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Rasam

Happy New Year 2018 everyone, though a week late 🙂 As promised I thought I will make at least one post every month. So today it is Rasam, one most favorite recipe in Tamil household. Easy to make. Ingredients: Tamarind Juice – 1.5 cups(soak a big lemon size tamarind and get juice) Salt — according to taste. to grind Garlic — 6 to 7 pods Tomato – 1/2 large Corriander seeds — 1 tablespoon Toor daal…

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Vegetable Biriyani (Instant Pot method)

Hello everyone, It has been more than a year that I wrote something in this blog, thought I would post something for 2017. Life has been really busy and have not been able to keep up. A lot of changes have happened over this year. I have moved to instant pot from normal Indian pressure cooker and have been loving it so much that I totally forgot normal pressure cooker and started using only…

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Vazhaipoo thugayal/Banana Flower petal chutney

Hello friends, Been really long, absolutely no time to check my blog. Have been thinking of posting, ain’t got time to write down a post. Have some pictures taken and been there in the memory card. Little one is growing fast and I am going around her where ever she crawls. This gets the mommy tired Anyways lets get to this recipe. This is a recipe from my dear friend PM’s mom. When she told me…

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2015 in review

Though I was not so very active most of the time in 2015, stats look definitely good. Thanks everyone. Wish you all a very happy and a prosperous New Year 2016!! The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2015 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The Louvre Museum has 8.5 million visitors per year. This blog was viewed about 79,000 times in 2015. If it were an exhibit at the…

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Paal Payasam/Kheer

I have been MIA for quiet sometime again. December is going to be a very tight scheduled month. Having a baby has changed everything possible. My DD has turned 6 months old today. Just a few days back we started giving her some solids. As of now she likes avocado. I was thinking of making a cake. But my hubby said, why don’t you make some payasam, so that she can also have a bit of it. So yes…

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Cranberry thokku

I wanted to make this thokku last year itself but missed it. Cranberries are easily found during Thanksgiving season. When I went to Walmart before Thanksgiving this year, I got a pack of cranberries for $1.68. Last year this time I was pregnant and had urinary infection, which is very common during pregnancy. Cranberry helps a lot in reducing UTI. I used to make juice with apple. But it was too…

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Vegetable Fried Rice (Indian Style, without soy sauce)

When I get loads of veggies, on Sunday I opt for vegetable fried rice. My hubby would not want to use soy sauce. So here is a very interesting version with the usage of vinegar. It tastes awesome. My hubby gave me this recipe. We both love it. Hope you will also enjoy this. Ingredients: Rice : 2 cups Onion : 1/2 of a large finely chopped (yellow onions will go great) Carrot : 2 small Beans : 10…

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Sweet Diamond Cuts/Shakkarpaara

Hope you all had a wonderful Diwali. I just made some millet poha ladoo , murukku, gulab jamun. On Diwali day, managed to make some Masala Cheeyam as well. For gulab jamun I used the instant pack. I had some sugar syrup left out . Its was flavorsome as I had added some saffron, cardamom, vanilla extract. Usually everyone adds rose essence, I didn’t have it, so I used vanilla extract. I somehow…

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Samai, aval laddo/Little Millet, Poha Laddo

Happy Diwali everyone :) This year being the first year for my daughter, it is quiet special. But these days I am rarely getting time. Preparing day to day food with her is getting challenging.Even if I prepare something taking picture is time consuming :) So I made this quick laddo. I try to include millet in my diet as they are rich in iron. This is a basic poha laddo, with the addition of…

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Samai Upma/Little Millet Upma - Guest post to Maha's lovely home

Samai Upma/Little Millet Upma – Guest post to Maha’s lovely home

This is a very long pending post from me. I have given this guest post to Usha of “Maha’s Lovely Home” long back. When I was planning to post it in my blog, I had to go to labor. After that I couldn’t get time to post. So here it is. When Usha asked me to send some recipes, I planned to give her millet recipe. Do visit her page to find lovely recipes. A very dedicated and talented blogger for a…

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Karuvepillai Kuzhambhu/ Curry Leaves gravy(Chettinad style)

Karuvepillai kuzhambhu is a speciality in chettinad cuisine. Curry leaves are great source of vitamin and mineral. High in iron content. Here in the US just few strands of curry leaves cost a dollar. I just use them for garnish. Recently there was an Indian friends get together. One family have got this tree at their house. They had to chop it off. So they distributed it in the party. I was…

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Potato Fry/ Urulai Poriyal

We all love potatoes, who doesn’t :P . This is an universal recipe in many Indian families. Quick and easy to make. It is not there in my blog yet. So I thought why not take some pictures one day when i prepared. So here it is. There is one secret ingredient which brings more taste to this dish. I got to know from my dear friend Vidya @ Traditionally Modern Food. It gives crispy and tasty potato…

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Oats Carrot Cake(Eggless)

It has been very long since I posted. As most of you know, we had our little munchkin born in the month of June. I couldn’t get along with blogging. Being a first time mom , I am still in sleepless mode :) In between my DD turned 4.5 months, phew did I say 4.5 months…YES she is already 4.5 months old. She was a preemie baby born 3 weeks early. She was born even before my mom could reach us. Some…

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Jowar Dosa -- A Guest post for Aruna @ Aaharam

Aruna and her space Aaharam needs no introduction, she is one such amazing blogger who inspires me with so many variety of food. I love her dedication and efforts of blogging. I specially love her traditional recipes. When Aruna asked for a guest post, I was so excited and here it is :)

If you are new to her space, do check her recipes, I am sure you will drool :)

Blog : https://aahaaram.wordpres…

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Peas Pulao

Peas Pulao is another easy lunchbox menu. Quick to make and tastes great. Mint leaves is the secret ingredient in this pulao, it gives a great flavor.

To check on other rice varieties click here

Ingredients:

Basmathi Rice : 1 cup

Water : 2 cups

Peas : 1/2 cup

Mint Leaves : 15

Salt : to taste

Green Chili : 2 to 3

Onion : 1/4 of a large

Cumin Seeds/Jeera : 1/4 teaspoon

Ginger garlic Paste : 1…

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Milagu Kuzhambhu/Black Pepper gravy

This is one of the spicy kuzhambhu from south. This gravy can be had when you have sore throat, cold. It helps reducing the throat infection. Also this is one best food for nursing mothers. It helps increasing the breast milk. I made this for the Tamil New year as we need to make one spicy food on that day.

Ingredients:

Black Pepper/ Milagu : 2 teaspoons

Coriander Seeds : 3 teaspoons

Urad dal…

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Milagai Chutney/Red Chili Chutney

As I mentioned earlier in Vellai Paniyaram post, they are always accompanied with red chili chutney. As paniyaram is just made with rice and a bit of urad dal , it is quite bland and requires something spicy to be accompanied :)

Ingredients:

Small Onion/Red Pearl onions : 20 to 25 (You can use shallots or red onions as well)

Tomato : 1/2 of a large

Garlic : 2 pods

Red Chili : 3 ( normally we add…

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