Cook Like Zany

Tangar is a special chettinad side dish and can be found in any of the chettiar festive occasions as an accompaniment to vellai paniyaram. It is really tangy in flavor and can also be had with idly and dosa.

Copy Cat Maggi Noodles at Home

I have banned a lot of foods at home from outside for my kids. In this past year I have not brought a packet of Maggi nor have we ordered in Pizza or brought bread loaf from the store! But, this made me work on making them at home and my whole wheat pizzas have a great response from my Whisk' N Creme' customers and I bake whole wheat or all purpose flour bread loaves now and then for the family. Though those recipes can't be shared as they are my business recipes, I can share my maggi taste-maker! :p This noodles is made with hakka noodles, and tossed with a home made maggi taste-maker with vegetables. It is not sticky and slurpy like Maggi, but tasted almost the same. Some of the powders I use for the taste-maker may not be available in common in your pantry, but if you want to make maggi or love maggi and will be doing it often, its best to buy these powders. They are available with this brand called 'Keya' or if you know of a baking supply store near you the...

Tibbs Style Paneer Frankie

Most of my school and college days have been spent buying this frankie rolls and when I could not get the same taste today, it seriously disappointed me, thus leading me to make one at home! Frankies and Khatti Roll are different in their masalas. Khatti rolls are popular Kolkatta Street food while Frankie is a popular Mumbai Street Food. Tibbs Frankie is a popular Frankie brand and we can often find them in roll carts in most places in Chennai. Originally from Mumbai, this brand has a wonderful story behind it. The brain behind the brand Mr. Amarjit Singh Tibbs on a stopover at Beirut had a chance to taste a Lebanese Pita Wrap with a variety of stuffings and wanted to recreate it once he was back at his home in Mumbai. Along with his wife, after years of research they created an Indian version of the Pita wrap and named it after their favourite cricket player Frank Worrell. Today they are still making these Frankie rolls in vegetarian and non vegetarian versions and my favourit...