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This will be probably the most easiest way to make healthy and yummy sambar in a jiffy. Few days back I shared my mom’s prized recipe for Instant Sambar Powder. It’s her own creation and she has made it for her own convenience. Today, I sharing the recipe to make sambar with this powder. Mix,Read more about Instant Sambar[…]
After a long time I bought baby corns. My plan was to make Chinese food for lunch today. But I couldn’t manage to get spring onions. So I made a new gravy along with paneer and served it with coconut and onion rice:) The gravy was rich, creamy, yummy and my kids really loved it:)Read more about Baby Corn and Paneer Subzi[…]
Banana stem is known as vazhaithandu in Tamil. It’s a very humble and a healthy vegetable. It has very less calories and high fibre content. It is diuretic and recommended for people who are suffering from kidney stones and gall bladder stones. It’s good for diabetic patients and it aids weight loss. Ingredients Chopped vazhaithanduRead more about Vazhaithandu Paruppu Curry[…]
After lot of festive cooking, now it’s back to basic and simple food at home. Today for lunch I made Jeera rasam. Cumin seeds are known as jerragam in Tamil. This is a very mild, therapeutic and a delicious rasam. I learnt to make this rasam from my maternal grand mom, who was an expertRead more about Jeera Rasam[…]
Today, am going to share one of my mom’s most special recipe, Instant Sambar powder. It’s her own creation. You just have to mix in water, add vegetables, boil and temper and a delicious sambar is ready to serve. Just imagine how convenient it will be to make yummy sambar within few minutes. Trust meRead more about Instant Sambar Powder[…]
It’s raining heavily in Chennai. Schools were declared as a holiday today. First I thought of making hot puris and aloo rus for breakfast. Then changed my mind and made this new, wholesome and yummy corn rava khichdi. The khichdi was very colourful, full of flavour and absolutely yummy. My kids feasted on the hotRead more about Corn Rava Khichidi[…]
It was a simple lunch at home today. I made a new rasam with raw mango. It’s my own recipe and very simple to make. The rasam came out very well, spicy and tangy with a mild flavour of the delicious mango:) Ingredients Tuvar dal ( pigeon peas) – 1/2 cup Chopped raw mango –Read more about Raw Mango Rasam[…]
Kadhambam in Tamil means mixture. Today, I made a new variety of sambar using mixture of vegetables. I had noted down the recipe of this sambar long time back, not sure from where. The sambar was very aromatic, spicy, tangy and absolutely yummy:) Ingredients Tuvar dal ( pigeon peas) – 3/4th cup Turmeric powder –Read more about Masala Kadhamba Sambar[…]
I had spent really lot of time in the kitchen preparing Diwali sweets for the past few days. So, I wanted to make a simple but a wholesome meal for lunch. Today’s lunch menu was Crispy Okra lentil Rice served with raita. Okra is known as vendakai in Tamil and bhindi in Hindi. This isRead more about Crispy Okra Lentil Rice[…]
It’s a tradition in our family to make Bajji ( pakoras) on the eve of Diwali. It’s also one of my family’s most favourite snack. There is no need for any special skill to make perfect bajjis. But it’s very important to use the correct proportions of both the flours ( gram flour and riceRead more about Bajji[…]
