Recipe for home style prawn biryani / eral biryani இறால் பிரியாணி. Easy tamil style biryani recipe. Recipe with step by step pictures. இறால் பிரியாணி செய்வது எப்படி? Prawn is one of my sons favorites. Me and my son get our share of shell fish when my husband is travelling as the husband is heavily allergic to shell fish. I try to avoid cooking prawns when he is home. This is a very simple home style prawn biryani recipe that can be done in no time....

Poondu Rasam Recipe / Why Rasam should never be boiled for a long time? Before we jump into the recipe, there are a few things that grandmothers would tell you when making rasam. Especially if its a tamarind based […]

Chicken Palav | Dhonnai Biryani Recipe Chicken Dhonnai Biryani is a beloved Karnataka specialty, made famous by the iconic military hotels of Bengaluru. Unlike the traditional layered biryanis, this version is […] Corn Methi Pulao, Methi Makai Pulao Recipe Recipe for Corn Methi Pulao made with sweet corn and fenugreek leaves. Recipe with step by step pictures. This easy one pot dish of corn […]

Simple Eggless Vanilla Sponge Cake Recipe – Very Soft and Moist. How to make Basic Eggless Vanilla Sponge Cake Recipe. Very soft, moist, tender and fluffy. Best plain vanilla base cake recipe. With step by step pictures. This is a very simple Eggless Vanilla Sponge Cake and delicious recipe. Egg-less cakes can be tricky as they usually turn out dry and dense and crumble easily. But this one is a winner....

Homemade Paneer, How to make Paneer from scratch Recipe for homemade soft paneer from milk. Recipe for paneer made at home from scratch. Homemade paneer video recipe. Making Paneer at home is very […]

Recipe for Vegetable Hakka Noodles. A very popular Indo Chinese restaurant dish. Simple restaurant style plain vegetable hakka noodles recipe. Recipe with video. I used plain noodles for making the recipe today. If you eat eggs, use egg noodles for the recipe. Egg noodles have a different texture and are tastier too when compared to regular plain noodles. The important thing about the dish is to get the texture of the noodles right....

Vendhaya Kuzhambu Recipe Vendhaya Kuzhambu Recipe – Recipe for spicy Tamilnadu style vendhaya kuzhambu made with roasted fenugreek seeds and masala. Recipe for vendhaya kuzhambu with step by […]

Air Fried Mackerel Fish fry Recipe. South Indian Style Mackerel fried fish Recipe. Recipe with step by step pictures and video. This whole Mackerel fried in an air fryer is healthy, tasty and can be made in under 15 minutes (ignoring the marination time) . Ayala Meen / Ayila Meen (a kind of mackerel fish) tastes so good in this masala. Here is how to do Whole mackerel fry in an air fryer....

Baked Samosas, Lite Baked Samosas Recipe. Baked Samosas – The lite version of the traditional oil laden samosas with step by step pictures. Recipe adapted from the cook book of the food network star: Aarti Paarti: An American Kitchen with an Indian Soul. If there is something I really miss in India, it got to be the food network. I watched the whole sixth season of the next food network star for one cute contestant called Aarti Sequeira....

Home made Ghee Recipe, Home made Ghee from cultured butter Homemade ghee made by collecting the malai / cream from milk. The cream is then cultured / fermented to make butter and the butter is […] The perfect boiled egg The perfect egg has a tender white, fully set yolk, easily peel-able shell and most importantly no green tinged yolk. We all have had eggs […]

Bombay Bataka | Vegan Tamarind, tomato and potato curry. This Bombay Bataka recipe is from the Prashad cookbook – The UK Bradford Prashad restaurant run by Kaushy Patel and her family. Its one of the best tangy potato curry recipe. There are some staples in every Indian kitchen and Potatoes got to be there along with the Onion boy and the Tomato girl. I haven’t come across a potato dish that I did not like....

Carlos Bakery German Crumb Cake recipe with bun dough. Old fashioned New Jersey Hoboken crumb cake Cake Boss Buddy Valastro Style. With step by step pictures. I first saw this Crumb Cake in an episode of Cake Boss. Buddy Valastro made this Crumb Cake and it looked to die for. Its not always these big cakes and pastries that attract me. I love simple everyday cakes like these Crumb Cakes....

This recipe was shared by my good friend Bavani Ganesan. She got this recipe from a keeper at the famous Athangudi tiles factory in the chettinad region. Its a very interesting recipe and the addition of tamarind and fennel seed heightens the flavor of the kara adai. Unlike dosa and Appam , the batter does not need fermentation. Just a couple of hours for the ingredients to soak and once ground with aromatics, the batter is good to go....

South Indian Restaurant style Moong Dal Fry. Recipe for Tamilnadu Thanjavur Thalicha Paruppu.Dal Fry, South Indian Moong Dal Fry, Thalicha Paruppu. I had this Dal Fry at a restaurant in Thanjavur during our temple trip last week. The dal was so warm and comforting with rice after a long sunny day at the temple. Thanjavur is known for its vegetarian fare called ilai saapadu. Its the thaali feast served for lunch on a banana leaf....

Neem is a popular Indian tree found abundantly in all parts of the Indian subcontinent. It’s a versatile tree that has grown on our land since time immemorial and has been used for a variety of purposes since prehistoric times. Different parts of the neem tree have been used in Indian homes for many purposes such as ‘daatun’ for brushing teeth, moth-repellent in clothes to treat acne, wounds, and allergies....

Here is a simple eral biryani recipe made in the pressure cooker. With simple tips in preparation, you can get the fluffiest biryani every single time. Even though the ingredient list is lengthy (There are close to 25 ingredients), most of it can be found in a regular South Indian pantry. This can be made in under 40 minutes making it a recipe for a weekday or for packing it for a school lunch box....

I first came across this recipe in Mind of a Chef (One of my all time favorite food shows) where Chef April Bloomfield made these awesome french fries. Whenever I make french fries at home, this is the only way I do it. This is french fries perfection. These fries are cooked thrice and that makes it incredibly crisp on the outside yet still soft on the inside. In some restaurants, they double fry the fries to get the extra crunch....

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Recipe for Kalani Rasam, கழனி ரசம். Recipe made with arisi mandi / kalani thanni. Recipe with step by step pictures. Kalani is nothing but the starchy water that comes from washing rice. In the Chettinad region, this starchy water is also called as mandi or arisi mandi. The starchy water is used in some recipes to add a slight thickness to the gravy / curry. It also adds a nice flavour....

Curry Laksa Soup Recipe – Vegan / Vegetarian version. Malaysian veggie Curry laksa made using homemade curry laksa paste from scratch. Curry laksa soup made with lots of vegetables, herbs and spices in a rich coconut milk based broth. This is an easy Vegan and Gluten free version of the Malaysian curry laksa soup. The spice paste or the Rempah as its called is the single important ingredient that can make or break this dish....