2014

This is one of our favorite starters. A blend of Indian and Chinese spices & sauces makes this dish even more tastier.

Last Friday was my DH’s birthday and thought of surprising him with some homemade cake. Since its only two of us I thought of making cupcakes. His favorite flavor is chocolate so I zeroed in on the flavor. I didn’t want to add too much of sugar or butter in it and I was looking for eggless recipe to

Tikkis are my fav snack and I usually prepare tikkis with potato,moong dal. But last weekend I made this yummy sweetpotato tikkis for breakfast , served it with a simple mint chutney. They turned out so good and was very filling too. You can even serve these as starters in a party or give them to ki

Dal Chawal_ is nothing but rice and any lentil or legumes based gravy. Very simple and healthy dish loaded with proteins. Also such a comforting dish and you can prepare within 15-20 minutes. Today I had some leftover pressure cooked cowpeas (தட்டப் பயிறு in Tamil). You can try the same recipe wit

This thick, tangy and spicy curry is best with steaming hot rice.During my school days at Tirunelveli our monthly routine was to watch a morning show in either of these theatres PVT,Ram/Muthuram,Poornakala and then to have full meals at Hotel Bharani or Vasantham. They served the best karakuzh

Winter is almost here. Evening coffee is replaced by hot healthy soups now a days. This sweet corn soup is our fav next to mushroom soup.. I used frozen sweet corn kernels and they it took around 4-5 minutes for them to become tender. If you are using regular sweetcorns it might take a bit more ti

The reason I call this salad as detox is it has lot of vegetables, it is gluten-free,healthy too.The salad dressing is quite basic. I have used cucumbers, bell peppers, iceberg lettuce,cherry tomatoes,Feta cheese.However you can add as many veggies as you like 😉

When we came to know about moving to London, the first thing I asked my mom to do is to prepare good molagapodi and sambhar podi. She is an expert in preparing these essential dry powders and even after marriage she gives me the podis regularly. Kindly check the recipe for authentic tambrahm idli po

Very easy to prepare crunchy snack. I have used capsicum, some fresh herbs and cheddar cheese. You can substitute with other cheese. If you don’t like capsicum then replace it with some red onions.

Paneer Dosa was my first post in this blog and today read that post after so many years. Feeling nostalgic. I don’t update my blog regularly but I keep clicking photos of whatever I cook. Am yet to get a professional camera, I don’t eve