A recipe for passion is always simmering !
Mangoes are in season now and every market here has some type to offer. My favorite is the raw mango (we call it kilimukku) but unfortunately never ever get that here, but there are other raw mangoes which flock the Indian stores this time of the year and this week had a chance to grab a few for new year…
7 Cup Burfi, 7 cup Barfi, 7 cup cake or 7 cup sweet is an easy burfi made with 5 ingredients, the total of the ingredients measures to 7 cups and hence its named as 7 cup sweet. It looks like a Mysore pak with a soft feel and at the same time a crunchy finish like that of a coconut burfi. We…
Easy south Indian style sambar using bottle gourd!
Kathirikai Murungakkai Kara Kuzhambu– is a thick tamarind based South Indian gravy often served as accompaniment for rice. It is usually made plain or with vegetables, sometimes non veg based too… and a typical kara kuzhambu includes sambar onion, tomato with one or two vegetables and the most common form is brinjal & drumstick based gravy. T his is something…
Sometimes we all need a good homemade dessert and the last thing we all want to do is spend time in the kitchen cooking 😈 And there are days when you want to have a sweet treat and it has to be like right now, right? no worries that what you have a microwave for! Here is an easy chocolatey…
EASY CHUTNEY RECIPES – SIDE DISH FOR IDLI DOSA Collection of Chutneys, Thokku & Pachadi recipes– an array of chutney, Thokkus, thuvaiyals recipes, great as a side for breakfast items like Idli, dosai, adai, pongal, pesarattu, upma, khichadi etc… I have compiled a list of all chutney recipes from my site, click on the picture to direct to the respective…
Karamani Vadai / Cow peas vadai or fritter is a perfect tea time snack and taste similar to masala vadai. Some people make these during Ganesh chaturthi but we at home usually make it on a veg-day as a side for kara kuzhambu or just as a quick evening snack. They are quite easy as such, with less soaking time…
Puran Poli /Boli / Bobbatlu /Holige / Obabattu is a sweet flatbread from India prepared during festive occasions. Poli is a traditional sweet which is usually prepared during Bogi pandigai, we also make it during Vinayagar Chathurti and Diwali. Every region has its own way of preparing this sweet pancake, we normally make it with lots of coconut and jaggery….
Drumsticks are loaded with valuable minerals, healthy proteins and minerals, whenever I see fresh drumsticks in my local stores, I grab a few to enjoy. Apart from adding drumsticks to sambar we also make a thick curry with it which goes well as a side for samabr, rasam sadam, especially suits well for thick dal kind of dish and also…
Mullu murukku is always on top of the list during diwali preparations, we make few varieties of these for distribution to family and friends. It is quite simple & versatile to make with few ingredients and we get to make the combo that we like. Its plain rice flour combined with either bengal gram flour or roasted gram flour or…
