Cranberry Rice

Hope you all had a very good Thanksgiving. We had a very relaxing Thanksgiving this year. Most of the time we make travel plans during thanksgiving. But, this year we decided to stay home and relax. Moreover we got back from a trip to a beautiful resort just last week and did not want to travel again. We had a potluck at a friend's place and I made the curry leaf chicken and this cranberry rice. Sometimes it feels so good just to sit back and relax. So, do you have any cranberries left from the cranberry sauce you made for Thanksgiving? If so, you can try your hands at this simple cranberry rice. This is a colorful and vibrant...

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Red Beer - Hubby's recipe

Do you like beer? I hate beer. If you are a person like me who doesn't like drinking beer then this is for you. In this house 'P' is a beer person and I am the wine person. Yes, I don't like beer and he doesn't like wine. Red beer is something we both like and we occasionally make this. Bloody mary mix is combined with beer along with hot sauce, salt and pepper making it taste more like spicy tomato juice than beer. 'P' is not very fond of cooking. I am the one who cooks and he is the one who cleans(....once in a while). The only time he enters the kitchen to make something from scratch is to make this "Red Beer"(Oh...he can make...

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Beetroot Rice

Rice is a staple food in the South Indian families. We eat rice for at least one meal everyday. Some of my non Indian friends call me "Starch Girl" :) Most of the times rice is served with a curry or a vegetable side dish or the rice is cooked along with vegetables and/or lentils. I often find it easy and interesting to make rice with different vegetables. Here is a simple rice dish made with grated beetroot. Ingredients: Beetroot: 2 medium sized Onion: 1 medium sized(finely chopped) Salt to taste Garam Masala: 1 tsp Oil: 3 tbsp Red chili powder: 1/2 tsp(optional) Cooked Rice: 2 Cups Tempering: Split black gram(Urad dal): 1 tsp Mustard...

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Red Lentil Rice

Before I start cooking, when time permits, I go through the food blogosphere to get some inspiration and ideas. Sometimes it is the recipe that grabs my attention, but most of the time it is the beautiful pictures that really make me drool so much that I cook immediately. Even though you know that recipe, have been cooking for ages, when you look at a beautifully taken shot, you feel like eating it right away. This is one such recipe from DK's Chef In You. this is the second recipe I am trying form Chef In You. The first was Tres Leches Cake. What I like about her site is the step by step instructions with pictures. You don't even have to read...

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Colorful Potato Curry

Potato is one vegetable that is everybody's favorite. I have never met a person who doesn't like potatoes and they obviously taste good cooked in a any form. I usually make this as a side dish with rasam or sambar. Addition of cilantro and red pepper falkes make this dish vibrant and colorful. The picture was taken before adding cilantro. The kiddo doesn't like the cilantro, so I had to add after she was done eating. Ingredients: Potatoes: 4(medium sized) Onions: 1(medium sized) Green onions: 3 Red Pepper Flakes: 2 tsp Salt to taste Oil: 2 tbsp Cilantro(chopped): 2 tbsp Tempering: Mustard Seeds: 1 tsp Cumin Seeds: 1 tsp Turmeric Powder:...

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