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Tomato Thokku (தக்காளி தொக்கு) is a South Indian style pickle prepared from Tomatoes. Very basic ingredients are used in preparing this recipe. It goes very well with Idli/Dosai, Chapathi, Rice…

Who doesn’t love an Andhra style Paruppu Podi? In Tamilnadu if you order vegetarian thali meals, the first thing they serve is Hot Rice, Ghee and generous spoons of Paruppu…

Kathrikai Pitlai is my grandma’s speciality dish.She prepares it with violet Birnjals and adds a handful of cooked Chickpeas too that makes it a great side to go with Rice,Dosai…

Earlier the word Noodles reminds me only Maggi. Growing up in India there are certain brands of food that can never be forgotten. Maggi is like a treat meal for…

Soup bowls are comforting and personally for me Hot and Sour soup reminds of the times I spent in Banglore. There used to a Restaurant called Asiana in CMH road…

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…

I love hot spicy soups and the country where we live has such an unpredictable weather 🙂 It was beautifully sunny few days back and suddenly the temperature became low…

Another wonderful recipe prepared using Brinjal/Eggplant/Aubergine. S is not a big fan of brinjal. There are very few recipes he likes it with Brinjal and this Gothsu is one of…

Sesame Seeds has numerous health benefits. We now see them in granola bars, smoothies, as Tahini paste in Hummus and in all other fancy ways. Growing up my three favorite ways to eat the Sesame seeds in kalandha sadham (recipe mentioned below), as a filling in…

Temple Prasadhams have such an unique taste be it Pongal or Puliodharai😋😋 I don’t remember which cookery show it was, the cooks in Temple were preparing large amount of Puliodharai to…