About Cuisine India
Cooking is an art that is usually passed on from mother to daughter and my case is not different. Many of the recipes that I am going to put up on this blog are those that I learnt from my mom and/or my own variations on them. Some of them of course may have no connection whatsoever to her years of cooking – after all items like Garam masala powder, Tomato sauce, Soya sauce have never been part of her cooking. Yet I think I largely owe my cooking skills to her.
I love cooking and that includes trying out new recipes from time to time. This blog may contain mostly Konkani recipes to start with, but in course of time I will also put up some of the North Indian dishes, Juices, Jams, Biscuits, Dry chutney powders, Pickles etc. You may even request for recipes of your choice – either because you have not prepared it before or just to know the variations out there.
I am just learning and new to the medium of blogging and to pace myself well, at least for the first few weeks, I will put up one new recipe every Saturday and Wednesday. Any comment you leave, whether about the blog or about specific recipes will be an encouragement.Finally, I would like to dedicate this blog to my Father-in-law who was a more like a father, guide and philosopher to me. He was also a trustee of the temple in the town of Sirsi (North Kanara) for several years from 1960-83.


36 responses to “About Cuisine India”
Raja
October 30th, 2007 at 10:35
hi Pratibha
Great start! Cool blog!
Helpful recipes – simple layout, its nice
Now I have a really easy way to make my own breakfast when the wife is away on holiday
but hey – where is Sheera / God Idli / Toushe polo? Thats what I want man!!!
cheers
Raj
prathibalrao
November 13th, 2007 at 17:15
Hi Raja,
Thanx for your response. I will put up your receip request
shortly.
bibomedia
February 27th, 2008 at 10:42
Have a nice day !
prathibalrao
February 28th, 2008 at 16:16
Hi
Thanx 4 ur comments.
Sripriya
May 7th, 2008 at 20:49
Hi Prathibha
i tired the pumpkin curry recipes and i liked it very much and my hubby also liked it. Thanks for the recipe.
prathibalrao
May 8th, 2008 at 01:52
Hi Supriya,
Thanx 4 ur comments. Try a few more of them and lemme know.
bernandina
July 7th, 2008 at 07:47
thanks for your onion cty.a recipe of bisibelebath is welcome
prathibalrao
July 7th, 2008 at 14:32
Hi
Thanks and will put in the request for your recipe soon.
Devi
December 28th, 2008 at 09:43
very useful site
prathibalrao
December 28th, 2008 at 14:55
Hi Devi,
Thanks for ur autentic words of appreciation.
Raja
January 4th, 2009 at 09:59
hi Pratibha – great job!
Keep it going….wish you the best in 2009!!
cheers – Raja
prathibalrao
January 4th, 2009 at 10:25
Hi Raja,
Thanx for ur comments. Anu suggestions would have been welcome!
Purnima
December 24th, 2009 at 20:41
Pratibha, am a food blogger, (dormant now
since looong) have tried out few of your recipes and read the updated post regularly, loved the do-able recipes that you post! Thanks for sharing your way to a fellow Konkani!
Today am stuck at ur peas paratha n palak rice.
prathibalrao
December 24th, 2009 at 21:49
Hi Purnima,
Thanx a lot 4 ur comments. I am just new to the blogging world just 2 years old and have to post some baking dishes yet.
akhila
May 25th, 2010 at 15:06
Request to send mutton & chicken biryani recipe
thanks
akhila
prathibalrao
July 6th, 2011 at 08:01
This blog is only for vegetarian recipes. As I do not cook or eat non-vegetarian dishes, I do not know any recipes.
Saba Sadiq
June 16th, 2010 at 06:11
What a treat it is to have found your blog and quite by accident too! We will be cooking using your recipes tomorrow in Texas! It was so good to see some recipes form way back when I lived in Bangalore what seems to be a million years ago!
Thank you and congratulations on the tremendously well put together site! It is so easy to negotiate and recipes are so visual and easy to follow. I will obviously be cooking a lot of your recipes
prathibalrao
June 16th, 2010 at 10:46
Hi Saba sadiq
Please try out da recipes of your choice and send me the feed back.
Shilpa
March 28th, 2011 at 22:11
Hi Prathiba,
My search for sannapolo(cabbage spicy dosa) made me land on this blog. Appreciate your patience and like the way you arrange all the ingredients in a plate before cooking.
Apart from the authentic konkani delicacies, you also try to blend in the modern touch too, I’m talking about dishes like oats upma. Commendable!
Thanks for sharing the recipes.
If I may request for a recipe, it would be for sannana (spicy rava baked). I did not have coconut and yet I tried pressure cooking ground idli rice+ Chillipowder+ water and it was a disaster.
prathibalrao
March 28th, 2011 at 23:01
Hi Shilpa,
I will surely post the recipe of ur request soon. Thanx for ur valuable comments. Please pass on the link to your friends.
Prathiba l rao
Chetana
April 19th, 2011 at 12:02
Hi,
I just love the way you have described the recipes.
Thanks to you, i prepared Chinese Potato Patti and it turned out nice.
Thanks.
prathibalrao
April 29th, 2011 at 20:56
Hi Chetna,
Thanx a lot for your feed back and once again thanx a lot for your comments.
Radha.G
May 19th, 2011 at 16:38
Hello,
Prathiba i am new to check ur dish items, its really nice, i haven’t yet tired still, one request i want sum good rice item recipe can u mail me to try for the lunch box.
Thanks, once again have a wonderful day!!!!!!!!
prathibalrao
May 19th, 2011 at 17:55
Hi Radha,
Just go thru the blog. On the right hand side of the blog under the heading Recipe Types, you can see the items like the Rice item and One pot meals. Just click on any one of them and you get the answer for ur question.
sruja
May 28th, 2011 at 10:33
hi prathiba ji
Plz post some non veg items also
prathibalrao
July 6th, 2011 at 08:00
Hi Sruja,
I am a vegetarian and cook only vegetarian food. I do not know any non-vegetarian dishes. But I do hope you enjoy the vegetarian recipes.
Mary Ann
July 1st, 2011 at 22:22
Love your recipes!. We are going to be living in India for 6 months for my husband’s job.
I was wondering if you could put together some entrees with a suggested side dish. should I put a lentil side with chicken pulao, etc.?
Thanks
prathibalrao
July 6th, 2011 at 07:59
Hi Mary Ann,
I have been thinking of putting up a post mainly about suggesting combinations for a full course meal. Will do it soon. However, I am a vegetarian and therefore can only suggest vegetarian combinations.
Thanks for stopping by and writing.
Camelia
July 16th, 2011 at 03:24
Hi Auntie,
Just today I found your amazing site, I was so impressed to see so many recipes. You are doing an excellent work by sharing all your recipes and knowledge.
Auntie, if you could please mention to each recipe recommendations of dishes to serve with, and also if possible to mention for what type of meal is suitable (I mean, if suitable for breakfast, lunch, dinner or snack). That will be very helpful.
Thank you.
prathibalrao
July 17th, 2011 at 05:14
Hi Camelia,
This is an excellent suggestion and similar to a request I received from another reader, very recently !
I generally try to write about whether the dish will go well with rice and/or rotis, and have tried to write about whether it is a breakfast or lunch dish. But I will definitely try to incorporate this into my description regularly.
On the other hand, if you specifically want to know about combinations with certain dishes, please do indicate on those recipes with your comments.
Camelia
July 17th, 2011 at 23:08
Hello Auntie,
Thank you. This will be great. It happened to me many times that I choose recipes from the internet, but I didn’t made the proper combination. I’m coming from non indian family,so my knowledge on indian cuisine is little. Since I am married with bengali, mainly I am cooking indian food. I didn’t got chance to learn any from my mother-in-law; however her recipes are non-veg.
It was a real blessing to find your website, especially because i’m trying to inspire my husband to give up non-veg food, and choose vegetarian, healthy food.
Having your recipes and tips on hand, will help me cook great indian meals.
Many thanks!!
prathibalrao
July 18th, 2011 at 08:40
Hi Camelia,
Thanx a lot for ur complements and do try out the recipes and send me the feed back.
Pallavi
August 20th, 2011 at 14:47
Dear Auntie
more like it will be great
Finally, something for the vegetarians. Please put up vegetarian versions of international dishes, after doing away with the chicken and meat. I saw your Mexican RIce recipe
Regards,
Pallavi
(PS : After reading your introduction, I am sure you are nearly my mother’s age, which gives your recipes the credibility of experience)
prathibalrao
August 20th, 2011 at 18:48
Hi Pallavi.
I will try out and put up the recipes as requested by you in a couple of weeks.
shil
August 21st, 2011 at 23:57
Hi Prathibaji,
Your recipes look great and I love all the pictures for the step-by-step procedure. I would love to try them. If you do not mind, I would like to give a suggestion. For the end result of your food, take pictures with better angles and nicer bowls. Also, put widgets in your theme that have the links to popular in your side bar. Your amazing website will then get a lot of traffic. Just a suggestion, hope you are not offended.
prathibalrao
August 22nd, 2011 at 07:50
Hi Shil,
Thanx a lot for kind suggestion. I would like to to know in which specific recipe you mean that the bowl is not good and which is a better bowl you noticed here on this blog. Please be free to express and will change it right now for the later new recipes.