2013

This is what I prepared as dinner for S birthday. We generally go out for dinner on our birthdays. He couldn’t take the day off and hence I thought of preparing a feast at home itself. I was happy and at the same time slightly nervous too. Didn’t want to cook something disastrous that too on his spe

It is popular gravy of North India. Malai Kofta is a sweeter version of this. You are basically making a vegetable balls, deep fry them and add them to a gravy. I used all the available vegetables at my house. You can add veggies of your choice. Potatoes can be replaces by sweet potatoes or yam too.

It took fifteen minutes to prepare the whole dish. Since I used only onions and peas there wasn’t much chopping (of vegetables) work :-D.

A simple yet delicious starter/Appetizer and a perfect dish for potluck parties. You can even replace paneer with Tofu and prepare this dish. Just make sure you have soft, fresh paneer and bread crumbs. I used Keya (Low Oil absorbent)Japanese bread crumbs that was available in the nearby store.

Easy soup to prepare and perfect for this winter 🙂 Care should be taken while cleaning the mushrooms.

It is the most popular payasam/kheer recipe in Kerala. But now a days most of the weddings here in TN as well serves Pradhaman as a main sweet item for lunch. Last Thursday was Shiva’s birthday and made this dish during breakfast 😀 The following measurement yielded around 12-15 cups. I felt it was

I am huge fan of Big Nachos from Cream Center (Alwarpet). I got a readymade pack of Nachos chips and prepared the cheese sauce and tomato salsa. I used Go Cheese processed cubes for making the sauce. I am not sure how the result would be if you use mozzarella cheese or other cheese varieties. If you

Usually I get a small box of Saffron (குங்குமபூ) for preparing Neivedhyams during Navarathri. Then didn’t get a chance to use it. Last Sunday thought of making ghee rice with saffron infused in it. Prepare the dish for the first time but turned out great. Saffron gave a vibrant colour and aroma to t

Very easy to make and you can prepare it as a starter or as side dish for Briyani / Fried Rice. The stuffing inside capsicum is your choice. I did a normal potato stuffing however you can try Paneer, Tofu based too.

This dish is similar to kuzhi paniyaram. The only difference here is you add Channa Dal & Moong Dal while preparing the batter. In my MIL’s place during Karthigai Dheepam she makes Uppapam & SweetAppam for dinner.The batter has to b