Grated Raw Mango Thokku | Grated Raw Mango Pickle Easy beginners raw mango pickle. Made with grated mango and spices. Recipe with video instructions. This is a very beginner friendly mango thokku / pickle […]

Recipe for making poongar unpolished rice kara kozhukattai. A different variety of kara kozhukattai made with red rice. I have already shared the kara kozhukattai recipe that is very famous in the kogunad region that uses par boiled rice. Poongar Red Rice is an indigenous Tamilnadu rice thats not polished and very hearty to taste. Its high in nutrition and fiber as its not polished and has its germ and bran intact....

Picture this: You’re mid-scroll, half-bored, and suddenly—bam!—a punchline slaps you in the face before you even know what it’s for. You pause. You laugh. You rewind. You watch the whole thing. That’s the power of reverse trimming — flipping the expected and starting your video with the moment that hits hardest. In an age where seconds matter and attention spans evaporate like mist, the ‘save the best for last’ philosophy doesn’t cut it anymore....

Easy Recipe for Thai style stir-fried vegetables. Vegetables stir fried in oyster and soy sauce. Popularly called as Pad pak ruam in Thailand. Recipe with step by step pictures. I fell in love with this dish on our trip to Bangkok last year. We ended up ordering this almost every day. Its called as “Pad Pak Ruam” and is nothing but veggies stir fried in an oyster-soy based sauce. The choice of veggies and the flavor from garlic and oyster sauce is really comforting to have along with rice....

Recipe for Thinai Pongal, Thinai Ven Pongal Recipe, Healthy foxtail millet pongal. Healthy siruthaniya pongal recipe. With step by step pictures. Foxtail millet is one of the oldest millet to have been recorded since the sangam period. The sangam period in Tamil literature refers to period between 300 BC to 300 AD. I think foxtail millet is the only millet to have featured so predominantly in Tamil literature. ஐங்குறுநூறு, குறிஞ்சித் திணை – தோழி தலைவனிடம் சொன்னது சாரல் புறத்த பெருங்குரல் சிறு தினைப் பேரமர் மழைக் கண் கொடிச்சி கடியவும் சோலைச் சிறு கிளி உன்னும் நாட!...

Recipe for millet sambar sadam made with thinai – foxtail millet. Healthy South Indian Tamil style sambar sadam made with millets and toor dal. With step by step pictures. Thinai or Foxtail millet is one of the oldest and widely used millet throughout Asia for centuries. There is an old saying in Tamil. வினை விதைத்தவன் வினை அறுப்பான், தினை வினைத்தவன் தினை அறுப்பான். This is the English equivalent of “As you sow, so shall you reap”....

Tomato Sauce, Basic Tomato Basil Pasta Sauce. Homemade recipe for tomato basil pasta sauce from scratch using fresh tomatoes. Best, simple and basic. With step by step pictures. Home made tomato sauce, pasta sauce is so much better than the bottled stuff any day. The main thing for a good pasta sauce is to have really good ripe tomatoes. The pasta sauce recipe otherwise has very few ingredients and a couple of spices....

Rajasthan : Jaipur – Jodhpur – Udaipur We recently took a trip to Rajasthan for a week and visited Jaipur, Jodhpur and Udaipur. While there are a lot of places to see […]

Recipe for Davanagere style benne dosa / butter dosa. Dosa made with butter. Recipe with step by step pictures. I am a fan of Davanagere style Benne dosa and recently we tried these at Davanagere at the popular Sri Guru Koteswara hotel. The texture of the dosa is something so different. Its crisp on one side and so spongy on the other. On enquiring, the dosa master told that the uniqueness of the dosa batter is in the addition of murmura / mandakki / pori (puffed rice)....

Recipe for Chicken Donne Biryani made with homemade masala paste and spices from scratch. Recipe with a detailed video. Donne Biryani – This is a style of biryani that’s made in Bangalore and some parts of Karnataka. It is insanely popular among its famous military hotels and the naati-style (country-style) eateries. The biryani is usually served in a donne / dhonnai which is nothing but large disposable cups made with dried Areca palm leaf....

Recipe for Tamilnadu style chinna vengayam kodhi chutney. Small onion (Indian Shallot) chutney made with shallots simmered in tomatoes and spices. Recipe with step by step pictures. I first came to know about this recipe through a twitter friend Uma Krishnamoorthy. The tweet read that the recipe is an all time favorite at home made by her mum. I love such home style recipes. I got the recipe from her and we love anything small onions at home....

My aunt Sarasu Athama told this story behind today’s chola paniyaram recipe. Long long time ago……. Whenever there was sorghum paniyarams for breakfast, my uncle Kandasamy Abba would always complain to my aunt Sarasu athama that his wife Perur athama was making bad sorghum paniyarams. He used to say that even her paniyarams were equally bad. He said that he liked his sisters paniyarams much better and both of them could never make food like her sister....

Recipe for Bengaluru cafe inspired chutney pudi / idli podi served with idli and dosai. Recipe with video. Bengaluru style Chutney Pudi / Idli Podi that goes really well with idli and dosai. The addition of coconut makes this podi very rich and the tamarind adds a slight tanginess to the podi. This podi is very addictive. My son loves the podi idli from Rameswaram cafe here in Bengaluru. The addition of desiccated coconut in their podi makes it rich and addictive....

My son is a big fan of homemade cinnamon rolls. Now that he’s back home for the holidays, we made a fresh batch together. This is the recipe we always follow—it comes out soft, buttery, and full of cinnamon flavour every single time. Once baked, we top it off with a creamy frosting that just melts into the warm rolls. It’s a no-fail recipe, and one of our favourites to make as a family....

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 methi pulao is a winner for lunch box or for a quick and easy meal. The sweetness of corn compliments the flavor of the slightly bitter fenugreek leaves (methi). Here is how to do it. Wash and soak the rice in water for 20 minutes....

Image: https://www.pexels.com Finding Culinary Inspiration In The Woods Eating food that comes from natural sources is a good way to maintain your health. The Indian cuisine is positioned perfectly to take advantage of this, with many of the spices, oils and grains used in Indian cooking coming from natural sources. This type of diet is so effective that one study, conducted by the Public Health Foundation of India, found that vegetarian Indians are healthier overall (though it’s important to note that meat can be natural, too)....

Recipe for thai style homemade chilli garlic sauce. Easy to make hot chilli sauce recipe that comes handy while making asian recipes. Recipe with step by step pictures. This sweet chilli sauce is my current favorite. This is a perfect condiment while making asian food. I add it while making fried rice, noodles, meat and even stir fried veggies. This is a very easy recipe that comes together in no time....

Kongu Thakkali Kuzhambu – Kulambu – Coimbatore Style Tomato Kurma Kongu Thakkali Kuzhambu – Tamil style tomato kurma recipe for idli, dosa with coconut. Popular in Coimbatore. With step by step pictures. Kongu Thakkali Kuzhambu – This is an amazing kurma for idli and dosa and is very popular in the kongu region of Tamilnadu. Thakkali Kuzhambu is an absolute favorite and every family in Coimbatore has a version of this curry in their repertoire....

Recipe for traditional patti kuzhambu made during pongal celebrations in the region of Tamilnadu. Traditionally the kuzhambu / curry is served for lunch with rice. Patti Kuzhambu is a vegetable lentil curry made during the harvest festival of Pongal in January. In villages of Tamilnadu, the second day of the festival is considered very important. It is called maatu pongal (cow pongal). It is celebrated mainly to thank the farm animals....

Recipe for fresh shelled Mochai kuzhambu (piduku paruppu) made Tamil style. Spicy field bean curry recipe made with fresh shelled field beans and spices. Also popular in Karnataka and called as Hitikida Avarekalu Saaru. With step by step pictures. Winter season means that the markets get filled with mochai (field beans) and this pidukkam paruppu (shelled field beans) curry is a home favorite. Its a little time consuming work but worth it....