Category: Tamil Nadu
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Sweet Pidi Kozhukattai Recipe – Ganesh Chaturthi Recipes
Sweet Pidi kozhukattai is one of my favorite snack which is usually prepared during Vinayagar chathurthi. It makes a great evening snack too, my MIL makes this often and this summer during our vacation to India we had quite a lot. She makes many varieties and sometimes include sesame seeds in her sweet version. This…
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Lunch / Dinner Menu 4 – South Indian Vegetarian Lunch Menu
Description: Today’s lunch menu is in vegetarian style. It has been rainy for the past couple of days and I was no mood for grocery or vegetable shopping. All I had was few basic veggies like onion, tomato and potato…….and I had to come up with something decent for lunch. Luckily found some fresh fenugreek…
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Avocado Chutney Recipe – Avocado Pachadi
Description: Avocados don’t just taste great but they also come with a decent amount of health benefits. This fruit is high in healthy monounsaturated fats and is a good source of fiber, vitamins, and minerals. There are many ways to bite, nibble, and spoon up this great fruit. Here is one way to serve this yummy fruit…
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Lunch / Dinner Menu 3 – South Indian Non Vegetarian Lunch Menu
Description: Sunday meals are usually special at our home and this week it was extra special as we had some few friends come over for casual get-together. So I planned for biryani…what could be more better than Biryani, uh? its one dish which is adored by all. My personal favorite is chicken biryani but for…
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RAGI MURUKKU RECIPE – Finger Millet Recipes
Finger millet, also known as Kezhvaragu/Keppai – Tamil, Ragi-Kannada, Ragulu – Telugu, Koovaragu – Malayalam is a highly nutritious millet. There are many ways of using this millet in our very day dishes…here is the recipe for a savory snack “Ragi Murukku” which can be had with your evening cup of tea or coffee. Ragi…
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LUNCH / DINNER MENU 2 – SOUTH INDIAN NON-VEGETARIAN LUNCH MENU
Description: This weekend I get to prepare my favorite lunch combo…..Meen kuzhambu, Cabbage Kootu with Meen Varuval. I have always loved winter, snow and all… but this year it seems to be extra long and tiresome. I was longing for some spicy fish kuzhambu with fresh King fish varuval but this week has been very hectic with…
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LUNCH / DINNER MENU 1 – SOUTH INDIAN NON-VEGETARIAN LUNCH MENU
Description: Meal planning is the most mind-boggling thing for most of us. First question that pops the moment you enter the kitchen is what to cook for lunch /dinner? I don’t know about you ladies but for me it starts the night before! Whether its formal or casual , simple or elaborate… at the end…
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ALOO 65 RECIPE – Potato 65
Aloo 65 – Potato 65 – Urulai Kizhangu 65 – How to make Aloo 65? is an easy snack item to make when you have boiled potatoes in hand. Deep fried snacks are quite addictive and this is no exception. They make a great snack or starter, for adults and children alike. Try our …
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Kovil Puliyodharai – Temple Style Tamarind Rice Recipe
Description: Puliyodharai is a South Indian rice preparation, a mainstay in most Indian festival luncheons and dinners. It is also offered as prasadams in temples. Prasadam (a Sanskrit word) is food that has first been offered to God prepared by the temple priests in the temple Madapalli (Temple kitchen). Thiru madapalli is traditionally the kitchen in…
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LIMA BEANS MASALA RECIPE
Description: I’m a big fan of Arusuvai ithu thani suvai cooking show by Mrs Revathy Shanmugam . In one of the episodes, she was teaching how to make easy Green Mochai masala, a village style curry prepared with fresh mochai kottai/ Avarai kottai and I really got hooked and gave it a try. The original recipe…