https://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 https://cooksjoy.com/blog/2016/09/slow-cooker-rice-kheer.html https://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...]]> https://cooksjoy.com/blog/2016/09/slow-cooker-rice-kheer.html/feed 0 https://cooksjoy.com/blog/2016/01/moong-flour-onion-pakoda.html https://cooksjoy.com/blog/2016/01/moong-flour-onion-pakoda.html#comments Sun, 17 Jan 2016 00:58:15 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=19102 Deep fried snacks are loved by all and this is an easy snack that can be put together with ingredients on hand. Usually we use bengal gram flour for pakoda, but I have used moong flour instead. The fritters were crispy and go perfectly as a side to sambar or rasam rice. They can also...]]> https://cooksjoy.com/blog/2016/01/moong-flour-onion-pakoda.html/feed 1 https://cooksjoy.com/blog/2015/12/tofu-bajji-deep-fried-snack.html https://cooksjoy.com/blog/2015/12/tofu-bajji-deep-fried-snack.html#comments Fri, 25 Dec 2015 12:00:42 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=19867 Cold weather calls for deep fried snack. For bhajji, we prepare a simple batter and usually coat vegetables like onion, potato in it and deep fry. Boiled and sliced eggs can also be used. For a change I have used tofu here. As with any deep fried snack, this one was also welcomed and enjoyed...]]> https://cooksjoy.com/blog/2015/12/tofu-bajji-deep-fried-snack.html/feed 0 https://cooksjoy.com/blog/2015/03/pepper-garlic-rice.html https://cooksjoy.com/blog/2015/03/pepper-garlic-rice.html#comments Fri, 06 Mar 2015 23:31:24 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=18013 It was quite a baking day today. We baked pav buns for dinner and also a big batch of crescent rolls. Given the tons of different dinner rolls I have baked, my kids always pick crescent rolls. Coming to this rice, if you are a garlic lover, you should try this rice. To be honest, I...]]> https://cooksjoy.com/blog/2015/03/pepper-garlic-rice.html/feed 0 https://cooksjoy.com/blog/2015/01/rava-pongal.html https://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,...]]> https://cooksjoy.com/blog/2015/01/rava-pongal.html/feed 1 https://cooksjoy.com/blog/2014/12/sheermal-shirmal-saffron-flavoured-flatbread.html https://cooksjoy.com/blog/2014/12/sheermal-shirmal-saffron-flavoured-flatbread.html#comments Fri, 05 Dec 2014 20:02:26 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=19363 For November’s We Knead to Bake, we baked “Sheermal” that is a saffron-flavored slightly sweet traditional leavened flatbread. This is one of the easy breads out there and for a change it uses ghee rather than butter. Ghee gives a rich flavor and a wonderful fragrance to the bread.Sheermal felt like a thicker, fluffier version of the naan bread...]]> https://cooksjoy.com/blog/2014/12/sheermal-shirmal-saffron-flavoured-flatbread.html/feed 0 https://cooksjoy.com/blog/2014/10/potato-karasev-spicy-potato-fritters.html https://cooksjoy.com/blog/2014/10/potato-karasev-spicy-potato-fritters.html#comments Fri, 17 Oct 2014 03:57:12 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=19122 It is the festival season in India and Diwali is fast approaching. During Diwali, lot of sweets and snacks are made and distributed to family and friends. It is the “Festival of Lights” and kids have fun lighting fire works. I have already posted the regular karasev here. This version enhances its flavor with potatoes...]]> https://cooksjoy.com/blog/2014/10/potato-karasev-spicy-potato-fritters.html/feed 2 https://cooksjoy.com/blog/2014/07/gibassier-bread-french-anise-orange-flavored-bread.html https://cooksjoy.com/blog/2014/07/gibassier-bread-french-anise-orange-flavored-bread.html#comments Fri, 25 Jul 2014 00:06:01 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=18447 For this month’s We Knead to Bake, we are baking a French bread that has this lovely orange flavor. It is a breakfast pastry/bread that is buttery textured and shaped in a pretty way. You can also shape it as a big loaf. I did not have some of the orange flavorings given in the recipe...]]> https://cooksjoy.com/blog/2014/07/gibassier-bread-french-anise-orange-flavored-bread.html/feed 3 https://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/11/south-indian-mixture.html https://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,...]]> https://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/11/south-indian-mixture.html/feed 7 https://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/11/urad-dal-murukku-thenkuzhal-ulutham-paruppu-muruku.html https://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/11/urad-dal-murukku-thenkuzhal-ulutham-paruppu-muruku.html#comments Sat, 02 Nov 2013 05:28:05 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=15398 Happy Diwali to everyone. Is everyone busy making tasty dishes this Diwali? While talking to my mom yesterday she mentioned this murukku and it sounded pretty interesting. I did not think much and went about making it when K asked me the difference between this and thenkuzhal. Only then did I realize that I had...]]> https://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/11/urad-dal-murukku-thenkuzhal-ulutham-paruppu-muruku.html/feed 1