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Breakfast - the most important meal of the day is also my favourite part of day. I fancy good breakfasts and I guess if my day has started off early I don't mind slaving over dishing out a good hearty breakfast. South Indian breakfasts always score above

My love affair with mutton started after I had moved to Mumbai. We used to get the best quality meat there. Well, to get the facts right, what we popularly get in most parts of India is goat meat and not lamb. ('bokdi' 'bokro' will probably put the whol

Now that we have settled down in our own home I have started trying out dishes, the recipes of which have been bookmarked ages ago. Last year when I had a temporary help hired during my delivery I had the opportunity to taste some Karnataka style food whi

Indian sweets - well, what do I say about them? As much as I claim that I don't have a sweet tooth, I do. Big time. I didn't have one during my growing up years but ever since I had my kids I have this undying love for Indian sweets. Laddoos top the list

A brand new year has just begun and I guess I am a little late in wishing all my readers a very Happy New Year 2014! Well, better late than never! As any good occasion needs to be celebrated I decided to post the recipe of Pandi Curry (pronounced as 'Pahn

The whole of last week the weather has been dull and boring thanks to the rains which made their appearance during an otherwise chilly January. This made me miss the monsoons of Mangalore/Mumbai all the more. Well, I don't miss monsoons in Mumbai as the

This is probably my third post where I am raving about the lovely weather here in Dubai. However, this chilly weather has its flipside. Everyone around me is under the spell of the season - cough, cold, fever, sore throat and what have you. This compelled

Tomorrow, the 26th of January is India's Republic Day and it is the first time that I am not in the country. But that doesn't stop me from celebrating it. Does it? Over the years I have tried to prepare something that symbolizes the Tri Coloured Indian fl

This is an excellent side dish best served along with rice dal and rasam if you do not like kohlrabi you can use brinjal or potato using the same masala paste even meats like chicken and mutton can be added...:) Recipe Video... Ingredien

This is a classic and simple recipe these days I'm totally into milo...milo agar agar totally made my day such a awesome way to celebrate new year... Video Recipe... Ingredients: 2+2 Cups Whole Milk/Full Fat Milk 1 Can Sweetened Co

Health is Wealth. This is what I keep on telling my family but nothing can be done when everyone is fried food lover or to be precise Poori lover. Adding bathua leaves (green leafy winter vegetable) in the poori dough was somewhat helping me in making my

A Gujarati delicacy at its guilt free. Bajra dhokli a fiber rich one pot meal with my version of cooking. What you need for Bajra Dhokli: 1/2 cup - Bajra Flour 1/2 cup - Wheat flour Salt as reqd

Sev is a popular Indian Snack. Today's my post is Simple home made Sev or Kara pusa or Omapodi for Deepavali. Ingredients: Bengal gram flour 2 cups Rice flour 1/2 cup Salt

Looking for quick dinner fix or snacks for kids, then try out this simple quick kozhukattai which you will love. This is so easy to make but just turns out so soft and fluffy which i adore. I added some carrots in this, you could add any vegetables in thi

This is my hubby's all time favorite. This is such a wonderful recipe with a thick tangy masala coated all over the fish. You can make this in bulk and keep it in fridge and enjoy for a whole week. The orginal recipe says that we can store this in room te

Chilli Mushroom..It was yummy, thats what i can say. I love all indo chinese foods, they are lip smackingly good..I have already made chilli paneer , chilli gobi and for non vegetarians i have chilli chicken dry and chilli chicken gravy .

Vallarai Keerai / Brahmi Leaves are one of the healthiest spinach. This spinach has properties to increase memory power. Normally they make thogayal with it. But i wanted to try sambar with it. So i made it and the result was mouthwatering. This keerai is

Kalkandu Vadai is a very famous Chettinadu vadai. This is a sweet vadai instead of the usual salt vadai. Tastes Great. In my native place whenever we want to do some group pooja or if it is an auspicious day like diwali, thiru karthikai like that then

Seepu Seedai Ingredients Raw Rice Flour - 4 cup Urad dal Flour - 3/4 cup Roasted Gram Flour - 3/4 cup Diluted Coconut Milk - 2 1/2 cup Ghee - 4 tsp Salt to taste Method Basic Raw Rice Flour Soak raw rice in water for about 2 to 3 hour

Pillayar Nonbu this year was celebrated on 29th January. Here in Vadodara we are about 5 to 6 nagarathar families. For us it is a time for a get-together. This year again Pillayar nonbu was celebrated with great pomp. So now I am back again with the recip

WISHING YOU ALL A VERY HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR 2013. Thought of starting this year with a very traditional Chettinad dish, for which I had lot of requests. It is the very famous Vellai Paniyaram, without which a function is never complete

Wheat Halwa / Godhumai Halwa is very famous throughout India. People of different parts of India have their own version of Wheat Halwa. But in Tamil Nadu preparation of Godhumai Halwa means, making the Halwa using the milk extracted from the wheat berries

Ketti Kuzhambus are famous through out Chettinad and are of many varieties. Very often you will this featuring in the menus of everyday cooking in a Chettinad House. It is one of the very must items in a menu prepared for a function. What do you mean b

Kavuni Arisi is a very special dish in chettinad. I has its origin from the Burmese influence of Chettinad. No Chettinad function is complete without Kavuni Arisi in its menu. Kavuni Arisi is made from a dark violet glutinous rice, which is a very rich