Preparation Time : 5 mins | Cooking Time : 1 hour  | Serves: 4    Full cream milk  1 litre    Sugar   4-5 tbslp    Fresh cream   3 tblsp (optional)    Pista and almonds  1 tblsp    Cardamom   a pinch (optional)    Saffron   a pinch      Â...

 Preparation Time : 15 mins | Cooking Time : 15 Mins | Serves: 1     Kuthiraivali rice  1/4 cup    Onion    1 (small size)     Tomato   1 (small)    Sambar powder  1/4 tsp     Turmeric powder   a pinch   Garam masala     a pinch   Oil   1 tsp   Mustard seeds  1/8 tsp   Salt   to taste   Curry leaves   few   Â...

Lauki|Sorrakai in Tamil is a veggie that we use for making kootu. I never know that we can make sweets out of these veggies, till I tasted lauki halwa at my friend’s place. Then she told that we can make Lauki kheer too. Since this was interesting I wanted to give it a try and to my surprise, this turned out so yummy here comes the recipe: Also, try out my...

Thakkali thokku Punjabi style mango pickle Method: Take the skin of the mango and grate this using the carrot grater. In a heavy bottomed pan add sesame oil and throw in the mustard seeds , curry leaves and asafoetida. Add the grated mango to this. Add red chili powder,turmeric powder and salt. Mix well and let this cook in a low flame. When it comes to a whole mass add the jaggery....

Milagu Aval | Pepper poha recipe – Easy 10 minutes South Indian breakfast | dinner recipe with full video and step-by-step pictures. Milagu aval, a simple Poha recipe with pepper and cumin flavour. Pepper poha is a simple and easy recipe to make breakfast or dinner or evening tiffin. The most interesting part is no need to chop any veggies or even Onions too. Usually, I make Poha Upma or Puli Aval out of aval (rice flakes) but after I had this Milagu Aval in my friend’s place I hooked up with this recipe....

Preparation Time : 10 mins | Cooking Time : 15 Mins | Makes: 5 Idli Batter 1/2 cup Carrot 1 small Capsicum (bell pepper) little Sesame oil 2 tblsp Mustard seeds 1/4 tsp Salt a pinch Onion 1 (optional) Red chili powder 1 tsp Method: In a wide bowl add the batter. Add grated carrot, chopped capsicum(i used red and green color), red chili powder, salt . In little oil temper with mustard seeds and add it to the batter....

Mor milagai recipe, Sun dried chilies, also called Sandige Menasu in Karnataka, is a popular sun-dried thing made in the summertime, using chilies and sour buttermilk. My mom makes mor milagai at home during summer and stores it for a year. Mor milgai is a perfect accompaniment for Curd rice, also used for making Puli upma , puli pongal, and raw mango rasam. The chillies are soaked in sour curd and sun-dried till they become crispy and stored in air-tight bottles....

Garlic rasam Ginger lemon rasam Preparation Time : 2 mins | Cooking Time : 3-4 Mins | Serves: 1-2 Buttermilk 1 cup Besan | Gram flour 1/2 tsp Omam | Ajwain seeds 1/2 tsp Salt as needed Turmeric powder 2 pinches Asafoetida a pinch Ghee 1/2 tsp Red chili 1 Green chili 2 (optional) Method: Add besan | gram flour (kadalai maavu) to the butter milk and whisk this without any lumps....

KADAI MUSHROOM MUSHROOM MASALA MUSHROOM PULAO PREPARATION TIME: 30 MINUTES .COOKING TIME: 30 MINUTES. SERVES:1 –2 INGREDIENTS: BASMATI RICE 1/2 CUP BUTTON MUSHROOMS 10-12 WHITE PART OF SPRING ONION* FEW SOYA SAUCE 1 TBLSP CAPSICUM CHOPPED 2-3 TBLSP OLIVE OIL 1 TBLSP GREEN CHILLI 1-2 GARLIC 3 PODS GINGER A SMALL PIECE SALT AS NEEDED SUGAR 1/2 TSP GREEN PART OF SPRING ONION FEW You can add normal onions too....

Oats Ven pongal recipe, Easy to make Oats Ven Pongal recipe with Oats. Recipe of oats Ven Pongal with full video and step by step pictures. Ven pongal is a popular South Indian breakfast recipe made using rice and yellow moong dal as key ingredients. I have posted many version of ven pongal, Samba godhumai rava pongal, Rava pongal and Millet Ven pongal. Though I am not a big fan of Oats, I have a cup of Oats lying in my pantry for a long time....

BARLEY 1/4 CUP DRIED WINTER MELON 4-5 STICKS (OPTIONAL) FRESH ORANGE JUICE 1/2 CUP- 1 CUP WATER 5-6 CUPS SUGAR AS NEEDED METHOD: Wash the barley and cook in a wide saucepan with 5-6 cups of water till the barley becomes soft and cooked nicely. If adding dried winter melon add it while cooking the barley. this took 10 to 12 minutes. allow this to cool, discard the winter melon sticks and the barley....

This week’s lunch menu is loaded with veggies as i had to clean up my fridge before leaving for a short vacation. In the plate i have my favorites, yes I love pavakai pitlai a lot. I still remember the pavakkai pitlai, my grandmother makes. The magic touch of her hands makes this dish so yum. Even after many years, i could recall the taste and smell of the pitlai she makes....

Thalagam kuzhambu recipe | Thiruvadirai Thalagam recipe with full video and step by step pictures. This is a wonderful delicacy, a very common dish made by Tirunelveli Brahmins. This is made mainly during Pongal festival or for Thirvathirai festival. I have already posted Thiruvathirai kali and 7 kari kootu . This Thalagam is similar to ezhukari kootu, but has it is unique in its flavor and taste. We add all naatu kaai| locally grown veggies to this thalagam kootu recipe....

Hailing from an authentic Tamil Brahmin family , my supreme love for Traditional Brahmin recipes is thoroughly justified. However, I totally love trying out recipes from different cuisines. A few months back when I met some of my relatives at a family wedding, there was a demand from my cousins to compile a post for Traditional Brahmin recipes. The idea behind this was to get a complete list of authentic Brahmin recipes that include No Onion No Garlic recipes....

Vazhakkai putu| Vazhakkai podimas recipe, a dry curry with raw banana, cooked in a simple South Indian way. We generally make vazhakkai podimas without the addition of onion and garlic. I have shared a version of Vazhakkai podimas with video , in which we use a freshly ground spice powder. This vazhakkai puttu recipe i learnt from my friend, who shared with me the recipe of thakkali gotsu . She has been telling about this for a long time, but recently during our morning walk, i asked her for the recipe and she shared the same....

Vegetable kurma no onion no garlic – Chapati kurma recipe without onion garlic – full video and step by step pictures Vegetable kurma is a popular side dish for Chapati, poori and parotta in Tamilnadu. I have posted few version of kurma in Jeyashri’s kitchen. I wanted to try vegetable kurma without onion and garlic. This kurma is a super hit at home and kids enjoyed with store bought parotta....

 Recipe updated with video Vella Cheedai| Vella Seedai recipe is a very popular sweet made during Gokulashtami/Krishna Jayanthi in Tamil Nadu, Deep-fried sweet balls made of jaggery and rice flour.. For a long time, I found making Vella Cheedai quite tricky as I failed many a times while trying to make them. Either the vella cheedais would become hard or completely dissolve when immersed in oil. Last Saturday, all of a sudden, I thought of giving this vella cheedai a try once again....

Verkadalai urundai for Karthigai deepam | Peanut balls , peanut balls in jaggery syrup, recipe with full video and step by step pictures. We make Verkadalai Urundai along with Pori Urundai for Karthigai Deepam. My mom makes this in the the same way as make the pori urundai. This one is our family’s favorite. I tried it for the first time and it turned out so well. Check out my other karthigai deepam recipes...

Preparation Time : 15 mins | Cooking Time : 35 Mins | Makes: 16-18 Rice flour 1/2 cup Powdered sugar 1/4 cup Corn flour 2 tblsp Maida | plain flour 2 tblsp Oil for deep frying Sesame seeds 1/4 tsp (optional) Water or coconut milk 1/2 cup or little more Video of how to make achu murukku Method: Before we start, let’s learn the tips to be followed to season the achu murukku mould....

Andhra-style green tomato chutney – Green tomato pachadi – Raw tomato chutney recipe with full video and detailed step-by-step pictures. Pachadi | chutney is very popular in Andhra cuisine. Their meal won’t be complete without the addition of podis and pachadis. We call it Thogayal or thuvayal in Tamil cuisine. In Andhra, they call it pachadi. They make pachadis using many vegetables. I have even posted Andhra-style beetroot pachadi, Tindora pachadi too....