If this is the first time you are visiting my page, then you should know one thing, we LOVE pickles. We in the sense my entire family. My parents, my in-laws, my husband, my sister and anyone who has ever eaten Andhra pachadulu becomes an instant fan. Our meal isn’t complete without a side of …

At least once a week there’s idli and dosa at home. Both VJ and Arlo enjoy idli’s and dosa’s a lot. So I try to make them a lot. Arlo doesn’t mind chutneys but I love to make some chutney or the other and sometimes sambar. We all love palli (peanut) chutney and I usually …

I AM on a roll with regards to pachadulu. Without pachadi our meal is incomplete as I have mentioned a million times before. I love pachadi’s and chutney’s that both my mom and mother-in-law make. They are very special to my heart. I don’t make them that often as mom and MIL make. Maybe I …

I know I seem to be on a roll with pachadi’s. This is my fourth pachadi recipe and I love them a lot. As I have mentioned before (a million times), our meals are basically incomplete without a pachadi. It could be fresh made or ooragaya like aavakaya or maagaya or even tomato aavakaya. Mom …

My mother-in-law keeps telling me about the weirdest pachadi’s ever. I have never tasted them or heard about them before and neither has my mom. My mother-in-law learned a few from her mom, a few more from her mother-in-law and a few more from neighbors. Her bendakaya pachadi and cabbage pachadi are apparently from her …

I know! How can you make a chutney out of Okra when they are so slimy? Well I questioned my mother in law the same when she first made this pachadi the first time I visited their home after marriage without VJ. He doesn’t tell me much about his mom’s food, but I poke and …

It’s so hot here in Hyderabad that Arlo wants to stay in the AC room all day. In fact as soon as he gets sleepy he’s been dragging me to the AC room and asks me to turn on the AC. It’s only February and the heat has reached peaks. I know it won’t get …

Without a pachadi (pickle) our meal is incomplete. Even after living in the US for nearly six whole years, my heart and palate still screams and craves for aavakaya, maagai and gongura. Without any one of the pickles I don’t feel the satisfaction of eating rice. For the past two years, VJ and I have …

I know I have been posting only chutney’s, but I feel I’m on a roll and shouldn’t stop. As I mentioned before my family enjoys chutney’s and pickles a lot more than we let on. It’s one of our favorite things to eat. At home, my mom makes it almost twice or thrice every week, …

I get bored eating the same chutneys every time I make idli or dosa. The same coconut chutney, or puttnala pappu chutney or palli (peanut) chutney. I used to make this chutney quite a lot before Arlo was born and before he started solids. For the past few months Arlo has wanted whatever we eat. Just roti won’t do, he wants …