Niranjana's yummy yummy recipes
Cauliflower- Bell pepper stir fry is one of the simple, easy to make dry sabzi with very mild flavours. Here I have used cauliflower, red- green – yellow Bell peppers and hence the name Cauliflower Bell pepper stir fry. We can also add corn, babycorn and green peas in this recipe and it’s purely our …
Butter Biscuit / Benne Biscuit / Nankhatai is a simple cookie that can be made with very few ingredients. These are unleavened cookies, made with butter, sugar and maida. It is so simple to make these cookies. There are so many variations that we can make with this basic dough – Red velvet cookies, Paan …
Aval pori and Nel pori are the two main recipes that we make for Karthigai Deepam. It is easily found in stores during the time of the Karthigai Deepam Festival. Aval Pori, Nel Pori, Neyyappam, Karthigai Adai are the traditional recipes made on Karthigai Deepam day as neivedhyam / Prashad. We lit lamp in the …
Eggless Honey Cake is a popular dessert in South Indian dessert epecially found in all the Iyengar Bakery. This is a delicious cake with a simple frosting. This is basically a Vanilla sponge cake soaked in honey syrup and then topped with jam and desiccated coconut. Here I have not used eggs. But we can …
Aval pori and Nel pori are the two main recipes that we make for Karthigai Deepam. Aval pori is made by dry frying the beaten rice flakes or Aval in high heat. It is easily found in stores during the time of the Karthigai Deepam Festival. Aval Pori, Nel Pori, Neyyappam, Karthigai Adai are the …
Paneer Butter masala is a rich creamy tomato onion based gravy that is served along with Naan, Kulcha, roti and phulka. This is one of the most commonly ordered items in Indian restaurants by many people. Though there are so many gravies with paneer like Paneer tikka masala, palak paneer, Paneer Pasanda, this still has …
Adai is made out of rice and lentils. Usually we make adai with all types of dhal and lentils. But the Karthigai adai differs from the normal one. It has pepper and cumin seeds with some chopped coconut in it. The flavour of cumin and black pepper and the bite of coconut bits makes this …
Drumstick leaves adai popularly known as Murungai Ilai Adai is a great tiffin recipe that is packed with Iron. This is one of my favourite tiffin recipes from childhood. Drumstick leaves are packed with nutrients like Vitamins, minerals, Iron, etc., They are also good source of antioxidants. So its always good to include this in …
Lachcha Paratha is an amazing North Indian paratha that is quite popular in many Indian households. Ideally served along with any main dish of your choice at lunch or dinner, this paratha can be prepared in no time. This is also called as Layered Paratha as the layers are separated by ghee. They are sightly …
Chinna Vengaya thokku is made with small onions or shallots. Its a pickle variety that can be had with chappathi. Chinna Vengayam in tamil means shallots. Shallots have better nutrient profile than onions. They are rich in anti-oxidants, iron, vitamins, minerals. Shallots contain iron, a nutrient your red blood cells need to function. Consuming iron …
