South Indian gravy

Thakkali kootaan/ gothsu

Whenever the price of tomatoes fall (Rs 10 for 2 Kgs) amma(mom) and paatti(grany) makes variety of recipes with tomato. This one is my mom’s recipe. She learnt this from one of her friends during her college days. It is colourful, easy and instant recipe. This recipe can be made very easily and even bachelors. …

Beverage Summer coolers

Thandai

Thandai is a Almond flavoured beverage which is very popular drink in North India. It is a refreshing Summer drink that cools down your body. This is made for Mahashivrathri and Holi. I came to know about this recipe through one of my favourite Hindi TV series. After that I searched for this recipe in …

Sweets

Atta halwa / Wheat halwa

Atta halwa / Wheat halwa is one of the easiest halwa recipes that can be made with very few ingredients. I have seen my mom and grandmom making this during my childhood days. You can make this sweet in ten minutes if you are making it in less quantity. INGREDIENTS Wheat flour – 1/2 cup …

Dessert/ Icecream

Paan Ice cream

  Paan Icecream or Beetel leaves icecream is a refreshing, paan flavoured ice cream that has all goodness of Meeta paan. It has almost all the ingredients that we use to make meeta paan. You can include and exclude one or two ingredients according to your taste. It is one of the best icecreams that …

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My Youtube Channel

Hello my dear followers, hope everyone is doing good. If you have noticed, I am not uploading my videos directly here. But you can find them on my youtube channel. I am uploading the videos both in tamil and english. Please click the link below to see the videos on my youtube channel. If you …

Beverage Summer coolers

Rose Lassi

Rose lassi or Roohafza lassi is a rose flavoured summer cooler which is fillng and refreshing during summer.  recipes with Roohafza have been in my bucket list for quite a long time. And finally I bought it for this summer. Hoping to try a lot with this syrup. INGREDIENTS Curd- 1 1/2 cups Roohafza syrup- …

South Indian gravy

Orange skin kuzhambu

Orange Skin Kuzhambu is a traditional South Indian tamarind-based curry prepared using dried orange peels along with freshly ground spices. It has a unique flavour profile – tangy from tamarind, slightly bitter-sweet from orange peel, and spiced with aromatic South Indian seasonings. This kuzhambu is typically enjoyed with hot steamed rice and a simple vegetable …

Sweets

Beetel leaves-Coconut ladoo

Beetel leaves- coconut ladoo is an unique sweet that can be made very easily. I had lot of beetel leaves at home and started experimenting with different recipes out of it. One of them is the ladoo. This ladoo is chewy, soft and people who love sweet paan will definitely love this. INGREDIENTS Beetel leaves- …

Pickle

Maa inji- pachai milagu oorugai / mango-ginger pepper pickle

Mango Ginger  is a family of ginger or turmeric. This is available in certain seasons only. This looks like normal ginger but it smells like raw mango. Some call it as white ginger. This has the best medicinal value and is very good for digestion. Unripe pepper is plucked fresh from the plant before it …

Chutney/Thogayal

Peerkangai thogayal/Ridge gourd chutney

Ridge gourd or peerkangai is a vegetable with high water content and rich in Vitamin C. It is low in saturated fat, cholesterol and high in dietery fibre.  I saw this vegetable for the first time after my wedding.  But didnt know what to do with it until my mom came to look after me …

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