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Vazhaikai Varuval is an easy pan fry version of raw banana which goes well as a side dish with sambar, rasam or thayir sadam. This is one of the easiest way to use them… just massage them with masala and shallow fry over a tawa. Ingredients Raw Banana / Vazhaikkai – 1 (about 15 circular pieces) Turmeric powder – 1/4…
Mutton Vellai Kurma is a coconut based gravy… is a usual in our home on sundays. We make this for our breakfast… as a side for idli dosa , poori, idiyappam. Non veg days calls mutton, chicken.. & on saturday’s its veggie style! This is more like weekend ritual back home.. where we make some kind of kurma kuzhambu with…
Vegetable Gotsu is an easy accompaniment for Idli dosa or Pongal. Normally gotsu is made with dal and veggie combination with no ginger garlic in it but this idea adapted from one of those Arusuvai Idhu thani suvai TV program by Mrs. Revathy Shanmugam where she shares making a gotsu using ginger garlic paste which gives kind of a masala…
Prawn Biryani – this is totally our style of making seafood kind of biryani….include coconut milk in cooking the rice. Yes, it does bring out the flavor so much rather than cooking in regular water. You can make this biryai in regular rice cooker…. works like a charm or go with pressure cooker which is yummier or even just a…
Vegetable Stew for Appam is one lip smacking combo… normally thengai paal / sweetened coconut milk is served , for those who want a spicy side can go with this stew which is light, creamy, coconut-ty rich! Ingredients for Stew Mixed Vegetables – 2 cups (carrot, potato, green peas) Onions – 1/2 cup (thinly sliced) Green Chilli – 3 (slit…
Mint Mirch Masala is a rich gravy made with spicy chillies (mirch) something like butter masala but with minty flavor. Again there are million ways to make it using a variety of chillies… I have shared my version which uses spicy chillies in the masala but made colorful with sweet peppers, also added Paneer for some extra attractive which is…
Vegetable Saagu is a coconut based gravy from Karnataka… more like our Vegetable kurma but with much more color and flavor, a great side dish for idli dosa poori or chapathi. This scrumptious recipe is adapted from Smithakalluraya ‘s blog was on my list for a long time and had a chance to try this last week for our lunch…
Pasta Tikka Masala 🙂 why not? lets try this simple and quick pasta tikka masala with just 5 ingredients using Banza Chickpea pasta which is non GMO, Gluten free, high in protein, vegan, soy free &kosher. Thank you Banza for having confidence in me and sending this kit to try…. you pasta was so good and my kid loved it,…
Elumichai Thengai Sadam – ?? yes, lemony flavor coconut rice packed for today’s lunch box. Just that i like to try new combinations.. was searching for coconut combo rice dishes and this one pops up from Blendwithspices and I tried it right away….Thanks Chandana for this fabulous rice dish, turned out awesome! Ingredients Cooked rice – 2 cups Fresh grated coconut…
Noolkol Poriyal – i just love this humble veggie… they call it kohlrabi here and back home we call it knol khol…super markets here have them soooo fresh along with the leafy top…that you may want a take a bite right away! Well, there are quite a few ways to enjoy this veggie, easiest of all is to make a…
