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/2016/03/peanut-rice.html http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2016/03/peanut-rice.html#comments Sat, 26 Mar 2016 23:00:41 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=17891 Variety rice like lemon rice, tamarind rice, etc. are easy to make and perfect for weeknight meals. We certainly do not want to make anything elaborate after a tiring day. Nowadays even chapati and paratha have been pushed to weekends due to lack of time. This is one more to the variety rice collection and...]]> http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2016/03/peanut-rice.html/feed 4 http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2016/01/cranberry-thokku-indian-style-pickle.html http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2016/01/cranberry-thokku-indian-style-pickle.html#comments Wed, 27 Jan 2016 03:25:10 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=21344 When cranberries were part of the bountiful basket last Thanksgiving, I was stumped as to what to do with it. I was not into cranberry sauce and decided to try this pickle by using the tomato pickle as the inspiration. All along I was nervous wondering if the cranberries will break down and so on...]]> http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2016/01/cranberry-thokku-indian-style-pickle.html/feed 3 http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2015/11/moong-dal-murukku.html http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2015/11/moong-dal-murukku.html#comments Sat, 14 Nov 2015 00:32:22 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=21138 This is another snack that I made for Diwali that the kids enjoyed a lot. I have made it a few times until now, but I have not been able to shape the murukkus. So, I usually  just squeeze it directly in oil. The moong dal adds a nice flavor to the murruku and it...]]> http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2015/11/moong-dal-murukku.html/feed 0 http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2014/11/whole-wheat-burger-buns.html http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2014/11/whole-wheat-burger-buns.html#comments Tue, 04 Nov 2014 04:18:35 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=16741 I had been wanting to make burger buns at home for a while and this recipe caught my eye. The recent addition to my kitchen is a 10 pound bag of organic whole wheat and I have been replacing some of the bread flour in a ton of recipes with whole wheat flour. I love...]]> http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2014/11/whole-wheat-burger-buns.html/feed 1 http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2014/10/whole-wheat-bread-sticks.html http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2014/10/whole-wheat-bread-sticks.html#comments Fri, 10 Oct 2014 04:49:47 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=16687 I had posted a version of bread sticks earlier and the main difference here is the use of whole wheat flour along with bread flour. My kids love to eat this as a snack, rather than with a meal and they did not really mind the use of whole wheat flour. The bread sticks had...]]> http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2014/10/whole-wheat-bread-sticks.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/2013/09/khaliat-nahal-honeycomb-buns-or-bees-hive-buns.html http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/09/khaliat-nahal-honeycomb-buns-or-bees-hive-buns.html#comments Tue, 24 Sep 2013 16:00:08 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=14154 For this month’s “We Knead to Bake” we are baking honeycomb buns. If you love bread, you have to bake these buns. They not only look cute, but are soft and taste great as well. These buns felt like a smaller version of the pav buns posted a couple of years ago. We had the choice...]]> http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/09/khaliat-nahal-honeycomb-buns-or-bees-hive-buns.html/feed 6 http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/08/soft-pretzel.html http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/08/soft-pretzel.html#comments Sat, 24 Aug 2013 06:11:07 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=13564 For this month’s “We Knead to Bake“ we are baking pretzels. The family loves pretzels and I was very excited to bake the same. We had the choice to bake crunchy or soft pretzels and the soft pretzels won the voting at home. This is my second attempt at pretzels and the first one was...]]> http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/08/soft-pretzel.html/feed 8