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GARLIC KARA SEV
Category: Festive Recipes, Snack, Traditional
Cuisine: Tamilnadu
Cooking Method: Deep Frying, Grinding, Mixing
Kara Sev is a variation of murukku which is usually spiced with pepper or red chilli powder along with flavors from different combination of spices. While I love pepper kara sev, specially the thick ones, I also equally love this garlic /Poondu kara sev for it outstanding flavors. The combination of garlic/poondu with omam just...
Rava-Coconut Burfi
Category: Fasting Recipes, Festive Recipes, Snack, Sweets, Traditional
Cuisine: Tamilnadu
Deepavali is all about celebration. when theres celebration, theres definitely good food. How about a quick sweet recipe that does not take much time and can be made with easily available ingredients at home? Heard it right! Rava and Coconut are easily available . Add in sugar and a bit of ghee to bring in...
Kerala Mushroom Capsicum Fry
Category: Dinner, Festive Recipes, Healthy Cooking, Lunch, Summer Recipes, Traditional
Cuisine: Kerala
Mushrooms are a rich in Vit B, which is not very much available in vegetarian diet. It has no carbs and rich in water content. Hence it can be eaten without guilt by people who are in their weight loss journey. Also, the cooking process is very quick . Mushrooms are so versatile that they...
Spicy Kara Boondhi
Category: Festive Recipes, Snack, Traditional
Cuisine: Tamilnadu
Cooking Method: Deep Frying, Frying, Mixing
It is that time of the year, where we don’t might on the calories. Diwali is an important festival celebrated all over India with great joy. While I try making different sweets and savory every year, there are some standard recipes, that are very special and brings nostalgic memories. One such is the karaboondhi that...
Orange Rasam
Category: Dinner, Fasting Recipes, Healthy Cooking, Lunch, Summer Recipes
Cuisine: Tamilnadu
Cooking Method: Boiling, Grinding, Pressure Cooking, Roasting, Tempering
Every South-Indian meal has atleast two course. Usually it begins with sambar and followed by rasam. Rasam is an integral part of any south-Indian full meals. It is made of spices that can soothe the tummy after any heavy meal. While there are many traditional rasam varieties, I have used oranges to make this rasam....
Instant Badam Kheer
Category: Drinks, Festive Recipes, Healthy Cooking, Summer Recipes, Traditional
Cuisine: Indian
Badam Kheer is a favorite drink for many of us. It is very rich , tasty and soothing . It can be served warm or chilled. Either ways, it is delicious to drink. During childhood days, we used to drink chilled Badham Kheer on hot summer days. The traditional way of making badham kheer involves...
PAVAKKAI PITLAI KULAMBU
Category: Healthy Cooking, Lunch, Traditional
Cuisine: Tamilnadu
Every South-Indian meal usually has two or three course. Starting off with Paruppu or thogayal or Podi , followed with Kulambu. While Sambar, Kara kuzhambu and Rasam are commonly made, there are some kulambu varieties that are traditionally prepared with freshly grounded masala. One such very flavorful Kulambu is Pitlai. Pitlai is made with bittergourd,...
KARA PIDI KOZHUKATTAI
Category: Breakfast, Dinner, Fasting Recipes, Festive Recipes, Healthy Cooking, Snack, Traditional
Cuisine: Tamilnadu
Vinayagar chaturthi is all about Kozhukattais. All Pillayar loves this simple and easy steamed food. There are many kozhukattais/ modakams made in sweet and savory versions. While making modakam is a bit lengthy process, beginners those who stay way from home can bring a festive feel with this simple savory/kara pidi kozhukattai. It is so...
Hotel Vegetable Dum Biryani
Category: Dinner, Festive Recipes, Lunch, Traditional
Cuisine: Indian
While Kulambu , poriyal and kootu are everyday affairs, the essence of the weekend is achieved only with Biryani. For many, Biryani is more than an emotion and a weekend or holiday, or celebration is made special only with Biryani. Biryani has its origin in Persia and slowly entered India. It is differently made in...
BUN DOSAI || AVAL DOSAI
Category: Breakfast, Dinner, Healthy Cooking, Traditional
Cuisine: Tamilnadu
Dosai is an emotion if you are a proper south-indian. There are many varieties of dosa that is available like the paper roast, ghee roast, masala dosa, millets dosai and many more. OF all these, some dosa varieties are famous in certain places like this BUN DOSAI . This dosai is very very soft like...