Category: Mullai’s

Mullai’s Recipes & Posts

  • Vankaya Batani Vepudu – Brinjal Peas Stir Fry

    Vankaya Batani Vepudu – Brinjal Peas Stir Fry

    Vankaya Batani Vepudu is one scrumptious Andhra Style vegetable dry curry. Its their speciality to include either one or multiple legume in simple vegetable curries making it highly nutritious. Telugu to English:: Vankaya ~~ Brinjal , Batani ~~ Dried Green Peas , Vepudu ~~ Dry Stir-fryVankaya Batani Curry / Vatana / Pattani Kathrikkai Varuval /…

  • Keerai Kadaiyal

    Keerai Kadaiyal

    Malabar Spinach / Palak / Pasalai Keerai mashed with Split red gram to make a semi-thick dal. Tamil to English (Keerai ~~ Leafy Green Vegetables, kadaiyal ~~~ Term used for partially mashing greens in a traditional clay pot. Spinach Dal / Spinach Masiyal / Mashed Keerai / Kadaintha Keerai / Palak Keerai Puli Kadaichal / Spiach…

  • Cashewnut Keerai Pakoda Recipe – Keerai Pakoda – Palak Pakoda Recipe – Savoury Snacks

    Cashewnut Keerai Pakoda Recipe – Keerai Pakoda – Palak Pakoda Recipe – Savoury Snacks

    Spinach with broken cashews combined with spiced up flour blend to make this crispy snack. Pakoda mostly termed as "Pakora" in North Indian Sweet stalls are very rich with loads of ghee and nuts and usually seen with the combination of any leafy or mixed vegetables. This recipe of mine is for one such variety,…

  • Stuffed Karela

    Stuffed Karela

    Stuffed Bitter gourd is a North Indian dish which has gained much popularity among others communities recently. There are quite a few ways of stuffing these gourds and my favorite way is to stuff them with crumbled Paneer and serve them over a bed of shallow fried onions. Stuffed Bitter Gourd / Karela ~ Bitter…

  • Sponge Cake Recipe – Bakery Style Easy Sponge Cake – Pound Cake

    Sponge Cake Recipe – Bakery Style Easy Sponge Cake – Pound Cake

    Simple bakery style sponge cake with little lemony flavour.Bakery Style / Lemon Sponge cake / Pound cake / Plain Cake / Bakery Slice Cake / Lemon / Bakery Cake

  • Watermelon Agua Fresca

    Watermelon Agua Fresca

    Agua Fresco- literally means Fresh Fruit water in Spanish. This simple thirst quencher is a popular fruit drink in Mexico, though the name looks wierd, its nothing but plain watermelon juice.Watermelon juice / Darboos juice / Sparkling Watermelon / Watermelon Soda / Thirst Quencher / Darboosani Kai

  • Kathirikkai Sadam (Vangi Bath) – Brinjal Rice

    Kathirikkai Sadam (Vangi Bath) – Brinjal Rice

    Brinjal rice is a popular rice item in Karnataka  termed " Vanghi Bhath", prepared with brinjals stuffed with special spice blend and cooked along with rice. We at home take this dish to new heights by cooking the whole thing in coconut milk. Here is our family style Kathrikkai (brinjal) Sadam (Rice).Vangi Bhath / Brinjal…

  • Avocado Paratha Recipe – Avocado Chapati – Guacamole Paratha

    Avocado Paratha Recipe – Avocado Chapati – Guacamole Paratha

    Parathas with Avocado??? quite interesting isn't it?? Recently bought a pack of flavoured tortilla from a speciality store which had one variety with avocado, it was so delicious and that inspired me to try this with our chapatis. This fruit is full of buttery creamy green flesh with plenty of healthy monounsaturated fat. That's a green…

  • Puff Pastry Pinwheels – Easy Puff Pastry Appetizer Recipes

    Puff Pastry Pinwheels – Easy Puff Pastry Appetizer Recipes

    These are swirl puffs with veggie and cheese stuffing, a great party platter or a simple evening snack.Puff Pasty / Pepperidge Farm / Spinach Pinwheels / Cheese PinwheelsFor Puff Pasty Sheets, Click here

  • Boiled Groundnuts

    Boiled Groundnuts

    Boiled Green Groundnuts / Peanuts are common street side food in many parts of India. Freshly boiled and salted green peanuts is a good snacking item on a cold evening or simply relish it as a quick evening tiffin by converting it to a light Peanut chat.