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Tomato Thokku (தக்காளி தொக்கு) is a South Indian style pickle prepared from Tomatoes. Very basic ingredients are used in preparing this recipe. It goes very well with Idli/Dosai, Chapathi, Rice…

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…

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…

Few days back I tried Instant Oats + Ragi Oothappam and they turned out so well. I made only a small portion of that batter for our dinner. I couldn’t try…

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…

Ammini Kozhukattai is nothing but steamed Rice Flour dough ball. These dough balls are then sauteed in oil along with ginger, chillies and lots of grated coconut is added at…

Over the past few years I have been using Masoor Dal /Red Lentils a lot in my everyday cooking. Personally I feel they take less time to cook compared to regular…

Mushrooms don’t take much time to get cooked. I always have a pack of spinach, mushroom and a canned chickpeas in stock along with other essentials like Onion,Tomato. If you are…

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…

I have been making Pasta Upma for so many years. There is an old post where I used Green Chillies to add spice to the upma. In the below version…