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  • Pudalangai Thengai Paal Kootu – Paal Kuzhambu – Snakegourd Moongdal

    Pudalangai Thengai Paal Kootu – Paal Kuzhambu – Snakegourd Moongdal

      Pudalangai Thengai Paal Kootu – Pudalangai Paal Kootu – Snakegourd Moongdal in coconut milk – How to make South Indian Paal kottu Kuzhambu  Paal Kootu  is a simple gravy style dish that is prepared in our home… with combination of 1 dal (any variety) + 1 Veggie (any type) + Milk (Boiled regular milk…

  • Mutton Chukka Varuval – Mutton Sukka – Chik Chik Kari

    Mutton Chukka Varuval – Mutton Sukka – Chik Chik Kari

      Mutton Chukka Varuval – Mutton Sukka – Dry Mutton Fry – How to make Mutton Sukka Fry – Chik Chik Kari as we call it in our home… its kind of a dry mutton fry where the mutton is cooked till all the water content in it gets dried up almost like uppu kandam. …

  • Butter Murukku – Easy Murukku Recipe / Diwali Snacks

    Butter Murukku – Easy Murukku Recipe / Diwali Snacks

    Butter Murukku – Easy Diwali Murukku recipe, How to make easy diwali snacks This is one of the simplest and easiest murukku recipe which can be made with store bought rice flour.  This recipe fall into the category of foolproof recipes that you can rely on anytime and won’t disappoint no matter what..as I’ve given…

  • Easy Tomato Chutney – Boiled Tomato Chutney – Thakkali Chutney

    Easy Tomato Chutney – Boiled Tomato Chutney – Thakkali Chutney

    Easy Tomato Chutney – Tomato Chutney / Thakkali Chutney chutney has infinite possibilities, many many versions, every family has its own combination of ingredients and play with it 🙂 Well, we too have one in ours… this chutney though has the same onion tomato as base has a twist in the method of cooking. As…

  • Kohlrabi Chicken Kurma – Noolkol Kozhi Kuzhambu

    Kohlrabi Chicken Kurma – Noolkol Kozhi Kuzhambu

    Kohlrabi Chicken Kurma– a coconut based gravy where chicken cooked with goodness of kohlrabi / knol khol /noolkol.  This has been a family tradition … combining veggies with non veg and this is one such gravy that we make at home… you can call it kuzhambu or kurma… goes well with rice, idli dosa and…

  • Set Dosa – Soft Spongy Dosa – Set Dosai Recipe

    Set Dosa – Soft Spongy Dosa – Set Dosai Recipe

     Set Dosa – also know as spongy dosa / or soft dosa / kal dosa is a popular tiffin item in South India… these dosas are often served in sets of two or three.. along with chutney, sambar  & podi. Same for non veg lovers these soft (கல் தோசை ***read notes) dosas are served with…

  • Beans Poriyal – Green Beans Stir fry – How to keep Green Beans Green?

    Beans Poriyal – Green Beans Stir fry – How to keep Green Beans Green?

    Beans Poriyal is a south indian stir fry dish, usually an accompaniment for rice.  Veggie stir fries are a must in our house no matter what the menu is like… i have  shared long beans poriyal or payathangai poriyal another form of green beans and also a spicy andhra style green beans fry if you…

  • Thengai Thogayal – Coconut Thuvaiyal Recipe

    Thengai Thogayal – Coconut Thuvaiyal Recipe

    Thengai Thogayal – is a basically a thick version of chutney goes well with idli dosa… even variety rice too. Its mostly considered a travel food / picnic food where this chutney stays good for a long time as we saute all the ingredients including coconut in oil. There are many versions to this thuvaiyal……

  • Gutti Dondakaya Vepudu – Stuffed Tindora – Stuffed Kovakkai

    Gutti Dondakaya Vepudu – Stuffed Tindora – Stuffed Kovakkai

    Gutti Dondakaya Vepudu – is a stir fry dish hailing from Andhra.. this simple dish made with Tindora / Ivy Gourd / Kovakkai -which are stuffed with special Andhra style spice blend (karam podi) The recipe is roughly based on the post shared by Sailusfood where you find mouthwatering authentic dishes from Andhra, thanks Sailu for…

  • Double Decker Burfi – Pineapple Vanilla Milk Burfi

    Double Decker Burfi – Pineapple Vanilla Milk Burfi

    Double Decker Burfi – we make things special every time, don’t we?? Today sharing the most requested recipe for Double Decker Burfi, which is a two layer milk burfi .. one vanilla flavored and other pineapple! There are no hard and fast rules that you use only certain flavors… there are a million chocolate burfi…