Oven Roasted Vegetables

          Roasted Vegetables, this is an easy and healthy side to any meal, I have sauteed vegetables on stove top, and oven roasted pumpkins and onions for a soup, but this is the first time I tried roasting a bunch of vegetables in the oven. I wouldn't even call this as a big recipe, it's just mixed vegetables roasted with some herbs and oil. Serve it with burgers, pasta or even roll it in a roti or chappathi topped with some chutney..

Avial, Mixed Vegetables In Coconut Gravy

          Avial, again another favorite, usually served in restaurants along with adai. But whenever I made Avial at home, I usually liked to eat it with rice along with some pappads. But then later, I started liking this other combination too, lemon rice and Avial. This is a simple dish, cooked vegetables in a coconut and yogurt based gravy and seasoned with coconut oil. Here, I have used drumsticks, raw banana along with carrots, brinjal and broad beans ( avarakkai ). But there are days, when I had cooked Avial with only carrots, beans and potatoes alone and still it was delicious..

Chitranna, Karnataka Style Lemon Rice

          Chitranna, this is a slight variation from the lemon rice that we make in the Tamil cuisine, it's a Karnataka version. We make it in a very simple way, basic seasoning with green chillies for a little spice and then the lemon juice. But Chitranna, is even more interesting, with a paste with coconut and spices. We also add onions along with the seasoning, and this gives a nice crunch to the dish. Serve it with some avial or chips on the side..

Eggless Brownies

          When browsing through my baking recipes, I was surprised to see that I haven't posted an Eggless Brownie till now, of course I have one with eggs. Then also, while just going through some brownie recipes, I found that you can make brownies with different textures, they can either have cake-like texture, or a chewy one or a fudgy one. Till now, I haven't really thought about what kind of texture my brownies came out, I prefer chewy brownies but today's brownies have a cake like  texture..