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My daughter wanted me to give her paneer wraps as it has been a long time since I made that for school tiffin. I had this eastern shahi paneer masala packet with me. So, instead making the paneer the usual way with onion, tomatoes, I made shahi paneer as the the filling. I made itRead more about Shahi Paneer Wraps[…]
Semolina in known as rava in Tamil and sooji in Hindi. Rava Upma is one of my most favourite breakfast option. In fact, I can have it for any meal. It’s a very humble and a very commonly made breakfast in South India. Though it’s very easy to make, one can easily go wrong inRead more about Rava Upma[…]
Poha Upma is not that much a preferred breakfast at home. So, I try many variations to make it more interesting. Today, I have added peas and peanuts to make it more protein enriched. Instead of adding the peanuts in the tempering, I powdered the peanuts and added it to the poha to give aRead more about Peas and Peanuts Poha[…]
Upma kozhakatai also known as Pidi kozhakatai is a very traditional Tamil Brahmin dish. It’s generally made for breakfast or evening snack. Upma kozhakatai is a actually rice dumplings. Rice is ground to a coarse powder along with little tuvar dal and pepper, made into upma, which in turn is rolled into balls and steamed.Read more about Upma Kozhakatai […]
Today, I was not in a mood to do any elaborate cooking. Usually sunday lunch menu at home will be only traditional South Indian. As I was feeling very lazy, I decided to make a one pot meal. I had paneer and some fresh peas. My husband asked me to make something mild without muchRead more about Pepper Paneer and Peas Rice[…]
Whenever I make puliogare, lemon rice or coconut rice or any South Indian style mixed rice variety, I make avial ( yogurt based mixed vegetable gravy). This combination makes the meal complete. But today, I didn’t have the vegetables that are required to make avial. So, I decided to add vegetables that I had toRead more about Puliogare Pulao[…]
I had readymade paneer butter masala packet ( Eastern brand). It’s not the ready to eat variety, just a dry masala mix. I did not want to make the regular paneer butter masala with that. I wanted to do something very different. First I thought of using this masala as a marination for tikkas. ButRead more about Cutlets Butter Masala[…]
This is again one more new recipe that I created and tried in my kitchen. For the first time I used readymade kadai masala ( Eastern brand). I found it very convenient. The masala was mild and the flavour was good. Instead of making kadai vegetable and rotis, I decided to make one pot meal asRead more about Kadai Vegetable Semiya[…]
Rice and chole is a very popular dish of Punjabi cuisine which my daughter is very fond of. For today’s school lunch I had made chole rice with a very unique twist. This is Tarla Dalal’s recipe. The unique ingredient used here is Aam achaar ( mango pickle). It tasted really different and yummy. ThoseRead more about Aam Achaar Chole Rice[…]
I wanted to make paneer cheese paratha for my daughter’s school tiffin. Instead of making as usual paratha , today I made it as flower cups and stuffed it with paneer and cheese.It was more fun making this than the usual paratha;) Ingredients For the flower cups Whole wheat flour – 1 cup AjwainRead more about Paneer Flower Cups[…]
