November 2015

Tofu is my new found love. Being a vegetarian I am always in search for a good protein source to include in my day to day meal. Earlier Paneer was only used widely in preparing gravies and side dishes. Nowadays I have included Tofu in salads, prepared gravy and have used in various recipes. It taste

I prepared Vegetable Puffs last week and had some leftover filling. I stuffed the filling the between two perfectly toasted breads and the sandwich tasted amazing.

Veg Puff is one of the most popular evening snack item in Tamil Nadu. In our local tamil language it is mostly referred as Pups (பப்ஸ்) 😉 Though it sounds funny, we all are used to the colloquial way of addressing it.

We visited this place recently and absolutely enjoyed their food. Their tagline is ‘Deliciously Different’ and I should say Ethos did justice to that 🙂 They specialize in Vegetarian/Vegan/GlutenFree foods. The dishes were from different cuisines and if you are ok with this explosion of flavors , y

Chutneys are an integral part of breakfast menu in South India. These are served as side dish to traditional breakfasts like Dosa (Lentil crepes) & Idli (steamed lentil cakes). Kale is such a versatile ingredient and apart from using it widely in salads,smoothies we can include it in many other

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‘Nankhatai’ is the most popular Indian version of shortbread cookies. These are melt in mouth with rich flavor and aroma of cardamom,pistachios and butter.

Sometimes? or most of the times 😉 we Tamilians like to stuff ourselves with food. We are very emotionally attached to food I would say. Especially during festival times each and every household will have their own menu comprising all their family members’ favorite food items. Deepavali and Ponga

In the ‘Deepavali Special’ snack series today am sharing recipe for Pottukadalai Murukku (Roasted Gramflour murukku). I have used single star plate (ஸ்டார் போட்ட அச்சு) to prepare these murukkus. This is the first time I am using that plate and hence it took a while for me to shape murukku perfectly