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Pears & Berries Crumble (Quick dessert)
June 8, 2015This is one of the quickest desserts you can prepare when you crave for something sweet. There are so many variations with regards to fruits being used and the ingredients that is used for topping. Here I have used very basic ingredients and the following measurement serves two. I used a standard si
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Green Apple Thokku/Green Apple Pickle
June 4, 2015Its summer time in India. My mom will be busy making pickles using Mango, Lemon, Maavadu etc.. That bug has gotten into me too 🙂 Bought some fresh Granny Smith Apples yesterday and prepared a beautiful tangy & delicious South Indian style pickle out of it. Preparation was similar to that of Ma
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Jowar Dosa/Chola Dosai (சோள தோசை)
June 4, 2015I used white sorghum seeds to prepare the batter. I am planning to incorporate millet in our diet. Jowar has lots of health benefits including lowering cholesterol and even helps in weight loss too. Also this is Gluten-Free 🙂 A healthy alternative to our regular dosa batter.
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Mint Chutney Sandwich
May 28, 2015One of my favorite breakfasts in recent times 🙂 You get beautiful fresh breads here and am making the most use of it. To spice up the usual normal sandwich I add spicy mint chutney as a spread first and then top it off with veggies. You can even pack this sandwich if you are going on a trip or can
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Eggless Oatmeal Cookies (My 200th Post as well :-))
May 22, 2015I baked my first ever cookie at home last week and it turned out perfectly yum. Thought of updating that cookie recipe as my 200th post. Before giving out the recipe just wanted to share few thoughts running in my mind right now 🙂
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Vendakkai(Bhindi) Fry/Okra Fry
May 22, 2015Easy to prepare Okra fry that can be served as a side dish for Rice or you can even make it for kids as snack in the evenings. If you want it to be healthier try baking or shallow frying instead of deep frying Bhindi. I personally haven’t tried these two methods and hence am not sure how the output
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Drumstick comes under spinach variety and it has lots of health benefits. In Tamilnadu most of the individual houses will have this tree and from top to bottom of the tree it has various uses. The root,stem,flowers and leaves are raw materials for many medicines.
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Eggless Sponge Cake / Vanilla Sponge Cake
April 23, 2015To get rid off midweek blues thought of baking a cake yesterday evening. I wanted to bake something eggless and since we don’t have much of a sweet tooth settled for a simple sponge cake. You won’t believe it exactly took 10 minutes to prep the batter for the cake. 20 minutes for baking and hence I
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How to prep for a complete South Indian feast?
April 22, 2015Last weekend I had invited my friends for lunch. I wasn’t sure about what menu I should prepare for them. After giving few thoughts decided to go with the classic Tamil Brahmin virundhu sapadu. They got married recently and hence thought this will be the best way to treat them 🙂