This is a lip smacking gravy which goes well with rice and appalam. Prepared in till seed oil, it is very tasty. The Recipe: Ingredients: Small onion-20 Single garlic (Oru Poondu)-20 Tamarind- a small lemon sized ball Sambar powder-1 1/2tsp Turmeric powder-1/2 tsp Salt-to taste Till oil-3tbs Methi…
This is a healthy soup and very easy to prepare. This is a good diet for diabetics because it controls sugar. My MIL and my Mom used to drink it often because of diabetics. I and my Hubby drink it twice a week for reducing fat. The Recipe: Ingredients: Murungai…
Ven Pongal is a famous Tamil nadu breakfast menu usually had with sambhar, coconut chutney and medhu vadai. Made with basmati rice and moong dhal it tastes heavenly. It is full of cashew nuts, whole black pepper and cumin which makes the pongal spicy and delicious. Usually kids tend to…
Chutney goes well with all South Indian dishes like dosa, idli, paniyaram, aappam, idiyappam and many more. I would like to share different varieties of chutneys in this label. The Recipe: Ingredients: For the chutney: Coconut grated-2cups Fried gram- 1/8 cup Green chilly-3 Garlic-1pod Ginger-1 small piece Salt-to taste For…
The Recipe: Ingredients: For the chutney: Onion-3 Tomato-3 Garlic-5pods Green chilly-3 Salt-to taste Oil-2tsp For Seasoning: Mustard seeds-1tsp Urad dhal-1tsp Curry leaves-4 Procedure: Heat oil and add the ingredients for chutney and sauté. When fried well add 1/4 cup water and allow it to boil. When it boils simmer for…
This is the simple form of rasam. There are many varieties which I will be posting in the future. The Recipe: Ingredients: Dhal stock-5-6cups Tamarind-1 lemon sized ball Tomato-3nos Red chilly-4nos Pepper and cumin powder-2tsp Curry leaves-6nos Coriander leaves-for garnishing Mustard-1tsp Cumin-1tsp Methi seeds-1/2tsp Hing-1/2tsp Turmeric powder-1/2tsp…
You will note the change in one week when you eat these rolls for breakfast and dinner. All the best for happy dieting. The Recipe: Ingredients: Carrot-1 Beetroot-1 Radish-1 Salt- to taste Pepper powder-1/4tsp Oil-1/2tsp Procedure: 1. Grate radish, carrot and beetroot separately. 2. Heat oil and add radish and…
1. Boil milk and simmer for 10 minutes. When cool a layer of cream would have formed. Collect it and add a tsp of curd to it. leave it overnight. It would have transformed into curd. Store this in the fridge. 2 . Collect cream daily and store it in…
Hi! This is the first post I am posting from my blog. I was thinking of preparing a sweet on this happy occasion. I couldn’t decide. I remembered my aunt making GULAB JAMUN from scratch. So I decided to prepare it. Thank you Meena aunty for this yummy recipe. The…
Vazhai Poo or Banana blossom is flower from which we get raw bananas and fruits. After fruits come the remaining part of the flower is used for cooking delicious dishes. Vadas, kootu and kulambu are some of the dishes in which you can use banana blossom. The method of preparing…