Avarakai poriyal / Indian beans curry

  A simple curry  for a normal day meals. This is totally satisfying when done in the right way. If it is slightly undercooked or when not seasoned with adequate oil, will leave you disappointed.  This is the way my grandma cooks this veggie, and it has never let me down.  Ingredients  Frozen surti papdi [...]

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Kosu kootu / Cabbage- gram dall medley

This is everybody’s favourite  at our home.  It is good enough  with rice  all by itself and you will not even ask for a sambhar or kuzhambhu. The little  coconut chunks in it  makes it more interesting and makes you to expect a sudden surprise when eating.  The nutty taste of gram dall marries so [...]

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Easy breezy cookies

It is a cookie festival at my blog guys! This cookie is so easy breezy (my girl’s contribution to my vocabulary) and  requires  just egg, oil and cake mix . The original recipe is from here.  Ingredients: Yellow cake mix with pudding – one 18.5 oz pack Oil- 1/2 cup Eggs – 2 number Chopped pecans- 1/2 cup [...]

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Cauliflower kurma

1 tb G dall + 1 tsp U dall + 1/4 coco – fry in oil –> grind–> onion + tom + paste–>boil….  Oops , Sorry for the scribble, but it was the way my recipe notes used to be before I started this blog. Can you understand? Of course , you can’t. But now , [...]

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Spicy green pepper stew / kuda milagai kuzhambhu/pulusu/huli

What if there is a unexpected visitor? What if you went for shopping and came late to home? What if it is raining out and you yearn for something hot and spicy? What if you are lazy and donot want to do the usual sambhars? Then, it is time to tell you about this quick and [...]

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