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I tried a smiliar ‘upma’ type preparation with my leftover cooked pasta and it worked great. Didn’t prepare any sauces, just tossed pasta in veggies and chilli powder. It tasted great. It took less than 15 minutes to prepare this easy, simple upma. I have used Penne however you can try this recipe w

In Tamil Black Eyed Beans is known as காராமணி and my mom used to often make சுண்டல் (a popular evening snack in TN) using it. We all know pulses are rich in protein and being a vegetarian I always plan and include them at least twice in a week.Today morning I prepared a very simple gravy with this b

This is a quick way to prepare delicious restaurant style briyani in less than 30 minutes. You don’t have to grind any specific masala. All you need is a bowl full of veggies and a cup of good basmati rice. Since I had some frozen ready to use sweet corn I used it today while making briyani. You can

This dish is similar to kuzhi paniyaram. The only difference here is you add Channa Dal & Moong Dal while preparing the batter. In my MIL’s place during Karthigai Dheepam she makes Uppapam & SweetAppam for dinner.The batter has to b

Yesterday I made this gravy alongside chappathi for dinner. Very simple yet filling side dish. The following measurement serves two and you need maximum 30 minutes to prepare this whole dish. Adjust salt and spiciness according to your taste.

I usually enjoy eating this tangy,spicy Vengaya vathakuzhambu along with sutta appalam.Today being a saturday,decided to make a simple yet tasty lunch.So opted for this curry and Palak Keerai kootu.

As every other girl my childhood memories of this popular month reminds me of amma’s kolam(rangoli),lots of music,bhajans,nagara sangeerthanam,Thiruppavai,early morning temple visit and ofcourse the Prasadhams.Being a Tambrahm if I dont write about the popular Naivedhyams of ‘Marghazhi'(16th Dec – 1

This is ready to eat Dosa. It need not be fermented.We can have it either with chutney or sambar.I prepared ‘carrot thogayal’ as a sidedish.

Easy to prepare tangy chutney that goes well with Idly,Dosa,Pongal and with Chappathi too 🙂 Depending on your requirement you could either increase or decrease the number of red chillies used.

I have used Mulai Keerai (Amaranth tender leaves in English :)) today for this recipe. However you can substitue with any other variety.A healthy dish with readily available ingredients.The following measurement serves two.