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There is something so comforting about Raw Banana fry, Sambar with Rice & Appalam. Especially Tamilnadu has its own unique way of preparing this vegetable.. Small restaurants serve it in…

This is my go-to sidedish when I am not in mood to chop lots of veggies, when there are unexpected guests & at times when the fridge is empty..Also it…

  This legendary sambar idly dont need introduction at all. Shiva and I used to visit Balaji temple in Venkatnarayana Road often when we were in Chennai and after darshan…

Most of my lunchbox (husband’s) recipes are super simple & can be put together in 20 minutes. Shiva leaves home by 8:15 and it is difficult to make elaborate lunches.…

Idli & Dosai are the common breakfasts in my house. I always have batter stocked in my fridge.  Or else I feel stuck especially on busy weekday mornings. The husband…

When you order mini meals in any restaurants like Saravana Bhavan , A2B the Sambar Rice will be of smooth, melt in mouth texture. Unfortunately the quantity they provide is very less and most of it is occupied by Shallots & Drumstick 😉 Thats a different story altogether We can achieve the same taste when we prepare at home as well. This is different from Karnataka’s BisiBele Bath. Sambar Sadham recipe is inspired from my mother-in-law. Our extended family is a big one and everytime during a family function or gettogether we have atleast 20-25 members gathering at her…

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

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 usually enjoy eating this tangy,spicy Vengaya vathakuzhambu along with sutta appalam.Today being a saturday,decided to make a simple yet tasty lunch.So opted for this curry and Palak Keerai kootu.

Easy to prepare tangy chutney that goes well with Idly,Dosa,Pongal and with Chappathi too 🙂 Depending on your requirement you could either increase or decrease the number of red chillies used.