@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...

It is already mid of January and the December holidays are long gone. To reduce all the weight that was gained in the holiday season, I was reading about some form of diet called as apple diet. Determined to follow the apple diet, I went straight to my kitchen and cut apples. And then a bell rang in my head... Ended up making apple fried rice with the cut apples.  The Asian in me :D I call it apple fried rice diet.  C'mon, it is still healthy than take-outs and fried rice.  Without much ado, let's jump into the recipe.  Ingredients : Apple - 2 or more  Steamed Rice - 1 cup  Cashew - 2 tbsp or more  Onion  - 1 in no small (cut into small pieces)  Garlic  minced  - 2 pods  Salt  - 1 tsp or as needed Oil - 2 tbsp  Green chili - 1 in no  Instructions : Mince the garlic, cut the onions, apple, green chili and keep it ready; Spread the cooked rice in a plate and let it cool (if it is hot)...

It's January and the weather is pretty rough here. It is hitting 35 degrees F. In such cold weather, all I want to do every day is to eat something hot, watch tv and stay indoors. I got pretty bored of souping to combat this weather and  I badly missed the spicy kara/puli kulambu a sour curry that my mother used to make. Okay, that is sour and definitely spicy and hot... But I also need to include some nutrients in my meal(especially am after protein ).  I opened my fridge thinking to make some vegetable stew and that's when the pre-soaked brown chickpeas caught my attention. Tada, decided to make the traditional kadala curry from Kerala with the coconut paste and other spices. But, my mind was so obsessively filled with puli kulambu, that I ended up making this tangy chickpea curry Read on for the recipe details Ingredients :  Brown chickpeas - 1 cup soaked for a minimum of 8 hours   Shallots/pearl onion(small ones) - (8-10) or a medium sized onion...

Lemon and its flavor is something I will never get tired of. Here is a recipe for everyone who likes to eat rice;  This is a pretty simple recipe to make. This can be made with the leftover rice and no need to waste any leftovers My 3-year-old niece here in the US asks for Lemon rice as Lunch every single day. Trust me it is true and she never get bored, ever since it was introduced to her. Well here is the recipe Serves :2 Ingredients : Lemon -2 in no (Juiced without seeds) onion - 1(small) chilli - 2  bell pepper - 1 (small) cilantro  split chickpea - 1 tbsp cashews/peanut - 1 tbsp salt, turmeric - 1 tsp each Oil - 1 tbsp Rice - 1 cup cooked Instructions:  Heat a wok or a pan with some oil Add in the chickpea, cashew/peanuts.  Once the chickpea changes its color, add in onions and fry for a minute or two. Add in the Lemon juice and once it boils, add the rice, stirs fry for a minute.  Switch off the stove and mix it com...