Green Chili Chicken Curry

Posted by shriya on May 23, 2010 in Best of ST, Chicken dishes, Featured, Meat & Seafood Entrees | 45 comments

Green chili chicken curry is simple and easy dish to make. If you are looking to make a chicken side dish for chapati or Chicken biryani ....

Top 5 Uses of Baking soda

Posted by shriya on May 21, 2010 in Cleaning Tips, Tips | 26 comments

Credit : RowdyKitten’s Stove top Cleaner : I always find difficult cleaning the glass stove top. Recently I tried cleaning it with...

Chilli Paneer

Posted by shriya on May 17, 2010 in Best of ST, Featured, Indo-Chinese, Multi Cuisine, Paneer Recipes, Veggie Entrees & Sides | 48 comments

Recently, I’ve become very fond of paneer. I am either making lot of paneer dishes or I am trying to clean up my refrigerator by...

Five Useful Foodie Cooking Tips

Posted by shriya on May 14, 2010 in Cooking Tips, Tips | 4 comments

(Img credit by calliope – flickr) How to get more juice out of a lemon? I’ve always had a hard time getting juice out of lemon...

Lodge Pro-Logic 14″ Cast-Iron Wok for $45 shipped

Posted by shriya on May 12, 2010 in Deals | 2 comments

Amazon offers thisLodge Pro-Logic 14-Inch Cast-Iron Wok with Loop Handles for $45 shipped. It has some good reviews in...

Matar Paneer – Cottage Cheese and Peas Curry

Posted by shriya on May 10, 2010 in Best of ST, Featured, Veggie Entrees & Sides | 28 comments

Matar (peas) Paneer (cottage cheeses) is one of the most popular North Indian dish. And it’s one of my most favorite dishes too....

SpicyTasty Gets a Fresh Coat of Paint

Posted by shriya on May 7, 2010 in Misc | 15 comments

We are super excited to unveil our latest redesign for SpicyTasty. This is our third look since it’s inception. Here was the last...

Andhra Mutton Curry / Lamb Curry

Posted by shriya on May 3, 2010 in Best of ST, Featured, Meat & Seafood Entrees, Mutton Dishes | 20 comments

This is the first time I am making this style of mutton curry. I am not a big fan of mutton / lamb. But my husband loves all the mutton...

Best 5 Kitchen Cleaning tips

Posted by shriya on Apr 29, 2010 in Kitchen Tips, Tips | 6 comments

How to Clean Burnt Pot? One of the toughest job is to clean the burnt pot. In fact, I just recently experienced it. I was heating oil to...

Hyderabadi Chicken Dum Biryani

Posted by shriya on Apr 25, 2010 in Best of ST, Chicken dishes, Featured, Meat & Seafood Entrees | 31 comments

Hyderabadi Biryani is a Hyderabadi dish based on basmati rice and goat meat. Popular variations use chicken instead of goat.The blending...

Peanut Butter and Chocolate Frosted Cupcakes

Posted by shriya on Apr 12, 2010 in Baking, Best of ST, Desserts, Featured | 20 comments

Cupcake has to be the perfect comfort food for a person of any age. Even though I’ve had Cupcakes before I kind of got hooked on to...

Moong dal Payasam (Kheer) – Lentil Pudding

Posted by shriya on Apr 6, 2010 in Best of ST, Desserts, Featured | 19 comments

I’ve already posted a different version of Moong Dal Kheer in ST. I made little changes and tried this version. It came out really...

Spring Clean Your Pantry and Find Kitchen Treasures

Posted by shriya on Apr 3, 2010 in Kitchen Tips, Tips | 2 comments

(Image credit “Pantry Girl“) I always have a hard time cleaning my pantry. I totally get confused what to throw away and what...

Potato Podimas – Potato curry

Posted by shriya on Mar 31, 2010 in Best of ST, Featured, Veggie Entrees & Sides | 8 comments

Potato Podimas is a very simple recipe. You can make it in 15 minutes. It’s one of the classic South Indian dish that goes very well...

Pepper Mushroom Fry

Posted by shriya on Mar 28, 2010 in Best of ST, Featured, Veggie Entrees & Sides | 18 comments

I adapted this recipe from a South Indian TV show. It’s very simple yet tasty. I love mushroom and this recipe is easy to cook and...

Baingan Bhartha – Roasted Eggplant Curry

Posted by shriya on Mar 23, 2010 in Best of ST, Featured, Veggie Entrees & Sides | 14 comments

Baingan Bhartha is a traditional North Indian dish and a vegetarian delight. Traditionally Baingan Bhartha is made from roasted eggplants...

Masala Vada – Spicy Lentil Dumplings

Posted by shriya on Mar 22, 2010 in Appetizers, Best of ST, Breakfast Menu, Featured | 20 comments

I was wondering what to cook on saturday because I felt like eating some spicy snack with hot tea. I soaked some chana dal to make some...

Soya Chunks Vegetable Pulao

Posted by shriya on Mar 17, 2010 in Best of ST, Featured, Rice dishes, Veggie Entrees & Sides | 10 comments

When I was a kid my mother used to make lots of dishes with Soya chunks. And being the kind of kid who eats only non-veg and hate veggies,...

Beetroot Poriyal/Curry

Posted by shriya on Mar 16, 2010 in Best of ST, Featured, Veggie Entrees & Sides | 21 comments

I was not very fond of Beetroot for a long time. But when I was in India recently, my mother-in-law made this easy and yummy Beetroot...

J.A. Henckels 17-Piece Knife Block Set for $70 Shipped

Posted by shriya on Mar 8, 2010 in Deals | 1 comment

Amazon offer this J.A. Henckels International Fine Edge Synergy 17-Piece Knife Block Set for $70 shipped. I’ve already posted about...