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Andhra Green Chili Chicken Curry – when i say chilli chicken… i really mean it! 🙂 This is not your typical INDO CHINESE chilly chicken… but its green chilli chicken made purely with spicy green chilies… Tasted one of the dry version at a restaurant back in chennai… and ever since wanted to replicate it in our style…. so lets…
Thippili Rasam – Long Pepper or Indian Long Pepper( pipli or pippali ) is a flowering vine with lot of medicinal properties.. a little stronger than regular black pepper. The dried flower of this plant is called Arisi thippili and roots are called Kandanthippili… both are good for your health and you can use any one of them for this…
Corn flour Halwa also known as Bombay Karachi Halwa with step wise picture, is no stranger to anyone…as kids we always drool over this glossy chewy halwa beautifully decorated with nuts lined up in perfect geometric shapes in mithai stores… Bombay halwa house in Mylapore, Chennai.. use to be my favorite spot to hunt for these… Well I’m not a…
Vazhakkai Bajji – is a very popular tea time snack in southern India… the moment is rains, you think of that “bajji” with a cup of coffee, sitting around with family and talk about sweet silly nothings! As a chennaite…my favorite place to hog on these is none other than Marina Beach, calls for soooooo many nostalgic moments with family…
Badam Halwa –Â A festival full of sweet memories, sky full of fireworks, mouth full of sweets, house full of deepams and heart full of enjoyment! Here is a scoop of love from my grandma’s Badam Halwa – indispensable for any kind of celebration in our family… be it a wedding, birthday, anniversary, festival, vacation, travel abroad…?ada! chumma exam pass pannaley…
Todays recipe “Pudalangai Poriyal” is a simple side dish for south indian meals. Snake Gourd / Pudalangai is very rich in fiber, increase hydration in body and most of all it strengthens the quality of your hair and aids in weight loss… hey then,I’m in! no matter whether I like it or not. This gourd is typically not anybody’s favorite, we…
Everyone of us will have some kind of favorite biscuits from our childhood. Some good picks for me would be … that tea kaadai butter biscuits, khara biscuits, orange cream, Britannia anytime orange flavored biscuits, also that kaju nei biscuits … that list is never ending 😆 😆 They all have fancy names today termed as cookies 😈 or whatever… for…
Todays recipe is all about Pudina Thogayal… wich is nothing but a thicker version of chutney and can be made in a variety of ways. Typical thuvaiyal- colloquially thogayal includes some lentil, tamarind and dry red chili as base and rest depends on what type we want to make. There are “coconut” version and “no coconut” version of thuvaiyals and…
Easy instant Pottukadalai murukku for any occasion is just minutes away… today I’m sharing my MIL’s pondy style pottukadalai murukku which usually made for deepavali pandigai in big big batches for distribution. Though the original recipe calls for homemade milled roasted rice flour… and also include vanaspathi in the place of butter…. that gives you a unique tea kadai style…
Simple South Indian style cabbage stir fry using purple variety of cabbage. As such that “purple” cabbage with that bright color is enough to tempt you… but I’ve added few green peas to make it more appealing. Nothing fancy…. just little tempering with saute and coconut garnish makes this veggie stir fry a great side dish for any rice dish….
