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Capsicum Shrimp Varuval – a simple south indian style dry fry masala made with shrimp/prawn & capsicum. Its our way at home to combine a veggie in any meat or seafood preparation. Often these kind of dihes do a double duty… you get in your share of veggies along with your favorite non veg dish. Capsicum or any colored bell…
Chana Butter Masala is just another homestyle makhani gravy which pairs well with chapati, roti or paratha… usually i add paneer today that butter masala had chana in it for a change. I’ve used a simple low fat version of butter masala using less butter, no cream and few nuts… 😆 Some veg style gravy recipes to try… Pudina Palak…
Bread Pizza, an instant solution for a quick lunch or snack. This is probably one of the easiest recipes you can make for breakfast, lunch, dinner or simply as a snack. Truly to be honest, I pack these once a week… and its a lifesaver lunch box item! Just fill them with their fav toppings and pop in the counter top convection…
Kids School Lunch box 8– Cheesy Vegetable Quesadillas are an easy, satisfying vegetarian option for school lunches. Its a great disguise for anything else that I want to sneak in, especially veggies. Sid loves Mexican food and lunch box comes out clean when I pack these chessy quesadillas. I’ve added some hummus spread instead of beans as I didn’t have…
Sweet Corn Sundal – Sundal plays a very important role during Navaratri festival which is celebrated for nine days with a different sundal being made each day. Its traditionally made as prasadam/ offering to Gods but can also be prepared on any day as its a very healthy snack.It is normally made with lentils and legumes like chickpeas (garbanzo beans), black…
Parathas are traditional Indian flat bread made with wheat flour, typically famous in North India. South Indians have their own style.. termed Parotta which is similar but kind of artistic 🙂 This recipe is somewhere inbetween both… combining both styles. These parathas are made with maida and stuffed with chicken and egg mixture, much similar to Ceylon parotta. Ingredients for…
Corn soup is traditionally corn kernels added to regular soup base seasoned with salt and pepper. Most popular pick among one such corn soups is Indo-Chinese creamed style soup, which people crave for. Here's my style of Sweet Corn Chicken Soup… though not an exact match but close enough to that of Adyar Waldorf Restaurant, Chennai.
How i got my first 10000 Instagram followers? Well, there was a time when I didn’t know anything about Instagram and now I’m been followed by real 10000+ users! 😛 Can you believe it? It all started 18 months back with much contemplation i ventured into #instagram. It was all greek & latin to me… quite intimidating, embarrassing with no followers nor…
Dindugal Thalapakatti Mutton biryani (thalapakatti biriyani) was on my list for a long time. I have devoured a few times during my last India visit… they seems to have chain all over and moment you think of biryani… your mind locks this place. Well this biryani,though a dum style…is not your typical bhai biryani but more of southern Tamilian flavor inculcated…
Idli Podi / இட்லிப் பொடி is one life saver…no matter you how many variety of side dishes you make for your family …they still ask for milagai podi putting all the other sambar, chutney to shame! 😛 I’ve shared a few idli milagai podi varieties already… this one is my favorite as it was given to me by my best…
Samba Godhumai Rava Upma is a quick upma that you can make under 30 minutes. When you have no time to make a traditional breakfast like idli or dosa or if you run out of idli batter… this can come in handy and also gives you a satisfaction of an healthy filling meal. Broken Wheat, Cracked Wheat, Fada, Dalia, Godhumai…
Spinach Masiyal / கீரை மசியல் – is one of the easiest, healthiest dish that you can make under 15 minutes. It can be a main dish topped over piping hot rice or can be a side for many meal… its our family routine to have some kind of keerai masiyal thrice a week and this is one such preparation. Some similar recipes…
Poori Masala doesnt need any introduction…. fluffy, puffy, softy, balloony with melony, yellow potato chunks is what i am dreaming as I’m typing this recipe. This is usually considered breakfast but for us its like… anytime whenever there’s no prepared meal ready or any advanced menu prep then we opt for this…..lunch or dinner or lunch box we are ready…
Bisi Bele Bath is a famous hot lentil rice dish from Karnataka… just a different version of our sambar sadam!Typically sambar does not include any garam masala but this version includes some fragrant garam masala which gives that distinct taste. Though its termed one pot dish.. technically its doesn’t work… they all get very mushy and ends up like a…
Milk Peda is one easy sweet that can be categorized under instant if made with store bought khoya or mawa. Normally i would go for the traditional method using homemade khoya from scratch as that is the best but sometimes lack of time makes me grab that store bought khoya… this is one such recent attempts. Some easy sweets to…
