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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

In a blog updating spree today 😀 Next on list is paruppu vadai. When I prepare paruppu vadai as Neivedhyam I generally don’t add Onions. However if you are going to prepare it for evening snacks then you can definitely add finely chopped onions and saunf. Even chopped mint leaves can be added. The

It took fifteen minutes to prepare the whole dish. Since I used only onions and peas there wasn’t much chopping (of vegetables) work :-D.

Usually I get a small box of Saffron (குங்குமபூ) for preparing Neivedhyams during Navarathri. Then didn’t get a chance to use it. Last Sunday thought of making ghee rice with saffron infused in it. Prepare the dish for the first time but turned out great. Saffron gave a vibrant colour and aroma to t

Very easy to make and you can prepare it as a starter or as side dish for Briyani / Fried Rice. The stuffing inside capsicum is your choice. I did a normal potato stuffing however you can try Paneer, Tofu based too.

Another popular breakfast in TN. You have to get the proportions of flour & rava correctly or else dosai will not have the crisp texture.The batter has to rest for about an 1 hr atleast. It goes well with chutney/sambar/molagapodi. With the following measurement you can prepare around 10-12 dosa

Very simple and basic pasta recipe with homemade tomato sauce. I prepared this for breakfast today. Adjust salt and spice according to your taste. It took around 20 minutes.The following measurement serves two.

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.

If you have onions & molagapodi you can make even the boring ordinary ‘Dosa’ to a delicious one.

Being a tambrahm, growing up eating vethakuzhambu & poricha kootu I used to think mushroom as some non-vegetarian stuff when I was a kid 🙂 Things changed after I got married. Shiva is very fond of mushrooms and whenever we go out for dinner he will defnitely order something made out of it. Ev