Akshayapaatram

Home-made Granola Mix

akshayapaatram@gmail.com (Priya) — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 15:00:00 +0000

Dear foodies, It's Fall already! And the weather outside isn't the poetic nip in the air' kind, its the kind that sends you rummaging deep into your closet for that heavy winter coat! The leaves have been changing color really fast, and I cannot wait for the rain to stop, so I can go out with my camera. Now the dear camera has been on a long rest, no recent dinners or lunches were offered to it...

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Sunday Snacks -Spill the Beans Round up

akshayapaatram@gmail.com (Priya) — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 18:10:00 +0000

Dear foodies, I know I've been MIA, guilty as charged, more so because I've greedily kept some really scrumptious snacks away from you. Far back in July I requested you to come up with snack ideas using beans. Spill the beans, is what I named it, and that's exactly what you did. I got many lovely recipes from you to kick away the snack cravings. Thank you! But before I leave you with a list that...

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HHDD # 27 - Winner

akshayapaatram@gmail.com (Priya) — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 00:42:00 +0000

Dear Foodies, Enough of the enticing salad list and time to announce the winner of the HHDD -Summer Salads you say ? Here we go.....Firstly, Thank you all for participating in this beautiful event and for sending in your votes. After looking at the votes I got via the emails, I could'nt conclude a clear winner! Almost all of you had an equal number of votes!! So I asked Denise to make the...

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HHDD #27 - Voting begins

akshayapaatram@gmail.com (Priya) — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 01:47:00 +0000

Dear foodies, I'm back with the refreshing round-up of Hay Hay it's Donna Day # 27. We were celebrating Donna's summer salads all this month. I tried out a recipe for a lime & mint noodle salad which was wonderful and you guys have come up with many interesting variations to this recipe and others. Without further delay lets move to the list of entries I got... Vote for your favorite Summer...

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Cherry & Peach Crumble

akshayapaatram@gmail.com (Priya) — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 00:06:00 +0000

Dear foodies, The summer heat hasn't come to see us this year, but the fruits haven't been as mean to us. Strawberries, blueberries, pineapples, mango, cherries, peaches & nectarines have made their way into my kitchen. Eaten as is or cooked up in jams, compotes, cakes and muffins, I tried to enjoy the bounty as much as I could. Sometime I ended up being greedy and bought more than I could...

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ICC - Dhokla

akshayapaatram@gmail.com (Priya) — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 23:14:00 +0000

Dear foodies, I'm sure you guys have already seen many dhokla filled posts coming up on many blogs today, and here is another to add to that list. Srivalli initiated the Indian cooking challenge a month back and this is the first official outcome of the event. She picked Dhokla's for this round and gave us a tried and tested recipe to recreate at home, thank you! I've made Dhokla before but it...

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HHDD - Summer Salads

akshayapaatram@gmail.com (Priya) — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 02:00:00 +0000

Dear foodies, Lime & Mint noodle salad A few months back Soma was playing host to the 26th edition of HHDD – Hay Hay its Donna Day. It is an event created to celebrate the wonderful recipes by Donna Hay. The recipes are simple, straight-forward and satisfying. She made a enticing roasted vegetables pasta dish and invited us to re-create a version of the dish. I sent in my pasta recipe to her...

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Breakfast time

akshayapaatram@gmail.com (Priya) — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 17:49:00 +0000

Dear foodies,Divya asked us all to show her what we have for breakfast. Breakfast is my undoing, I know I've said it before, but no matter how hard I try, things haven't changed. Weekdays I try to squeeze in a bowl of oatmeal or cereals or toasted bread with jam (which I eat in the car :D) From my trip to the farmers market last week, I got some freshly baked whole wheat bread, cucumbers,...

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Cabbage and peas curry

akshayapaatram@gmail.com (Priya) — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 22:40:00 +0000

Dear foodies, Hope you guys are having a great weekend. I surely am having fun, cooking up a storm from the bags of fresh veggies and fruits I bought at the farmers market here. The one I visited this time is the largest I've ever been too, and it was overwhelming to see the abundance of fresh produce and deli items in one place. Here are a few photos from the trip. And as expected I bought more...

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Ragda Patties

akshayapaatram@gmail.com (Priya) — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 02:20:00 +0000

Dear foodies, Isn't chaat the best form of food ? They should make it one of the essential food groups. One bhel puri or ragda or one plate pani puri everyday :) That will be a diet plan I'll religiously stick too :D Specially in the summers, a spicy bhel or golgappa cooled down by a dahi poori or sugarcane juice is pure bliss. It's the best way to get your mind off the blistering sun of the...

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Lemon cucumber dal - Budamakaya pappu

akshayapaatram@gmail.com (Priya) — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 02:30:00 +0000

Dear foodies, A bowl of pappu/dal, no matter how plainly made, is always enticing to the taste buds. It either has to do with the way our mind perceives this simple food, or the earthy flavor of cooked lentils or its both of them together, resonating comfort. I guess its also one of the first few solid foods that we get fed as child and right there it gets into the comfort food category. After a...

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Barley & Roasted veggies salad

akshayapaatram@gmail.com (Priya) — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:25:00 +0000

Dear foodies, With the temperatures slowly raising and the days getting longer, salads are finding their way back into the kitchen. Most weekends, my day starts pretty late. I wake up and make myself a nice hot cup of coffee, preferably madras style filter kaapi, the perfect start to any weekend. Along with a few biscuits to dunk in the goodness, I am set for a few hours. Every week, I dream of...

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Bagels and chit chat

akshayapaatram@gmail.com (Priya) — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 04:44:00 +0000

Dear foodies, There still isn't cable at home and I have now moved to watching videos online. With a s-video cable in tow, I synced my laptop to the TV. Apart from watching comedy shows on Hulu and Youtube I also watched a few interesting documentaries and short films online. I vaguely remember having read about a guy who ate at McD's for 30-days to show how harmful it could be to a person's...

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through my lens....

akshayapaatram@gmail.com (Priya) — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 18:36:00 +0000

Dear foodies, Here are a few gems I found on a mini trek through the Cuyahoga Valley National Park. Brandywine Falls and can you spot a the bridge in this one ? Can you guess which famous one it is ? Click here for a closer view :) Have a great weekend.

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Matar Paneer

akshayapaatram@gmail.com (Priya) — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 01:30:00 +0000

Dear foodies, I did it again! I killed the second basil plant I brought home :( I had really high hopes for the second one, and it looked like it was thriving too. But I was away for the 4-day long weekend and when I got back, no amount of coaxing it back to life helped. I have now officially given up on my patio garden for this year. I am going to stick to the more robust herbs and see how far...

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Spill the beans - Sunday snacks

akshayapaatram@gmail.com (Priya) — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 01:45:00 +0000

Dear foodies, I've told you guys how much I enjoyed hosting the IAVW event a couple of months back, so when Pallavi needed help finding guest hosts I had no doubts I wanted to be part of it. I was lucky to be first in line and its going to be snack time for the next TWO months here! yeah, two months of nom nom nom, munch, munch munch here since Pallavi hosted it as a bi-monthly event. Most of...

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Shortbread Cookies - fruit & nut/salty

akshayapaatram@gmail.com (Priya) — Sat, 30 May 2009 19:14:00 +0000

Dear foodies, I hope all of you who had a long weekend last week, had a blast. I surely did :) We had a mini roommate reunion in California. I met up with two of my first and longest roomies from grad school, in California! The three of us lived together for close to three years and there is a nice comfort zone that we've fallen into. I've also shared an apt with two other gorgeous gals during...

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...and some more

akshayapaatram@gmail.com (Priya) — Sun, 17 May 2009 17:11:00 +0000

Dear foodies, kala chana, pre-soaked, boiled in salted water, drained and seasoned with mustard, cumin, urad dal, red chillies, curry leaves, a pinch of turmeric and fresh grated coconut. I have told many many times on this space how much I like sundal - boiled lentils/beans delicately seasoned with coconut, cumin & mustard seeds, with a hint of hing. When you want something filling, fun and...

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Alphabet soup

akshayapaatram@gmail.com (Priya) — Tue, 12 May 2009 03:20:00 +0000

Dear foodies, After the huge feast we've had, I thought it best to serve you some food for thought today. So I recruited a dear friend to dish out a recipe he's a pro at - Crossword puzzles. And no, not the usual boring stuff, but one just for us foodies to savor :) Click on the image to take you over to the land of words. or click here Chew over it and let him know through your comments how...

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IAVW - Thai, Collection 2

akshayapaatram@gmail.com (Priya) — Thu, 07 May 2009 18:20:00 +0000

Dear foodies, I thought you would be mesmerized by the recipes in the first half of the IAVW round-up, and would need time to recover until I came back with the second posting....But no, you wanted all of it and soon! So here's the second and last part of the It's a Vegan World - Thai recipe collection and, also the end of my first hosting, sob sob....! All of you made cooking Vegan Thai food...

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IAVW - Thai, Collection 1

akshayapaatram@gmail.com (Priya) — Thu, 07 May 2009 01:40:00 +0000

Dear foodies, All of you were eager to see the final round-up of Thai recipes floating around the blogosphere last month. So here is the first of a two-part series for 'It's a Vegan World - Thai' round-up. When I very hesitantly announced the event, you guys assured me that I had no reason to fret, and you went ahead and proved it too. thank you, Thank you! I thoroughly enjoyed hosting the...

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through my lens

akshayapaatram@gmail.com (Priya) — Mon, 04 May 2009 00:37:00 +0000

Dear foodies, ~ The day the Lord created hope was probably the same day he created Spring. - Bern Williams ~ On Saturday I took my camera along with me for a walk, to capture the gorgeous scenes that Spring brings along with it - lush green of the lawns, tender leaves pushing their way out of dead stems and blossoming flowers & baby buds. So here are a few photos with a sprinkling of...

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Brocolli-Tofu Massaman - non-blogger entry

akshayapaatram@gmail.com (Priya) — Sat, 02 May 2009 18:18:00 +0000

Dear foodies, As I round-up all the lovely recipes you guys cooked up for IAVW -Thai, I am going to let someone else indulge you in one more delicious Thai recipe. Anita is a non-blogger, and she will be filling in the void for Mussaman Curry after the penang curry fried rice and red & green curries. Below is a little intro and recipe (along with a photo) that Anita sent to me through...

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Thai green & red curries

akshayapaatram@gmail.com (Priya) — Fri, 01 May 2009 03:00:00 +0000

Dear foodies, I started off this month by preparing the fresh curry pastes and I am ending it now by using them in these splendid curries. I made three pastes with the limited amount of lemon grass I had - Red curry, Green curry and penang curry paste, all three based on the recipes on the Jugalbandit's blog. I had underestimated the potency of the home made pastes since I already loved the...

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Thai style chickpeas & fried rice

akshayapaatram@gmail.com (Priya) — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 01:00:00 +0000

Dear foodies, I've made thai curries and noodles at home, but it was always using the store bought pastes. So this month, with the pretext of being the host I pushed myself to make the curry pastes at home. Apart from those, I also wanted to look for the recipes that I wasn't familiar with. Going by the fact that a mere 10-15% of Indian food gets showcased in restaurants, I knew that thai food...

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