28 February 2013

AVOCADO CREAM PARFAIT

When I was working, a friend from my office introduced this exotic delicious avocado smoothie... Till then I have never heard or seen this fruit... This is a very filling smoothie. Then it became my family's favorite fruit...If I invite guests,for lunch r dinner sure will make a dessert out of avocado and my guestes will likes it.. 

25 February 2013

KOVAKKAI STIR FRY

First I tasted kovakkai poriyal in Andhra Mess, it’s in Chennai (T.nagar)… Foods served their are really spicy and its tastes so yummy… And for meals they offer 3 varieties of poriyal and kovakkai is one among them… 

23 February 2013

GREEN THOGAYAL/MINT,CORIANDER AND CURRY LEAVES THOGAYAL

Green thogayal is our all time favorite, we make this thogayal often,I like the spicy and puli taste in it...This is a best side dish for all dishes (dosa, idly, sambar, chapatti, more kuzhambu) and the list goes on...I always have a stock of any thogayal in my fridge,And it helps me out, in my lazy times..

20 February 2013

RADISH SAMBAR/MULLANGI SAMBAR

This is one of my family's favorite dish... From eldest to the youngest ... And Rk loves sambar all time... And he wishes to have sambar at least 4 times a week... And he keeps telling me it is a healthy and light dish when compared to masala's...Accepted...

17 February 2013

MANGO PACHADI/MAANGA PACHADI

Right from my childhood, I’m a very big fan of mangos, ripe or unripe ones…Any dish made out mangos, I will be the first one to finish it off... And in my childhood, school summer holidays, I go to my grandmother’s house and all my cousins will gather there without fail...

16 February 2013

PATTUKKOTTAI CHICKEN CURRY

This is a easy and tasty chicken curry... The key ingredient is kurma powder, which I'm using in this dish... I learnt this recipes from my mom, and she learnt from her aunty....

13 February 2013

NUTTY RAGI CAKE BALL

Planned to bake and wanted to try something different and healthy, as I'm out of stock with all purpose flour…Thought of trying wheat and ragi combo..Ragi is best food for weight control, diabetes and for cooling the body. And it’s also a rich source of fiber and helps to lower cholesterol level.

10 February 2013

KORMA PODI/KURMA POWDER

This is my version of korma podi,I use this podi in most of my meat dishes.. And sure you will have a restaurant style and taste of korma when cooked...The process of making kurma podi is to similar to that of  sambar podi... 

07 February 2013

VAZHAIPOO VADAI


Me and my MIL went for vegetable shopping to little India(Singapore),My MIL saw  vazhaipoo and said it's very good for health and can make variety of dishes with it...so I just picked one..

04 February 2013

CARROT SEMIYA PAYASAM


Carrot semiya payasam is totally new to me… I haven't heard or tasted before... I saw this recipe in a cooking show...it sounded different

01 February 2013

MANGALOREAN FISH CURRY

I learnt this recipe from my brother. During my last trip to India... My brother also,came down from U.S.A, and after a long time we were together... And one day my mom was out of town... So the kitchen was empty.If mom’s there, she never let us inn...