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
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Stuffed Capsicum
December 10, 2013Very 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.
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Rava Dosai/Rava Roast
October 22, 2013Another popular breakfast in TN. You have to get the proportions of flour & rava correctly or else dosai will not have the crisp texture.The batter has to rest for about an 1 hr atleast. It goes well with chutney/sambar/molagapodi. With the following measurement you can prepare around 10-12 dosa
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Farfalle Pasta in Tomato Sauce
September 27, 2013Very simple and basic pasta recipe with homemade tomato sauce. I prepared this for breakfast today. Adjust salt and spice according to your taste. It took around 20 minutes.The following measurement serves two.
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Cheese Dosa
September 23, 2013Started to explore Instagram recently and been updating my daily food menu there. It is always encouraging to see ‘likes’ & ‘comments’ for your recipes/pictures. I am planning to write a series of simple breakfast/dinner recipes that I have shared in IG ov
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Wheat Appam
September 20, 2013In our house Appams are prepared mainly during this 3 festivals – Krishna Jayanthi, Avani Avittam, Vinayaka Chadurthi. My mom only uses wheat flour. I have heard people preparing it with Rice flour/All purpose flour. It depends on your choice & taste bud. You can also deep fry appams in Oil. Thi
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Thattai
September 13, 2013Thattai is a crispy snack that is also prepared as one of the neivedhyams during Krishna Jayanthi. If you have rice flour and urad dal flour ready then you can make t
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Vella Seedai (Sweet made using Rice Flour & Jaggery)
August 30, 2013This is such a simple dish that can be made with minimal ingredients. My grandma is pro in making these awesome seedais. When me and my brother used to visit her place for summer.
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Rava/Semolina Pongal
August 26, 2013Today morning prepared rava pongal for breakfast. Easy to make,require only few ingredients and a best alternate to our normal ‘Venn Pongal’ that is made using rice. The following measurement serves 2. Since it was a busy morning
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Fox Millet and Oats Dosa
August 7, 2013I used ‘Fox Millet’ (Thinai in Tamil) for the very first time. There are several food bloggers I follow in instagram, twitter and other social networking sites. It just helps me to know lots of facts about food, ingredients, various cuisines and as a whole its fun & a great learning too.