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  This legendary sambar idly dont need introduction at all. Shiva and I used to visit Balaji temple in Venkatnarayana Road often when we were in Chennai and after darshan…

If you follow my Instagram feed you will find me cooking very simple dishes during weekdays. Mainly because the little one’s sleep schedule is crazy and all I get is…

Most of my lunchbox (husband’s) recipes are super simple & can be put together in 20 minutes. Shiva leaves home by 8:15 and it is difficult to make elaborate lunches.…

This is very similar to the typical Tomato Rice prepared in SouthIndia but just the spices/drypowders used here are slightly different. In general when I make vegetable pulao, i only…

Sweetcorn is a very versatile ingredient. I add them while preparing veggie stir-fry/pastas/vegetable biryani etc. I have even made SouthIndian style sundal with it. That too since I mostly use…

Idli & Dosai are the common breakfasts in my house. I always have batter stocked in my fridge.  Or else I feel stuck especially on busy weekday mornings. The husband…

Dal is an Indian dish prepared using various Legumes or Pulses. This protein rich, vegan dish can be served as an accompaniment to Rice or any type of Flat Breads. I have used Brown Lentils (whole masoor dal). However you could substitute it with canned Chick Peas, Kidney Beans or any other legumes. While serving the dal, you could also add a tbsp. of Butter to enhance the flavor. If you would like a more soupy consistency then add extra water accordingly. Since I was serving it with Rice I added less water to get creamy consistency. 

Murukku, Thattai are the most common items that are prepared during Diwali and Krishna Jayanthi. The specialty of this butter murukku is its texture. Melt in mouth, crispy and you can finish off a bowl full of Murukku in no time 😉 The ultim

Savory Maida biscuits are also called as ‘Kalakalaa’ in tamil. I don’t know the reason behind this 🙂 I have seen people referring to these spicy biscuits as kalakala(கலகலா) 🙂 In general maida biscuits can be prepared in two ways. Either a sweet one or savory version. I am sharing the savo

‘Karaboondhi’ (காராபூந்தி) is one of my favorite snacks. When I was young Appa (my father) used to work in Villupuram. Its a very small town near Chennai. There was one famous restaurant called _Archana Hotels. _He used to get this snack from that place. That was the best ‘Karaboondhi’ I have ever t