Curry Leaves Rice Karuveppilai Sadham (Tamil) is a quick one pot meal for school and office lunch boxes.I also added Moringa / drumstick leaves powder to this rice. So both powders are interchangeable. You can add veggies to this rice like carrot , broccoli and cauliflower or just frozen peas and corn with capsicums on…
South Indian Recipes
Traditional Karupatti Pongal Video Recipe
I posted Mud / Clay Pot Sweet Pongal a while ago. Since then I get messages from readers asking a video tutorial or how to cook rice perfectly in pot or make pongal in stainless steel vessel. Last year I purchased a new stainless steel pot for making Pongal and inaugurated it for Thai Pongal…
Red Rice Millets Idli Dosai Batter Video Recipe
Red Rice Millets Idli Dosai Batter Video Recipe : Being a South Indian Idli Dosa Batter is a must at home, no day pass by without it. Honestly our regular idli dosa batter always has mixed millets in it. Last year when we went to India for vacation my son asked “Why ma these idlis…
Karuveppilai Thogayal Recipe | Curry Leaves Thuvayal
Feeding nutritious food for kids is usually all moms blue, so am I. I am much concerned about their hair maintenance, so started some precaution measure to prevent hair loss and grey hair. For that I chose an inexpensive and very common natural health benefits provider who stays fresh in most of our backyard. Its…
Pani Varagu Venn Pongal Video Recipe
Wishing you all a Very Happy Pongal / Sankranti :-). I am here with the recipe for healthy Proso Millet Venn Pongal with the video tutorial. Proso Millet / Pani Varagu (in Tamil) has more health benefits like reduce cholestrol, rich in calcium and reduces risk of heart diseases (according to wiki). Recently I got…
Horse Gram Sprouts Korma | Kollu Kurma Recipe
I have inaugurated my new cast iron pan recently with this healthy Horse Gram Sprouts Gravy. Kollu / Horse Gram is one healthy grain that I always wanted to incorporate in my kids meal. My elder one likes to have it even raw in her salad bowl ie Sprouts Salad. But my younger one who…
Fluffy Adhirasam Beginners Recipe with Video Tutorial
Diwali or Pongal, festival or no festival, I make adhirasam frequently since it turned to be my young hero’s favorite. He still says it as Brown cookies, never mind I am always happy to serve the happy soul. So whenever I make it this goes in my kids snack boxes for school. I have several…
Sona Masoori Murukku | Chakralu Video Recipe
A long time back when I posted Traditional Thenkuzhal Murukku (it’s a murukku made using ground Idli Rice batter) few readers requested the recipe using sona masoori rice. This is how the Sona Masoori Murukku, a recipe with two versions came to live. The first version is using ground rice batter and the second one…
Sorakkai Lauki Chutney | Bottle Gourd Chutney Recipe
Sorakkai Lauki Chutney, When your garden yields almost 2 feet lauki (refer below pic) then your mind thinks to make a dish which is different from usual thing, that’s how the story of this chutney raised in my kitchen last week. We ladies walk everyday after sending kids to school, so we talk a lot…
Kathirikai Kara Kuzhambu Recipe
I am practicing this Kathirikai Kara Kuzhambu version for more than 3 years and whenever I make this kulambu it’s always a super hit at home. For our house warming I made a large tray of this Kathirikai Kara Kuzhambu, everyone liked my version and they packed to home while leaving 😊. Still I share…
Beetroot Chutney Recipe | No Onion No Garlic Chutney
Peanut Pulao Recipe | Verkadalai Pulav | Quick One Pot Meal
Peanut Pulao / Pilaf / Pulav or Verkadalai Thengai Paal Sadham is a quick one pot meal to pack in school or office lunch boxes. Peanut is a poor man’s nut and we take peanut often … If interested do check peanut my peanut posts HERE. Coming to today’s quick one pot meal, this peanut…