INGREDIENTS: CAULIFLOWER 1 MEDIUM FLOWER ONION 2 BIG NOS. GARLIC 4 PODS GINGER 1/2 INCH GREEN CHILLI 3 NOS. CAPSICUM 1/2 NO. CORNFLOUR 2 TBLSP MAIDA 1 TBLSP REDCHILLI POWDER 1/2 TSP TOMATO SAUCE 1 TSP SOYA SAUCE 1/2 TSP PEPPER POWDER 1/2 TSP OIL FOR FRYING METHOD: Cut the cauliflower into big florets and immerse it in boiling water. Keep it inside for 2 mins. Drain the water and pat dry in a kitchen towel....

Cream of cabbage soup – Easy soup recipes As the weather here has suddenly changed and we had a heavy downpour for the past two days, I wanted to have something hot and since I don’t have any other veggies except cabbage, I decided to make soup out of it. It was a super hit and we all loved the taste and enjoyed it a lot. Check out my beetroot soup recipe and Hot and sour soup recipe ....

Khaman dhokla recipe – A popular Gujarati snack recipe The past two weeks went very busy as the kids are at home on vacation. Finally today school reopened and I had time to post one of my favorite snacks.  I have tried this a few times and this time I thought of blogging this. I learnt this from here , but she gave me the recipe for suji dhokla, but I replace it with besan, since I love this khaman dhokla....

Jackfruit payasam recipe | chakka payasam | jackfruit kheer | palapazha payasam recipe with step-by-step pictures. Jackfruit | palapazham is loved by many people. We don’t get the Indian variety of the sweetest jackfruit in Singapore | Hongkong. The Malaysian variety | Vietnam one tastes good but nothing can beat out Indian jackfruit. We usually eat jackfruit as it is, but amma makes payasam if we have excess jackfruit at home....

Baby corn pulao Tawa pulao Basmathi Rice 1 cup Mixed vegetables * 1/4 cup Butter 3 tsp Bay leaf 1 Cardamom 1 Coriander leaves few Cashew nuts 5 Salt as needed To Grind Green chili 1 Cashew 4 Cardamom 1 Fresh Cream 1 tblsp Coriander powder 1 tsp Jeera powder 1 tsp Onion 1 Garlic 3 Ginger 1 small piece *Mixed Vegetables – I used carrot, bell pepper ( capsicum) ,green peas and peas...

Preparation Time : 15 mins + 8 hours soaking | Cooking Time : 25 Mins | Serves: 3-4 Kala chana | black chana 1/2 cup Onion 1 Tomato 1 Ginger a small piece Garlic 3 pods Red chili powder 1/2 tsp Coriander powder 1/4 tsp Jeera powder 1/4 tsp Turmeric powder 1/4 tsp Salt to taste Garam Masala 1/4 tsp Oil 1 tblsp Coriander leaves to garnish Method: Soak the kala chana in water for 8 hours....

Kesari modak | sheera modak is modak made with sooji ka halwa | kesari as stuffing. I have this in my to do list last year itself, but finally made this today for ganesha chathurthi 2016. This tasted quite awesome. I have made this using my paal kesari recipe . If you want to make it with usual kesari also go head and make it. Check out my full collection of ganesh chathurthi recipes ....

Mor milgai sundal podi | Edamame sundal with tangy spicy mor milgai sundal podi – South Indian sundal recipe with an interesting sundal podi recipe, with full video and step-by-step pictures. Sundal is a staple neivedyam for Navaratri. During our childhood days amma used to make simple sundal using different lentils. I have never heard about the sundal podi and all the sundals are simply tempered with mustard seeds and red chili and garnished with coconut....

Orange juice soda recipe – Summer drink recipe – Easy summer thirst quencher recipe with step-by-step pictures. I have had a can of plain soda lying in my pantry for a long time which I bought to make tutti fruity cake, as the recipe has soda in that. But somehow I didn’t have the chance to make it again. So suddenly I came up with the idea of making orange juice and adding club soda to that....

   Macroni Pasta  1/4 cup    Oil    1 tsp   Mustard Seeds     1/4 tsp    Peanuts   2 tsp    Curry leaves   Few    Paruppu podi  1 tsp   Salt  As needed   Coconut  1-2 tblsp (Optional) METHOD: Cook the pasta in salt water till it becomes soft....

Pavakkai thokku recipe, bitter gourd masala perfect side dish for rice | roti, recipe with step by step instructions. I came across this easy and yummy pavakkai thokkku recipe on Instagram. My mom makes pavakkai curry so yum and so i like the vegetable pretty well. I have posted bitter gourd fry and another version of pavakkai curry in Jeyashri’s kitchen. Pavakkai | bitter gourd is always less liked by everyone....

Ripe Mango pachadi | Tamil New Year recipes Tamil New Year is celebrated on 14th April every year. Generally, we do raw mango pachadi, and neem flower rasam for Tamil New Year. While casually talking with my friend’s mom a few weeks back, she was talking about this ripe mango pachadi, and when she was talking about that itself I was so tempted to try it out. When I saw the ripe Alphonso mangoes in the nearby Indian shop a few days back, I immediately picked it up and tried it today at home....

Rumali roti | Roomali roti recipe – Learn how to make rumali roti with step-by-step pictures. Making roomali roti at home was my long-time plan and somehow I kept on postponing it suddenly one day I decided to make it and tried it at home and it turned out pretty well. But still, I felt it has been little soft and attempted it the next day, and it was much better than the first attempt....

Shikanji is a popular summer drink in North India. It is also called Indian lemonade. I first tasted this 2 years back at a birthday party. It tasted like lemonade but was a bit different too. Then another friend told me it is Shikanji, a popular drink in North India. Also, she told me the ingredients of the shikanji too. After that, I tasted a similar one in Pizza Hut last year in India as masala lemonade....

Idli tikka Thayir idli Kaima idli Preparation Time : 10 mins | Cooking Time : 15 Mins | Serves: 2-3 Idli 7 Onion 1 Tomato 1 Butter 1 tblsp Red chili powder 1 tsp Turmeric powder 1/4 tsp Pav bhaji masala 1 tsp Capsicum 1 tbslp (finely chopped) Coriander leaves few Salt as needed Video of Spicy tawa idli recipe Method: Cook the idlis and keep it aside. Left over idlis will be perfect for this recipe....

Sundakkai Thogayal recipe | Fresh Turkey berry chutney recipe – Healthy and easy thogayal recipe with video and step-by-step pictures. I have used dried sundakkai in various recipes. I have posted kara kuzhambu using sundakkai and a classic South Indian Arai puli kuzhambu using dried sundakkai. During my recent trip to India, I learned this recipe from my mami, an expert in cooking. She taught me so many recipes, including the classic sundakkai thogayal....

Thayir vadai | Dahi Vada |Curd vadai recipe is made at most of the homes with leftover Vadais, but my mom always makes Thayir vadai with freshly made Vadais as we all love curd vadais. Today I am sharing the recipe of how to make South Indian style curd vadai. I couldn’t make a very detailed step wise instructions as how to make vadais. Please follow my Medhu vadai recipe and just omit the onions in the recipe and follow the rest of the procedure....

 Preparation Time : 15 mins | Cooking Time : 25 Mins | Yields: 10 big pieces    Besan | Kadalai maavu   1/4 cup    Ghee    3/4 cup( you can make it as 1/2 cup ghee + 1/4 cup oil)    Sugar    3/4 cup      Yellow food colour   a pinch    Â...

Vegetable biryani no onion no garlic – Pressure cooker vegetable biryani recipe, without the addition of onion and garlic. Recipe with full video and step-by-step pictures. Usually, biryani is made with lots of onions and ginger garlic paste. I had some guests at home and planned to make Vegetable Biryani. I actually wanted to pack it for their one-day trip. But suddenly, came to know that few of them don’t take onion and garlic....

Aadi is the 4th month of Tamil month. Generally comes in the middle of July. The first day of Aadi is celebrated as aadi pandigai . We make Thengai paal Payasam , otherwise called Aadi paal , on this day. Generally any wedding or auspicious occasion is not done during this month of aadi. The 18th day of this month, is called aadi perukku . People believe that this aadi perukku brings prosperity and wealth....