Pepper chicken is spicy, hot and delicious side dish usually served with rice, roti/ chapati. Pepper chicken is usually prepared with regular chicken or boneless chicken depending on each ones taste. As the name suggests this chicken dish is loaded with freshly ground pepper which makes the dish more tasty […]
Millets are small seeds like grains that are slightly sweet, nutty and most important carry lot of health benefits. There are many varieties of millet and today let’s take a look at little millet/ samai (in tamil), kutki (in hindi). Little millet like any other millet is rich in protein, […]
Phool makhana namkeen is a quick and easy to make yummy snack that is also healthy. This namkeen is made with lotus seeds / fox nuts that resembles like popped popcorn along with almonds, raisins and cashews. This namkeen is a mixture of spice and sweet which will surely be […]
Basundi is a delicious pale yellow colored Indian sweet / dessert prepared with milk, nuts, sugar and cardamom powder for flavoring and saffron strands for color. Preparing basundi requires a lot of patience as it takes about 30 to 45 minutes of standing and stirring of milk as basundi is prepared […]
Quinoa fried rice or vegetable quinoa fried rice is a quick and healthy one pot dish prepared by tossing cooked white quinoa in sauteed veggies. This easy peasy dish can be prepared in a jiffy so works well on a busy working day and serves as an excellent lunch box […]
Mint rice / Pudina rice is a quick and easy to make delicious rice dish. This variety rice with flavors of mint and coriander is a one pot dish and makes excellent lunch box recipe. A spicy potato fry or chips can be accompanied as side dish. This mint rice […]
This vegetable cheese quesadilla is a delicious cheesy and veggie loaded main dish / snack that can be prepared at home easily in 10 minutes. This dish will be adored by vegetarians and if you are a non veg eater adding few minced chicken/ shrimp to this dish adds more taste. […]
Gobi 65 rice is a spicy, flavorful and a Indo chinese based rice dish that is also a one pot recipe. So basically this recipe is prepared by adding fried gobi 65 to close to chinese style fried rice which is also enhanced with strong Indian flavors like garam masala […]
Vegetable idli upma is a quick and easy to make delicious breakfast that is enhanced and loaded with few veggies to add to its taste and to give it a healthy twist. This upma can be served as mini tiffin/ snack as well. I used veggies like carrot and capsicum […]
Kavuni arisi (Black rice)sweet pidi kozhukattai is a a very yummy and healthy snack that can be easily prepared at home using chettinadu rice flour, jaggery, coconut and elaichi for flavoring. As vinayagar chaturthi is near by I thought sharing this kozhukattai recipe will be ideal. Traditionally kozhukattai is made […]
