Sinamon Tales

by Monika

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Food Memories and More From Karwachauth

There is something incredibly romantic about the festival of Karwachauth! For, this romance was created long before Shahrukh and Kajol made the festival popular with DDLJ. Every year I would see my parents showing love and affection publicly on the day of Karwachauth, something that was typically not a common thing in our household.   Dad would buy mum gifts and then in the evening they would have a nice cozy dinner. Sometimes we part of it and other times my sisters and I would … [Read more...]

Menu of the Week 26th October

A simple weekly menu after the Navratri celebrations! We are just about recovering from a happy Dusherra celebrations and a week of indulgence, this week we have decided to take our weekly menu a bit easy. We are totally cutting sugar and going easy on carbs. Most places you see roti and rice and that is mostly for the child and mother in law. N and I plan to have the salad, sabji, dal and protein being served. Here is the menu for this week.     Some of the recipes used … [Read more...]

Five Curries to Make Without Onions

Five curries to make without onions! Definitely a post to bookmark! So about an hour ago, I got yet another joke on whatsapp on the soaring onion prices and while I laughed I also wondered that what do I cook without onion. I know a lot of Rajasthani and Jain food is indeed cooked without onion but otherwise onion is a pretty integral part of Indian cooking. At least the cooking I do at all. But when I looked on the blog I realised I do have some yummy dishes which are made without onions on … [Read more...]

Menu of the Week 3rd August & Recipe Links

The menu of the week for the 3rd of August! This menu of the week is a mix of vegetarian and non vegetarian food which takes into account the seasonal produce as well!   Pesto Paneer French Toast Pasta in Marinara Sauce Stuffed Peas Parantha. Broken Wheat Khichdi Rui Macher Jhol Hung Curd Sandwich   I try and keep my breakfast as varied as I can and try and put in some proteins in it. Whether it is paneer or eggs, something that will keep the body going! … [Read more...]

Chettinad Recipes : Thakalli Masala Kozhi (Chicken Tomato Masala)

Thakalli Masala Kozhi is a tomato based spicy chicken curry from the heart of Chettinad region - Kairakudi. Ready in under 30 minutes and so flavorful! This week as a part of the Chettinad recipes, I have one of my favorite and easy chicken dish. Thakalli Masala Kozhi or Chicken Tomato Masala. Pair it with rice, paranthas and dal and the perfect meal can be put together in under an hour.     Thakalli Masala Kozhi is a tomato based spicy chicken curry from the heart of … [Read more...]

Weekly Menu Planning and Spicy Cabbage Rice

A spicy cabbage rice which is a regular in my house and a perfect quick meal option! Weekly menu planning is something I have wanted to do for many years now, but there things that I procrastinate forever and keep putting them off saying later. And this was just one of them, but then some months ago I saw Archana start a tag called #summermealplanning and I thought this is my chance to start something that I have wanted to do forever and I jumped right in. This spicy cabbage rice is a part of … [Read more...]

Lucknow/Awadhi Recipes : Tikkia & Alu

Tikkia & Alu is a traditional Awadhi dish which is delicious and drool worthy! While reading Tehzeeb, if there is one recipe that haunted me it was tikkia & alu. I have never had it before and the picture in the book looked drool worthy. Also, the recipe was quite interesting. I love alu and eggs together, but I have always made them together in the form of a curry and not a dry sabzi. In this alu, thin slices of potato and onions are cooked with tempered methi seeds and chillies and … [Read more...]

Street Food Festival at Social Offline

An interesting street food festival at Social Offline Bangalore! Social Offline is one of those cool hangout places in Bangalore which is ALWAYS buzzing with activity and it also one of those places where I feel OLD when I go so as a result, I always end up going to Social for breakfast when the college crowd has still not woken up and gotten there, I like their food - it's delicious and its fun, those lovely plates from the olden times, the kheema pav and all. I love their drinks they are … [Read more...]

Ubattu (Poran Poli) : Sankranti Special

Ubattu or Poran Poli is a special dish made on Sankranti in many parts of our country. Ubattu is Karnataka’s version of the stuffed channa dal and jaggery poli which has a sprinkling of grated coconut added to the filling. So, we at Kitchen Divas decided that we must do a Sankranti Special for this Saturday. I knew that usually all across South India, Pongal is made and in Karnataka Sankranti Ellu (made of jaggery, chana dal, sesame and more) is very popular, but somehow I wanted to make … [Read more...]