Tag Archives: quick

The Mystery of the Impossible Pie

Posted on July 25, 2014 by Tadka Pasta

Whether you’re looking to use up that carton of golden-yolked omega 3 eggs before their date with the trashcan or finish up uninspiring leftovers in the fridge at the end of the week, there are umpteen egg-based preparations that you can whip up. … Continue reading →

Posted in Bakes And Cakes, Breakfast Basket, Funnibles, Snack Attack | Tagged baked, Crustless, easy, eggs, frittata, healthy, Impossible Pie, Quiche, quick, savory, savoury, snack, spinach | 16 Comments

Velvet ‘n Cream, Chocolate Pudding Supreme

Posted on June 25, 2014 by Tadka Pasta

There’s only one thing to turn to as a mood enhancer when us Tadka girls get together after a long gap, having each succumbed to the despair of illnesses alternating with inertia – chocolate. We’d say dessert, but it wouldn’t possibly have the … Continue reading →

Posted in Sweet Treats | Tagged Alice Medrich, American, chocolate pudding, classic, cocoa powder, dark chocolate, dessert, easy, egg free, eggless, gluten free, intense, kid-friendly, no bake, no egg, no oven, quick, recipe, stovetop, vegetarian | 4 Comments

Quick-fix Chocolate-cheese Tartlets

Posted on December 19, 2013 by Tadka Pasta

’tis the season to be jolly, no doubt. But when the hands drop down at the very sight of, say, the whisk, in the aftermath of having baked too many holiday treats; and the kids beg for a little something … Continue reading →

Posted in Bakes And Cakes, Festive Fare, Funnibles, Sweet Treats | Tagged chocolate, cream cheese, dessert, easy tarts, filo, ganache, mini tarts, phyllo, quick, raspberry, samosa pastry, samosa patti, substitute for phyllo, tarts | 2 Comments

Healthful and Heavenly – Wholegrain pancakes

Posted on November 19, 2013 by Tadka Pasta

Nothing spells brunch like a pile of pretty pancakes, topped with runny syrup and a cloud of cream swirls, and a dusting of more sugar, perhaps. But if you’re a health nut, the very mention of these doses of artery-cloggers … Continue reading →

Posted in Breakfast Basket, Funnibles, Snack Attack | Tagged atta, breakfast, healthy, instant, macerated, no cook, oat, oats, pancakes, quick, sauce, snack, strawberry, syrup, wholegrain, wholewheat | 5 Comments

Methiculous ‘n Chickpealing – Burger Patties

Posted on July 19, 2012 by Tadka Pasta

Its near-absinthian flavours notwithstanding, the lush green, petite-leaved methi bunch is rather dear and nearly ubiquitous to the keen Indian palate. It not only transcends borders and cuisines – be it the crispy akki rotti in Karnataka or the ghee-packed, … Continue reading →

Posted in Breakfast Basket, Funnibles, Out of the Lunchbox, Picnic Basket, Snack Attack, Snazzy Sandwiches | Tagged after-school snack, burger patties, chana, chickpeas, easy, fenugreek, healthy snack, high protein, homemade burger, kid-friendly, low calorie, low fat, methi, methi greens, methi leaves, quick, tikkis, vegan, vegetarian burger, vegetarian patty | 2 Comments

Eggs-quisite Eats for Li’l Devils

Posted on October 27, 2011 by Tadka Pasta

Two, then four, six, eight..and umpteen sets of hungry, innocent eyes peering at you from your porch don’t make it any easier to get through Halloween just when you’ve scrubbed those piles of butter coated pans and washed the last … Continue reading →

Posted in Appetizer Alley, Festive Fare, Snack Attack | Tagged appetizer, curried, Deviled eggs, easy, fall, fast, Halloween, healthy, party, pumpkin, quick, spicy, starter, Thai, Thai curry paste, Thanksgiving | 60 Comments

Scrumptious Semiya – The Sweet Edition

Posted on September 3, 2011 by Tadka Pasta

Not every Indian dessert involves hours of slaving with sweaty brows and achy arms to condense milk, measure ghee by the brimful cup, and scrub a pile of dishes in the sink. Take a crack at Meethi Semiya, an ideal breakfast … Continue reading →

Posted in Breakfast Basket, Sweet Treats | Tagged angel hair, breakfast, dry sweet semiya, easy, fast, halwa, healthy, kesari, meethi semiya, pasta, quick, seviyan, sweet semiya, vegan, vegetarian | 20 Comments

Rustle up a Burfi, this Rakhi – Festive Peanut Butter Squares

Posted on August 10, 2011 by Tadka Pasta

Leafing through a mosaic of childhood memories, you might chance upon instances that are fit for calling forth a smirk, a chuckle, or a tear. Sticky fingers that balled up for a fist fight, jellied laugh lines that morphed into … Continue reading →

Posted in Festive Fare, Funnibles, Sweet Treats | Tagged burfi, chocolate, condensed milk, easy, fast, fudge, instant, kid-friendly, layered, make ahead, microwave, no bake, peanut butter, picnic, quick, Rakhi, simple, special, sweet | 21 Comments

Chatpati Taco Chaat

Posted on July 10, 2011 by Tadka Pasta

Row after vertiginous row of turmeric and masala-vermillion toned, ready-to-eat chaat boxes in all varieties and orders can only have so much bearing on the fresh-off-the-AirIndia-league of desis. After a while, the yearning kicks in and they hanker after the … Continue reading →

Posted in Appetizer Alley, Funnibles, Homestyle Indian, Snack Attack | Tagged aloo chaat, appetizer, basket chaat, chaat, Dahi, deep fry tortilla, easy, flour tortilla, how to make papdi, katori chaat, kid-friendly, kurkure, papdi, papdi from tortilla, puri, quick, sev, spicy, tokri chaat, vegetarian | 21 Comments

Mango Mush for the Crème de la crème

Posted on May 17, 2011 by Tadka Pasta

The weighing scales go wonky in the summer. Also in the winter. Well, mostly during every other month that is a harbinger of some festival or the other. Those kilos seem to hoard up effortlessly, at the behest of all … Continue reading →