Thandai is a very flavorful, healthy, refreshing and delicious drink prepared with cold milk, sugar and thandai masala powder/ paste for Holi festival. This drink has so much goodness as it uses ingredients like almonds, pistachios, peppercorn, fennel seeds, saffron strands and many more. Sound great right? The traditional method […]
Nannari sarbath/ Nannari sharbet is a delicious and flavorful summer drink prepared with nannari syrup, lemon juice, sabja/ basil seeds and water. This nannari syrup is prepared from nannari roots/ sarsaparilla which has lot of medicinal properties. This is a much relished and much needed drink in summer to act […]
Kada muttai/ Quail eggs are small eggs that are light and dotted unlike the usual chicken eggs. As you can infer from the egg’s name there are tiny pieces of nutrition from a wild bird named “QUAIL”. I can hear all your questions😜 So I got to know about this […]
Vegetable biryani is a delicious and flavorful one pot meal loaded with veggies. Vegetable biryani can be prepared in many methods like pressure cooker, dum style, oven baked and stove top method a very simple and traditional style not involving much work. According to me the vegetable biryani cooked in […]
Bottle gourd and shrimp kootu/ Sorakkai kootu is a thick gravy with a combination of bottle gourd / sorrakkai, lentil, shrimp/ prawn. It is a very delicious and very nutritious dish that goes well with rice and dosa. Though it has many steps in its making the output is a […]
Kadalai urundai/ Peanut chikki/ kadalai mittai is a delicious and healthy snack made with peanuts and jaggery syrup. This is usually made during karthigai deepam festival along with pori urundai/ murmura ladoo, but since it is consumed as snack too I thought to post it today, because I made this […]
Carrot halwa/ Gajar ka halwa/ Gajreka is a delicious Indian dessert prepared with grated carrots, milk, sugar and cardamom powder for flavoring. Carrot halwa can be prepared can be prepared with regular milk, condensed milk, khoya either in stovetop method or in instant pot, but here we will take a […]
Chocolate cake or chocolate loaf cake call it any name it is adored by many for its deliciousness and flavor. So this is one moist, chocolaty, eggless cake made in stovetop method. Yes you heard it right! This recipe requires no baking/ oven and can be made in a kadai/ […]
Ghee a clarified butter is an essential one in our Indian cuisine. It is used in many dishes savory and sweets for its taste, richness and flavors undoubtedly. It is very easily available in stores but the actual taste and flavors of it are not comparable with the homemade ghee. […]
Palak bajji/ Palak pakora is a deep fried fritter prepared with palak leaves dipped in spicy besan batter i.e regular bajji batter. These are so delish and healthy in a a way as they hold spinach 😉 yet remains to be a perfect tea time snack specially during rainy season […]
