Aloo paratha: Indian flatbread made with whole wheat flour, and stuffed with mashed and spiced potatoes. Harsha is here for holidays and we thought a quintessentially Indian recipe should be posted soon. What better than aloo paratha? The recipe is a common one except that I add a little besan (chickpea flour) to the whole read more…
Roti / Phulka – A video

Hello, As I mentioned a while ago, my daughter Harsha has joined me in writing and revamping my youtube channel, that I haven’t posted on in 7 years. Ever since Harsha moved away to study, we have been looking for opportunities to film videos whenever we can to showcase the slightly trickier recipes that are difficult read more…
Vella payasam, a porridge made with brown rice, coconut milk and molasses

The best thing about being vegan in India is that you do not have to give up desserts, sweets or most of your favourite eats, for that matter. Being South-Indian only makes this easier. Where I come from, we did not have many dairy-based sweets to start with. Sweets in earlier times were consumed judiciously, read more…
Sprouted wheat strawberry bread!

Sprouted Wheat and Strawberry Bread Richa Hingle of Hobby And More, started baking in 2008, but you won’t believe that when you see the lovely breads she comes up with. Do check her blog for more such innovations! It is my pleasure to have her today on Tongue Ticklers to share one of her tasty read more…
Wholewheat pear and plum cake with hazelnuts

A couple of days ago I received my copy of “Plate to Pixel,” a food photography & styling guide written by food-porn queen, Helen Dujardin a.k.a. ‘Tartlette’. It is hard not to drool over the exquisitely styled creations on her blog. When I say ‘drool’, I mean that her pictures make me want to create read more…