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I always love one pot meals. Even before I bought an Instant Pot I used to make lot of one pot rice varieties in my pressure cooker. Now with IP…

Butternut Squash is a variety of Pumpkin that I usually get here. I love making Arachuvitta Sambar with this Squash.You can check the Sambar recipe here. You can prepare different…

Another wonderful recipe prepared using Brinjal/Eggplant/Aubergine. S is not a big fan of brinjal. There are very few recipes he likes it with Brinjal and this Gothsu is one of…

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…

Temple Prasadhams have such an unique taste be it Pongal or Puliodharai😋😋 I don’t remember which cookery show it was, the cooks in Temple were preparing large amount of Puliodharai to…

Koottu and Poriyal are the veggie based accompaniments that is served with traditional TamilNadu style Lunch menu. If you are new to cooking Tamil cuisine I hope this helps 🙂…

I make Dosai/Idli atleast 3-4 times a week for breakfast. There has to be atleast some kind of batter in my fridge for quick fixes. The little one is such…

This is my Amma’s recipe and our favorite during train journeys..The first time I visited Shirdi was in 2010 with my mom, her cousin’s family and some of their friends. We decided to cover Mantralayam on…

Sweet Pachadi & Sour Pachadi are part of a traditional Banana Leaf SouthIndian lunch. While veggies like yellow pumpkin, mango are used to make sweet pachadi, Veggies like Cucumber, Carrot,…

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…