Easy Pineapple and Chicken Curry

Here is a chicken curry that is both spicy and sweet and a breeze to make. The tempering step for this curry is entirely optional but highly desired- There's something to be said about tempered curry leaf and mustard seeds that does wonders to a curry. Ingredients: 4 Chicken Thighs, skinned and cut into pieces 1 Medium Yellow Onion,...

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Beet Sliders With Homemade Slider/Burger Buns

Saturday was a washout. It started off with a drizzle steadily progressing to an incessant pour.Around noon I saw signs of the rain slowing down which made me to fervently hope that the Sun god would show mercy and send at-least a ray of sunshine for me to shoot pictures of my mouth-watering sliders.Then a thick blanket of fog settled down...

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Zebra Cake

My son is many things - Smart as a whip( for his age). For Example, he is very good with numbers. When his grandpa visited a couple of weeks ago, we asked him to test A with a number quiz. So grandpa typed "7" on the laptop. A said the right answer. Grandpa then typed "17". The answer was Seventy-One. We  had a good laugh. Grandpa...

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Mini Masala Fried Idlis with Peppers and Peas

Day5 of BM#4: An interesting conversation between myself and my bossy 3-yr old- A: Mom, what is your problem? Me: What's the matter, A? A: Take me to the library. I want Max and Ruby book. Me: Hold on, Pudding. We will go in a bit, ok? A: (2 seconds later) Mom, come away from the computer. Its your last warning. Me: Puttu, you can't talk...

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Cabbage, Onion And Blackgram Fritters "Doughnut Vadai"

Day4 of BM#4: My neighbors, a gay couple sold their house last week and moved out. I mean why would anyone want to sell their house when its not a seller's market?? Found a bigger house?? Can't afford to pay the mortgage?? Don't know what the reason was but I am sad to see them go.I will especially miss "hubby#2" cause he was a true example...

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