Baby corn manchurian is a popular indo chinese dish, which can be made as a dry version and also as a gravy too. I have tried Vegetable manchurian  , but never tried manchurian gravy with baby corn. Last week, i called my friend’s daughter to join for dinner with my kids. I asked her anything she likes so much so that i can make for her. She instantly said fried rice and baby corn manchurian....
Broken wheat pongal | Vegetable Pongal recipe, a healthy and easy south Indian breakfast made using samba wheat, moong dal and veggies. The addition of pepper and cumin seeds makes it flavourful. Broken wheat pongal | Veg pongal recipe with full video and step-by-step pictures. Ven pongal| Khara pongal is a popular South Indian breakfast that is made with rice. I have already posted Millet ven pongal and rava pongal. This time i wanted to add some veggies to the pongal....
Butter murukku is an easy diwali snack and gives a nice flavor of pottukadalai |roasted gram in the murukku. I learned this recipe for butter murukku from my friend. If you are a beginner in making murukku you can try out this easy murukku as it you can squeeze into bits in oil and no need to shape the murukku. Try out this easy recipe of murukku for Diwali 2013. Stay tuned for more easy and interesting diwali recipes coming in the next few days....
CARROT AND GINGER SOUP RAJMA MASALA KADAI PANEER MUSHROOM PULAO PLAIN PARATHA (RECIPE COMING NEXT WEEK) FRUITSALAD WITH ICE CREAM ( Just mix any fruits of your choice and serve with a scoop of vanilla ice cream) See you next week with an interesting traditional menu next week. Have a great weekend and a beautiful week ahead.
This week in the cooking for guests series, I have made a full elaborate meal we cook for Tamil New Year. Tamil New Year is celebrated tomorrow. When we were in India I used to cook elaborate meals for all festivals, after coming here I made the important items for every festival. The reason for this is not laziness, but most festivals come on working days and for lunch, I will be the only person at home....
Cucumber curd rice recipe, summer special easy to make cucumber curd rice. This easy and healthy recipe is perfect for summer. South Indian curd rice recipe, a staple one in South Indian homes. Daily we mix rice and curd and end our meal. But when we make it for lunch box or guests we used to make seasoned curd rice. I have a few versions of curd rice in Jeyashri’s kitchen....
Garlic rice recipe with video and step by step pictures Garlic rice recipe, a very simple garlic flavored rice made using Brown Sona masoori rice, healthy lunch box recipes. Recently we have switched to brown rice. Actually i tried many varieties of brown rice but somehow not satisfied with any thing. I picked the Brown Sona masoori rice in Sri Murugan stores Singapore and finally completely satisfied with the rice. And the most gratifying thing is kids too started eating this without any fuss....
I almost followed the same recipe but the inside stuffing is bit different. As green peas is in season, i thought i will make the stuffing with green peas. Enjoy this popular street food .    Maida | All purpose flour  1 cup   Ghee 2 tblsp    Sooji |Rava  1 tblsp    Green peas  3/4 cup   Green chilli  1-2    Garlic  2   Coriander leaves  Few   Salt as needed   Garam masala  2 pinches   Kasoori methi  a pinch   Cumin seeds   1/4 tsp   Oil  for deep frying  Â...
Holi recipes | Holi recipes sweets and snacks – Collection of holi recipes from Jeyashris kitchen Holi is celebrated widely in most of the states of India. The holi festival signifies the victory of good over evil. It also represents the arrival of spring. It is also called as festival of colors. People sprinkle colors on each other and celebrate this festival. Like all the festivals Holi is also celebrated with a wide variety of sweets and snacks....
Teh tarik recipe Mint chai INGREDIENTS:(Â SINGLE SERVING) COCOA POWDER 1 TBLSP SUGAR 1 TBLSP HOT WATER 1 TBLSP LOW FAT MILK 1 CUP SALT A PINCH VANILLA ESSENCE 1/4 TSP METHOD: In a pan add the cocoa powder, sugar and salt along with hot water. Slowly add the milk and bring it to a boil. Keep the flame low. Remove from heat and add vanilla essence. Whisk the mixture to make it frothy....
   Full cream Milk  5 cups + 3 tblsp    Condensed Milk  1/2 cup    Badam 5-6    Bread  1 Slice    Saffron  6-7 strands    Rose water  1 tsp Method: In a pan add milk and let it boil . Stir in between and keep the flame low. Let the milk start reducing....
Mahalaya Paksham lunch Dinner combo- 12 – No onion no garlic Pithru paksha recipes. Today’s menu has our family’s favorite combo Vatha kuzhambu and kootu. Some people avoid having keerai during Mahalayam, but as I mentioned before in all my posts, I use all vegetables except onion and garlic during Mahalayam period. Kootu and vatha kuzhambu is a staple combo loved by all at home. The pan-fried brinjal is yet another one of my personal favorites and this recipe is a super hit....
Maida-rava sweet paniyaram is a highly addictive and easy recipe. I had tasted this in a friend’s place 2 years back during navaratri. I suddenly remembered that and tried this at home. It turned out super awesome and it is quite addictive sweet too. A tasty and different sweet recipe to try for navaratri. This sweet paniayaram will be a super hit among your guests too. Check out my other Navaratri recipes...
Preparation Time : 10 mins | Cooking Time : 15 Mins | Serves: 1 cup Mango inji | manga inji 200 gms Red chili powder 2-3 tsp Sesame oil 3 tblsp Asafoedita 1/2 tsp Mustard seeds 3/4 tsp Turmeric powder 1/2 tsp Jaggery a small piece Salt as needed Method: Peel the skin of the mango ginger and grate this in a small grater. It came to 1 cup of grated mango ginger....
Mango season started in full swing. My first order from Ministry of Mangoz has arrived last week. the alphonso mangoes were very tasty and they are organic too. We are really enjoying the mangoes and side by side i am trying out some mango recipes too. Mango pudding i wanted to make last year itself but some how missed it out during the mango season. I made this 2 days back and we all really enjoyed this mango pudding....
Milagu vadai recipe | anjaneyar kovil vadai Milagu vadai or Anjaneyar kovil vadai is a traditional prasadam offered in anjaneyar temple. Before marriage in my town for anjaneyar they used to put the usual ulundu vada malai. After coming to chennai, we have an anjayneyar temple just opposite our house. There they used to put this thattai type crispy milagu vadai for anjayneyar and distribute it to all. Living there in the same street, we used to get the vadais daily and every day around 11 am they started making the vadais in the temple madapalli (kitchen)....
Mixed veggies* 2 cups Millet** 3/4 cup Toor dal 1/4 cup Water 2 and 1/2 cup (to cook the millet + dal) Turmeric powder 1/2 tsp + 2 pinches Small onion | shallots 1 cup Sesame oil 2 tblsp Ghee 1 tblsp Cooking oil 1 tsp Tamarind lemon sized Cashew nuts few (optional) Curry leaves few Mustard seeds 1/2 tsp To Roast and grind for the fresh sambar masala Dhaniya | Coriander seeds 2 tblsp Channa dal 2 tblsp Venthayam | Methi seeds 1 tsp Red chili 6-7 Kopra | dry coconut or fresh coconut 1/2 cup Oil 1 tsp *I used carrot, peas, beans and chow chow....
Mysore masala dosai is a traditional dosa of Karnataka. Most of the restaurants in Bangalore and Mysore serve this. I was first introduced to this Mysore masala through a cousin’s wife here. When we all went out for lunch one day in Raj restaurant here, she ordered Mysore masala dosa. I was wondering, how dosa will be filling for a lunch. But she told, it will be filling and the mysore masala dosa which is served there will be delicious too....
Navaratri 2019 is starting on September 29. I have posted Navaratri combo food post few years back. That post will be a combination of Tiffin items and sweets. Few of my friends and readers asked me to post dry sweets and snacks combos. Many times when you have sudden guests or if you are a working women, can plan and make this in advance and pack it for guests who come for Navaratri....
Preparation Time : 10 mins | Cooking Time : 1 min| Serves: 3-4 Nellikai | gooseberry|amla 3 Green chili 1-2 Coconut 1 tblsp Salt as needed Yogurt | curd 5 tblsp Oil 1 tsp Mustard seeds 1/4 tsp Asafoetida a pinch Method: Roughly chop the gooseberry and discard the seed. Grind this into a coarse paste along with green chili, little salt and coconut. Do not make it a fine paste....
