Pesto Baked Eggs

We found these darling little oven-proof dishes at a local shopping centre. They’re the perfect size for one serve and I couldn’t wait to bake some eggs in them for breakfast!

Gunny’s Chili Cheese Toasts

My brother-in-law, Mr. Gunny is a pretty good cook (yes ladies, he’s single). His specialities are chilli chicken (he’s up to version no. 127) and anything with cheese. He cooked up a feast tonight at his place and very generously tortured me all evening by sending me photos and recipes via MMS. I haven’t tried these toasts myself, but I can only imagine how good they were!

Low Carb Potato Pancakes

Here’s another recipe. They’re like Pancake Parlour’s Potato Pancakes. If you’re not diabetic or not on a low-carb regime, feel free to substitute ingredients with regular mash and your favourite pancake mix.

Spicy Pongal

I’ve only ever had sweet pongal until I tried Venn Pongal in Chennai. I never liked sweet pongal and would usually refuse at the dinner table. When we were in Chennai, due to some planning issues, we were stuck before our next flight at 5 in the morning and the only thing the hotel had ready for breakfast was pongal.

Crepes

One of our favorite places for breakfast is Breizoz in Fitzroy. They dish out the most beautiful crispy galettes and crepes. It’s a public holiday here in Australia today and we were craving crepes. Unfortunately Breizoz was closed, so I thought I’d try making them myself.

Mangy’s Egg Khudukhuda

Mangy hates eggs (he eats like a fussy 3 year old) but he loves egg khudukhuda. I’ve googled endless variations of the word ‘khudukhuda’ and haven’t found a single recipe online.

Coconut chutney

 

This is an easy coconut chutney that will go beautifully with idli or vadas. I served it with rice vadas. Leftover chutney can be used for mozh kuzhambu.

Rice Vada

 

It was raining all day today, I hate wet Saturdays. I much rather be out and about. Unfortunately when it’s cold and wet, all I think about is food! The more rainy weekends we have, the fatter I’ll get. Urgh! So much for losing weight before the holidays.

Embi’s Curd Rice – Thair Saatham

 

I used to believe that only nice people could be good cooks. That theory flew out of the window when I came across 2 people; Jordan Phlamsay* and Embi* (*names have been changed to protect the innocent …..although I really should be changing my name not theirs..).

Thepla

Fresh methi isn’t available in Melbourne, so we try to grow it at home. Unfortunately that requires some planning and we just don’t have enough pots in the garden to keep up with my methi appetite. Frozen methi has come to the rescue quite nicely and we stock up our freezer with packets of methi leaves.