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Vazhaikai Podimas is a delicacy from Tamil Brahmins cuisine. It is a simple recipe made with simple and easily available ingredients at home. The trick in making perfect vazhaikai podimas lies in selection of the right kind of raw banana and cooking the banana. Raw banana should be firm and hard and not the tenderRead more about Vazhaikai Podimas[…]
I am very fond of fruits and nungu is one of my most favourite fruit. Palm fruit is called as Nungu in Tamizh. It’s commonly known as Ice apple is English as it looks like ice. Nungu is a summer fruit. It has lot of water content and is rich in sodium and potassium andRead more about Nungu Payasam[…]
There was lot of left over bread corner pieces in the fridge as I had made sandwiches 2 days back. Since I had stored it in an air tight box, it was quite fresh too. As I was thinking of a some quick recipe for breakfast, this idea of making Upma with fresh bread crumbsRead more about Bread Crumbs Upma[…]
Tomato rice is a very common dish and made often in most of the households. I made a very different tomato rice few days back for lunch. I had made roasted tomato rice. It was really unique and delicious. My family really liked it. It is my own recipe and like all my recipes, itRead more about Roasted Tomato Rice[…]
Today’s breakfast was Sandwich at home. Not a regular sandwich but a different one. It’s a protein rich sandwich made with usual ingredients available at home. This is my own recipe and as always very simple to make. I have used roasted chana dal( chutney dal/ pottu kadalai) flour to make this sandwich which makesRead more about Protein Rich Sandwich[…]
Hello everyone! Hope you are all doing well and staying safe.After quite sometime, I made biryani at home, Raw banana kofta Coconut milk biryani. The recipe is my own, little bit elaborate, but like all my recipes, very easy to make. I really enjoyed making this. No need for any special ingredients. Basic masalas wereRead more about Raw banana kofta Coconut milk Biryani[…]
Thokku is one variety of chutney, very commonly made in most of the Tamil Brahmins household. It has a better shelf life than chutney and needless to say, little more oil is used in making thokku. There are many varieties of thokku, but my family’s most favourite one is tomato thokku. I make this veryRead more about Tomato Thokku[…]
My daughter was almost pestering me to make something sweet. So, I made one of the easiest burfi that can made in a jiffy. Seven cups burfi is the first sweet dish that i had learnt to make during my college days. Today, I just added some chocolate powder to the recipe to give aRead more about Chocolate Seven Cups Burfi[…]
As the name suggests, this is one of the famous varieties of rasam from the Karnataka cuisine. I am fond of all varieties of rasam. But Mysore rasam tops the list. My family too loves this rasam. It’s a simple to make, healthy, aromatic and absolutely delicious rasam. I am going to share my foolRead more about Mysore Rasam[…]
Few days back, i had called a few of my school friends home for dinner. One of my friends wanted me to make pineapple kesari. When i went out for shopping, I saw fresh, bright and beautiful red carrots. As i saw them, I automatically started visualising delicious carrot halwa. Immediately, I made up myRead more about Carrot Khoa Kesari[…]
