Green Apple Thokku / Green Apple Pickle

I saw a recipe of "Mango Thokku"  here and tried it as I had a mango ready. When I was messaging about it to the author, she told me thokku can be made by green apple too! It sounded interesting and I picked up couple of Granny Smith apples during my next shopping and tried this thokku. Its an interesting variation to the regular mango, tomato, poondu thokku we make. So try it once and you will definitely like it.  Ingredients Green Apple-2 Chilly powder-1tablespoon(adjust to taste) Nallennai/Gingelly oil-1/4cup Mustard...

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Wishes..

Mahi's Kitchen Wishes You A Very Happy Tamil New Year & Vishu! ...

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Quinoa Pulao/ Vegetable Pulav with Quinoa

Ingredients Quinoa-3/4cup Mixed vegetables-1cup Onion-1 Green chilly-1 Tomato-1 Garam masala-2teaspoons Turmeric powder-1/4teaspoon Chilli powder-1/2teaspoon Mint and cilantro leaves Ginger-garlic paste - 2teaspoons Oil  Salt To cook the quinoa Ghee-1teaspoon Bay leaf-1 Cinnamon stick-2"  Clove-1 Elaichi-1 Water-2cups[ depends on the quality of the quinoa. Usually 1:2 is the quinoa-water ratio, but mine needs more water, so adjust accordingly] Method 1.Heat ghee in a pan, add the bay leaf, cinnamon,...

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Whole Urad Dal Idly/ Karuppu Ulunthu Idli

Ingredients Boiled rice/Idli rice-2cups Whole urad dal/Karuppu ulunthu paruppu-1/2cup Methi seeds-1/2teaspoon Salt Method Wash the rice few times and soak it with methi seeds for 6-8 hours. Wash the urad dal few times and soak it for 6-8 hours. Keep the urad dal in the fridge for the last one hour. Grind the urad dal (with skin) to a fine paste by adding little water in frequent time intervals. Grind the rice and methi seeds and add it to the urad dal batter. Add enough salt and mix it well with your hands. Keep...

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