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When you are not in a mood for an elaborate cooking,but want to cook a balance meal, then one pot meal is the best option. Made one such dish today. This is my own recipe. I made Chickpeas and Beet Masala rice. This is a very balanced, wholesome, colourful and a nutritious one pot meal.Read more about Chickpeas and Beet Masala Rice[…]
Vatha Khuzhambu is one the most favourite dish of my family. In fact, one can hardly find a tamil brahmin who would not like this dish. Vatha Khuzhambu with potato fry or Paruppu usili and appalam ( papad) is one the most popular combination of lunch menu. This is the recipe of the very famousRead more about Arusuvai Arasu Vatha Khuzhambu […]
There can nothing more soothing and refreshing than Iced Tea during summer. Today I have made one of my most favourite, Iced Orange tea 🙂 Ingredients Oranges- 2 ( 3/4th cup of juice) Lemon juice- 2 tsp Dry Ginger powder- 1/2 tsp Water- 2 cups Tea powder- 1 tsp Sugar- to taste Ice cubes- 10-15Read more about Iced Orange Tea[…]
Summer snacks should be light, healthy and pertinently, hydrating and something that will cool down the body. Of course, it has to be interesting and tasty. What can be better than a light, fresh and healthy Biscuit Chaat ( my creation) served with Iced Orange tea? And the best thing about this is that itRead more about Biscuit Chaat[…]
Mango is called as mamidikaya in telugu and mango cooked with dal called as Mamidikai Pappu. It’s a very traditional recipe from Andhra Pradesh. I saw this recipe in a tamil weekly magazine. I followed that recipe with very little variation. It turned out to be very delicious. It’s important to use sour mangoes forRead more about Mamidikai Pappu[…]
Lentils are known as Paruppu in Tamil. Urundai means round/ ball. And yogurt is called as moru. Paruppu Urundai Morekhuzhambu is a very traditional Tamil Brahmin delicacy. It actually means spicy steamed lentil balls simmered in spicy yogurt gravy. The tricky part of the dish is to make soft steamed balls of lentils which willRead more about Paruppu Urundai Morekhuzhambu […]
Potato is known as Aloo in hindi and urulai kezhangu in tamil. Chickpeas is known as Chole in Hindi and konda Kadalai in Tamil. Tikki means cutlet or patties. Aloo Tikki with Chole is s very famous Chaat variety. My family is very fond of all varieties. It’s been a long time since I madeRead more about Aloo Tikki with Chole[…]
Adai is a very traditional breakfast of Tamil Nadu. It’s a variety of dosa. It’s made of combination of lentils and rice. It’s thicker than dosa, crispy and spicy. It’s rich in protein, healthy and wholesome. Unlike dosa, the batter for adai need not be fermented. Though many have it have for breakfast, in ourRead more about Adai[…]
Ven Pongal is a very traditional and a very popular breakfast of Tamil Nadu:) It’s the tamil cuisine version of Khichidi. It is a must in all the wedding breakfast menu:) Though all of us like Ven Pongal at home, I don’t make it often as this dish requires a lot of ghee which isRead more about Ven Pongal[…]
This is something that I saw in a cookery video in one of the face book pages. It was a simple and an interesting variation of making bread cups. Had bread today. So made this cute flower bread cups with a healthy filling:) Ingredients Bread slices – 8 Grated processed cheese- 1/2 cup Chopped onions-Read more about Bread Flower Cups[…]
