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Hello All! I’m thrilled to return to this space after a three-year hiatus. Life happened 🙂 When I launched this blog in 2010, I had no expectations about how far…

This is an instant biryani version. With less spices & ingredients the biryani can be prepared within 25 minutes. Mushrooms need very less time to get cooked and hence this recipe comes handy on busy weekdays. I used button mushrooms. Also I added only onion,tomato along with mushrooms. Didn’t want to add too much of veggies. I truely wanted mushroom to be the hero of this dish. You can serve this biryani with raita or any other gravy of your choice. I prepared strawberry raita. It tasted delicious. The tangy,sour raita with spicy biryani made an awesome combo. Do try…

This is one of the quickest lunchbox recipes that you can prepare on a busy weekday.Also healthy one too. Fenugreek leaves helps in lowering the blood sugar level and helps in controlling diabetes.Try to include them atleast once in a week in your diet. I used fresh bunch of fenugreek leaves and th

Channa pulao is an easy-to-cook one pot meal. You don’t have to grind a separate masala for this recipe. I made this pulao with normal rice. However you can use Basmati rice. Also I haven’t added any other vegetables apart from onions & tomato. Incase if you have any left over veggies you might

It took fifteen minutes to prepare the whole dish. Since I used only onions and peas there wasn’t much chopping (of vegetables) work :-D.

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

On a lazy sunday if you have to cook a quick lunch then this Pulao is the best. It will take around 30 minutes to prepare this dish. The following measurement serves two.

Sunday lunch could be even more special with ‘Briyani’.I wanted to post this recipe for a long time but never managed to click step by step pictures of the preparation.However made that possible during this weekend.The following measurement serves 4.Salt and spices can added or reduced according to