Vendakkai puli mandi , is basically a chettinad recipe, with vendakkai | ladies finger based gravy, pairs well with plain rice. Though i have heard this, happened to taste this in my neice wedding, i recently attended in India. Me and my sister got hooked up by its taste and asked the person who was serving, the name of the dish. Then we both went straight into the kitchen and looked for the chief cook and asked him the recipe....
Vietnamese veg spring roll with video Preparation Time : 15 mins | Cooking Time : 5 mins | Serves: 3 Vietnamese Rice sheets 6 Carrot 1 Cucumber 1 small Capsicum | bell pepper 1/2 Tofu a small portion Garlic 1 pod Soy sauce 2 drops Olive oil 2 drops Mint leaves or basil leaves few Rice noodles little Hot water to dip the rice sheets Salt as needed Pepper powder 2 pinches For the sauce Peanut butter 2-3 tblsp Red chili flakes few Honey 2-3 drops...
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Aamras is a popular Maharastrian dish made with mangoes and other flavourful spices like elachi and saffron. I have tasted this many times in my friend’s house as a dessert, but this is the first time i am making at home. Last week when i visited a friend she made dal baati and aamras for me. I thoroughly enjoyed the food and noted down the recipe of both. Will soon post the recipe of dal baati....
Andhra pulihora recipe | andhra puliyodarai recipe – Puliyodarai is our family’s favorite and i have posted 2 varieties of puliyodarai here already. Check out Pulikaichal  and Iyengar kovil style puliyodarai .  I always wanted to try this Andhra pulihora, as one of my friends makes it so awesome. Recently, we were invited to her place for lunch, and while she was discussing the food with me, I told her I wanted a simple Andhra meal....
Veg lasagna recipe Home made pasta sauce recipe Method: In a pan add olive oil and add the finely chopped garlic. Chop the red chili and add them too. Cook for a minute and add the chopped tomato. Saute for 2 minutes. Add the pasta sauce to this now. I used store bought pasta sauce. You can add home made pasta sauce. If adding tomato puree, add oregano to this....
Coconut poli recipe – with wheat flour – Kayi holige, Coconut puran poli thengai poli, Coconut obattu recipe – Sweet flatbreads stuffed with coconut and jaggery-based filling. Thengai poli with full video and step-by-step pictures. First I want to share very happy news with you all. It’s Jeyashri’s kitchen’s 12th anniversary. The journey started on August 19 2009 and with all your constant support, we are now stepping into the 13 th year of blogging....
I made Bisibelabath Ulundu vadai |medhu vadai Tomato pachadi Raw mango pickle Potato fry Jeera rasam Curd rice Semiya payasam Papad
KIDS FRIENDLY SNACK Cup corn is an easy snack and this involves no cooking too, if you have a Microwave Oven at home. Even the kids above 10years can make this as per their own taste . During our visit to Chennai last December , we had this in one the leading shopping malls. Though it is a usual one where we get in all parts of the city, this particular Cup corn have the flavor of Tandoori Masala and we all loved this....
Curry leaves murukku recipe | flavourful curry leaves murukku recipe with full video and step by step pictorial instructions. Karuveppilai murukku | curry leaves murukku, the idea was given by my daughter. When I was planning for Diwali posts, she suggested me to try this out. I felt interesting and noted down in my to-do list. It was too busy for the past 10 days with a lot of work. Finally managed to make this murukku and shoot the video too....
Tea, so many of us make tea as a  routine basis everyday. In our home me and Suresh take plain tea every morning. I always love this ginger-cardamom tea, especially after a heavy breakfast or an deep fried tea time snack. I never keep any proper measurements for making tea on daily basis. I hope it is with the case of every one of us. When we do on a daily basis it will easily come for us....
Indian Kitchen basics Those who are regularly following Jeyashri’s kitchen, must be aware that i have a started a new series in my blog, after the successful attempt of Cooking for guests series . Past 2 weeks, i posted Indian micorowave recipes. This week i am sharing the recipe of Tamarind paste . As in most of the South indian family, we do Rasam , sambar or vathakuzhambhu on a daily basis....
Kambu koozh is a perfect summer cooler. During our childhood days though amma makes it sometimes but i never liked it that time. But when i did this kambu koozh for the mangayar malar supplement book in Dec 2014, this millet recipe was one among them. I somehow liked it very much and it’s an instant version of this pearl millet porridge. I used the bajra flour instead of whole bajra....
Karpooravalli Tambuli | Doddapatra Tambuli recipe – A simple no-cook summer special recipe made using ajwain leaves | omavalli leaves | karpooravalli leaves. Tambuli Recipe with full video and step-by-step pictures. Doddapatra Tambuli | Karpooravalli thayir pachadi is a Karnataka dish. I learned this recipe from my friend Meera, who shared a lot of recipes with me. Many of them I posted in Jeyashris’s kitchen as well. When she told me this recipe I was a bit skeptical as to how it will taste....
Preparation Time : 10 mins | Cooking Time : 25 Mins | Serves: 3 Karunai kizhangu | Pidi karanai 3 Ginger small piece Green Chili 1 Toor dal 2 tblsp Sambar powder 1/4 tsp Scrapped coconut 3tblsp Coconut oil 1 tsp Mustard seeds 1/4 tsp Urad dal 1/4 tsp Curry leaves few Salt to taste Lemon juice 2 tsp Turmeric powder 1/4 tsp Asafoetida a pinch Method: Cook the toor dal in pressure cooker along with turmeric powder ....
Mango raita with step by step pictures and video. Mango raita is a simple yogurt based raita | dip, pairs well with parathas, pulaos or even with some chips too. This mango mint raita is quite refreshing for this summer. This is the first mango recipe I am posting for this year. If you follow me on Instagram and also read my stories in my Mango recipes collection post , you know my love for mangoes....
How to make masala pav -with video Masala pav recipe is a popular mumbai style street food. When i posted tawa idli recipe , many of my friends here told me about the masala pav. the way they narrated about that, made me to try it out soon. Last week when i made the dabeli, i was left with one pav bun and tried masala pav with that. The recipe i adapted from Tarla dalal’s website....
GANESH CHATURTHI|VINAYAGAR CHATHURTI RECIPES Preparation Time : 15 mins | Cooking Time : 30 Mins | Makes: 10 For the outer covering Rice flour | Idiyappam Flour 1/2 cup Water as needed (approx. 3/4 cup) Sesame oil 1 tsp For the Poornam Yellow Moong dal | paasi paruppu 1/4 cup Jaggery 1/4 cup Grated fresh coconut 1/4 cup Cardamom a pinch Method: To make the outer covering: Boil water in a pan and add the oil to this....
Mullu murukku | Mullu thenkuzhal | Chakli recipe with full video and detailed step wise description. The tips to get perfect crispy murukku is to make the dough soft and crack free. Always use hot oil or softened butter to make the dough. Do not add more quantity than mentioned in the recipe. It will end up giving shapeless murukkus. Always heat the oil and once it becomes hot, bring it to medium flame and make the murukku....
Paal Kozhukattai recipe – with jaggery, Paal kozhukattai recipe with full video and step by step pictures. Paal kozhukattai is a traditional sweet made in Tamilnadu, using rice flour, jaggery and coconut milk as main ingredients. We make it by replacing jaggery with sugar too. In my in-law’s place, we do pooja on Naga panchami- Garuda panchami nombu during the aadi month. We make this paal kozhukaati and do neivedhyam to God....
