Best of 2011, "My Favorite Fifteen" from Pan Gravy Kadai Curry

I wish all my beloved readers a very Happy and Prosperous New Year 2012!! As another year comes to an end, I fondly look back to  see what I posted this year and pick out "My Favorite Fifteen" recipes. Every recipe was created and shared with great love and care. So believe me when I say narrowing it down to 15 from 100+ posted...

Read More...

How to Pack Lunch For Kids

BM#11: I was intending to post something else for today but that experiment went awry. Oh, Bummer!! Ergo, I didn't want to post something that didn't end up right. This was the backup post that I have been intending to post sometime next year! But you all get to see it this year itself! Sweet, no?? I find packing lunch  for...

Read More...

How to Make Oat Flour from Old-Fashioned Oats

BM#11: I wanted to have Oat Flour handy so I can make Oat Flour Pancakes and Muffins for my son. I am yet to put that thought into action cause am still in the process of searching the web for a good recipe that uses Oat Flour. As for making Oat Flour, its easy breezy! See for yourself! Procedure: Add 1 Cup Old-Fashioned Oats (I...

Read More...

How To Cut Open, Scrape and Freeze Fresh Coconut

BM#11:  Fresh scraped/shredded Coconut plays a major role in Indian cooking. It is used for making Coconut chutney, Coconut Rice, making ground masala for curries,as a garnish, for extracting Coconut Milk etc etc. Since we are all under time crunch, the optimal thing would be scraping and freezing it in a large scale. MIL taught me...

Read More...

How To Boil Eggs

BM#11: Boiling an egg might sound like an easiest thing to do but that is not the case. For picky folks like me and my son, slightly overcooked or under-cooked egg would mean that it is going into the garbage. So I use this method to always end up with perfectly boiled  eggs. Procedure: Choose eggs that are slightly aged....

Read More...