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Who doesn’t love an Andhra style Paruppu Podi? In Tamilnadu if you order vegetarian thali meals, the first thing they serve is Hot Rice, Ghee and generous spoons of Paruppu…

Kathrikai Pitlai is my grandma’s speciality dish.She prepares it with violet Birnjals and adds a handful of cooked Chickpeas too that makes it a great side to go with Rice,Dosai…

After 11 years of marriage I made my own Sambar Powder yesterday. She was giving me Rasam Powder, Idli Molagapodi too but slowly I started making them on my own.…

Few days back I saw some Insta story template where people were asked to mention 3 essentials that you always find in their fridge. For me its Idli/Dosai batter, tomatoes,…

Sesame Seeds has numerous health benefits. We now see them in granola bars, smoothies, as Tahini paste in Hummus and in all other fancy ways. Growing up my three favorite ways to eat the Sesame seeds in kalandha sadham (recipe mentioned below), as a filling in…

After a 2 month vacation to India am finally back to Ireland and to be honest it feels like am living in some kind of parallel world..Thoughts are still revolving…

Kozhukattai/Kozhakkatai is nothing but Rice Flour Dumplings that is one of the most common Prashad offered to Lord Ganesha. Be it the yearly Pillaiyar Chadurthi feetival or be it monthy SankataHara Chadhurthi my…

In TamilNadu, our breakfast isn’t complete without a chutney. Onion Tomato Chutney also known as கார சட்னி is one of the most popular side dishes that is served with Idli,Dosai,Pongal,Kuzhi Paniyaram…

Next on list in the post partum diet series is this simple Curry leaf powder. The first few weeks after I truely survived only in this powder & Angaya Podi..…

This is a must-have powder for me.Starting from Idli, Dosa and sometimes when I am bored I eat chappathi with this podi. Believe me it tastes great 🙂 My mom makes the best idlipodi and I can vouch for it and my DH likes it too.This is her recipe and you just need 10 minutes to prepare this.With t