Sambar powder is the most important spice powder in a tamil kitchen. It is usually ground in flour mill and stored in large jars to use for the whole year. When summer arrives, every woman starts the process of preparing spice powders and vadagam for the year. My mom used…
For this month’s Sweet Punch, the team selected Banoffee Pie from Swapna’s Cuisine. As it was new to me I did a search and found out some interesting posts. Banoffee pie is a British Pastry based on bananas, cream and toffee, which needs no baking ( But I baked the…
Ellu podi is my favourite spice powder and I love it with rice and a dollop of ghee. The aroma which arises while grinding the powder fills the house and invites others to the kitchen. While I was preparing the powder, my daughter became curious because of the beautiful smell.…
Yesterday, for breakfast I prepared tomato chutney to go with chappathi. I used fresh red chillies which I bought from Nilgiris and it was so hot. I had leftover chutney in fridge and there were no takers today. So I had to convert it into something edible. After a few…
Grated coconut is an important ingredient in any Tamil recipe. We use it for garnishing vegetables or grind it as a paste and use it as a thickener in gravies. It is also used in sweets, payasam and many more dishes. Now a days we get coconut powder at stores but home…
I have already shared about my experience with mullu murungai leaves. You can see the link to know about preparing the leaves for cooking. This roti was so colourful and it attracted my daughter very much. The preparation is very easy once you have the leaves prepared. Enjoy it with…
This is a nutritious and guilt free snack perfect with a cup of coffee in the evening. This is a very simple procedure. You need a pressure cooker. If you don’t have one, then use a big pan to boil the groundnuts. Wash the groundnuts 3-4times. As these are fresh…
I prepared some wheat sprouts at home in my sprout maker. And used it to make healthy and nutritious rotis. They tasted great and these rotis will go with any tomato based gravy. The rotis were so soft and delicious. Ingredients:Wheat Sprouts-1cupWhole wheat Flour-1cupSalt-to tasteOlive Oil-1tspProcedure:1. Grind the sprouts with…
Idli podi is a necessary powder to stock up in the pantry. My mom used to prepare huge quantity which lasts for 2-3 months. Even though we have chutney or sambar, we never miss this delicious powder for idli and dosas. While preparing dosas, mom used to sprinkle a generous…
This is a nice combination for rotis. I used palak and chole for the koftas and the gravy is tomato based. To make it guilt free I made the koftas in a paniyaram pan using very little oil. If you don’t mind oil, thn you can deep fry the koftas…