Many recipes ask for peeling and coring apples. I thought why not blog about it as this blog is for beginners. When I first started following recipes, and when the recipe suggested peeling and coring apples, I used to peel the apples with a knife. By this way I usually…
Sakkarai / Sweet Pongal – Happy Pongal
Wish You All A Very Happy Pongal Pongal is an important festival celebrated in Tamil Nadu. It is the harvest festival and Tamilians prepare pongal on the day and give it as an offering to Sun God. Today is the second day of the festival. This is called as Surya…
Arinellikaai Sweet Pickle
On our way back to Madurai from Palani we travelled through a village. A lady was selling these arinellikkai / small gooseberries. In Madurai it is very rare to get these arinellikkai unless we have a tree in the house. So I just bought 2 cups of the gooseberries and brought it…
Paneer Burji
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…
Thiruvaadhirai Adai
For Thiruvaadhirai I prepared this adai along with Thiruvaadhira Kali and Elu Kari Kulambu. All the three are traditional dishes prepared specially on the Thiruvaadhirai day. I saw about this recipe at Rak’s Kitchen. I followed her recipe and ended up with delicious soft adais. The cooking part was bit…
Mushroom Butter Masala
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…
Homemade Cardamom Powder
Cardamom powder is added to mostly all the Indian traditional sweets. They impart a lovely flavour to the sweet. Instead of adding a whole cardamom or searching for a heavy object to crush cardamom at the time of cooking, you can prepare the cardamom powder and store it in airtight…
Rajasthani Ghevar With Rabdi
I have read about Ghevar in some blogs and Tarla Dalal’s book. But as far as I know we need a mould to prepare ghevar. It is a famous Rajasthani sweet which can be bought in all sweet shops. There are so many varieties of ghevar such as plain, mava,…
Eggless Cucumber Walnut Bread
When Kalyani announced the Magic ingredients for Magic Mingle this month, which are cucumber and walnuts, the first thought which crossed my mind was salads. But that will be a very usual recipe. So I wanted to make something different. I have seen quick bread recipes using zucchini in the blog world.…
Ennai Kathrikkai Kulambu
I love brinjal and love the puli kulambu my mom makes. But mom has never prepared ennai kathrikkai kulambu for me. Brinjals are stuffed with spice powder and cooked in a tamarind based gravy. IT is then served with oil floating on top. That is why it is named so.…