Author: Sindhu B Pillai

Cream of Corn Soup

Here is the recipe for cream-of-corn soup, enriched with mushroom slices. For balancing the thickness, in this preparation I used both corn powder and pasted fresh corn kernels. Added with pepper powder, this well balanced appetizer is a perfect delight to enrich a multi-course dinner or as a simple & […]

Lemon pickle

Its lemon season in California ! I am getting a handful of it on every week from my friend who has couple lemon plants in their back yard, and hence that I thought of making the pickle. Hot and sour pickles are must for Indian rice meal. Lemon(നാരങ്ങ) pickle (അച്ചാർ) […]

Chicken Pan Fry

Here is a healthy dry-chicken preparation for the non-veg lovers, that can be served as a side dish or as a starter. This custom recipe uses sliced chicken, marinated overnight and then non-stick pan fried to get almost comparable taste of conventional chicken fry, but with far little oil. The […]

Rava Uppuma

Rava (Samolina) Upma (ഉപ്പുമാവ്) is one of the easiest breakfast dish that can be done without much of a preparation. The upuma will go well with a little sugar or banana or even with some crispy snack like murukku or Kerala Mixture (typical in Tamil style) . Traditional Upuma preparation uses large […]

Mixed Grain Dosa

Here is a special breakfast recipe from my kitchen for a healthy way to start a Day. Multi-grain breads are now common in western bakery, especially to get away from the white bread concept. This recipe is for our conventional dosa (pan bread), this time using a bunch of different […]

Guacamole

  Guacamole, is sort of an enrichment to my previous recipe avocado salad. This nutrient rich Mexican recipe is used as a dip for tortilla chips and is an add-on side dish for Mexican rice bowl. Guacamole is made from ripe avocados, a splash of acidity from lemon juice to […]