Pasta in White Cream Sauce

Serves two.

Quick to put together and delicious to taste, it isn't exactly the healthiest of foods. I don't have a picture, but I've borrowed one from image search.

You need -

2 tbsp butter

1 cup milk

2 tbsp flour/maida

1/2tsp salt and pepper

2 cups of boiled macaroni or pasta

1 tsp oregano

What you need to do -

- In a pan, heat the butter and add the milk, salt and pepper

- Once heated, add the flour and stir briskly to avoid any lumps (add more milk if you'd like the cream to be thinner)

- Add the boiled macaroni/pasta and mix until adequately cooked

- Garnish with oregano seasoning

Serve hot with garlic bread!

Tri Color Veggies

Serves two.

This is a side dish that goes well with rasam & rice, and even dal and roti. It's easy and quick to make and makes boring vegetables (re: carrot, beans) interesting!

You need -

1 cup of chopped up beans, carrot and potato, each

1 tsp cooking oil

1 tsp cumin seeds

Salt, pepper, garam masala to taste

Coriander to garnish

What you need to do -

- In a cooker, steam the veggies for ten minutes - it's easier to cook this way and takes up less oil

- Heat the oil in a pan and add the cumin seeds until they're adequately brown

- Put in the steamed vegetables and add salt, pepper and garam masala to taste

- Cook for another 5-10 minutes depending on how crisp you want it, and then garnish with freshly chopped coriander

Idly Upma

My maternal grandmother used to make this for me when I was younger and I loved it! Usually, she'd make this for lunch or dinner, and would make it with leftover idlies from the morning. I think it makes a great snack and goes very well with South-Indian filter coffee!

You need -

3 left over idlies

3 tsp idly powder/mollagapodi (recommend MTR if you don't have the homemade variety)

2 tsp sesame oil

1 tsp mustard seeds for seasoning

What you need to do -

- Powder the idly with your hands until it gets a rough consistency like rava upma

- In a pan, heat the oil and burst the mustard seeds

- Add the powdered idly and sautee until the oil spreads evenly

- Add the mollagapodi and sautee for another 2-3 minutes

Serve hot with coconut chutney!

*Apologies for the poor picture quality. My camera's out of order and I am using my phone to take pictures.

And, I'm back!

I've been away a long time, and I feel awful about it. I was sick, then I was travelling, and then I had visitors, and my list of excuses go on and on.

Any how, I'm back now. With new and exciting recipes and not so exciting photographs. My camera fell and broke when I was travelling and is currently getting fixed. So, we'll have to make do with pictures from my phone.

Come back in a couple of hours for more!