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I always love one pot meals. Even before I bought an Instant Pot I used to make lot of one pot rice varieties in my pressure cooker. Now with IP…

Over the past few years I have been using Masoor Dal /Red Lentils a lot in my everyday cooking. Personally I feel they take less time to cook compared to regular…

Instant Pot was one of the kitchen gadgets that I was eyeing for so long before actually purchasing it 🙂 It took me 2 years of contemplating and asking (read…

This is one of Shiva’s favorite Lunchbox menu and I have prepared it often in the last few months.. With very few ingredients it tastes so good. I love adding…

Its Day-30 of my blogging challenge and truly unbelievable that I did this continuously without giving up half way. Also so happy to end this challenge with an all time…

We hardly go out for lunch or dinner in Limerick. We stick to Flat Whites or occasional McD, Burger King visits.. There is very less option for vegetarians or maybe we are yet explore. After a disappointing lunch at Pizza Hut I wanted to eat Rice for dinner. Did my usual Sambar,Rasam,Thogayal,Poriyal combo menu. Sharing my “How to cook a simple Vegetarian meal under 40 minutes?” Hope the tips helps. There were no curry leaves, coriander…

A little about my Daily Cooking Routine :This is one of the most requested recipe in the past few days. Mostly my husband prefers variety rice or chapathi for lunch.…

  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…

Sambar is an integral part of Tamil cuisine. Be it breakfast or be it lunch, Sambar has to be there. Whenever I prepare tiffen items like Idli,Dosai or pongal, I usually go for this one pot sambar. Its done in pressure cooker and all you need is just 20 minutes. Tamarind is not used in this recipe and hence to give that tangyness to Sambar, I have added more tomatoes Tastes so good with even Sevai (Rice Vermicelli), Appam, Idiyappam too. Also even if you have unexpected guests, you can prepare this quickly without any hassle. The below recipe can…

When you order mini meals in any restaurants like Saravana Bhavan , A2B the Sambar Rice will be of smooth, melt in mouth texture. Unfortunately the quantity they provide is very less and most of it is occupied by Shallots & Drumstick 😉 Thats a different story altogether We can achieve the same taste when we prepare at home as well. This is different from Karnataka’s BisiBele Bath. Sambar Sadham recipe is inspired from my mother-in-law. Our extended family is a big one and everytime during a family function or gettogether we have atleast 20-25 members gathering at her…