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I used ‘Fox Millet’ (Thinai in Tamil) for the very first time. There are several food bloggers I follow in instagram, twitter and other social networking sites. It just helps me to know lots of facts about food, ingredients, various cuisines and as a whole its fun & a great learning too.

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

This is such a simple yet healthy breakfast recipe. Or you can even pair it with curd and have it in your lunch menu. It takes around 15 minutes to prepare this dish. The following measurement serves two.

Fridays are generally refered as auspicious day.During Aadi and Thai(Thamizh Months) various types of poojas are performed at home and temples as well. In our Mother-in-law’s family there is a tradition of offering ‘Maa ViLakku’ as one of the Neivedhyams during these auspicious Fridays. I generally

This is popular Indo-Chinese dish and you can always prepare it in your own way. You don’t have to stick to a recipe for making this dish.I have vegetables of my.

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

Monsoon started and its time for munching some traditional ‘rain’ time snacks 🙂 :). Onion Pakoda comes first in my mind for two reasons.It is easy to prepare and with its crunchiness accompanied with a cup of ‘degree kaapi’ can do wonders.

This vegetable is loaded with vitamins and playes very important role in lowering the blood sugar levels. However it is not a favorite veg for kids(even for adults too ;)).Instead of completely ignoring bittergourd you can try preparing chips and serve it to kids.

Easy to prepare lunch box meal. Or when you are going on a long drive during weekends you could pack this with pickle and potato chips.The following measurement serves two.

On a lazy sunday if you have to cook a quick lunch then this Pulao is the best. It will take around 30 minutes to prepare this dish. The following measurement serves two.