I love beetroot and I can have it raw as salad or as a delicious poriyal. My daughter likes poriyal and the pink poori I make with beet juice. But hubby dear hates beetroot and whenever I prepare a dish with it, he never touches it. Sometimes, I have to…
Last week, November 6th Wednesday, I was so shocked when I opened my FB page for updates. One of my FB friends posted that Tarla Dalalji is no more. I just couldn’t believe it. I searched for so long and after an hour, many updates started coming on friend’s walls…
For the second day of Blogging Marathon A-Z theme, I am posting under Bakes. Whenever I see Nigella cook, she bakes the vegetables to accompany her main course. I usually stir fry the vegetables in my daily cooking. Though I have tried baking vegetables, I don’t do it often. Today…
Salsa is meant as sauce in Spanish and it is also an important dish in Mexican cuisine. Salsa fresca/ Pico de Gallo is the salsa made with fresh tomatoes, onions and chillies. I made this yesterday along with Mexican Chihuahua rice for accompaniment and they tasted wonderful. You can eat…
This was the most delicious of all the dishes I prepared for the thali. Panchmel sabzi is a combination of five vegetables cooked together with spices to create a fabulous sabzi. The five vegetables can be of your choice. I used capsicum, cluster beans, potatoes, cucumber and beans. This also…
Mangodis are small nuggets made out of moong dhal. This is usually available at stores but making mangodis at home is also easy. As in Tamil Nadu we don’t get mangodis, I opted to try it at home. For the step wise processes, click on the link. The mangodis absorb all…
For the third day of Blogging Marathon#30 Week 1, here I come with another curd based dish. I got this recipe from my aunt and changed it according to my preferences. I also make this with banana stem. This pachadi goes very well with curd rice. You can prepare…
This is a simple paneer dish which tastes great with either rotis or with rice. I didn’t expect hubby to say that it is delicious but in fact he loved it and asked for another helping. This also can be used as a filling for samosas or stuffed parathas. You…
Like paneer butter masala, mushroom butter masala is also a rich gravy and goes well with all flat breads. I made it for dinner yesterday accompanied by rotis. It was so delicious and PK enjoyed it. It tasted like the Mushroom Butter Masala we used to have at The Temple…
Methi leaves and potato are classic combination and they taste awesome together. Yesterday I made this simple stir fry to go with sambar rice. My daughter loves a simple potato roast and I added the methi leaves to it for the extra taste. My daughter has started liking the bitterness from…