Basundi-Creamy Milk Pudding
Basundhi is one of my and my Husband’s favorite sweets. We love  Adayar Anadha Bhavan’s Basundhi to the core. It used to be my favorite place to eat basundhi in Chennai. But luckily, after marriage I came to know that its my husband’s favorite too. But after moving to U.S we really missed it.  My elder sister used to make great basundhi, So I decided to make this at home and surprised my husband. You know what, it actually became  a sooper dooper hit and he loved it very much. A big thanks to my sister for sharing this recipe with me. Ingredients: Milk : 2 litres (I used 2% Milk) Condensed Milk: 1 can Pistachios : 4 tbsp cardamom : 1 1/2tbsp (Preseed) Sugar : 1/2 cup Method Of Preparation: Boil the milk in a thick  wide bottomed...
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Black & Decker Coffee Mug & Can Opener Deals
Buy.com have this Black & Decker DCM7-cup-at-a-Time Personal Coffemaker for $17.99 with free shipping. This is great for office, dorm or your house. You can directly brew your fresh and hot coffee in to your 8-10 0z Mug. J&R.com Have this Black & Decker CO450 Grand Openings II Can Opener with Knife Sharpener for $19.33 shipped . It is great for any size cans, even if it’s a large coffee cans / Power pierce cutter and automatic shut off / Ergonomic handle for an opening ease. So if you are looking for a can opener this perfect go and grab one. Kohl’s offer this Black & Decker Spacemaker Can Opener and Knife Sharpener for $15.99. If you apply this Coupon code “HOLIDAY4770” the price cuts it to $14.39. With $7.95 for shipping, This is under-cabinet unit features automatic shut-off,...
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SpicyTasty 1st Birthday – Brand New Look
We are happy to announce the 1st birthday for SpicyTasty. It has been such a wonderful journey for us sharing and growing with our readers, friends and fellow bloggers. We would like to share our happiness and take this opportunity to thank you all on this wonderful day. Your support and encouragement was the very key to our successful year and many more that are to come. SpicyTasty 2009 Re-Design In the spirit of celebrating SpicyTasty’s first birthday, we have completely re-designed our website and have a brand new look for 2009! Yes, we are early and we like it. If you are reading this in a feed reader, do click over to check us out. Here are a few new things we have added to our site Best of ST – We will be featuring some of our...
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George Foreman Next Grilleration Grill For $35
walmart has this George Foreman Next Grilleration Lean Mean 4 Burger Grill Machine , for 35$ with 4.97 shipping or you can choose in store pick-up. This is the New Next Grilleration series, with 72 sq in cooking surface, 2 removable non-stick Grill Plates and Adjustable grill angle lets you knockout the fat for grilling or lay it flat for other foods with triple non stick coating inside. This is the lowest price you will find for new model george foreman...
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Linens n’ Things – “Going out of Buisness sale”
It’s really shocked to see this sale ad in linens n things website. I’ve always found a lot of good kitchen items and good deals in L&T. But this deal looks really crazy. All cookware sets are reduced into 40% off thats a very good deal. So why waste time go find some really nice deals for your...
Read MoreMacy’s Kitchen Clearance
Macy’s is having a little kitchen clearance and I found some really sweet deals that I wanted to share with you. You can order these online with a $5.95 shipping. Corningware French White 15-Piece Set The Cellar 16 piece Glassware Set – $5 Martha Stewart Spring Spatula – $5 3 piece Cookie Pan Set – $8 Tools of the Trade Basics 4-Piece Mixing Bowl Set – $10 Oneida 87 pc Flatware Set (service for 12) – $45 I am going to head into the store tomorrow to see if I can find the cookie pan set. Which ones are you gonna get? {via...
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How to Make Veggies Last Longer?
It’s always a difficult job to keep the vegetables fresh and use it properly. Sometimes we forget about the vegetables that are sitting in our fridge for a long time. To avoid this and make use of the vegetables properly, here are a few tips that I follow : Green chilies : Don’t put the green chilies just like that in the fridge. To keep them fresh for a long time remove the stems and put it in a ziplock bag or in some storage box. Carrots: Cover the carrots with a damp cloth and put it in fridge. It will be fresh for three weeks. Cilantro : Cilantro has to be one of the common one to go bad before you get to use it all. To kep them fresh I store them in a salad container so...
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Baklawa – The Sweetheart Middle Eastern Dessert
Baklawa is a signature middle-eastern dessert and is a favorite favorie favorite sweet of mine. I used to pester my hubby often to get this from a middle-eastern restaurant in town. It is even our make-up dessert after our little fights. That’s how much I like it. Even though I have tried my hand at baking a little, Baklawa seemed very intimidating to make it in my kitchen. And just the other day, I was talking to an old time school friend of mine, Subash. He is now a chef and when we started talking about food, he mentioned he had a simple to make yet an authentic recipe for Baklawa from a Labanese chef. He was kind enough to share it with me and a huge THANKS to you, Subash. Ingredients: Phillo pastry : 1 pack Sugar :...
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Tomato Rice – Thakkali Sadham
Time is passing like crazy and I apologize for my absence off late. Tomato Rice has to be one of those simplest of  variety rice dishes yet can be very fulfilling to your taste buds. It’s one of my favorite lunch box meals in my school days. This is the first year we had a little garden patch in our backyard and we got plenty of tomatoes this season. Tomato rice being like my most favorite of variety rice dishes, I made it from our own garden tomatoes. It’s actually very easy to cook too. This is my mom’s special recipe and I can’t believe I am letting the family secret out. Just kidding :-). I love sharing those secrets with you. Ingredients: Tomatoes : 2 (make it into puree) Onion : 1/2 ( Medium) Green chili : 4...
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South Indian Masala Fish Fry
Growing up relatively close to a coastal town in India – Pondicherry, we had plenty of access to fresh seafood. One of the main items in a complete South Indian seafood meal is fish fry. It has to be one of the easiest yet can made be made in different varieties. This particular recipe is from my mother-in-law and is very close to my tongue.. er.. heart. 😉 It goes great with Chicken/Mutton Briyani and Fish Curry. Ingredients: Fish : 4 slices (you can use any fish, but in this recipe I have used Cat fish) Oil : 1/2 cup Onion: 1 (medium) Tomatoes : 2 Ginger : 1″ Garlic : 3 Tamarind : 1/4 cup (Extract From a lemon sized ball of tamarind) Red chili powder : 2 tbsp (according to your spice level) Salt : required to...
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Vadakari – Lentil Curry
When I was in India Vadakari used to be in our breakfast menu atleast twice in a month. It is one of my favorite sides with idli . But I never got a chance to get the recipe and live demo from my mom. After I got married I came to know it is my hubby’s favorite too. I tried it a few times but it wasn’t even anywhere close to my moms recipe. My mother-in-law is in town and now she made this last month for us and I was like this is it! It was just my moms recipe and the same restaurant style taste that I used to crave for. And now I got the recipe and tried it last week by myself and it came out really good. It is again one of the famous...
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Aapam – Rice Pancakes Recipe
Aapam is another one of those unique south Indian breakfast dishes. It will come under the same family of “Dosas” except aapam will have a thick spongy center and thin and crispy edges. It’s usually made in a special “Aapam pan/Kadai”. You might find this in the breakfast section of a south Indian restaurant menu. Aapam is my husband’s favorite breakfast of all time. He kept asking me to make this for a long time. But as with many other dishes, I thought this is hard to make. After my mother-in-law showed me once, I found out it isn’t that hard to make. You will find out why in a minute. “Wish you all a Happy Independence Day” Ingredients: Parboiled Rice : 1cup Raw rice : 1 cup Urad dal : 1/4 cup Fenugreek seeds : 2 tsp Coconut...
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Banana Bread Recipe
I have a special place for banana bread because this is the first recipe that got me in to baking. Banana bread makes an excellent snack to go with evening tea or coffee or even as dessert. I have adapted this recipe from epicurious and added a little bit of my style in it. If you do try this recipe I would love to know how it turns out . This is a great beginner baking recipe if you would like to wet your feet in the wonderful world of baking. Ingredients: All purpose flour :11/2 cups Baking Powder : 1tsp Baking soda : 1/2 tsp Ground Cinnamon : 3/4 tsp Granulated sugar : 3/4 cup Unsalted butter (at room temperature) : 2 tbsps Egg white : 1 (large) Whole Egg : 1(large) Banana Puree : 1 cup (...
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Curried Shrimp Skewers
Our good friends, Romie & Peter had invited us over for dinner. Romie had made several delicious dishes for us. She is an excellent cook and every time we go over to her place, I am looking forward to a new dish she would have made. And this time was no different. She had made multiple mouth watering dishes and I really loved perai (Kerala dish) and Curried Shrimp Skewers. I couldn’t resist to take pictures of them and share it with you all. And I am posting the Curried Shrimp Recipe here on behalf of her. I will be posting the Perai (kerala dish) recipe very soon. The first thing that struck me, probably you too, is the presentation. Doesn’t it look so inviting? Here is an awesome recipe and pictures from Romie’s kitchen. Ingredients: Raw Shrimp :...
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Bottle Gourd Koottu – Bottle Gourd Curry
This yet another recipe from my mother inlaw’s kitchen. I have never tried bottle gourd before and didn’t know it was so easy to cook. It’s very healthy and makes for a tasty side dish for chapathies and rice. Besides its healthy properties, there is a little known fun fact about this vegetable. Its dried and cored skin is used to make traditional musical instruments like Tambura and Veena. 🙂 I am sending this recipe to Pooja of My Creative ideas who is hosting  “Vegetable of the Week ” – Bottle gourd Event And I am submitting this recipe to Srivalli of Cooking 4 all seasons Who is hosting Curry Mela Event. Thanks for reminding me srivalli. Ingredients: Bottle Gourd : 1 no Channa dal : 1/4 cup Onion : 1/2 Tomato : 1 Water : 3/4 cup...
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Tandoori Chicken
Tandoori Chicken is another staple item in any Indian restaurant menu and is one of the best liked items as well. Tandoori Chicken is a chicken dish that originated in the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent. Chicken is marinated in yogurt and seasoned with tandoori masala. It has a lot of history behind it going back to the Mughal age. From Wikipedia, Tandoor cooked chicken actually dates back to the Mughal peroid. A man named Kundan Lal Gujral ran a restaurant called Moti Mahal in Peshawar before the partition of India. Trying out new recipes to keep his patrons interested, Gujral tried cooking chicken in tandoors (clay ovens) used by locals until then to cook naans (bread). The tandoors are bell-shaped ovens, set into the earth and fired with wood or charcoal reaching temperatures of about 900 degrees....
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Seafood Paella (Traditional Spanish Recipe) and an Award
Paella is a traditional Spanish dish. But it tastes almost like Indian Biryani. The speciality of paella is its used to cook in a special paella pan which is a large, shallow, flat pan. From Wikipedia, Paella is a typical Valencian rice dish from Spain. The origin of the name paella is in the Valencian for frying pan. This word in turn derives from Latin patella and is akin to French poêle, Italian padella, Old Spanish padilla and New Mexican Spanish Paella. Paella is usually garnished with vegetables and meat or seafood. The three key ingredients are rice , saffron, and olive oil. An important part of the flavor comes from the addition of saffron and the sofrito, or the combination of tomatoes, and garlic (and sometimes peppers). if you are a vegan one can substitute vegetables instead of...
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Spicy Mutton Curry
Our first ever Recipe contest went great and we really appreciate everybody for participating in it. We are now back to regular programming with this excellent Mutton Gravy recipe from my mother-in-law’s Kitchen. If you like spicy gravies with chapathis or parathas, then you have come to the right spot. This spicy mouth watering mutton dish will make a perfect companion to different dishes like chapathis, parathas, briyani or even dosas. The trick to getting this right is in the pressure cooking process where the mutton becomes really tender and juicy. Ingredients: Mutton:500gm Onion : 2 Tomatoes : 2 Ginger& Garlic Paste : 3 tbsp Oil : 5 tbsp Cinnamon stick : 1 inch Cloves : 3 Bay leaves : 2 Fennel seeds : 1 tbsp Turmeric Powder: 1tsp Curry leaves : 6 to 8 Red Chili Powder :...
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Fortune Cooking Contest Winners Announced
The fortunes have favored 2 very lucky winners today! Before we announce the winners, we would first like to thank everyone for participating with such mouth watering wonderful recipes. Your participation has made our first ever contest a huge success! Without further adieu, the winners are: First prize – Jewelry Set ($25) from Lakshaya goes to Uma of Essence of Andhra Second prize – $20 Amazon Gift Certificate from ShanKri-la goes to Priya of 365 Days of Pure Vegetarian The winners were selected by random through randomizer.org and the lucky winners it picked are 31 (Uma) & 6 (Priya)!. Here is a screenshot of it’s pick. Congratulations Uma & Priya! Hope you enjoy your prizes as much as we enjoy giving it to you. We will be contacting you by email with your prizes. If you are like us,...
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Fortune Cooking Contest Roundup (32 Recipes Entered)
Fortune cooking – It’s been a month since we started the contest and days have been running so fast and it has come to an end now. We are so thrilled to see your encouragement and participation with wonderful entries. As this is the first contest we have hosted, we are quiet elated with your entries and look forward to announcing the results. We have received 32 recipes in total. We personally thank each and every friend who have submitted their recipe for this contest and encouraged us to continue conducting more and more interesting contests in our website. It’s a pleasure rounding up all your recipes here with the beautiful pictures and the links to your posts. The winners of the contest will be announced on June 5, 2008. Winners will be chosen by a lucky draw at...
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