This is the basic version of raitha. You could be creative and add various ingredients to prepare a variety of raithas. Every one in my place love this simple raitha. It goes very well with biriyani and pulao. Ingredients: Onion-3 Curd-1cup Salt- to taste Procedure: 1. Chop onions to thin…
The thuvaiyal is the recipe of my mom. I just gave a small twist to the thuvaiyal recipe to suit my needs. I have been suffering from severe cold for more than 10 days. Karpuravalli Leaves are great medicine for curing cold. So I just added those herbs in the…
The gravy is from my MIL’s kitchen Gravy Ingredients For Gravy:Peerkangai (Ridge Gourd)-2Onion-2Tomato-3Coconut (grated)-1/2cupSambhar powder-1tspTurmeric powder-1/2tspMustard, cumin and urad dhal -For seasoning.Cilantro – For garnishingProcedure:1. Prepare a paste of coconut and 1 tomato in a mixer grinder.2. Heat oil and add mustard, urad dhal and cumin. When splutters add onion.3.…
This is a sweet which my hubby likes very much. I just gave a little twist to the normal coconut laddus by adding condensed milk and the result was great. I prepared this during a day of navarathri for prasadam. I took the snaps but couldn’t post it. Now I…
This is a very easy coloured rice which is also very healthy. It goes well with any raitha and papad. This takes less amount of time for preparation and it can also be used as lunch box meal for your kids. My daughter liked it because of the lovely colour.…
This is a healthy version of pooris. I just added 1/2 cup of cooked palak paste to the poori dough with a pinch of baking soda to get lovely green pooris. This was made as an attempt to make my daughter eat palak. And at last I succeeded in doing…
This was a tasty dish which uses paneer which is my favourite. Grilled in oven the colour was lovely and inviting. You can use homemade paneer cubes if you like. For the preparation of homemade paneer click here I am sending this to FLAVOURS OF PUNJAB event hosted by Pari…
Now I will be sharing with you my experiments on three Punjabi Dishes: Atta Pinni ( a sweet ball made out of ghee and atta), Amritsari Paneer (Grilled Paneer) and Punjabi Kulcha ( a flat bread made with maida and curd).The experiment was a great success. All the dishes came…
This is an important dish in south India. We prepare it for all festivals and poojas. There is a tradition in which people pray god for something and if that is fulfilled they prepare pongal in temples and distribute it to devotees. I prepared it in mud pot to make…
I was going thru the net for a nice poppy seed recipe. I saw this poppy seeds dinner rolls. The original recipe had eggs. But I just omitted the eggs because I don’t eat eggs. The result was great. I am sending this to CWS –Poppy Seeds hosted by Cook…