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/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/2014/04/flaounes-cypriot-savory-easter-cheese-pies.html http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2014/04/flaounes-cypriot-savory-easter-cheese-pies.html#comments Fri, 25 Apr 2014 03:57:06 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=17917 For this month’s “We Knead to Bake” we are baking flaounes that are savoury cheese pies baked for Greek Orthodox Easter, traditionally made on Good Friday. This is usually made with “flaounes” cheese that is hard to find outside Cyprus and instead we used a mixture of mozzarella and cheddar. A couple of special ingredients namely Mahleb...]]> http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2014/04/flaounes-cypriot-savory-easter-cheese-pies.html/feed 3 http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2014/03/rava-khichdi-sooji-semolina-khichadi.html http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2014/03/rava-khichdi-sooji-semolina-khichadi.html#comments Sat, 15 Mar 2014 20:42:47 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=14211 Hope everyone is having a wonderful weekend. This is a simple breakfast food that takes very less time to prepare. Since rava/sooji cooks very fast it is normally made when unexpected guests arrive. There is an even more simpler version that I have posted here that does not use vegetables except for onion. I prefer this...]]> http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2014/03/rava-khichdi-sooji-semolina-khichadi.html/feed 2 http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2014/01/maida-dosai-all-purpose-flour-crepes.html http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2014/01/maida-dosai-all-purpose-flour-crepes.html#comments Thu, 30 Jan 2014 05:00:57 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=14876 This is a simple recipe that can be served for breakfast or for a light dinner. “Dosai” basically refers to a kind of crepe and there are tons of varieties based on ingredients. The one that is made usually at home is this type where the batter needs to ferment. Then, we have the instant...]]> http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2014/01/maida-dosai-all-purpose-flour-crepes.html/feed 5 http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/11/wheat-dosai-godhumail-dosai-wheat-crepes-diabetes-awareness.html http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/11/wheat-dosai-godhumail-dosai-wheat-crepes-diabetes-awareness.html#comments Fri, 15 Nov 2013 00:26:32 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=15627 Today is World Diabetics Day and this post is dedicated to the same. A few of my close family members have diabetics and when Swati pinged me about a post for the same, I was happy to do the same. It is really nice to see her interest in creating the awareness and I am...]]> http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/11/wheat-dosai-godhumail-dosai-wheat-crepes-diabetes-awareness.html/feed 5 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 http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/06/rava-sooji-upma.html http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/06/rava-sooji-upma.html#comments Sat, 15 Jun 2013 06:46:46 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=12472 Upma is a South Indian dish that is normally made for breakfast. It is very easy and takes only minutes to cook. We can make upma with vermicilli, oats, rice, left over idlis, poha and so on. Of all the types, rava upma is the most common one I grew up with. This is the...]]> http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/06/rava-sooji-upma.html/feed 5