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Uthappam is a South Indian version of pancake with vegetable toppings. It is a very famous breakfast dish of Tamil Nadu. Served with chutney and sambar, it becomes a very, healthy, complete and wholesome breakfast. Generally everyone makes uthappam with left over idli batter. I used to do the same, till I came across MrsRead more about Onion Uthappam[…]
Kuzhi appam is a speciality of Chetinadu Cuisine. Rice and urad dal is used to make the traditional Kuzhi appam. Few days back, my sister Uma, shared the recipe of corn appam. In that recipe whole corn was used. But I have replaced it with corn rava ( to make it easier for grinding) andRead more about Corn Appam[…]
My daughter wanted me to give her paneer wraps as it has been a long time since I made that for school tiffin. I had this eastern shahi paneer masala packet with me. So, instead making the paneer the usual way with onion, tomatoes, I made shahi paneer as the the filling. I made itRead more about Shahi Paneer Wraps[…]
Semolina in known as rava in Tamil and sooji in Hindi. Rava Upma is one of my most favourite breakfast option. In fact, I can have it for any meal. It’s a very humble and a very commonly made breakfast in South India. Though it’s very easy to make, one can easily go wrong inRead more about Rava Upma[…]
This is a easy to make and a very healthy one pot meal. Today, I had gone out for shopping with my daughter and my dad. We had lunch out and I didn’t do much cooking in the morning. Though I thoroughly enjoyed my shopping trip, I was quite tired and was not in aRead more about Methi Moong Millet Khichidi […]
Yogurt in known as Thair in Tamil and Dahi in Hindi. My best friends from college had come home for lunch today. I had made a South Indian lunch. For starters, I had planned to make masala vadai. Then I thought instead of that I’ll do something which will not involve deep frying. I haveRead more about Thair Idli[…]
Poha Upma is not that much a preferred breakfast at home. So, I try many variations to make it more interesting. Today, I have added peas and peanuts to make it more protein enriched. Instead of adding the peanuts in the tempering, I powdered the peanuts and added it to the poha to give aRead more about Peas and Peanuts Poha[…]
Upma kozhakatai also known as Pidi kozhakatai is a very traditional Tamil Brahmin dish. It’s generally made for breakfast or evening snack. Upma kozhakatai is a actually rice dumplings. Rice is ground to a coarse powder along with little tuvar dal and pepper, made into upma, which in turn is rolled into balls and steamed.Read more about Upma Kozhakatai […]
I had readymade paneer butter masala packet ( Eastern brand). It’s not the ready to eat variety, just a dry masala mix. I did not want to make the regular paneer butter masala with that. I wanted to do something very different. First I thought of using this masala as a marination for tikkas. ButRead more about Cutlets Butter Masala[…]
This is again one more new recipe that I created and tried in my kitchen. For the first time I used readymade kadai masala ( Eastern brand). I found it very convenient. The masala was mild and the flavour was good. Instead of making kadai vegetable and rotis, I decided to make one pot meal asRead more about Kadai Vegetable Semiya[…]
