Dabeli masala is a very important spice powder used in the making of Kutchi Dabeli. It is quite easy to make and has a unique flavour which gives the flavour for the dabeli. I made Kutchi Dabeli (click to view recipe) from scratch and it also included this masal powder.…
For the letter H, I had a really tough time selecting a Tamil recipe. There is no alphabet for ha, so there are no dishes starting with H. So I ended up using an English word. But still we use the word hotel in our speaking ad so this would…
After a long gap, I am here with another Cooking Basics post. I love to make variety of puttu and instead of buying puttu flour, I make it at home. It is the only way you can get perfectly delicious puttu. My mum used to make all types of flour…
Sattu flour is an important ingredient in Bihari cuisine. There are so many dishes which use sattu and it is made out of sand roasted channa dhal. Sattu paratha, litti, sattu kachori, are some of the dishes made using sattu. I made it at home according to Nupur’s directions and…
Puttarisi is a brown rice used for making puttu which is nutritious than the usual white rice. Here is a post on preparing the puttu flour at home. You can make this ahead and store it in air tight jar for future use. Make sure that the flour doesn’t have…
Papdi is a base for many chaat items and is easily available in the market. But it is also very easy to make it at home and it tastes better than the store bought ones. Here is a simple recipe for home made papdis. I will be posting some interesting…
Hyderabadi Biryani is a delicious layered biryani with lots of nuts and raisins as garnish. The actual taste of biryani is got with the spice powder we add in the vegetables. The preparation of this powder is quite easy and it is very very flavourful. I saw the recipe at…
Mangodis are small nuggets made out of moong dhal. This is usually available at stores but making mangodis at home is also easy. As in Tamil Nadu we don’t get mangodis, I opted to try it at home. It is very easy to make mangodis at home. You need to…
Pudina/ Mint leaves if refrigerated will turn dark and cannot be kept fresh. So it is better to store it in dried form so that it retains its colour and flavour. We get a lot of dried herbs in the market. You can dry any herb you want and store…
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…