Tomato Soup is one of the popular soups available in all Indian restaurants. This simple and delicious soup can be prepared at home with ease. This is my first post on soups in this blog. This hot bowl of soup is so comforting and satisfying to have in this cold climate. Tomato soup is a soup…
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Bread Chilli | Bread Chilli Recipe using Sambar Powder
Bread Chilli is another easy breakfast recipe which is prepared in no time. Apart from toasts and sandwiches, we can make so many recipes using bread. Today we are going to see how to prepare this simple Bread Chilli using sambar powder. To make this recipe either you can deep fry the bread pieces in…
Carrot Badam Kheer | Carrot Badam Payasam Recipe
Carrot Badam Kheer is another South Indian Sweet made almost on all occasions. Yesterday was Kaarthigai Deepam and wanted to make some dessert to offer God as Prashad. I had Carrot and Badam handy so made this Kheer. Generally, we call this as Carrot Badam Payasam. This kheer is made using milk, carrot, badam, and sugar….
Pavakkai Chips | Bitter Guard Chips Recipe
Pavakkai Chips is one of the crispies liked by everyone at home. Many don’t like pavakkai for its bitter taste. If you are too the one, trust me, make these chips and sure you will love it. When deep fried with specified spices, you won’t even feel the bitter taste. Even my daughter has it…
Gooseberry Pickle | Nellikkai Oorugai Recipe
Gooseberry Pickle is a healthy and delicious pickle powered with loads of Vitamins C in it. Indian Gooseberry is also known as Amla in Hindi and Nellikkai in Tamil. In South India, this pickle is traditionally made and stored for a very long period. Sometimes it is stored around 6 months to a year. Nowadays…
Brinjal Pepper Fry | Kathirikkai Milagu Varuval Recipe
Brinjal Pepper Fry is a delicious and simple South Indian fry. This fry can be had as an accompaniment with Rice or Roti. It pairs well with Mor Kuzhambu, Sambar, Rasam, and Curd rice. It is very easy to prepare even by a novice. (updated with a new photo and video) This fry gives excellent…
Egg Kurma | Muttai Kurma Recipe
Egg Kurma is a spicy and finger licking delicious gravy, made with boiled eggs and coconut paste. This is also a lazy man Kurma for those who don’t want to make any separate side dish. Whenever I run out off vegetables, I directly get into making this kurma. Egg Kurma can be made in different ways….
Paruppu Rasam | Toor Dal Rasam Recipe
Paruppu Rasam also known as chaaru or saaru is a South Indian soup. This is traditionally prepared using tamarind juice as a base, with the addition of tomato, dry chili, pepper, cumin and other spices as seasonings. Steamed lentil water when added along with basic rasam is referred to as Paruppu Rasam. Nowadays, all the seasonings required…
Senai Kizhangu Varuval | Elephant Foot Yam Fry
Senai Kizhangu Varuval is a typical South Indian Fry that goes well with Mor Kuzhambu, Rasam, Sambar, Puli Kuzhambu, Curd rice and even with Vegetable Biryani. Last week I made Vegetable Biryani. As you know it contains loads of basic veggies in it, I paired it with this Yam Fry. Senai Kizhangu means Elephant Foot…
Vegetable Biryani | Vegetable Pulao Recipe (using Coconut Milk)
Vegetable Biryani is an exotic classical Indian dish prepared with lots of vegetables and spices. This can be had along with any raitha. Again biryani comes in various versions and prepared originally using basmati rice. It’s a healthy and delicious one pot meal where all nutritional values fall in a place. One of the best biryani…