Avocado Milkshake i first tasted in Singapore , food republic in Vivo city. I was so curious to taste the fruit when we moved here and had it first,in the form of milkshake . Later once Varsha learnt some Glucamole, an avocado dip from school and we had with tortila chips. I bought the avocados to make the avocado ice cream but finally ended up in making the milkshake recipe without ice cream....
Bakery style ladoo recipe, boondi ladoo without boondi, easy to make boondi ladoo without any special ladle. Bakery style boondi ladoo with full video and step-by-step pictures. Usually, we make boondi ladoo with boondi karandi, also called Jarini in Tamil. We also use the normal perforated ladle to make boondi ladoo and motichoor ladoo. Apart from this, we make rava ladoo, maladoo, nei urundai for Deepavali. This boondi ladoo is made without using any special ladle....
Beach style Kara pori recipe, simple and healthy beach style pori recipe. Kara pori recipe with full video and step-by-step pictures. This Beach style pori , a healthy and easy snack. We are not adding any oil into this, so it is a zero oil snack recipe . We can call this as South Indian version of Sukka Bhel . We used to get this in beach and on the street sides too....
Chutney without coconut Preparation Time : 5 mins | Cooking Time : 10 Mins | Serves: 2-3 Curry leaves 1 cup (loosely packed) Garlic 2 cloves Shallots | small onions 10 Urad dal 1 tblsp Green chili 2 Salt as needed Oil 3 tsp Mustard seeds 1/8 tsp Method: Wash the curry leaves and pat dry them. Peel the skin of garlic and onion. I used small onion, you can use big onion too....
Drumstick leaves 3 cups Small onion 10 Red chili 1 Yellow moong dal 2 tblsp (optional) Salt to taste Sugar 1/4 tsp Oil 1 tsp Coconut 2 tblsp Mustard seeds 1/4 tsp Urad dal 1/4 tsp Wash the murungai keerai and take out the leaves one by one without any sticks or yellow leaves. Both are not good for tummy. Slice the small onion into round slices. You can use big onions to....
Eggless savory French toast recipe – Easy and healthy breakfast recipe – French toast recipe with step by step pictures. Idli | dosa is the staple breakfast in our homes. We also make upma and sandwiches for breakfast. This savory version of French toast is an easy and kids friendly recipe too. Usually, they make French toast with egg, but in this version, we are adding besan to replace the egg....
Eggless Vanilla choco chip muffins recipe  I have been searching for a Vanilla muffin recipe and finally, my search ended after trying out fantastic muffins from Sharmis Passion. This muffin I made for my daughter’s teacher’s farewell and though I was very busy on that day I made it with great enthusiasm, as she is my favorite among all teachers and even for my daughter. Her teacher enjoyed this a lot and my Varsha’s friends also liked this very much....
Kandantippili rasam i wanted to post for a long time , but somehow i didn’t search for that in Singapore, but when my mom visited me last month bought this for me and i wanted to start a series of recipes which we used to give for moms after delivery , commonly called as Pathiya samayal in Tamil and Postpartum food in English.  My athai used make this for me when i delivered my second kid Varun, and  she used to tell this kandantippili rasam helps in digestion too....
Gothsu is a South Indian recipe, used as a side dish for Idli | dosa | upma| pongal. I have already posted a Onion Gothsu long back which my mom makes very often. But this recipe for kathrikkai gothsu | brinjal gothsu i learnt from my relative who visited our house last month. Though i prepared it long back somehow, didn’t post it. Finally today i am sharing the recipe of Kathrikkai gothsu which she told , they also call it as Chidambaram Gothsu....
Kavuni arisi Sakkarai Pongal – Karuppu kavuni arisi sakkarai pongal – Traditional South Indian sakkarai pongal made using black rice with step by step pictures and short video Karuppu kavuni arisi is known for its health benefits. It has a unique purplish hue and is very rich in nutrition. We usually make sakkarai pongal using raw rice or sometimes with millet, samba wheat, or aval. I have posted Kavuni Arisi Curd Rice recipe on my Instagram page and YouTube channel....
Khakra chaat recipe, a simple and easy to make chaat recipe, using methi khakras as the base. This is a perfect one for parties and potlucks. Just keep every thing in hand and assemble before serving. You can make this Khakra chaat using home made khakras or store bought ones too. Just as masala papad, we are making this chaat with khakra as base. I have used store bought khakra for this recipe....
Whole wheat pancake Custard powder pancake Mango puree* 1/3 cup All purpose flour 1/2 cup Milk 1/4 cup Baking powder 1/4 tsp Butter 1 tsp Sugar 1 tsp (optional) * I used fresh alphonso mango puree, you can use store bought puree too. In that case do not add sugar. Method: Puree the mango, if using fresh mango. In a wide bowl add all purpose flour. Add the mango puree, baking powder and butter....
Mappillai Samba arisi dosa, crispy dosa made using a popular healthy rice variety of Tamilnadu and millets. Recipe of red rice dosa with full video and step by step pictorial instructions. I have heard about the health benefits of Mapillai samba rice and wanted to switch on to that atleast for making idli | dosa. In my in laws house, they eat this variety of rice only instead of white rice....
Home made kuchi chips recipe Preparation Time : 20 mins | Cooking Time : 35 Mins | Yields: 3 cups (approx) Tapiaco |maravalli kizhangu 1 big Oil to deep fry Salt as needed Red chili powder to taste Method: Peel the skin of the tapioca and wash it nicely. Pat dry it. Cut them into slightly thick roundels. Else you can use a mandolin slicer and make them into bit thick slices....
Paal sakkarai pongal | Creamy sakkarai pongal using milk, jaggery and kalkandu | rock candy. Paal sakkarai pongal recipe with full video and step by step pictures. Sakkarai pongal | sweet pongal is made for Pongal festival. We usually make Sakkarai pongal with little milk on Pongal day. When that milk boils and froths up, we all say ” Pongalo pongal”. This Paal sakkarai pongal recipe, is similar to Sakkarai pongal, but I can say it is a mix of akkaradisal and kalkandu bath....
Pavakkai pitlai recipe, a traditional South Indian gravy recipe, is made with bitter gourd and cooked chana. Pavakkai pitlai with full video and detailed step-by-step pictures. Pitlai is a popular South Indian gravy and very common in Tamil Brahmin households. We make pitlai with poosanikai | Ash gourd and brinjal too. Pavakkai pitlai is my favorite one and my paati makes it very yum. Bittergourd if cooked in a proper way removes all the bitterness and makes the gravy tasty....
Peas pulao recipe – Easy pulao recipe     Preparation Time : 15 mins | Cooking Time : 25 Mins | Serves: 6      Basmati rice   1 cup      Green peas     1/4 cup      Ginger garlic paste   1 tsp      Green chili   1      Ghee  1 tsp      Oil   1 tsp      Salt   as needed             ...
Poha cutlet recipe with stuffed peas, Poha cutlet without potato. Gluten-free cutlet recipe stuffed with peas, recipe with full video, and step-by-step pictures. I wanted to try the popular Aloo matar Tikki recipe, where we boil them and make them like dough. Then we stuffed the matar masala inside and make it as tikkis. I have seen a recipe using sooji also instead of aloo. Since I wanted to make it gluten-free, I decided to use poha | aval....
Pumpkin sauce pasta is a easy pasta recipe made with pumpkin puree as a main base. I have already posted home made pasta sauce recipe and white sauce pasta . This pumpkin pasta sauce i have once tried, very long back but somehow didn’t turn out well. Last week when i was looking for some pasta recipes, my friend told me this recipe,which she recently learnt from her friend. She personally tried it at home and sent me pictures of them too....
Ragi aloo methi paratha | millet recipes- Healthy and tasty aloo methi paratha recipe – Soft aloo paratha with ragi and wheat flour – No onion no garlic recipes Jeyashris kitchen Ragi also called Kezhvaragu in Tamil | Finger millet in English, is an easily available millet everywhere. Generally, my mom makes puttu with ragi and also dosai and adai too. Though I have tried these all, wanted to try something new with ragi flour....
