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Mojito is basically a cocktail made with mint leaves, lemon, white rum, sugar and soda water. Today I made a mocktail with mango based on this recipe. It’s very easy to make and truly a very refreshing summer drink:) Ingredients Ripe mango – 1 Sugar – 4 -6 tsps Mint leaves – 2 tbsps LemonRead more about Mango Mojito[…]
Thokku is a very famous variety of pickle from Tamil cuisine. It’s made with onion/ tomato/ mango/ coriander leaves/ curry leaves / mint leaves. It’s generally served along with curd rice or sometimes with hot steamed rice drizzled with some melted ghee. It can served with rotis and parathas too. Of all the varieties ofRead more about Mango Thokku[…]
I learnt this recipe from my dear friend Sunitha many years back. We were in Muscat that time. I and few of my friends had gone to her house for a coffee morning meet. This was a very popular routine among our friends group. Once in a while we used to meet up is friend’sRead more about Cabbage Chutney[…]
After many years, I made Malai koftas for lunch today. I don’t make koftas often as it needs to be deep fried. Today I had planned to make parathas for lunch. I had limited choice of vegetables, but lot of milk. So I decided to make paneer and that led to this idea of makingRead more about Malai Kofta[…]
Today, I am celebrating the first anniversary of my blog. I started blogging 13th December 2014. I have been posting recipe every single day till last week. I couldn’t continue to post due the floods and after effects. Today, I made this simple, soft,fragrant ,melt in mouth and delicious cake to celebrate my blogging journeyRead more about Eggless Orange Cardamom Cake[…]
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[…]
Chunda is a very authentic Gujarati sweet and sour mango pickle. Traditionally, chunda is made is mixing grated raw mango and sugar and sun dried for few days till the sugar melts and gets syrup consistency. Then the spices are mixed. Chunda has very a long shelf life. It can be stored even for aRead more about Chunda[…]
Today, I didn’t had to pack lunch. Both kids were at home and my husband had a lunch meeting. So, decided to make an interesting one pot meal. My daughter is very fond of American Chopsuey. That’s her standard order in Chinese restaurants. I decided to make that as a treat for her ( sheRead more about American Chopsuey[…]
Wood apple is known as vilampazham in Tamil. It’s usually offered as prasad on Ganesh Chaturthi. It has lot of health benefits and it’s very rich in minerals like iron, phosphorus and calcium. It’s also a rich source of vitamin B and citric acid. The pulp of the ripe wood apple is mixed with jaggeryRead more about Wood Apple Chutney[…]
Tamarind is known as Puli in Tamil. Tamarind rice is a very popular variety rice dish from Tamil Nadu. Tamarind rice is made by mixing cooked rice with reduced tamarind sauce. This reduced tamarind sauce is called as Pulikaichal ( puli means tamarind and kaichal means the process of reduction). Pulikaichal can be stored forRead more about Pulikaichal[…]
