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Quinoa pronounced as ‘keen-wah’ is one of the most popular Health foods in recent days. Gluten free, rich in protein and incredibly nutritious are the reasons which makes this cereal grain the most wanted. White, Red and Black are the three main types of Quinoa and I have tried various recipes using this. However the Indo-Chinese version of Quinoa is our personal favorite. I was initially confused as what to name this dish 😉 Veg quinoa somehow sounded incomplete. Hence going by this name “Veg Quinoa Fried Rice” for the dish. The classic Chinese dish gets a makeover with quinoa….

I always love to experiment when it comes to food. Who doesn’t love challenges 😉 Last Saturday I was planning to prepare Appam as breakfast. The classic combination for that would have been Stew, Kadala Curry, Coconut milk etc. But unfortunately few of the essential ingredients were not unavailable in the pantry. When I thought of preparing coconut chutney as sidedish, I saw this Heinz Bean Tin which we had bought a while ago. We usually have baked beans on our toast. Then immediately an idea sparked to convert the sweet readymade baked beans to a spicy curry. Balancing the…

Tarts are generally prepared from either ShortCrust Pastry or from Puff Pastry sheets. This tartlet (mini tarts) is a no fuzz snack recipe and I have used very minimal ingredients that are readily available. Tartlets can be served as an appetizer during Christmas/birthday parties and as an after-sch

Tofu is my new found love. Being a vegetarian I am always in search for a good protein source to include in my day to day meal. Earlier Paneer was only used widely in preparing gravies and side dishes. Nowadays I have included Tofu in salads, prepared gravy and have used in various recipes. It taste

Chutneys are an integral part of breakfast menu in South India. These are served as side dish to traditional breakfasts like Dosa (Lentil crepes) & Idli (steamed lentil cakes). Kale is such a versatile ingredient and apart from using it widely in salads,smoothies we can include it in many other

Sometimes? or most of the times 😉 we Tamilians like to stuff ourselves with food. We are very emotionally attached to food I would say. Especially during festival times each and every household will have their own menu comprising all their family members’ favorite food items. Deepavali and Ponga

In the ‘Deepavali Special’ snack series today am sharing recipe for Pottukadalai Murukku (Roasted Gramflour murukku). I have used single star plate (ஸ்டார் போட்ட அச்சு) to prepare these murukkus. This is the first time I am using that plate and hence it took a while for me to shape murukku perfectly

I have already shared a version of Thattai recipe here. I used homemade rice flour in that recipe. The one which I have below is prepared with store bought Rice Flour, Urad dal flour and roasted gram flour. The following measurement yields a

Black Eyed Bean or Karamani(காராமணி சுண்டல்) in Tamil is one of the most popular legumes used for preparing Sundal. I have used white lobia however you could use yellow or red lobia too.Generally this beans needs to be soaked for atleast an hour to ease the cooking process. Hence soak it in advanc

While growing up we all must have heard stories about the super powers of Bhindi/Lady’s fingers. Eating bhindi will increase our mathematical ability etc 🙂 Not sure how far that is true but there are other benefits as well.The proven health benefit is that Okra is good for Diabetes. Since okras ar