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Another simple South Indian lunch menu from my kitchen. The best thing about South Indian cooking is that the amount of oil used for cooking is very less. Oil is basically used only for tempering. Generally when I make morekuzhambhu( South Indian Kadhi), I add tomatoes to it. Today, I have added banana stem. BansnaRead more about Simple Lunch Menu 8[…]
Cabbage stir fry is a very common dish made at home. Today, for the first time,I have made it in Andhra style. I followed the recipe from sailusfood.com. I did make few small changes in the recipe. Senagapappu means chana dal ( Bengal gram/ kadalai paruppu) in Telugu and vepudu means fry. Chana dal reallyRead more about Cabbage Senagapappu Vepudu[…]
Potato roast is my family’s most favourite dish and a part of our weekend lunch menu. Actually it will be very rare to find someone who will not like potato roast. Every family will have their own recipe and way of making this dish. Today, am sharing my recipe with you all:) Ingredients Baby potatoes –Read more about Potato Roast[…]
Snake gourd is called as pudalangai in Tamil and chichinda in Hindi. It’s a very healthy vegetable but not a popular one. Snake gourd is very high in water content and has a cooling effect on the body, hence it helps in handling the summer heat. Snake gourd is low in calories, fat-free, and goodRead more about Stuffed Snake Gourd in Spicy Yogurt Gravy[…]
As usual, when I was looking through my recipe note books, I came across this recipe of Mirchi ka Salan, a very famous dish from Hyderabadi cuisine. This is Tarla Dalal’s recipe. I didn’t have the green chillies. But I had the small brinjals (baingan). The recipe seemed to almost similar to bhagare baingan. SoRead more about Baingan ka Salan[…]
There are many recipes of stuffed brinjal. Today I have made very traditional Tamil Brahmin recipe with some changes ( my personal touch). It’s one my most favourite dish, something that I look forward to eat while making . It always comes out well and today was no different. Am very happy to share myRead more about Stuffed Brinjals[…]
Kootu is a tamil word which means ‘add’ i.e. vegetable added with lentils and cooked together. It is semi-solid in consistency, less aqueous than sambar but more so than dry curries. Some cook the vegetable and lentil separately and then mix it. But I prefer to pressure cook both together as it saves time andRead more about Chow Chow Kootu[…]
Raw banana is known as Vaazhaikai in Tamil and Kacha Kela in Hindi. It is very low in saturated fat, cholesterol and sodium. It is also a good source of dietary fiber, Vitamin C, Potassium and Manganese, and a very good source of Vitamin B6. Today I have made a spicy stir fry with Vaazhaikai.Read more about Vaazhaikai Masala Curry[…]
I heard about Aamrus aloo for the first time in Chef Venkatesh Bhat’s show. I found it to be very different and interesting. Now being the mango season, I wanted to try this recipe. As I had not noted down his exact recipe, I browsed the net to find out more about this recipe. IRead more about Aamrus Aloo Matar[…]
Red curry is a very popular Thai dish consisting of red curry paste cooked in coconut milk and added with meat or vegetables or tofu (vegetarian protein). Thai cuisine is one of our family’s most favourite, specially the red curry with mixed vegetables. I follow Nita Mehta’s recipe for this dish and it has alwaysRead more about Thai Red Curry[…]
