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Snake gourd is called as pudalangai in Tamil and chichinda in Hindi. It’s a very healthy vegetable but not a popular one. Snake gourd is very high in water content and has a cooling effect on the body, hence it helps in handling the summer heat. Snake gourd is low in calories, fat-free, and goodRead more about Stuffed Snake Gourd in Spicy Yogurt Gravy[…]
It will be very rare to find a South Indian who will not like dosa. And am certainly not an exception. I can have dosa for any meal. I specially love crispy ( moru moru) dosas. Today morning I made moru moru dosas ( moru moru is a Tamil word for crispness). It always givesRead more about Moru Moru Dosa[…]
Fenugreek seeds are called as vendhayam in Tamil and methi in Hindi. Fenugreek seeds and leaves are strongly aromatic and full of flavour. Though seeds are bitter, it loses the bitterness on roasting slightly. They are rich in vitamin B, folic acid, vitamin A and C and very rich source of minerals like iron, calcium,Read more about Vendhaya Khuzhambu […]
As usual, when I was looking through my recipe note books, I came across this recipe of Mirchi ka Salan, a very famous dish from Hyderabadi cuisine. This is Tarla Dalal’s recipe. I didn’t have the green chillies. But I had the small brinjals (baingan). The recipe seemed to almost similar to bhagare baingan. SoRead more about Baingan ka Salan[…]
It’s only now that my daughter asks me to pack rice for school lunch. It has always been prohibited before. I always try to give a wholesome and complete dish ( one pot meal) for lunch. I made capsicum rice today. I had planned to add some soya granules to enhance the protein content. ButRead more about Protein Rich Capsicum Rice[…]
I was going through all my recipe note books few days back. I started writing down recipes from my college days. I used to copy from magazines, note down seeing cookery shows etc. While I was going through my very first recipe note book, I saw this recipe. This was one of the recipes taughtRead more about Brinjal Rasam[…]
My husband is not at all fond of Rajma, whereas I love rajma. Rajma and rice is one of my most favourite meal. Today I thought of making rajma in a different way to see if my husband would like that. First I thought of making rajma in chetinadu style. Then I saw this GhassiRead more about Rajma Ghassi […]
I learnt to make this long back in Muscat from a good friend, Lakshmi. I was very very new to cooking that time. I followed her recipe blindly and am so glad that I did that. Till date I follow her recipe whenever I make Nei Appam. I have shared this recipe with almost allRead more about Nei Appam[…]
Mango is known as manga in Tamil and Aam in Hindi. Manga thokku is a very traditional instant, cooked pickle variety from Tamil cuisine. Raw and sour mangoes are grated and is cooked in sesame oil, seasoned with red chilli powder and salt. As not much of salt and oil is used for making thisRead more about Manga Thokku[…]
My sister and her kids have come home to stay with us for few days. I decided to make onion rava dosa for breakfast as its their favourite. I follow Mrs Mallika Badrinath recipe for most of the South Indian tiffin varieties. And Rava dosa is one of her fool proof recipe. It tastes exactlyRead more about Onion Rava Dosa[…]
