Poached Egg Kurma / Muttai kuruma

Ingredients Eggs-2 Onion(chopped)-3tablespoons Few curry leaves Tomato-1 Turmeric powder-1/8teaspoon Coriander powder-11/4teaspoon Chilly powder-1teaspoon Oil Salt Cilantro to garnish To grind coarsely Chopped onion-2tablespoon Green chilly-1 Red chilly-1 Cinnamon stick-2"piece Clove-1 Elaichi-1 Fennel seeds-1/2teaspoon Coriander seeds-1/2teaspoon Pepper corns-4 To grind into a fine paste Grated coconut-2tablespoons Cashew-4 Method Grind the items under "to grind into a coarse paste" and keep it ready. Grind the coconut and cashews...

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Carrot Rice

This being my 300th post, am really happy and excited  to share some pictures from my garden and a recipe with my garden carrots! Thanks for all your support dear friends and readers! :) I have written about my patio garden in my other(Tamil) blog often, but never wrote anything about it here. I love to grow colorful plants than growing veggies. :) So you will find more flowers than edible things in my small garden! This spiring we got some dahlia bulbs. The beautiful, bright colored flowers lightened-up our mornings...

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Bitter gourd Stir-fry/Pakarkai porial

Ingredients Chopped bitter gourd/Pakarkai -1cup Chopped onion-2tablespoons Chopped tomato-1 Sambar powder-11/2teaspoon Grated coconut-1tablespoon Sugar-1/2teaspoon Mustard seeds-1/2teaspoon Urad dal-1/2 teaspoon Channa dal-1/2 teaspoon Salt Oil Method Wash, take out the seeds of the bitter gourd and chop it into fine pieces. Heat oil in a pan, add mustard and let it splutter. Add in the channa dal-urad dal and fry till they become golden color. Now add in the chopped bitter gourd, fry for 3-4 minutes. Once the bitter gourd is half...

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Beetroot Stir-fry

I love to have my lunch plate colorful! :) So when I prepared spinach masiyal  the other day, the perfect side dish which came into my mind is beetroot! This stir fry is a quick fix and tastes grate with rice. Particularly, have this with curd rice (or) butter-milk rice, and you will make it often! :) Ingredients Grated beetroot-1/2cup Chopped onion-2tablespoons Green chilly-2 (adjust to your taste) Mustard seeds-1/4teaspoon Urad dal-1/2teaspoon Few curry leaves Grated coconut-2teaspoons Salt Oil Method Take the grated beetroot...

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How to re-heat Vada-Pav?

Hubby dear brought some vada-pav's on the way back home from an Indian store. But since it was too late, we couldn't finish them off, so I refrigerated them. The next day, I wanted to reheat them and was wondering how to do that.. and searched the net for some hints. Couldn't find any useful tips on the net, hence I came up with an interesting post. :) I have tasted vada-pav once here in a Marati friend's place and the store bought one's were not even close to them. So made some missing! ;)) side dishes and we had a nice snack!  How...

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Bindi do pyaaza/Okra Curry

Ingredients Bindi/Okra/Ladies finger/Vendaikkai - 8  Onion-1 Tomato-1 Fennel seeds-1/4teaspoon Cumin seeds-1/4teaspoon Turmeric powder-1/8teaspoon Chilly powder-1easpoon Coriander powder-1teaspoon Kasoori methi-1/2teaspoon Garam masala-1/4teaspoon Cilantro- to garnish Oil Salt  Method Trim the edges of the okra and cut them into desired shape.  Coarsely grind half of the onion.  Grind 3/4th of the tomato and keep it ready. Roughly chop the remaining onion and tomato into big chunks.  Now...

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Chow-Chow Chutney/Chayote Chutney

This is a quick and delicious chutney. I had a sudden thought of trying this one day and tried it. No one will know this chutney is prepared with chow-chow/chayote squash unless you tell them! :)  Ingredients Chow-chow/Chayote/Merakkay -1/2cup{peeled and chopped into small pieces} Channa dal-1tablespoons Red chilly-4 (adjust to your taste) Tamarind- a tiny piece Grated coconut-11/2tablespoons Salt Oil To temper Oil Mustard seeds-1/2teaspoon Urad dal-1/2teaspoon Curry leaves- few Method Heat oil in a pan, add...

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Cauliflower stir fry with freshly ground curry powder/ Curry podi & cauliflower podi curry

Ingredients for Curry Powder Channa dal-1tablespoon Urad dal-1tablespoon Coriander seeds-1tablespoon Hing/Asafoetida-1/8teaspoon Red chilly- 4 (adjust to your spice level) Method  Dry roast all the items given above, without burning anything. Let it cool, and grind it to a powder. This powder can be used to make lot of dry vegetable curries. Cauliflower podi curry- Ingredients Chopped Onion-2 tablespoons Chopped Garlic-1teaspoon Mustard seeds-1/2teaspoon Urad dal-1teaspoon Few curry leaves & Cilantro Salt Gingelly oil-1tablespoon Cauliflower...

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Quinoa Dosai

Ingredients Idli rice/Ponni boiled rice-1cup Vendhayam/Methi seeds-1/2teaspoon Quinoa-1/2cup Urad dal-1/4cup Salt Method Wash and soak the rice, quinoa and methi seeds together for 5-6 hours. Wash and soak the urad dal for 11/2hours. Grind all the things in a single batch to a thick batter. (If you make larger quantity, you can grind the urad dal separately). Add enough salt, mix it well and let it ferment for at least 8 hours. ( I kept inside the conventional oven with light on, and this is what happened to me! Hehe..!...

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Capsicum Stir-Fry

This is a quick and delicious side dish for roti as well as rice. I didn't add any additional masala's to this so that the original taste of the capsicum remains and its really tasty. Adding colored peppers enhances the taste and its attractive to the eyes! :)  Ingredients Chopped capsicum-1cup(I have used half of green and half of yellow capsicum here) Chopped onion-2tablespoons Chilli flakes-1teaspoon Mustard seeds-1/2teaspoon Urad dal-1/2teaspoon Salt Oil  Method Heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds and...

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