from my method. I got this recipes from her mil […]

This morning I realized it would  mark a  milestone in my blogging journey… YES.. Its My 100th post. I am grateful to my friends, fellow bloggers & well wishers, who encouraged & supported with their comments and special thanks to my Hubby Who stand behind me & motivated me to start this blog and made […]