Tiffin

Sooji Roti

Rava Roti or Sooji Roti is completely a different recipe for me. Usually we make upma, idli and dosai out of semolina. I came across this recipe in a cookbook and want to give a try. The recipe tasted different and it can be made in a jiffy. I loved this recipe and ‘K’ too. …

Awards

Sunshine Award

I was nominated for the “Sunshine Award” by Aishwarya from My Kitchen Moments.  This is my first award and I feel honoured and thank Aishwarya for nominating me. When I started to write my blog in Dec ’12, I was not very serious. But later due to the encouragement of my  family members, relatives,  fellow bloggers …

South Indian gravy

Kathirikkai rasavangi

   Rasavangi is very similar to arachuvitta sambar. They differ in the ingredients used for roasting and grinding. Whenever we buy the eggplant(brinjal) at home, my thatha(grandpa) will ask to make rasavangi. It is through him I came to know about this recipe.  But this is the first time I made this at home. It …

Parathas and rotis

Mixed Veg Paratha

Mixed Veg paratha is a healthy, tasty tiffin that donot need any side dish. Making sambar, rasam and curry daily is boresome. So  I want to make something different for our dinner. Since I had a lot of vegetables at home, veg kurma and roti is the best option. But I felt something that is …

Starters

Gobi Manchurian

Manchurian is the name pertaining to the large geographical area in North east Asia. It is called as Manchuria and the people as manchurians.  Also it was beleived that many years ago people from China lived in Kolkata for a century. And they introduced Chinese cooking techniques in some recipes and it was named as  Indo – …

Payasam

Vermicelli kheer/Semiya payasam using condensed milk

 Semiya payasam is one of the rare payasams that we make at home. I remember eating it when I was very young probably I must be 10 – 12 yrs old. Though I don’t remember exactly, I would like to share whatever that stays in my memory. My dad made this one evening for all …

Podi / Powders

Homemade rice flour

Rice flour is one of the key ingredient in most of the recipes especially in making snacks. If you keep the rice flour ready at home, it will be handy during the festival times. Though we have the option of buying the rice flour from the shops for making the snacks, it is best to …

Rice

Coriander rice

     Coriander is an essential ingredient in Indian cooking. They are used in garnishing almost all the recipes. Coriander rice is an easy, simple, quick and flavourful recipe that can be made with less ingredients. It is also a perfect tiffin box recipe and can be served with raitha or papad variety or chips. …

Chutney/Thogayal

Kara chutney

Kara chutney as the name indicates is a spicy tangy tomato chutney that is used as a side dish for dosai, uththappam and idli. Whenever we go to the hotel and order for any type of dosai, they serve it with sambar, white chutney(Coconut chutney), green chutney(Coriander and mint chutney), red chutney(kara chutney). Though red …

Biriyani- Pulao varieties

Vegetable pulao

Vegetable pulao is a simple, rich, exotic rice that is made with a lot of vegetables and spices. It is completely different from vegetable biriyani and fried rice. I learnt this version from one of my college friends.  Whenever we feel the class is boring or during the free hours we will discuss about making different types of …

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