KAMBU KOLUKATTAI / கம்பு கொழுக்கட்டை

KAMBU KOZHUKATTAI: A healthy snack steamed with very less oil.

APPAM

Appam recipe : This recipe measurement is for a small family.Adapted from respected Mrs.Revathi Shanmugam’s recipe.

Appam recipe

PIZZA without pizza stone

Pizza recipe
Home made pizza with no preservatives. Fresh ingredients. Tastes good!
Best part is pizza made with no pizza stone it is cooked  with a stainless steel roasting pan.

CARROT PACHADI

Carrot Pachadi or Carrot Raita

GRILLED CHICKEN ( With Indian Spices)

Grilled Chicken with Indian spices. This recipe tastes good!! Nothing more to say of it!!!

Tasty Grilled chicken just right with the below combination

MOIST AND FLUFFY VANILLA CAKE

MOIST AND FLUFFY VANILLA CAKE

EGGLESS ORANGE CUPCAKE WITH WHOLE WHEAT FLOUR

EGGLESS ORANGE CUPCAKE WITH WHOLE WHEAT FLOUR

MALAI KOFTA

MALAI KOFTA RECIPE- With the melted paneer,every bite gives a melt in mouth texture.These koftas can be had as such as a starter or served along with a cream based curry as an accompaniment.

WHOLE WHEAT BISCUITS

WHEAT BISCUITS RECIPE -I din't know that wheat biscuits would be sooooo delicious till I tried this recipe.I wanted to make a healthy biscuit without all purpose flour(Maida). Hereon these biscuits will be often made in my kitchen for one reason-this healthy snack with all the goodness of butter and wheat flour can be given to kids without any worries.

HARIYALI KABOB / HARIYALI KEBOB

HARIYALI KEBAB RECIPE- A very delicious,tasty,yummy kabob that you will want more and more.With the combination of yogurt mint dip....it is just a YUMMY food.For all the foodies who like chicken,here is a recipe that needs no fancy items.

BUTTER BISCUITS

BUTTER BISCUITS RECIPE - A good Tea Time snack.These are delicious biscuits that are made without any baking soda/baking powder.

THIRUVATHIRAI KALI

Thiruvathirai Kali Recipe-A traditional recipe as my 50th post.Feeling Happy and Blessed that it came out perfect in my first attempt.

MAA URUNDAI

MAA URUNDAI RECIPE - Maa Urundai is a traditional recipe that is prepared in village.This is a sweet that is made in no time and very  tasty recipe.This recipe has a melt in mouth texture.

BANANA BREAD

Banana Bread Recipe - A tasty bread that is done with over ripe banana.This banana bread recipe will be an instant hit among kids.Well not only kids everyone will like its delicious taste.

VEGETABLE CUTLET

VEGETABLE CUTLET RECIPE - A favorite healthy recipe of all especially kids.Good way to include all possible vegetables in just one snack.Vegetable Cutlet can be a good starter,a good snack.

KURKURI BHINDI / LADIES FINGER FRY

KURKURI BHINDI / LADIES FINGER FRY RECIPE- A crunchy and spicy ladies finger recipe.I learnt that ,apart from the usual tasty poriyal and pulikuzhambu there is one more tasty recipe that can be made with ladies finger.

METHI LEAVES PORIYAL/ VENDHAYA KEERAI PORIYAL

METHI LEAVES PORIYAL or VENDHAYA KEERAI PORIYAL RECIPE- A very healthy recipe.This recipe does not show the bitter taste of methi leaves at all.Even a toddler can have this tasty and healthy recipe.

PAL PEERKANGAI / RIDGE GOURD GRAVY WITH MILK

PAL PEERKANGAI RECIPE- This is a village based recipe.Milk added to the recipe makes it more tasty.Very mild and healthy recipe.Easy to prepare in few minutes.

STUFFED TINDORA FRY / KOVAKKAI VARUVAL

KOVAKKAI VARUVAL/ STUFFED TINDORA RECIPE-A recipe with spicy stuffing.Tastes great just with curd rice/rasam rice.

VELLA SAMBAR

VELLA SAMBAR RECIPE: A sambar that is done without sambar powder,red chillies,coriander etc.Instead we use coconut,green chillies.This is a different version of regular sambar.As the name suggests it will not be white.It gets yellow color from the turmeric used.

PEANUT CHUTNEY

PEANUT CHUTNEY RECIPE- This is the recipe of peanut chutney that we do at our home without coconut or onion.Very quick recipe to post and to prepare as well.

PAROTTA RECIPE

 PAROTTA RECIPE: A wish of mine is to make parotta from scratch at home.My other wish to make Birthday Cake At Home from scratch is already satisfied.This was my first time making parotta and I'm glad that I had tried after hesitating for a very long time.This came out like Madurai Style Parotta hopefully.

KEERAI MASIYAL/ SPINACH CURRY

KEERAI MASIYAL/KEERAI KADAISAL- Very healthy recipe.One of my favorites.With a spicy vegetable combo like Potato curry this will be out of the world.

MEDHU VADAI/ ULUNDHU VADAI

MEDHU VADAI RECIPE-One of my all time favorites.Tasty,healthy snack.Here is the recipe.

POTATO FRY / URULAIKILANGU VARUVAL

POTATO FRY RECIPE- Very simple yet spicy recipe.This recipe by default is liked by all.

CABBAGE PORIYAL/ MUTTAIKOSE PORIYAL WITH MOONG DHAL

CABBAGE RECIPE- This is a simple side dish with Moong Dhal added it makes the poriyal more healthy too.

RAVA IDLI

RAVA IDLI- Tasty and spicy Idli recipe that can be prepared quickly.The taste of this recipe depends totally on the curd that we use.If you like the Idli to be sour,use sour curd.

SORAKKAI SADAM / BOTTLEGOURD RICE

SORAKKAI SADAM- This recipe is a very healthy one pot meal.This is a mild village style recipe with the health benefits of rice,moong dhal and bottle gourd.

ADAI

ADAI RECIPE - A very healthy dosa recipe. With all the goodness of lentils, onion,garlic, drumstick leaves, coriander leaves it tastes the best.

FALAFEL

FALAFEL RECIPE- A very popular Middle East street food.But all the ingredients used in this recipe are in Indian kitchen This is a very good snack and can be a good starter too.Looks and tastes like Mutton Kola.

STUFFED MUSHROOM RECIPE

STUFFED MUSHROOM - I have been searching for a mild starter with no deep frying or more spices.The recipe is very rich,creamy and juicy.

HOT AND SPICY CHICKEN

HOT AND SPICY CHICKEN-A variation from our usual masalas and spices.A creamy recipe that tastes too good with Chapathi,Kulcha and even Rice.

PAGARKAI PULIKUZHAMBU/BITTERGOURD CURRY

Bittergourd Pulikuzhambu tastes best with the tangy taste of tamarind,sweetness of jaggery,Bitter taste of the veggie,Hot Spices.With all these taste this pulikuzhambu can never fail.

KARA SEV/ KHARA SEV

Kara Sev-South Indian Snack that makes us munch again and again.

PEPPER EGG

Very very simple.I do not know how to name this recipe.No cutting onions, No masala, No Grinding.But still spicy.At times our taste buds searches for some hot food.This is one such recipe that will satisfy the taste buds for sure.

HOME MADE BIRTHDAY CAKE WITH WHIPPED CREAM

One of my long time wish is to make cake from scratch at home and this experience was a dream come true for me.I did this orange cake last week and it tasted good.Though I have made cake mix cakes many times,I am very delighted that my first experience of making this cake from scratch  turned out fruitful.

KAJU KATLI/CASHEW BURFI

Kaju Kathli a tasty sweet with just three ingredients.Cashew,sugar and water.I was planning to make this for Diwali. But reading all those comments and cautions from other blogs was worried to take a risk.So wanted to try this before Diwali.Yes it came out good.So will be trying it in large quantity.

MUTTON CHUKKA/MUTTON DRY CURRY

One of my keeper recipe.If you are inviting guests sure this mutton chukka would be a hit.Though it has many steps it seems simple to me if we pressure cook mutton and the outcome is really good. After a really very.....long time I am posting this recipe. <Dec 29 2015 Updating the post with the picture of this recipe)

RAVA KESARI

RAVA KESARI RECIPE - Delicious & Simple South Indian Sweet. But needs some skills to make it perfect. I learnt from many websites, got advice from my relatives. Combined all possibilities and this came out really very well.Look at the grainy texture in the below picture.

GOBI 65

GOBI 65 RECIPE-A very good veg starter. One of kid's favourite. After trying multiple combination of ingredients, I have stuck to this method. When I served this recipe to my little brothers they enjoyed it a lot. Here is an all time favorite Gobi 65.

GOBI MANCHURIAN

A favourite recipe of almost everyone ! I tried this recipe from raks kitchen and sharmis passion.I was not able to get spring onion. So managed to cook without it. It came out really well. A good combination with fried rice.

POTATO CURRY

Potato Curry- one of my favourites. This recipe goes well with Chapatti, Variety rice like coconut milk rice and malli rice. This recipe tastes best when cooked by my aunt. Some days I used to pack

COCONUT MILK RICE

One more variety rice. If you have coconut this recipe is ready to prepare. We do not add much spices to this recipe.A great combination for this recipe is potato curry.

VEGETABLE FRIED RICE

VEGETABLE FRIED RICE-A healthy recipe. Easy to cook with minimal ingredients. I like this recipe for its simple yet delicious taste.

NAATTU KOZHI RASAM / COUNTRY CHICKEN SOUP

Yet another Chicken Recipe J . This recipe is 100 % village style. Taking you to the roots of the village through this recipe. No ready mix powder - All freshly roasted and ground and Gingely Oil-That brings the taste to this recipe.

PORITHA KOZHI / CRISPY CHICKEN LEGS

Crispy chicken legs - This recipe is almost everyone's favourite. We used to fry the whole chicken leg in oil after marinating with the masal. It will take a lot of time to cook. I learnt another easy method from my sister.

SELAVU RASAM

Selavau rasam is authentic recipe prepared as a home medicine for cold. As told in my previous rasam post, the taste differs from one rasam to other though the ingredients are same. This rasam is prepared without tamarind as we generally do not add tamarind for fever and cold. I learnt this version of selavu rasam from my sister and aunty.

MILAGU SEVAI / PEPPER SEVAI

My mother prepares pepper rice when we have severe cold. This is a modified version of pepper rice.
We add more garlic and freshly ground pepper to this recipe.

CHUKKATTI KEERAI PORIYAL / BLACK NIGHT SHADE PORIYAL

Manthakkali Keerai has lots and lots of medicinal value. Tastes good with Uppu Paruppu (Dal) and rasam.

PULI RASAM / TAMARIND RASAM

Puli Rasam- Though everyone uses the same ingredients, I wonder how tastes differ from one rasam to the other. Here is a simple rasam recipe.