This is one of the simplest side dishes for poori or chappathi. You can even have it with plain ghee rice. You can use frozen green peas too for this recipe. If you are using dried peas (like me) then soak them in cold water for atleast 5-6 hours. You can replace peas with channa or any other bean v
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Poondu Kuzhambu/Garlic Curry
December 2, 2014This 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
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Podi Idli
November 11, 2014When 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
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Cheese & Capsicum Pops
November 5, 2014Very 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.
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Penne Pasta Upma/ How to use leftover cooked pasta
November 3, 2014I tried a smiliar ‘upma’ type preparation with my leftover cooked pasta and it worked great. Didn’t prepare any sauces, just tossed pasta in veggies and chilli powder. It tasted great. It took less than 15 minutes to prepare this easy, simple upma. I have used Penne however you can try this recipe w
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Kabuli Channa Sundal/கொண்டகடலை சுண்டல்
October 1, 2014I prepared a separate dry masala and added to this sundal. Incase if you don’t have to prepare the dry powder you can substitute it with chilli powder & coriander powder.
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Rava Kozhukattai
September 23, 2014Navarathri starts tomorrow. It is always good to give different prasadhams/nevedhyams rather than the usual Sundal (ofcourse sundal is the best. But for a change). I have used around 250 gms of semolina. In case if you wish to serve more people adjust measurements accordingly.
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Kadai Paneer
September 23, 2014I have done kadai paneer few times before but the consistency wasn’t that great. Usually I don’t have patience until tomato and onion reduces. But last week I tried the below version and it turned out great. Consistency was perfect and it tasted heavenly. I prepared the whole dish in my Wok.
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Corn on Toast
September 12, 2014One of our most favorite restaurants in Chennai is Eden. Each and every item on their menu is mouth watering, delicious and you can add all adjectives to that Food.
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Potato Wedges
September 8, 2014Potato wedges are one of the favorite snack for most of us. Crispy outer skin and soft potatoes inside will make us drool :-D.