Kesar Badam Kulfi
We are finding all sorts of way to keep ourselves cool in this hot summer! I am trying to use all seasonal vegetables in my kitchen and also trying to prepare many different types of ice-cream and...
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Dum Aloo or Aloo Dum, a rich and special dish in Kashmiri Cuisine and also in Punjabi Cuisine. The baby potatoes are first deep fried, then cooked slowly at low flame in a gravy with spices. Nowadays...
View ArticlePalak Poori Recipe | Spinach Poori Recipe
Palak (Spinach) added to poori or paratha makes the recipe whole more interesting and healthy. Adding greens regularly in our diet is very nutritious for our health. To make spinach recipes more...
View ArticleAvarakkai Kootan Recipe | Avarakkai Sambar | Flat Beans Sambar
Avarakkai Kootan (Avarakkai Sambar) , is a yummy kuzhambu variety and I learnt this recipe from my mom and she used to call this kuzhambu as kootan and she serves this yummy kuzhambu with appalam. This...
View ArticleAsparagus Paruppu Usili Recipe
Paruppu Usili is the crumbled soft dal which is combined with vegetables to make very delicious Poriyal variety or dry curry. The most common vegetables used for Usili are Banana Flower, Beans and...
View ArticleMint Lachha Paratha | Pudhina Paratha
Lacha Paratha Multi Layered Indian Bread made of whole wheat flour.. A simple Lacha Paratha is enhanced with mint leaves. Lacha Paratha is much similar to Parotta, we are going to make a multi layered...
View ArticleIdli Tikka Recipe | Kid’s Friendly Snack with Left over Idli
Idli Tikka, a mouth-watering snack made using mini idli marinated in curd along with spices and vegetables which are then inserted in a skewer and grilled or cooked on tawa to get delicious tikka. Most...
View ArticleKarasev
Karasev is a very quick and easy to make snack with besan, rice flour and pepper as the main ingredients. We can feel the spice of coarsely ground pepper in each bite of karasev which makes this more...
View ArticleDates and Nuts Roll | Khajur Roll
Dates and nuts roll, also referred as Khajur Roll is a nutrient packed sugarless sweet variety. Packed with iron rich dates and crunchy nuts this is one of the easy to make sweet. The sweetness of the...
View ArticleManga Vellarika Mor Kuzhambu | Raw Mango Cucumber Pulissery
Raw Mango Mor Kuzhambu is a very simple, yummy kuzhambu variety made using yoghurt, raw mango and cucumber along with rich flavor of coconut and spices. The preparation of Mor kuzhambu for this recipe...
View ArticleParuppu Podi | Ambika Appalam Paruppu Podi Recipe | Garlic Paruppu...
Paruppu podi, a must have homemade powder in many of our pantry especially in Tamil Nadu. Whenever we feel lazy or just returned from travel, we can quickly make rice and mix the paruppu podi along...
View ArticlePanchamel Dal Recipe | Rajasthani Panchamel Dal Recipe
Panchamel dal is a traditional dal variety from Rajastani Cuisine. It is Protein rich dish as we need to concoct 5 different dal along with Indian Spices. This is one of the no onion no garlic dal. 5...
View ArticleInstant Khatta Dhokla using Idli Batter Recipe
Khatta Dhokla is fermented and steam savory cake made from rice, urad dal along with yogurt. This is an Instant method of using fermented Idli batter. This would be an easy method, as most of us have...
View ArticleAadi Month Festivals and Events
Aadi month(July 16th – August 16th) is the 4th month of the Tamil Calender. The next six months from Aadi to Margazhi is the Dakshinayana punyakalam. It marks the beginning of the night of Devas....
View ArticleGhee Rice Recipe | Nei Soru Recipe
Nei soru (Ghee Rice) is one of the popular rice variety in Southern India, especially in Malabar region of Kerala. Its a one pot rice that is perfect for kids’ lunch box. This rice is rich in ghee with...
View ArticleMalai Kofta Recipe | Restaurant Style Malai Kofta Recipe
Malai Kofta, one of the rich vegetarian gravy served in most of of the restaurants. Malai means cream and Kofta means fried balls. So, it’s the koftas in the creamy gravy. In this recipe, the Koftas...
View ArticleMurungai Keerai Kuzhambu | Drumstick Leaves Kuzhambu Recipe
There are so many different varieties of spinach available and each one has their own unique qualities and nutritional values. Some greens have bitter taste too. Drumstick Leaves are one super...
View ArticleTherattipal Recipe | Pal Khova with Jaggery | Pal Kova using Jaggery
Therattipal, also popularly referred as Pal Khova is one of the traditional milk sweet in India. Therattipal, name itself suggests collecting the milk solids till its thick. Conventionally we use sugar...
View ArticlePesarattu Recipe | Pesarattu Dosa Recipe | Green Gram Dosa Recipe
Pesarattu or Pesarattu dosa is one of the popular breakfast in Andhra Cusine. Its a dosa variety, but unlike conventional dosa batter made with rice and urad dal, pesarattu batter is made with green...
View ArticleOnion Samosa | Theatre Samosa | Tea Kadai Samosa | Patti Samosa
Onion Samosa is a very popular South Indian Snack variety. Samosa is a popular Indian appetizer or snack usually served with tea / coffee for any parties. Samosa is a deep fried or baked pastry with a...
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