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Being a vegetarain I always make sure to prepare healthy and balanced diet. Since Protein content is one thing that is kind of less in vegetables it is good to include legumes,beans and soy products. Soybean is available in different forms like soy flour, soy dal, soy drink, soy nuggets etc. Only af

Upma is a common breakfast in SouthIndia(especially Rava upma and Semia upma). I guess we all would have heard_ n_ number of advantages of Oats.Oats combined with veggies would make the breakfast even more healthier. My MIL gave a hint about this recipe last week and today I tried it. I have added f

Iyengar (Vaishnavas) community is specialist in preparing this Puliodharai.It is given as ‘Prasadham’ in vaishnava temples and sometimes in other temples too.I just love the sourness and the mix of spices in this dish.I have tried to bring out the authentic Iyengar taste in Puliodharai. I learne

Easy to prepare sidedish and it goes well with Idly,Dosa, Pongal,Appam etc. U can prepare this in different ways and in the below method I have used Green Chillies. Instead u can also use Dried red chillies. It will also gives a good taste.

Adai is also referred as ‘Dal Dosai’. Spicy food lovers will surely like this dish. The preparation is very easy however we have to be careful with the right proportion of ingredients. When it comes to cooking we have to be interested in trying new combinations instead of sticking to one. Before p

We all knew about ‘Kothu Parotta’.Seeing this being made in roadside hotels in Tamil nadu is awesome.Those ‘Parotta Masters’ with their high energy, aggressively tear parottas into little pieces using hands and the whole thing gets done in something like 2 minutes and served hotI Mostly it is a non

In Tamil ‘Poriyal’ is a kind of side dish(mostly dry) served with rice during lunch. SweetPotatoes are highly rich in Carbohydrates.But most of us ignore this vegetable without knowing its positive aspects.If you want to gain weight then this is the right vegetable to grab.They really help in this

Usually mint is used for seasoning, adding flavor to rasam, preparing chutneys and health drinks etc. For the first time i happen to eat mint rice in my mother in law’s house.The dish was delicious and I had it with Onion raitha, pappad.It might be a known dish for many but for me it was new.She(my

I haven’t seen my mom buying Capsicum or preparing any receipes using it a few years back. But then one day suddenly she prepared this rice and it was a surprise for us. The dish was so tasty.She was told by one of her.

Kadappa is a familiar side dish for people in and around Tanjore (Thanjavur).It goes well with Idli, Set Dosa,Chappathi.However it is popular among other parts of Tamilnadu too.There are so many variants in the way its being cooked and the ingredients added.Some say that the authentic kadappa is g