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This is my MIL’s recipe and a perfect alternative to the usual IdliPodi. This podi goes well with Idli,Dosai or Adai. There is not much cooking involved. All you need is fresh garlic pods. You can store this powder in an air-tight

As the name suggests its adding carrots to the normal pooris 🙂 The pooris were colorful and tasted delicious too. Kids will love it. I prepared a simple [potato masala](http://resh-kitchen.blogspot.com/2013/10/poori-potato-masala

This is a quick way to prepare delicious restaurant style briyani in less than 30 minutes. You don’t have to grind any specific masala. All you need is a bowl full of veggies and a cup of good basmati rice. Since I had some frozen ready to use sweet corn I used it today while making briyani. You can

My grand mom used to make this chakkarai pongal in an open bronze pot (வெண்கல பானை) on Pongal festival. I bet you can’t match that flavor, outcome and that awesome taste when you pressure cook 🙂 Even today in most of the households in rural areas pongal is prepared in an open pot. The following re

In a blog updating spree today 😀 Next on list is paruppu vadai. When I prepare paruppu vadai as Neivedhyam I generally don’t add Onions. However if you are going to prepare it for evening snacks then you can definitely add finely chopped onions and saunf. Even chopped mint leaves can be added. The

My favorite sweet. Tried this for the first time during Diwali. Turned out good. With the following measurement you can prepare around 10-12 medium sized badhushas. Adjust your measurements according to your need.

This dish is similar to kuzhi paniyaram. The only difference here is you add Channa Dal & Moong Dal while preparing the batter. In my MIL’s place during Karthigai Dheepam she makes Uppapam & SweetAppam for dinner.The batter has to b

Another 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

One of my favourite snacks and it hardly takes around 20 minutes to prepare this entire dish. Also you don’t need any occasion to prepare murukku. You can make it during weekends for snacks or if you are going on a road trip you can have this in handy instead of munching on ‘Lays’ :-). My mom prepar

I 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.