Category: Mullai’s

Mullai’s Recipes & Posts

  • Nethili Meen Varuval

    Nethili Meen Varuval

    Anchovies are called Nethili in Tamil. These are tini tiny fishes edible both in fresh and dried form. The dried ones are called Nethili Karuvaadu, which I've used for this recipe, coated with masala and pan fried until crisp. Fresh Anchovies can be found in regular grocery markets under tinned foods packed with salt and…

  • Tomato Kurma

    Tomato Kurma

    With a few basic ingredients in my pantry and some leftover idli / dosa batter in my refrigerator….and with humongous craving for flavourful simple dinner then immediately steaming piping hot idlis with tomato kurma is all I can think of ! My recipe goes with extra cinnamon flavour… BTW, it goes very well with tomato combination. Tomato Kuzhambu /…

  • Lemon Dal

    Lemon Dal

    Simple and quick lemon flavoured dal, a common lentil gravy served with rice loaded with melted ghee.Lemon Pappu / Dhal / Dal / Elumichai paruppu / Pulippu Paruppu / Nimmakayi pappu / Nimakayi / Lemony Lentil soup /

  • Urulaikizhangu Pattani Varuval

    Urulaikizhangu Pattani Varuval

    Any festive or special occasion will have this item under the menu. Tamil to English (UrulaiKizhangu ~ Potato, Pattani ~ Green Peas, Varuval ~ Dry fry) This recipe of mine is similar to the one served during marriage or wedding ceremony as a side for Sambar sadam(rice), boiled potatoes and green peas coated with spicy…

  • Spinach Thuvatal

    Spinach Thuvatal

    Thuvatal in Tamil refers to simple saute or stir-fry / Talimpu / Thalipu / Tempering / Vathakal. Here is our family style Spinach Thuvatal which can be made in few minutes or even less when using boxed frozen spinach.Keerai Thuvatal / Keerai Poriyal / Spinach Poriyal / Porial / Spinach Stir-fry / Sauteed Spinach / Frozen…

  • Bisquick Dosai

    Bisquick Dosai

    Bisquick Pancake Mix is one versatile baking mix for most western style foods. But do you know you can whip up a quick instant non-sticky savoury dosa / uttappam /adai with it ?

  • Pongal Wishes

    Pongal Wishes

    Wishing you all a very Happy Pongal !!

  • MICROWAVE OKRA CHIPS RECIPE –  Kurkuri Bhindi Recipe

    MICROWAVE OKRA CHIPS RECIPE – Kurkuri Bhindi Recipe

    Simple , quick, easy, crispy and definitely tasty !! Oh boy ! it disappears in minutes…, use it as an accompaniment for rice or as a starter or just as a simple snacking item.Microwave Bhindi / Microwave Vendakkai / Okra / Microwave cooking / Bachelors recipes

  • Edamame Sambar

    Edamame Sambar

    What is Edamame?? Well ok ! its time to learn little Japanese, edamame are baby Soy beans in pods (Japanese to English) (Eda~twig, mame~beans) meaning beans attached to pods. These come under protein rich healthy food category and why not try it. Where to find it ? Regular Super market frozen aisle, I found it at Meijers.…

  • Chayote Curry

    Chayote Curry

    Simple spicy curry prepared with Chow Chow / Chayote squash, a homely style kotsu suits as a side for tiffin or rice item.Chayote kotsu / Chow Chow curry / Chayote curry / Muddai / Mudda / Kaai Poriyal / Spicy gravy USA            ~ Chayote SquashTamil          ~ Bangalore KathirikkaiTelugu        ~ Bengaluru VankayaKannada     ~ Seemae Badhne KayiMalayalam  ~ Seema KathrikaHindi          ~…