Floret's Corner

My favorite and a simple go to breakfast for a lazy morning. Kaandha poha is everything in itself. The taste of caramelized onions, the spice of green chillies is nothing but lip smacking. Moreover it is a dish wherein you make use of minimum ingredients and it is ready in a short span of time. It is a perfect dish on a rainy morning, with garam garam masala tea. You sit by the window and enjoy the pitter patter of rain drops, while you sip in the tea and munch on the poha. Here goes the recipe. Ingredients: 1 cup poha 1 medium onion 1 green chilli 3-4 curry leaves 1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder Juice of 1/2 lime Salt Grated Coconut 1 Tablespoon coriander leaves To make Kaandha Poha: Wash poha under running water and keep aside. Do not soak it. Chop onions and green chilli to small pieces. Chop curry leaves. In a vessel, take 1 tablespoon oil. Add in curry leaves. Fry onions till light pink in color. Do not brown them Add in green chillies and give a quic...

Coffee is the best drink to refresh our minds. But when it's weekend I went a tad alcoholic on my coffee. When this dalgona coffee was trending, I decided to make the same. But it was a Friday, so I added a bit of Bailey's Irish cream to it. Well I must say, the taste was amazing and it made the coffee taste much more better. Here goes the recipe. Ingredients: 2 tablespoon coffee powder 2 tablespoon sugar 3-4 tablespoon warm water Cold milk 1.5 oz bailey s To make Baileys cold coffee: The initial step is same as that of making dalgona coffee. In a bowl take coffee, sugar and water and beat till you get the frothy smooth texture. It will take approximately 15-20 minutes to get the silky texture. In a glass add cold milk, until it is half full, add 1.5 oz Baileys to it. And on top add the dalgona mixture. Here your baileys cold coffee is ready to serve. Do try it and share your views below. Note: Add more baileys if you want more ...

Yet another memory I bring to you. This time it is with pork ribs, which takes me back to the day when I tasted it for the first time. Marinated well in our traditional recipe, barbecued, we quite enjoyed and savored the taste of this red meat covered with all possibles masala's. It was quite a night out, wherein all my friends enjoyed a beautiful scenic view, the long drive and over night party in the open sky and desert around us. Since then I always wanted to make some myself. And here, I finally get the opportunity. Here goes the recipe. For Marination: 6 pork ribs 1 tablespoon ginger garlic paste 1 teaspoon chilli powder/paprika powder 1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder 1.5 tablespoon dark soya sauce 1.5 tablespoon sriracha sauce 1.5 teaspoon sugar Salt to taste Preparing the marinade: Firstly was the meat well In a bowl take all the above ingredients. Mix it well. Taste if any adjustments to be made. Pour it over the pork ribs and give it a good mix. ...

Well well, here is one cocktail recipe for you to chill out on your weekends. A simple brunch is always satisfying with a chilled cocktail. Sit together, share a laugh, sip on a drink and enjoy the fresh air at your backyard. What more you desire, after spending a hectic robotic week at the work place.  Here goes the recipe. Ingredients: 1.5 oz Vodka Juice of 1 lemon 1 inch grated ginger (Also you can use Ginger beer/Ginger Ale) Mint leaves Soda Simple syrup To make Moscow Mule: In a whiskey glass take 1.5 oz vodka. Add in juice of 1 lemon and grated ginger and syrup and give a good stir. Now add in chilled soda. Add in mint leaves on top for garnishing Serve it for your cocktail parties or simple brunch get together. Do try it. Share you memories and reviews below.

One of the famous tea back in my hometown, Mangalore. Kalladka tea is named after it's place Kalladka. More than the taste, this tea is an art in itself. It is famously also known as 3 layered tea. I got obsessed with making this since my brother started travelling to Bangalore, and he always stopped at Kalladka to drink this tea also known as KT. I wondered how can there be 3 layers in tea until I gave it try myself. Here goes the recipe. Ingredients: 1 cup milk 1/2 cup water 1.5 tablespoon tea powder Sugar To make KT: Firstly boil milk. Add desired amount of sugar. Next step is turning the milk frothy. For this you will need 2 cups. Pour milk from one cup to another from quite a distance to make it frothy. In 1-2 minutes you will see a layer of froth appearing on top of the milk. Simultaneously, prepare tea decoction. Boil it to obtain dark color. Once decoction is ready, get hold of a spoon, place it gently just between the frothy layer and milk, and sl...

Mandaas or steamed rice cakes, is one of our favorite family breakfast.  Easy to make and healthy to eat, it was my mom's go to recipe whenever she ran out of breakfast ideas. She usually made it sweet, smeared it with ghee, so it went well with tea on the side. Now when I miss her food, I try to make her special recipes. Never can I make the same, but definitely try to make a similar one. Here goes the recipe. For the batter: 2 cups Sona masuri rice 1 Tablespoon urid dal 1/2 cup grated coconut Sugar/Jaggery as per your choice of sweetness To Make the Batter: Soak rice and urid dal for 5-6 hours. Grind it well to a smooth batter adding in grated coconut with sufficient water to get dosa batter consistency. Add in sugar or jaggery as per your sweet tooth. Transfer it to a deep bottomed vessel. To Ferement the batter: In a small bowl take 3/4th cup warm water. Add 1.5 teaspoon dried active yeast with 1 tablespoon sugar. Mix it rigorously. Keep as...

Every school vacation we traveled to Muscat, because our dad worked there. And I still remember, a Pakistani guy who made these fresh paratha's and tandoori chicken, watching him make those paratha's, made me and my brother drool. Every weekend our dad got us food from there. Well past memories are always nostalgic. My love for Aloo paratha also grew from there. I have not eaten such a paratha anywhere else. Absolutely lip smacking and tummy filling. Well I was craving for a paratha so bad since few days, I ended up making a few to keep my tummy calm. Here goes the recipe. For Aloo mixture:   4 potatoes 2 green chillies 1 teaspoon red chilli powder 1/2 teaspoon garam masala powder 1/2 teaspoon black salt 1 tablespoon coriander leaves. Salt to taste Paratha Filling Mixture: Wash and make gashes for the potatoes, and cook them for 4-5 whistles in the cooker. Once cooled down, peel them off and smash them, make them lump free. Add in chopped green chilli...

Healthy and tasty at the same time is a hard combination to get. Also preparing breakfast for a husband who is so choosy about food, is a very hard task. He is a man who is a hardcore Mangalorean food fan and I am the total opposite. Hence I keep trying different food recipes, and these blueberry pancakes were a total hit to my surprise. Here goes the recipe: For the Pancake batter: 1 long banana  1 large egg 1/4 cup milk 1/2 cup wheat flour 3 tablespoon oats 1/2 teaspoon baking powder Preparing the Batter: Smash the banana completely with no lumps, beat egg into it and add milk and whisk well. Add wheat flour and whisk well to avoid lumps again. Add oats and baking powder and give a good mix. Check the pouring consistency and add milk. If you want thick pancakes, do not add excess milk. If you want them slightly thin add milk to the batter. Making the pancakes: Heat a pan on low heat and grease it with butter. Check the heat and pour batter with ...

Weekends are meant for royal family breakfast. With the senior most to the junior most, all sitting around a dining table and sharing a happy laugh together with a cup of hot tea and sumptuous breakfast. My love for rava dosa grew immensely not just because of it's taste, but also it is a source of bonding with my dad and brother. After the Sunday mass, we go to a hotel and have our royal breakfast. But now during the lockdown, hotels are not an easy access, hence make at home trend started, and I decided to make this yummy dish on my stove top. Here goes the recipe, For Rava Dosa: 1/2 cup suji rava 1/2 cup rice flour 1/4 cup oats (you can use wheat flour too) 1 small onion finely chopped 2 green chillies finely chopped (Avoid if you have toddlers) 1 sprig curry leaves finely chopped 1/4 cup coriander leaves finely chopped 1 tablespoon curd 1/3 teaspoon cumin seeds Salt to taste To make Batter and Dosa: Rava dosa is known for it's crisp taste, hence bat...

Finally I get a blog, and the first recipe I post is Mutton biryani. Biryani is a dish which is easy to cook, but getting it right is an art. After multiple failures when I finally got it right, there was no stopping me to take it to my blog to share my happiness. Since childhood, I was never fond of this dish, which I always referred it to a non-veg khichdi. I know my readers would hate me for calling it so. Hence never tried making it with interest. My perception towards biryani changed, when my mom made it a long time ago (which was the best and I could not get my recipe taste close to it), and then I happened to taste my aunt's best in town biryani recipe, which finally inspired me to make my best mutton biryani, and indeed it was lip smacking. Here goes the recipe: For mutton marination: 500 gms mutton on bone 1 tablespoon ginger garlic green chilli paste 1 teaspoon red chilli powder  1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder 3 tablespoon curd (better if it is a bit tangy) 1/2...

Hello and welcome to my new blog on food recipes. As a kid, I was a person who always ran away from kitchen, only to realize that as an adult I would make it my second home. Floret's corner here brings to you recipes, creating a memory lane to your mom's  kitchen. Most of my recipes here are my mom's with a slight touch of my own. Hence the blog is named after her. Hope you like and try them out. Do share your reviews for my posts. Also with this first article, I publish a logo for my blog.  As the journey begins, Let's make dining more fun with amazing dishes and memories tagged along with them.