SOUTH INDIAN LUNCH RECIPES – LUNCH MENU 34
Mangoes are in season and I am sure you all cooking mango for your lunch. I had a mango sitting in my fridge vegetable trays bottom for past 2 weeks, but still it was good. I was saving it for making...
View ArticleMOR MILAGAI RECIPE | SUMMER SPECIAL
I love love mor milagai as side dish for curd rice and mainly pazhaya sadam . In my childhood days, during summer, my mom purposely keeps extra rice in the night for the next day’s pazhaya sadam. And...
View ArticleSCHEZWAN BABY POTATOES RECIPE (GRAVY) | SIDE DISH FOR NOODLES/ FRIED RICE
For our wedding anniversary, we went to Copper Chimney restaurant here in Singapore for lunch. I have never been there before, so thought of giving it a try. So we ordered this Schezwan baby...
View ArticleSOUTH INDIAN BREAKFAST MENU 9 - KHARA PANIYARAM, VENDHAYA DOSA, PODI, CHUTNEY
It was a busy long weekend here, with lots of shopping for my birthday. Though lots of cooking is there, I did not clicked anything for lunch menu series as I almost repeated my usual menus, so didn’t...
View ArticleALOO CHANA CHAAT RECIPE | CHANNA CHAAT RECIPE
I ate aloo chana chaat in Mirchi restaurant at Esplanade here in Singapore. I love that restaurant for the tasty food, ambience, location – yes location because, it is a life saver when visitors come...
View ArticleRASPBERRY CHEESE CAKE RECIPE (NO BAKE)
I have tasted cheese cake only once before in a buffet and I was not liking that much. From that time I had no impression towards cheesecakes and I never felt like trying. While I went for weekly...
View ArticleHAKKA NOODLES, CHILLI PANEER DRY AND MANGO SAGO - LUNCH MENU 35
After a weekly shopping, I wanted to make a different from my usual south Indian lunch menu, so asked Vj what to make. He suggested hakka noodles and chilli paneer dry. So I did the same with his...
View ArticleEASY PONGAL GOTSU RECIPE | SIDE DISH FOR PONGAL
I have a brinjal gosthu recipe which uses a powder that has to be added to it. My MIL’s chidambaram brinjal gosthu recipe. Since no one likes brinjal in our family, my MIL grinds the brinjal coarsely...
View ArticleINSTANT PULI SADAM | LEFTOVER RICE RECIPES
I am a big big fan of puli sadam. Puliyogare, puli sadam– what ever form it is. So one day when my co-sis was happily enjoying her days with her mom at her mom’s place, I asked her what aunty cooking...
View ArticleSMALL POTATO CURRY RECIPE (SMALL POTATO FRY)
This is a recipe sent to me by a reader (Rathy Kumar). I wanted to try it out for long time. But when ever I buy small potatoes, I make small potato biryani. So this time I told myself to try this...
View ArticleLUNCH MENU 36 - VAZHAIPOO VADAI, SAMBAR & CURRY
For a while, I was ignoring the vazhaipoo (banana blossom) in Mustafa. I think what we get in Mustafa is from Malaysia and I found the in Laavan is from India and its so very different from the...
View ArticleHONEYDEW MELON GRANITA RECIPE | SUMMER SPECIAL
Granita is easy to prepare, we can use fresh fruits, no fatty ingredients and yet delicious, perfect treats for summer! You can make this same with kirini pazham too. Honeydew melon granita is one I...
View ArticleAVARAKKAI SAMBAR RECIPE | SOUTH INDIAN RECIPES
When I posted vendaikkai sambar recipe, as I said its my mom’s version of making sambar. And this is my MIL’s version of making sambar. I love both versions. Though its similar, the method is...
View ArticleDOSA RECIPE | SOUTH INDIAN DOSA
I am getting loads of requests to post dosa batter recipe. Though I never grind dosa batter separately, I had a recipe that is written in my handwritten cook book and I have tried it successfully...
View ArticleRAJMA CHAWAL KADAI BHINDI - LUNCH MENU 37
Today's lunch menu is more a lunch combination idea. Aj and me just love to have basmati rice for lunch with any dal or some north Indian gravy. So I wanted to have a combo with this kadai bhindi as...
View ArticleMYSORE MASALA DOSA RECIPE
Mysore masala dosai is one of the things in my to try in restaurants list that I have planned in my trip to India this holidays. I have tasted only once I think that too I could not find any...
View ArticleEASY BANANA NUTELLA ICECREAM RECIPE
This is an easy and delicious, smooth and rich icecream made with just two ingredients. Banana and nutella. And this is best easy way to save the about to spoil banana. When ever you have banana that...
View ArticlePANEER RECIPES | INDIAN PANEER RECIPES
Paneer recipes from Rak’s kitchen Recipe Cuisine:Indian | Recipe Category: Side dish Prep Time: 30 mins | Cook time: 30 mins | Serves: 4 (Varies from recipe to recipe)...
View ArticleSPOUTS FRIED RICE, GOBI 65, ALOO BHINDI GRAVY - LUNCH MENU 38
This lunch menu needs some preplanning as we need sprouts for the fried rice. I planned this menu two weeks back itself, when I planned for my last week’s lunch menu with rajma masala. Yes, I soaked...
View ArticleMANGO LASSI RECIPE | MANGO RECIPES
I know this is quite simple to make, still how can I be without posting mango lassi when mangoes are in season. I just got a box of alphonso mangoes that are sweet, yellow and flavorful. So thought of...
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