Category: Tamil Nadu
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Lunch / Dinner Menu 6 – South Indian Vegetarian Lunch Menu – Recipes
Here comes a variety vegetarian lunch menu for this weekend. The usually sambar, kara kuzhambu routine was just too much to handle, so tried this variety lunch combo and everyone at home liked it. Super easy to make with everyday kitchen pantry items. Lunch Idea / Vegetarian Lunch Menu / Lunch Dinner Menu 6 – South…
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COCONUT RICE RECIPE – Thengai Sadam
Coconut rice/ Thangai sadam/ Kobbari annam is a common staple food in South India especially in Tamil Nadu. This is an authentic rice dish prepared with freshly grated coconut seasoned with mustard, cumin, dry red chilies, fresh curry leaves and combination of dals for a nutty taste and texture. This is one of simplest rich…
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MEDHU VADAI RECIPE | ULUNDU VADAI | மெது வடை
Traditional South Indian fritters made with urad dal (Black lentils) served for breakfast!
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Lunch / Dinner Menu 5 – South Indian Vegetarian Lunch Menu – Recipes
It been a while since I posted under lunch menu series and here is a vegetarian style menu which I typical pick for a saturday’s lunch. Today’s menu is very simple – some kara kuzhambu using drumsticks which I to prepare like a poricha kuzhambu and to go with it I made keerai poriayal and…
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SEMIYA KESARI RECIPE – Vermicelli Kesari recipe
Description: Kesari is a delicious Indian dessert made with semolina. Semiya kesari is just a variation where they use Vermicelli instead of semolina. Amma makes the typical orange color rava kesari for most of the pooja days and special occasions. Poor vermicelli usually goes into payasams! Though not that popular its still an easy dessert…
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Kids School Lunch Box 7– Mini Vegetable Cutlets
Description: Today’s lunch box theme is a little fancy. Sid enjoys deep fried foods as much as I do, Who doesn’t? Cutlets, vadais, urundais, pakodas… he just gobbles in no time. He was giving me suggestions nowadays as to what to pack for his school lunches. The other day I made some vegetable cutlets to…
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Vendakkai Poriyal Recipe (Bhindi Stir Fry with Peanuts) – Okra Stir Fry
Description: Simple stir fried Okra/ Lady’s finger/ Vendakkai in spice powder with roasted peanuts. Okra stir fry is a very popular side dish that is served or eaten with rice/chapati. It makes a nice combo for everyday sambar, rasam or curd rice varieties. I found this interesting combination of adding peanuts to regular okra fry…
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SWEET SOMAS RECIPE – How to make Sweet Somas – Kajjikayalu Recipe
Description: Sweet somas is a light crescent shaped traditional sweet that is prepared during Diwali festival. One major advantage of this sweet is it has good shelf life and can be stored for weeks. At home Amma and MIL will usually start a week before deepavali and make these in batches along with other sweet…
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Sweet Corn Sundal – Navaratri Sundal Recipes
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…
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MILLET RECIPES – How to Cook Millets – KODO MILLET / VARAGU ARISI VEN PONGAL
Description: Nowadays Millets / Siru Dhanyam are getting popular because of their many health benefits. Back home amma and MIL used to make a few dishes, but never really paid attention as these millets were not easily available here in USA. But now due to health concerns it has almost become staple at my mom’s…