Ragi Soup recipe | Ragi vegetable soup – Healthy wholesome Ragi vegetable soup recipe with full video and step-by-step pictures. We started experiencing winter days after we moved to Hongkong. Soups will be a perfect and wholesome one for cold dinner nights. Sometimes if you are bored to cooking an elaborate dinner, you can just make this Ragi vegetable soup. It is very filling and healthy too. Usually, we add cornflour as a thickener to the soups....

Samba Wheat Sakkarai Pongal recipe| Wheat Rava Sweet Pongal. Pongal festival is around the corner, and I have a collection of Pongal festival recipes in Jeyashri’s Kitchen. A few days ago, while cleaning my bookshelf, I came across an old Aval Kitchen book from Jan 2015, where my picture of Sakkarai Pongal was on the cover. When I opened the book, I found a collection of Pongal recipes by Madam Menu Rani Chellam, and this samba wheat sakkarai pongal was included....

Sambar powder recipe| How to make sambar masala at home, South Indian style Sambar masala made using coriander seeds, red chili, and other spices used for making sambar, rasam, and curries too. Usually, we make Sambar powder in bulk and it is ground in mill back in India. I have posted the bulk version of Sambar powder recipe long back but is used to get emails for the recipe in small quantities, which can be made at home in small quantities....

Sukku Milagu kuzhambu is a south Indian gravy, made with freshly roasted pepper, dry ginger(sukku) and few other Indian spices. We make Milagu kuzhambu but this is one is slightly different form that. Few days ago, while i was cleaning my cupboard, found a collection of old cookbooks which i had bought few years back. While i was going through the few books, i saw this sukku milagu kuzhambu and tried this today at home....

How to make perfect boondi Sweet boondi recipe  Preparation Time : 15 mins + 1 hour | Cooking Time : 25  Mins | Yields: 3 cups    Besan| kadalai maavu   1 cup    Urad  dal  1/4 cup    Sugar   2 cups    Cardamom powder  2 pinches    Orange food colour  a pinch (optional)    Turmeric powder  a pinch    Baking soda  a pinch    Oil  for deepfrying    Sugar candy | kalkandu  1 tblsp (optional)    Cashew nuts  few    Ghee  1 tsp    Lemon juice  few drops   Â...

Recipe of sweet chutney with video For making most of the chaat recipes we need the sweet chutney|dates tamarind chutney . I am posting the recipe of the sweet chutney which i learnt from one of my friends. Check out my collection of Indian Chaat recipes.   Preparation Time : 5 mins + soaking time 30 mins | Cooking Time : 5 Mins | Yields: 1 cup   Dates  10   Tamarind  a small gooseberry sized   Raisins  8   Chaat masala  1/2 tsp   Cumin powder  1/2 tsp   Red chili powder  1/2 tsp   Salt as needed                        Video of how to make Sweet chutney...

Sweet corn sundal Corn cheese balls Corn methi pulao Preparation Time : 10 mins | Cooking Time : 25 Mins | Serves: 3-4 Sweet corn kernels 1 cup Garlic 3 pods Ginger a small piece Butter 1 tsp Salt as needed Pepper powder as needed Full cream milk 1/4 cup or Fresh cream 1 tblsp Method: Take out the fiber of the corn and cook it for 3-4 whistles. You can add little salt to this if needed....

For the outer cover Maida | all purpose flour 1/2 cup Sooji | Rava 2 tblsp Oil /ghee 2 tblsp Salt a pinch Cooking soda a pinch Water to knead the dough For the filling Sugar 1/2 cup Dry coconut(koparai)* 1/2 cup Pottu kadalai | Chutney dal 1/4 cup Cardamom powder a pinch Oil for deep frying *you can also use freshly grated coconut, but roast it nicely in a dry pan before using....

Thavala vadai | Thavala vadai recipe in Tamil, a very popular and forgotton vadai recipe from Tamilnadu. No onion no garlic Thavala vadai recipe with full video and step by step instructions. I remember during my childhood days, my father would buy this thavala vadai whenever he goes to the Town. We stayed 8 km away from the main city and he goes to the main Madurai town during the first week of the month....

VAZHAITHANDHU|BANANA STEM| PLANTAIN STEM 1 MEDIUM SIZE PIECE COCONUT 3-4 TBLSP CUMIN SEEDS 1/4 TSP GREEN CHILLI 3-4 YOGURT 2-3 TBLSP SALT TO TASTE SUGAR 1/4 TSP COCONUT OIL 1/2 TSP MUSTARD SEEDS 1/4 TSP URAD DAL 1/4 TSP RED CHILLI 1 METHOD: Cut the banana stem into roundels and take out the fibre. Cut them into cubes. and put the chopped vazhaithandhu into water. Add 1 tblsp of butter milk to this water....

Ash gourd dosa recipe – Poosanikai dosai in Tamil – Dosa without urad dal – Ash gourd dosa recipe with full video and step by step pictures. White pumpkin dosa recipe, We usually make dosa with rice and urad dal. Very recently one friend of mine shared this ash gourd dosa recipe. This recipe of dosa is without the addition of urad dal too. I have thinking to try ash gourd dosa for a long time....

 Preparation Time : 15 mins | Cooking Time : 20 Mins | Serves: 1-2   Aval | poha  1/2 cup (thick or medium thick variety)   Jaggery  1/4 cup   Cashew nuts  few (optional)   Coconut  1 tblsp   Ghee  1 tsp   Cardamom powder  a pinch       Method: Pulse the poha | aval in a mixie to get a rava consistency....

Last week, i in the saw fresh broccoli in the market and bought it without any second thought. Actually i wanted to make Broccoli stir fry , but finally ended up in making this yummy broccolii and paneer cutlets. Actually i made this for evening snack and had it along with tea. I used paneer as a binding agent and the cutlets turned out so well. You can also use the same combo of paneer and broccoli for making paratha too....

Capsicum dry curry | capsicum besan subzi – Easy to make Maharastrian style capsicum zunka recipe Capsicum | Bell pepper: so far, I have used it in sambar, paneer curries, and other north Indian side dishes, but never tried a recipe with only capsicum, especially a dry curry. This recipe I learnt from my friend, who taught me the Spring onion curry,  and this capsicum curry was enjoyed by everyone at home, even the little one who hates capsicum....

Chilli cheese kuzhi paniyaram recipe, a kids friendly no onion no garlic breakfast | dinner. The recipe of Chilli cheese kuzhi paniyaram with detailed video and step by step pictures. Kuzhi paniyarams are very rare in my house but recently everyone started liking it much. So i made it a few times using dosa batter. I have the recipe of Chettinad kuzhipaniyaram in Jeyashri’s kitchen. I got this idea of making chilli cheese paniyaram a few weeks back but couldn’t find grated cheese in the nearby supermarket....

Chitranna is a easy rice varietyof karnataka and can be packed for lunch box too. It is more similar to the kandae poha which we make using aval | poha. I learnt this from my friend who taught me the andhra pulihore. If you have cooked rice in hand this recipe can be made in a jiffy. I am out of station for the next 10 days. I have scheduled few simple recipes for the next 10 days....

METHOD: In a pan add oil and throw in the mustard seeds, and curry leaves. Let the curry leaves become crunchy. roast in a low flame. Add in the roasted gram, Saute till it becomes golden brown. I added store-bought roasted peanuts. If adding raw peanuts, saute for a few minutes. After roasting peanuts add the red chilli powder, salt, chaat masala, and sugar. Saute for a minute and add in the cornflakes....

  Diwali recipes | Diwali sweet recipes | Recipes with step by step explanations To check sugar consistency for Indian sweets check out my detailed post . Recipes:Click on the pictures for recipes

INGREDIENTS: GRATED KHOYA 1CUP MAIDA |ALL PURPOSE FLOUR 1/3 CUP WATER 2-3 TBLSP SALT A PINCH OIL FOR DEEP FRYING. FOR SUGAR SYRUP SUGAR 2 CUPS WATER 1 AND 1/4 CUP ROSE WATER FEW DROPS(OPTIONAL) METHOD: Bring the khoya to room temperature and mix it with the flour and salt . Add water to this to make a stiff dough. Mine took 2 tbslp of water to knead. The dough shouldn’t be sticky....

 Preparation Time : 15 mins | Cooking Time : 25 Mins | yeilds: 11    Spinach | palak   1 cup    Green peas 1/2 cup    Coriander leaves  a handful    Green chili  2    Garam masala  1 tsp    Potato  2    Corn flour  1 tblsp    Salt  as needed    Cornflakes  1/2 cup    Oil  for deep frying             Video on how to make hara bhara kabab...