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I have used cabbage and onions to make balls. If you have any other veggies like carrot or beans you can add them too. A great alternate for the usual potato and paneer based koftas.

This is one of the simplest side dishes for poori or chappathi. You can even have it with plain ghee rice. You can use frozen green peas too for this recipe. If you are using dried peas (like me) then soak them in cold water for atleast 5-6 hours. You can replace peas with channa or any other bean v

This thick, tangy and spicy curry is best with steaming hot rice.During my school days at Tirunelveli our monthly routine was to watch a morning show in either of these theatres PVT,Ram/Muthuram,Poornakala and then to have full meals at Hotel Bharani or Vasantham. They served the best karakuzh

I tried a smiliar ‘upma’ type preparation with my leftover cooked pasta and it worked great. Didn’t prepare any sauces, just tossed pasta in veggies and chilli powder. It tasted great. It took less than 15 minutes to prepare this easy, simple upma. I have used Penne however you can try this recipe w

I prepared this as Nevedhyam yesterday. I have used green chilly to spice the sundal. If you would like to use chilli powder instead, you might do that as well.

I have done kadai paneer few times before but the consistency wasn’t that great. Usually I don’t have patience until tomato and onion reduces. But last week I tried the below version and it turned out great. Consistency was perfect and it tasted heavenly. I prepared the whole dish in my Wok.

Sundal is also one of the most important Naivedhyams prepared in Tamil Nadu. During Navarathri festival and during all other main poojas sundal will be offered to God. It is also a healthy snack. The procedure for preparing the sundal is same and only the pulses differ. You need to alter soaking tim

Seppan Kizhangu_ in Tamil is nothing but Taro root. Similar to potatoes these are also Root vegetables rich in Starch. Very easy to prepare and this time I didn’t use rice flour or corn flour to get a crispy outer layer. However you can add 1 tbsp of any of this flour to achieve a crispy skin.

Aloo Tikki is my favorite chaat (who doesn’t love potatoes!! ) Yesterday the climate was so awesome here (in Chennai) and we decided to have some snack in the late evening. It took around 30 minutes to prepare this. The following measurement yielded me about 12 medium sized tikkis. Adjust your m

Cooking is a stress buster for me. This week wasn’t good for me (personally) and am trying to change the mood by spending more time in kitchen 🙂 Few new recipes were made at Resh-Kitchen like Paneer croquettes, Mix Veg Pakoras, Semia Idli, etc. Will share those recipes soon.