http://cooksjoy.com/blog A vegetarian cooking blog with recipes that tickle your taste buds and leave you craving for more !!! Sat, 08 Aug 2020 00:27:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2016/09/slow-cooker-rice-kheer.html http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2016/09/slow-cooker-rice-kheer.html#comments Thu, 08 Sep 2016 02:07:33 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=22622 Today is a simple, but delicious recipe that pretty much gets done on its own in the slow cooker. All you have to do is add the ingredients and walk away. Come back to a totally addictive dessert that makes guests think that you were slaving for hours at the stove . I had earlier...]]> http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2016/09/slow-cooker-rice-kheer.html/feed 0 http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2015/09/basundi-milk-dessert.html http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2015/09/basundi-milk-dessert.html#comments Tue, 01 Sep 2015 14:00:09 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=20048 Basundi is a rich milk dessert and is made by simmering milk and adding flavorings. The only thing that is key to the recipe is patience. The milk has to reduce to half the original quantity and we need to keep stirring it every few minutes and scraping down the sides of the vessel as...]]> http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2015/09/basundi-milk-dessert.html/feed 0 http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2015/01/rava-pongal.html http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2015/01/rava-pongal.html#comments Sun, 18 Jan 2015 04:28:57 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=14861 This is a simple dish and is a nice variation to the usual pongal. The main difference is that the rice is replaced with rava in this dish. Also, onions are not traditionally added to pongal, but it adds a nice flavor in this variation of Pongal. Since Pongal is better when it is mushy,...]]> http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2015/01/rava-pongal.html/feed 1 http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2015/01/wheat-rava-pongal-godhumai-rava-pongal.html http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2015/01/wheat-rava-pongal-godhumai-rava-pongal.html#comments Sat, 10 Jan 2015 04:16:19 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=18833 Pongal is a very easy dish that is normally had for breakfast in the southern part of India. As a kid I was not fond of this dish, but of late I have begun to appreciate Pongal for its simplicity and taste. I normally like it to be on the watery side, and hence I...]]> http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2015/01/wheat-rava-pongal-godhumai-rava-pongal.html/feed 0 http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2014/12/healthy-ragi-mix-sathu-maavu-ragi-kanji.html http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2014/12/healthy-ragi-mix-sathu-maavu-ragi-kanji.html#comments Mon, 22 Dec 2014 06:45:20 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=19491 Ragi is known for its health benefits and in India this mix is normally made for little kids. The mix is made in bulk and stored in air tight containers for a few months. You then dilute the needed amount of mix with water and cook until the mixture thickens.You can customize the recipe according...]]> http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2014/12/healthy-ragi-mix-sathu-maavu-ragi-kanji.html/feed 0 http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2014/04/sprouted-moong-tofu.html http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2014/04/sprouted-moong-tofu.html#comments Fri, 04 Apr 2014 21:00:52 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=17848 This is a healthy and tasty gravy using sprouts and tofu. While browsing through the recipes in a cookbook I glanced at “Moong Paneer” and decided to modify it based on the ingredients on hand. I normally cook and freeze various legumes and sometime back I also froze raw moong sprouts. Freezing legumes have become...]]> http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2014/04/sprouted-moong-tofu.html/feed 5 http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2014/03/hyderabadi-biriyani.html http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2014/03/hyderabadi-biriyani.html#comments Fri, 28 Mar 2014 23:59:47 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=12470 With a ton of things going on, it is becoming increasingly hard to find time to post. A ton of recipes are sitting in my drafts and I am not surprised that this biriyani has been in my drafts for almost a year. Coming to the recipe, biriyani is usually a layered rice dish and...]]> http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2014/03/hyderabadi-biriyani.html/feed 4 http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/12/mysore-vadai.html http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/12/mysore-vadai.html#comments Mon, 16 Dec 2013 06:31:01 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=12368 My five year old has a hard time differentiating between “adai” and “vadai”. Although both are made with lentils, adai is basically a lentil pancake whereas vadais are deep fried. I taught her the difference by saying that adai is like dosai and she seemed to have caught on to it. Deep fried snacks are quite...]]> http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/12/mysore-vadai.html/feed 1 http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/11/south-indian-mixture.html http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/11/south-indian-mixture.html#comments Mon, 11 Nov 2013 04:44:56 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=15534 I am still in the festival mood and decided to prepare this long pending mixture last week. The only reason I kept postponing was because it always felt like a lot of work given that this snack is a combination of various savory snacks. Thinking about it, I had already blogged the individual snacks like karaboondhi,...]]> http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/11/south-indian-mixture.html/feed 7 http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/10/pineapple-rava-kesari-indian-dessert.html http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/10/pineapple-rava-kesari-indian-dessert.html#comments Fri, 01 Nov 2013 05:02:57 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=15360 Kesari is an Indian dessert made with rava also known as sooji. It is one of the simplest desserts to make compared to the laborious Indian desserts. Surprisingly I have not blogged about it until now. So when we bought a pineapple a week ago, I immediately decided that I was going to make kesari...]]> http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/10/pineapple-rava-kesari-indian-dessert.html/feed 5