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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…

In the past few months I have made the pakoda so many times and have tried different variations of this Broccoli Pakoda recipe.Finally the one I made yesterday was just…

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…

Keerai Masiyal is very similar to keerai koottu recipe except here there is no coconut+jeera paste and no moongdal daal as well. Arai Keerai, Mulai Keerai, Ponnanganni keerai were the most popular…

On days when I run out of regular Idli/Dosai batter I keep experimenting with instant dosai/sweet or savory pancakes recipes. Especially after Aadhu all these instant recipes comes handy for her evening snack routine. It is filling and healthier too. You can quickly prepare a coconut chutney or serve…

Have never cooked Courgettes until I was in Chennai. If you give me any new vegetable all I can think of is how to cook a SouthIndian recipe using it. Courgette/Zucchini is a summer squash vegetable popular in UK.Its texture slightly similar to Cucumber & I have made Courgette Kuruma (thick stew using coconut paste), Koottu (lentil based gravy) before. Last weekend I thought of preparing Pakoda from it. Initially I wasn’t too sure how it will work so thought of adding some carrots along with courgette. Turned out so delicious and this is my own recipe. Instead of the usual Onion Pakoda/Pakora try this and am sure you will like it too. I bought this handy cheap spiralizer during a sale. I use it for salads mainly. Instead of grating Courgette & Carrot i used this spiralizer. In case if you don’t have it , use your knife & make thin strips. 

I always have Dosai batter in stock and it comes handy while trying to make quick breakfast or dinner. But at times I do forget the bowl of batter lying in fridge and it does become a bit sour after two days. Instead of wasting the sour batter you can try making this ragi rava roast[Finger Millet flour + Semolina crepes] and am sure your family will enjoy this breakfast.I served coconut chutney and tomato chutney as side dishes. However you could serve it sambar or molagapodi [GunPowder] too The following measurement approximately yields 12 medium sized dosas. Unlike dosa batter, this ragi rava batter has to be watery like our regular rava roast. Also you need to pour batter on a hot Dosa Tawa. If the temperature is not correct then it will difficult for you to remove dosa from the pan

Sometimes? or most of the times 😉 we Tamilians like to stuff ourselves with food. We are very emotionally attached to food I would say. Especially during festival times each and every household will have their own menu comprising all their family members’ favorite food items. Deepavali and Ponga

In the ‘Deepavali Special’ snack series today am sharing recipe for Pottukadalai Murukku (Roasted Gramflour murukku). I have used single star plate (ஸ்டார் போட்ட அச்சு) to prepare these murukkus. This is the first time I am using that plate and hence it took a while for me to shape murukku perfectly

I have already shared a version of Thattai recipe here. I used homemade rice flour in that recipe. The one which I have below is prepared with store bought Rice Flour, Urad dal flour and roasted gram flour. The following measurement yields a