This is a simple side dish for rotis and chapathis. Very easy to prepare and it is very tasty. Ingredients:Capsicum-2Onion-2Tomato-3Ginger- a small pieceGarlic- 5podsRed chilly powder- 1tspCoriander powder-1/2tspTurmeric powder-1/4 tspSalt- to tasteProcedure:1. Heat 2tbs oil and saute finely chopped capsicum for 2 minutes. Keep it aside.2. In the same pan…
I had to prepare some sweet and send it with Sruti to her school. They have asked the parents to send a box of sweet to donate for charity. That is so sweet of them. I decided upon these cookies. I came upon the recipe at Manjula’s Kitchen. It is…
This is a very simple pulao. I had some sprouted chole in the fridge. Just thought of adding it to the regular pulao recipe. It was nice. We had it with pomegranate raitha and onion raitha. This can be prepared within half an hour. Ingredients: Rice-1cup Sprouted chole-1/2cup Coriander and…
Lately there are so many Baingan Bartha recipes in the blogosphere. I wanted to try it. This was my first attempt.I saw this recipe at Manjulas Kitchen. I added onion and garlic to the original recipe to suit our taste.My hubby hates brinjal. When I purchased the big brinjal he…
This is the dish which my mom prepares often. Every one likes her style of Biriyani. My friends were her fans and they would ask me for the recipe. It is such a tasty dish and easy to prepare. My mom uses button mushrooms. As I couldn’t get button mushrooms…
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.…