This is a spicy side dish using the evergreen vegetable “Potatoes”. My daughter is a great fan of this vegetable. She takes potato for her lunch twice every week. But for her I prepare it very mildly adding a small pinch of red chilly powder. As I prepare it twice…
For last month’s Blog Hop Wednesday, I was paired with Vidya of Kurry Leaves Blog. I know I am late, but it is better to be late than never. Last month I was missing net connections due to house shifting. As soon as Radhika announced the pairs, I selected this…
Usually beans is prepared separately and carrot is prepared as a separate poriyal. But as my daughter likes this colour combination, I prepare it like this. This is very easy to prepare and delicious too. This poriyal finds its place in my daughter’s lunch box once in a week. While…
This is a great side dish for rasam saadam or paruppu saadam. My daughter is a fan of potato roast and I prepare it with out red chilly powder for her. Adding red chilly powder makes it hot and delicious. It is simple to prepare and can also be paired…
During Pongal, we buy Manjal Kothu for pooja. After Pongal, my mom used to leave that manjal kothu in river. Last year, I tried a pickle recipe with that fresh turmeric and it was a hit. So even this year I prepared a jar full of the pickle. I also…
Today is the fifth day of the week long Blogging Marathon#11. I prepared the famous side dish of Bihar today. It is very simple to prepare and very delicious. Biharis use it as an accompaniment with litti or roti. There are so many methods of preparing choka. While I searched…
PJ of Seduce Your Tastebuds, who is a great friend is expecting her second baby and friends from the group of Blogging Marathon were all very excited when we heard the news. We just needed to celebrate this. So we decided on a Virtual Baby Shower for PJ. In south…
For the third day of Blogging Marathon#9, I prepared karunai kilangu masiyal. Karunai kilangu is called as Yam Ordinary in English. While searching for the English name for the vegetable, I got so many confusing answers. Many of them have named it as elephant yam. But it is wrong. Elephant yam is the…
When I went to the store near our home, I saw a baby jack fruit there. Though I don’t know how to prepare it, I just bought it. I can surely learn from mom. The next day I asked mom on how to clean, cut and prepare baby jack fruit.…
This is again an experiment. I have not tried this combination. As Harini and Jaya asked us to use okra and bottle gourd in the menu, I thought of preparing this simple poriyal for side dish. This combination was nice and tasty. It went well with the Palak sambar and…