Ingredients For Curd Vadai Recipe For the Vadai: Udad dal whole 1 cupGreen chilly 4Ginger 1 inch pieceSalt a pinch For the Curd: Thick fresh curds 2 cupsThin buttermilk very lightly salted 2 cups Green chilly 4Cumin seeds 1 tspSalt as...
Starters, Snacks & Street Foods
Spicy Vegetable Pasta (Indian Style)
Ingredients for Spicy Vegetable Pasta Recipe Pasta 1 cupMixed chopped vegetables 1 cupOnion finely chopped 1/2 cupChickpea black cooked 1 cupCoriander leaves chopped 2 tbspGarlic pods 3-4Butter 1 tspFresh crushed black pepper 1 tspTomato sauce 1/2 cup Salt as required Preparation...
Pulses & Dals
Rajma Masala (ZERO Oil Recipe)
Zero- oil Rajma masala.....this red kidney bean curry in a tomato-onion gravy and basic Indian spices brings in memories of a dhaba meal on any highway up north. The light charring of onions tomatoes and garlic gives this creamy curry...
Roti Parathas & Puris
Jowar Vegetable Paratha
The vegetable paratha is made with sorghum /Jowar flour as the base. Whole wheat flour adds to the gluten content thus making the paratha soft and pliable. Ingredients For Jowar Vegetable Paratha Jowar flour 3/4cupWheat flour 1/2 cupOnion 1medium finely...
Pickles Relish Chutney & Sauces
Puli (Family Special Recipe)
Ven Pongal..... The celebrated neivedyam in the month of "margazhi'', the most popular south Indian breakfast and frequently made "tiffin" in most homes. The buttery rice and dal mixture with a generous portion of ghee in which glisten cashew nuts,...
Festival Specials
Karadaiyan Nombu kozhukattai | Festival Recipe
Karadaiyan Nonmbu...Though celebrated every year this one was very special because it was my one and a half-year-old princess first. She sat through the small celebration brimming with curiosity and inquisitiveness. She was in a state of confusion as she...
Bakes
Gulab Jamun Cake (Eggless)
Why are cakes round?? Creativity in the shape of a cake is numerous though a traditional cake is always round. There are 2 theories to this preference. Cakes were moulded by hand during early times. The cake balls flattened into...
Pickles Relish Chutney & Sauces
Easy Instant Pickle (Mixed Vegetables)
India is a land of tongue-tickling "pickles" where vegetables, fruits, or animal products are preserved in vinegar, oil, or salt along with antimicrobial spices. Today I made a simple instant pickle using an unusual combination of vegetables and fruit.....Granny Smith...
Pickles Relish Chutney & Sauces
Yellow Pumpkin Pith Thogayal (ZERO Waste Cooking)
A yellow-orange squash, the pumpkin with its origin in Mexico is a favourite fruit(technically) /vegetable of mine. This moderately sweet vegetable lends itself to a medely of flavours with ease. Be it the preparation of tangy vathakuzhambu, spicy sambhar, bland olan,...
Food Stories, Sweets & Desserts
Navarathiri – Day 5 Special
Day 5 Navarathri... On this auspicious Maha panchami day let us welcome the goddess in her resplendent form of Skandamaatha. Holding Lord Karthikeya on her lap, the mudras of this benevelont goddess indicate fearlessness. The neivedhyam today is the banana...