Tri color Rice  When it comes to using food colors , I think twice before . There are some sweet items in which we can not do without the food color , and I  made it a point to use food colors when it becomes unavoidable . I always try to make my day to…

STUFFED BITTER GOURD RINGS   The day I prepared this , I had only Carrots and Tomatoes  in the fridge . You are free to choose any other vegetable , which you think can go well with it  and  pls go ahead !  Ingredients  If you do not mind retaining the peels and add them to…

. Parwal is a vegetable , which is  cooked in my house  for both lunch and dinner. For lunch it is always  a dry curry , but whenever I make it for dinner , I try to make it with variations . Today it is   PARWAL BOATS WITH LOTS OF VEGGIE STUFFING .  When we…

RAW PAPAYA KOFTA KOFTAS are something , which I prepare quite often, with variations .  Variations in the sense , the vegetable which I use for its preparation.  Normally I would  have  “ Lauki” most of the time . Other than this there are a couple of vegetables , which I go for if they…

During the season “ Parval” takes place in a regular basis in my kitchen  When it is prepared for lunch , the recipe is always the same .  Cut into long strips and together with potatoes which are also cut into long strips  , prepared as a dry curry. But when I prepare it for…

 Long time back I visited my daughter , who was in Singapore then. One day she prepared “ Thai Green Curry” I loved it  I am known to be a big foodie who loves experimenting with food . So decided to prepare something similar to it with retaining the Vegetable  and Greens part  So down…

TANGY SPICY PICKLES FOR SHORT TERM USE Mangai Thokku Ingredients –for 4 Medium size Mangoes   Salt – 2–3 Tab spoons Turmeric powder –2 Teaspoon .  Chilli Powder- 2–3 Teaspoon  L G Hing –The solid one –size of  a Pea . 2 to 3 pieces  Methi seeds -( Optional) 1 Teaspoon dry roasted  Jaggery —…

Moru  Kuzhambu / Moru Kootan is a very popular item in the Tamilian household.  Actually it is the Tamilian version of North Indian “ Kadhi” with a few , More / Different additions to it .  Another special  version of this is very popular in Kerala Iyer’s household , prepared during the Mango season ,…

THE LIFELINE OF TAMILIAN COOKING –PODIS Sambar and Rasam are items from Tamilian cooking . Now they have become so popular that even those who are Non Tamilians  like to include them in their cooking . What makes Sambar and Rasam THAT tasty? Indeed the spices that are added to it . So  THE LIFELINE…

STUFFED LAUKI RINGS STUFFED LAUKI RINGS , with gravy If I remember , I have never seen Lauki in the kitchen of  my parent’s house , nor in my in-law’s place . I don;t know what  was the notion behind , but Lauki was not in  those  vegetables that were added in cooking in any…