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Today’s breakfast is my own creation. I tend to get more creative when I am left with limited choice of ingredients:) I have made savoury, gluten free muffins today. I had attempted to make khuzhi appam with these ingredients few days back. But I was not very satisfied. It did taste very good but IRead more about Savoury Muffins[…]
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[…]
I made this gravy two days back. I had very limited choice of vegetables at home, the basic ones like potatoes, onions and some carrots. Initial plan was to make potato stir fried rice and carrot raita. Then I thought I’ll make potato stew and rice. Finally ended up creating a new recipe. As always, itRead more about Potatoes In Creamy Carrot And Cashew Gravy[…]
Two days back, I had been to a place called Sowcarpet in Chennai with my cousin, Uma. It’s a whole sale market area. We had spent almost half a day there. Uma, has had sandwich from a particular sandwich shop in that area sometime back. It seems that shop is known for their sandwiches. SheRead more about Sowcarpet Sandwich[…]
I had this sudden craving to have brownies, not any other sweet but warm and yummy brownies. I have made this instant brownie before and it always comes out good. Today was no exception at all:) I enjoyed warm, soft brownies with a scoop of chocolate ice cream:) Ingredients All purpose flour- 2 tbsps CocoaRead more about Instant Eggless Brownies[…]
Soya nuggets are very good source of protein and it is a perfect ingredient to use for making breakfast and school tiffin. Today, after a long time I made these wraps. Red and yellow capsicums give a good flavour and crunch to the filling. This is a complete, healthy and a wholesome meal and kidsRead more about Soya and Capsicum Wraps[…]
For Janmashtami, it’s a tradition in Tamil Brahmin families to make uppu seedai. Uppu in Tamil means salt. There is no exact translation for seedai. Seedai is basically deep fried crisp balls made with rice flour and little urad dal ( black gram) flour. Though the method of making this simple, probability of not gettingRead more about Uppu Seedai[…]
Yogurt is known as dahi in Hindi and thair in Tamil and Lady’s finger( okra) is known as bhindi in Hindi and vendakai in Tamil. I remember seeing this dahi bhindi recipe long back in a TV show. I came across this recipe again yesterday when I saw looking through my recipe note book. IRead more about Dahi Bhindi[…]
It’s my son, Arjjun’s birthday today. He is turning 18. When I asked him what he wanted for his special day, he said he wanted Ras malai:) Ras malai which is a traditional sweet from West Bengal is made with just 2 main ingredients, milk and sugar and some saffron. It’s really wonder that suchRead more about Ras Malai[…]
Kuzhipaniyaram is a speciality of Chetinadu cuisine. It’s made with batter made of rice and urad dal. Many uses idli batter to make Kuzhipaniyaram. That’s what even I used to do, but not any longer. Last year, I learnt the authentic recipe for Kuzhipaniyaram from my art teacher and very good friend, Geetha:) The firstRead more about Kuzhipaniyaram[…]
