Recipe Cusine : Indian Prep Time : 10 Minutes Cook time : 10 Minutes Serves : 2 Author : Jeyashri Recipe Category : Breakfast | snack Description : Ghee podi idli recipe with step by step picture and video, a delicious snack made using left over idlis or even with fresh idlis. Idli 4 Idli molagapodi 1 tblsp Red chili powder 3/4 tsp (optional) Ghee 1 tblsp + 2 tsp Sesame oil 2 tsp Mustard seeds 1/4 tsp Urad dal 1/2 tsp Salt 2 pinches Curry leaves few...

Hot and sour soup recipe, Veg hot and sour soup, a popular Indo Chinese soup recipe – Restaurant style Hot and sour veg soup recipe with full video and detailed step by step instructions. Soups are always liked by everyone at our home. The most common one I make is palak soup, pumpkin and carrot soup, and broccoli soup. I have tasted hot and sour veg soup in restaurants. I wanted to try this at home....

Kara boondi recipe, with video, is a deep-fried snack made using gram flour, generally mixed with South Indian Mixture too. I made it for this Diwali and wanted to post the recipe before that. I made this to put it in a mixture. But somehow, I couldn’t get time to post this before Diwali. Again I am making a South Indian mixture for my in-laws as I am visiting them shortly....

Preparation Time : 10 mins + soaking time 7 hrs | Cooking Time : 25 Mins | Serves: 5 Black rice | kavuni arisi | karuppu arisi 1/4 cup Milk 3 cups Water 3/4 cup Ghee 1 tsp Cashew nuts few Sugar 1/2 cup Method: Wash and soak the rice in 3/4 cup of water for 7 hours or overnight. After 7 hours keep the water aside and grind the rice coarsely....

Preparation Time : 15 mins | Cooking Time : Nil| Serves: 2 Yogurt | curd 1 cup Milk 1/4 cup Saffron 7-8 strands Pistachio for garnishing Sugar 3 tsp Cardamom powder a pinch Method: Heat a pan for and put the saffron in it and leave it for 30 seconds. Switch off the flame and add 1 tbsp of milk to it. Let the saffron get soaked in warm milk for 15 minutes....

Kovakkai fry recipe | Tindora fry | Dondakaya fry | Kovakkai roast | kovakkai varuval- Deep-fried tindora recipe with detailed step-by-step pictures and full video. Kovakkai | tindora | dondakaya, I came to know about this vegetable when I got married and started living in Chennai. I have never seen this in Madurai, my hometown, 20 years back. So even during our childhood days, whenever we visit Chennai, my aunts will make this for us....

Kuska | kuska biryani is a plain biryani done without any veggies. This kuska biryani is quite popular in Tamilnadu. I was introduced to this kuska biryani by neighbour aunty in Madurai. She is an awesome cook and i have posted recipes which i learnt from her. This kuska biryani is generally accompanied by a simple raita and sometimes with a kurma. Kuska is a variety of biryani made without adding any veggies....

Mango ginger pickle or Maanga inji pickle is a simple pickle which we make when mango inji is available in the market. This pickle doesn’t involve any cooking and we don’t use oil while making this pickle. During my trip to Chennai in December, when i was walking through the streets of Station road in West Mambalam , i bought some fresh vegetables . Along with that i bought this manga inji also, and made pickle after going home and clicked it also....

Mango Halwa recipe with step by step pictures, an easy and quick mango dessert made using mango puree corn flour and sugar as the main ingredients. I have already posted Mango sheera | mango kesari. This halwa is similar to the custard powder halwa or the karachi halwa. I wanted to try this for a long time but this time the Organic Alphonso mangoes which i got from Wild seed Singapore were too sweet, so i thought i will try this Mango halwa recipe....

Matar paratha Green peas curry Peas kurma Recipe Cusine : Indian Prep Time : 10 Minutes Cook time : 20 Minutes Serves : 2 Author : Jeyashri Recipe Category : Lunch | Dinner Description : Matar poha | green peas poha upma is a healthy and quick breakfast recipe, made using thick poha and fresh green peas, recipe with step by step pictures. Thick poha 1 cup Turmeric powder 1/4 tsp + 1/4 tsp Sugar 1 tsp Salt as needed Green peas 1/2 cup Oil 4 tsp Cumin seeds 1/4 tsp Onion 2 Green chili 3-4 Mustard seeds 1/2 tsp Peanuts 1-2 tblsp (optional) Coriander leaves few Lemon juice 1 tsp...

Milagu rasam | Pepper rasam | a simple comfort and soothing rasam without cooked dal and tomato. Milagu rasam recipe in Tamil with full video and step by step pictures. We South Indians make many varieties of rasam at home. Usually tomato is added in making rasam, but this pepper rasam is made without adding tomato. In our home, I make rasam on weekend only. As now it is winter, we all crave hot piping rasam to just sip as a soup....

Veg momos is in my to do list for a long time. Also i tried this a couple of times but the clicks and the decent shapes were not satisfactory and so didn’t blog the momos . I have a reader request also for this momos from few people and so without much a long wait i thought i will post the recipe of how to make momo. It is a steamed savory dumpling, a popular one in Tibetian cusine....

Mupparuppu vadai recipe | Paruppu vadai – முப்பருப்பு வடை in Tamil – Moonu paruppu vadai – No onion no garlic 3 dal vadai recipe – recipe with full video and step-by-step pictures. We usually make paruppu vadai with chana dal and toor dal. I learnt this recipe many years back from a wedding caterer. When we were curating the menu for a family event, he suggested mupparuppu vadai. I was so curious and asked him the recipe and he explained everything in detail so patiently....

Mysore Bonda recipe | Ulundu bonda- A classic South Indian deep-fried snack recipe made using urad dal, a no onion no garlic recipe. Mysore bonda recipe with step-by-step pictures. During my childhood days, I never liked mysore bonda much as it has whole black pepper. But somehow after I got married, I had this liking towards mysore bonda. It is popularly called as Ulundu bonda in Tamilnadu. It is made of urad dal batter same as the urad dal vada | ulundu vadai....

Hariyali paneer tikka recipe Paneer tikka masala I used the panner cubes to make these tikkas. INGREDIENTS: PANEER CUBES 3/4 CUP SOUR CREAM 2 TBLSP TANDOORI MASALA 1/2 TSP REDCHILLI POWDER 1/2 TSP CHAT MASALA 1/4 TSP CAPSICUM 1/2 NO CUBED ONION 1 NO. CUBED OIL 1 TBLSP KASOORI METHI 1/4 TSP SALT AS NEEDED Method: Take the paneer from the freezer and keep it outside till it comes to the room temperature....

Paruppu podi recipe – No onion no garlic paruppu podi recipe – Traditional podi recipe with full video and step-by-step pictures. Paruppu podi | kandi podi is a spice mix made using toor dal and balck pepper as main ingredients. Usually, it is mixed with hot rice, and smeared with ghee or sesame oil, it is a staple in South Indian cuisine. In Andhra cuisine they make spicier version of Paruppu podi | dal powder | kandi podi....

Pineapple fried rice, is a popular Thai recipe. I have seen this in a Thai vegetarian cook book which my friend gave it to me. Pineapple is a one of the fruit which we get throughout the year here in Singapore. Every time when i but pineapple i wanted to try this Thai style Pineapple Fried rice. As today Varsha is at home, thought will make something new and interesting for her lunch....

Pineapple rasam recipe- South Indian rasam recipe with full video and step-by-step pictures. I heard the term pineapple rasam for the first time when I was in my college. One of my friends who regularly eat at the canteen used to tell us, that in his canteen they serve pineapple rasam. I have always seen my amma and paati make rasam using tomatoes. This sounded new and interesting. After moving to Singapore, one day one of our friend’s mom invited us for lunch....

Rajma sundal recipe | navaratri sundal recipes Rajma|Red kidney bean sundal, is an easy variety of sundal to make for navaratri. I usually make Rajma masala , but rajma sundal i am trying for the first time. I tried a slightly mint flavored rajma sundal just to enhance the taste. And believe me, it came out very well and the slight flavor of mint leaves and rajma paired very well. Try out this rajma sundal for Navratri....