Brown Rice Ven Pongal – Knowing to cook a pot of brown rice is one daunting task! Every brand, every variety needs TLC and the degree varies, hehehe……. Sometimes you end up with chewy hard rice or totally a mushy stuff which you never expected. Today we are making pongal with brown basmati rice which is one variety of long grain…
I hope every one must have had this boring question “whats for lunch or dinner”? pondering their head a million times. Hi.. you are not alone, look after raiding my refrigerator, i came up this for humble combo for our dinner…. Here is one simple lunch/ dinner/ lunch box idea for busy weekdays. Lunch Dinner Menu Ideas, Lunch recipes, dinner recipes,…
Cracked wheat is a wheat product made from whole raw kernels which are crushed or cut into small pieces, which are rich in fiber and other nutrition. It is nothing but Samba Godhumai rava/ lapsi/dalia, a very healthy wheat grain which in general is good for overall health. The most popular Indian way to cook this is make kheer, lapsi, kesari, pongal, upma , pulao…
Vazhai Thandu Poriyal – Vazhai thandu / Banana stem / Plantain stem is a fiber rich food with lot of health benefits. Very good for constipation problems, UTI , diabetic friendly and also helps with weight loss. I use to have these often back home when amma was cooking and now i know how hard it is to cook these,…
Grilled Cheese roll ups are a lot more fun than regular grilled cheese sandwiches. They are crispy, easy to handle and looks kind of cute to attract kids and even adults too. Just another easy way to serve grilled cheese in rolls to get them perfect for dunking in soups. You got to try them with tomato soup… they are sooo good!…
Vegetable clear soup is one of the simplest soup recipe which you can whip up with few fresh or leftover veggies which you can grab from your kitchen. With little salt & pepper, you have yourself a bowl full of goodness, what could be more comforting than a cup of hot fresh clear soup on a cold winter day! I…
Ragi – known as Finger Millet is very very nutritious and offer many health benefits. It can be used in number of ways.. we must have had ragi malt which is very common in many households, amma at home makes adai, congee, koozh, dosai and snack items with ragi. Recently this product is hitting the shelves in most stores in…
Keerai Masiyal is a usually in our house depending on what is available fresh that week. Back in India, everyday keerai vendor comes with big basket full of fresh greens which I least cared as mom was cooking then never realised the importance of differen keerais/ greens. Today i go online, call my mom, check with the keerai lady who…
Kala Chana Sundal – is a simple to prepare and can make nice healthy evening snack. I usually prepare sundal once a week.. swap between chana, lentil, peanut or fresh corn. Navarathri is coming soon thought it would nice to share this recipe of simple Black Channa / chickpeas sundal which you can make during ayutha pooja. Typically its seasoned…
RAVA PONGAL RECIPE / PONGAL RECIPE / EASY PONGAL RECIPES / HOW TO MAKE RAVA PONGAL/ SEMOLINA PONGAL / SOOJI PONGAL RECIPE / KHARA PONGAL RECIPE / RAWA PONGAL RECIPE / EASY BREAKFAST RECIPES / DINNER RECIPES / TIFFIN RECIPES / EVENING TIFFIN RECIPES / FESTIVE RECIPES Rava Pongal is an easy dish which we enjoy quite often for breakfast…