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Semolina is known as rava in Tamil and suji in Hindi. Rava idli is one of my family’s favourite breakfast. I follow the famous Mrs Mallika Badhrinath’s recipe for rava idli. It is a fool proof recipe and I have shared this many of my friends. I have tried many variations with this basic recipeRead more about Multi Grain Idli[…]
Paneer Bhurji is a very delicious and a popular recipe of paneer. It’s very healthy and very easy to make and can be made in a jiffy. It’s good to use fresh and homemade paneer for this recipe. Today, I made this for lunch with a sweet twist. I have added some ripe sweet mangoes.Read more about Methi Mango Paneer Bhurji[…]
Farfalle are a type of pasta. Commonly known as “bow-tie pasta”, the name is derived from the Italian word farfalla which means butterfly. The “e” at the end of the word is the Italian feminine plural ending, making the meaning of the word “butterflies”. Farfalle date back to the 16th century in Lombardy and Emilia Romagana in Northern Italy. I have been wanting to try pasta withRead more about Stir Fried Lentils and Farfalle Pasta[…]
Watermelon Rind Dosa Few days back, I had made watermelon Othappam. I had used watermelon juice to make the Othappam batter. Two days back, when I was cutting the watermelon, as always, I kept aside the rind which was to be discarded. Just when I was about to do that, I got this idea toRead more about Watermelon Rind Dosa[…]
Yesterday I bought some mangoes. While buying I decided that the breakfast for today will be puri with aam rus. It’s one of my very favourite breakfast. Since I had fresh peas too, I thought of making peas puris. Somehow, that idea led to kachoris. This is the first time am making kachoris. IRead more about Peas and Badam Kachoris[…]
Adai is a very traditional breakfast of Tamil Nadu. It’s a variety of dosa. It’s made of combination of lentils and rice. It’s thicker than dosa, crispy and spicy. It’s rich in protein, healthy and wholesome. Unlike dosa, the batter for adai need not be fermented. Though many have it have for breakfast, in ourRead more about Adai[…]
Ven Pongal is a very traditional and a very popular breakfast of Tamil Nadu:) It’s the tamil cuisine version of Khichidi. It is a must in all the wedding breakfast menu:) Though all of us like Ven Pongal at home, I don’t make it often as this dish requires a lot of ghee which isRead more about Ven Pongal[…]
This is something that I saw in a cookery video in one of the face book pages. It was a simple and an interesting variation of making bread cups. Had bread today. So made this cute flower bread cups with a healthy filling:) Ingredients Bread slices – 8 Grated processed cheese- 1/2 cup Chopped onions-Read more about Bread Flower Cups[…]
Upma or Uppuma or Uppittu is a common South Indian and breakfast dish, cooked with dry roasted rava( semolina), vermicelli, rice rava or fails. Various seasonings and/or vegetables are often added during the cooking, depending on individual preferences. Upma is a healthy and wholesome dish for breakfast. It can be served as snack or for dinner too. There are many varieties of Upma. IRead more about Polenta Masala Upma[…]
This again is my creation, idea inspiration from the show Master Chef. The contestants had to create new recipe using watermelon as the main ingredient. One of the contestant made watermelon othappam. I found that idea to be very interesting. I have taken the idea from the show and created this recipe. It was suchRead more about Mini Watermelon Othappam[…]
