A simple yet delicious starter/Appetizer and a perfect dish for potluck parties. You can even replace paneer with Tofu and prepare this dish. Just make sure you have soft, fresh paneer and bread crumbs. I used Keya (Low Oil absorbent)Japanese bread crumbs that was available in the nearby store.

Easy soup to prepare and perfect for this winter 🙂 Care should be taken while cleaning the mushrooms.

It is the most popular payasam/kheer recipe in Kerala. But now a days most of the weddings here in TN as well serves Pradhaman as a main sweet item for lunch. Last Thursday was Shiva’s birthday and made this dish during breakfast 😀 The following measurement yielded around 12-15 cups. I felt it was

I am huge fan of Big Nachos from Cream Center (Alwarpet). I got a readymade pack of Nachos chips and prepared the cheese sauce and tomato salsa. I used Go Cheese processed cubes for making the sauce. I am not sure how the result would be if you use mozzarella cheese or other cheese varieties. If you

Usually I get a small box of Saffron (குங்குமபூ) for preparing Neivedhyams during Navarathri. Then didn’t get a chance to use it. Last Sunday thought of making ghee rice with saffron infused in it. Prepare the dish for the first time but turned out great. Saffron gave a vibrant colour and aroma to t

Very easy to make and you can prepare it as a starter or as side dish for Briyani / Fried Rice. The stuffing inside capsicum is your choice. I did a normal potato stuffing however you can try Paneer, Tofu based too.

This dish is similar to kuzhi paniyaram. The only difference here is you add Channa Dal & Moong Dal while preparing the batter. In my MIL’s place during Karthigai Dheepam she makes Uppapam & SweetAppam for dinner.The batter has to b

And my experiments on baking finally started. I just used the recipe taught to us in baking class with slight modifications.The original recipe uses Margarine as Fat. Since I didn’t get margarine here in my area I used butter and olive oil. A of ReluctantChefs s

I have attempted to bake cakes(twice) before but all were disasters.Then I stopped attempting.For the past few months I have been looking for baking classes/places where I could learn basic baking techniques and recipes. While browsing through internet happened to check this website Artisans and I was impressed immediately. The only thing that bothered me was distance.I had to use all modes of transport(share auto/Train/Bus)to reach that place 😉 but still was determined to learn. And as always Shiva encouraged me to just go ahead and enroll.I am gifted such a wonderful partner who supports me at every walk of life. Touch Wood :-D.

Another popular breakfast in TN. You have to get the proportions of flour & rava correctly or else dosai will not have the crisp texture.The batter has to rest for about an 1 hr atleast. It goes well with chutney/sambar/molagapodi. With the following measurement you can prepare around 10-12 dosa