Our family-owned a big coconut groove back in my place which used to be bountiful. I remember the days my mom used to take me there every weekend promising to get me tender coconuts. While my mother watered and fertilized the groove with helpers, I will be lying down under a tree, and counting how many coconuts are there in each tree. She also had some planted around our house when I and my brother were born. She used to age them along with us as we grow. So we always had plenty of coconuts. My mother's dishes had coconut in them in some form. (grated, pasted, etc. ). Those are all distant dream now. Chickpea curry( Channa masala as we call it ) is one of the protein-rich curries which is loved by most. This is not only healthy but also tastes good and hence very popular amongst vegan dieters. Now wherever you go, be it the roadside truck or a fancy restaurant, the chickpea curry they serve is with onion, tomato, and masalas. However, my mom used to make a light version of the ...

Bottle Gourd is a summer vegetable. As we are getting close to summer, I see that the bottle gourd is stocked up in all Asian stores.  This versatile vegetable is full of water and minerals and considered one of the healthiest vegetables. This is well suited for diabetics and regulates blood pressure. Not only that, but there is also a multitude of recipes you can make with this gourd.  This gourd has a very bland taste and hence it goes well with other vegetables or sometimes, we add this in chicken or lamb curry. Here is one of the recipes using bottle gourd. Bottle gourd lentil curry (sorakkai/lauki channa dal curry) is a wholesome vegan dish high in protein and low in carbs preferred by dieters.  You can pair this with absolutely anything.  I prefer this lentil curry with rice. To the south Indian in me,  nothing may sound as heart-filling as rice and the lentil curry. I made rice and lentil curry together in my insta pot together and it took 20 minut...

@thespiceland It's been a long time I blogged. I think it's been a long time I actually did anything(or anything human :D)  as I was busy procrastinating and basically doing nothing.  Well, I took a break. A break from blogging, jogging, etc.. And with the pandemic around, nowadays I tend to take a break even from mundane activities, you know like bathing, brushing or for eg. counting days until Sunday. 😏 God, can someone tell me what day it is....  😉  (pun intended) Enough is enough. I finally decided to blog again and pick up where I left. Oh wait,  did I just say, I am going to blog again? That means I have to plan, do groceries, and worse I have to cook.  I am so lazy to move.  (pun intended) Oh hello, magic box, what do you have inside? The box spit out beets and peas      Can you already guess what I am going to make today? Ain't anything fancy.  I am basically going to dump them together and call it a...