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For the past two days it is raining heavily here in Madurai. During rain we always long for some thing hot or warm to eat. After Sruti returned from school, it started raining. She was enjoying the rain. I had the moong dhal batter in fridge which I prepared two days back. I tried out […]
While searching for a recipe using paasiparuppu for the magic mingle#7, I saw this recipe at Nalini’s blog. I have already tried a paasiparuppu murukku recipe, but this one is quite different. As it was very interesting, I tried it out today. This will be Sruti’s snack for the next few days. When she returned […]
For this month’s Magic Mingle#7, Kalyani chose two magic ingredients. We need to come up with a recipe using both ingredients in the dish. The ingredients are moong dhal and pepper corns. This easy dosa recipe uses both the ingredients and it is very delicious. I prepared these dosas for breakfast today. You can also […]
For this month’s Blog Hop Wednesday started by Radhika, I was paired with Priya of Mharo Rajasthan’s Recipes. She has a wonderful collection of authentic Rajasthani recipes and I was delighted to go through her recipes. I wanted to try out a sweet from her recipes. Moong dhal halwa has been in my list for […]
Payasam or Kheer is a famous Indian dessert. Paasi paruppu payasam is usually serve in marriages and ceremonies. I added some vermicelli to the payasam to give it a twist. I also combined milk and coconut milk for a different flavour. Doesn’t this look nice. It was creamy and rich. Addition of nuts made it […]
Yesterday I did a little experiment with Paneer kebabs. That didn’t come out well. It was so soft and it stuck to the skewer rod. It didn’t even hold shape. So I was thinking about some binding which will make it firmer. I remember reading about moong dhal kebab in Tarla Dalal’s recipe book. So […]
I usually prepare gravy using bottle gourd. But hubby started to dislike it . So nowadays I don’t buy bottle gourd. The chef in me wanted to disguise it in a dish and wanted to make my hubby relish it. Yesterday I bought a bottle gourd without hubby’s knowledge and transformed it into this delicious […]
Ven Pongal is a famous Tamil nadu breakfast menu usually had with sambhar, coconut chutney and medhu vadai. Made with basmati rice and moong dhal it tastes heavenly. It is full of cashew nuts, whole black pepper and cumin which makes the pongal spicy and delicious. Usually kids tend to remove all the black peppers […]
This is a delicious side dish made with cabbage and moong dhal. The secret of getting the poriyal wit separate grains of dhal lies in boiling. Never pressure cook the dhal because it turn mushy. Bring water and dhal to boil. Allow it to boil for 1/2 minute and add the thinly slices cabbage. Again […]