April 29, 2016

Cucumber with Coconut Milk kootu / Vellirikkai Thengai paal Kootu

Beat the summer heat with this delicious and healthy cucumber kootu. A delicious side dish to have with any rice and also suits as the side dish to serve with chapathis and rotis. A simple but tasty and healthy side dish...

April 28, 2016

Tips #30: Tidy, Clean and Smell Free Kitchen

A clean kitchen helps to minimize germs and reduce the risk of illness. A sparkling Kitchen becomes the bench mark of Hygiene. Make use of these Smart Samayal Tips to have an Organized and Tidy Kitchen...

April 27, 2016

Aloo Paneer Balls

A perfect snack for your kids to enjoy during vacation. They love to eat this crispy potato Paneer balls with crispy, golden crust. Just serve them these with tomato sauce and see how they enjoy....

April 25, 2016

Tip #21: Fourteen Tips for Super-Fast Cooking

Multi tasking in kitchen comes from practice. The time we spend in kitchen depends on the cooking skill. Planning and preparation time will save minutes.Apart from all the Smart Samayal Tips given below, Enjoy every minute of cooking, feel the aroma to bring life to your recipes...

April 24, 2016

Gothumai Rawa Upma / Cracked Wheat Upma

Upma is one of the most common and the easiest breakfast of South India. It is made with sooji, vermicelli, bread, wheat rawa etc., Traditionally upma is made without adding any onions and veggies. Yet it is very delicious with the flavour of green chillies, ginger, curry leaves and asafoetida. When I make sambhar for Lunch, I prefer making this wheat upma since I need not make any separate side dish for this. Moreover this is very ideal for the elders at home especially for the diabetic people. A simple, comfort, easily digestible tiffin for all age groups...

April 22, 2016

Udupi Rasam

Only the people who visited the Udupi temple and tasted the food there will know the divine taste of rasam served there. I got the right recipe after so many searches, atlast from my cousin's nighbour whose native is Udupi. Though I tried this many times, I was fully satisfied only after making the Rasam following the recipe given by her...

April 21, 2016

Bread Kuzhipaniyaram

Bread Kuzhipaniyaram is a light tiffin / snack that gives me hand on Holiday evenings to serve as evening snack with tea. Very easy to make with less efforts. You will get golden, crispy kuzhipaniyarams than the regular ones...

April 16, 2016

Mangai / Raw mango Chutney

A tasty chutney that tickles the taste buds with the tanginess of raw mango and other spices. It is very easy to make and goes very well with Idli, Dosa, Adai, Upma and Pongal...

April 15, 2016

Mixed Veg Pasta in Creamy White Sauce

A rich and delicious pasta with fresh veggies and mild spices tossed in creamy white sauce is very easy to make. Here is the simplest recipe for making this tasty pasta where you need not make the white sauce separately....

April 11, 2016

Sambha Sadham (Pepper Jeera Rice)

Sambha Sadham is an age old traditional recipe of Tamil Nadu, which is also offered as Prasad in Chidambaram Nataraja Temple. It is a simple, healthy and delicious rice. Recently I visited a marriage and surprised to see that this sambha rice was served along with Kathirikkai Gothsu for the dinner along with other items. I saw many of them asking the name of the recipe to the Servers since they are hearing the name of the recipe for the first time and they were eager to know the recipe for that. Our Grandma recipes are getting life back and happy to see that....

April 10, 2016

Chidambaram Kathirikai / Brinjal Gothsu

As Tirunelveli is for halwa, Manaparai for murukku, Madurai for jiggirthanda, Chidambaram's Kathirikkai / Brinjal Gothsu is very famous and tasty. Usually we make Gothsu in a gravy form. But here it is made thicker than gravy and almost to the consistency of Thokku / pickle. It is given along with Sambha rice in Lord nataraja Temple and there onions are not added. But while served in hotels and feasts small onions are added and this side dish is really a mouth watering, spicy and flavourful that can be had with anything...

April 08, 2016

Brown Bread Oothappam / Bread Veg dosa

After trying this vegetable Oothappam with brown bread, I started buying brown bread exclusively for making this breakfast. Very easy to make and the matter is, it does not become dry even if carry this to office in lunch box. Kids love to have this even with tomato sauce. No need for any fermentation also. Make your breakfast healthy, simple and colourful with available veggies...

April 07, 2016

Coconut Chutney with Sautéed Onions

Red Chutney spiced up with fried onions is the very famous and common chutney served in road side night shops with Idlis, Dosa and Aappams in South India. This chutney is thinner than the regular chutneys but tastes very spicy and hot. This chutney is poured on the idli and dosa generously and served which tickles your taste buds....

April 05, 2016

Snake Gourd Curry (Pudalangai Curry)

Snake gourd has a unique flavour and when it is fresh and tender tastes very well. I make this stir fry using besan flour and Cumin seeds. This Snake gourd curry made from thin rings looks very attractive and makes kids to eat it fondly. It is a perfect side dish for any rice....

April 04, 2016

Home made Garlic Butter Naan

Here is the simple and easy steps to make Butter Naan. Butter Naan is one of the most delicious Indian bread variety. Naan bread is made using a special oven called Tandoor in restaurants with Maida. This can also be made at home on our regular stove very easily and tasting equally to restaurant Naans with Whole Wheat Flour.

April 03, 2016

Simple & Spicy Broccoli

An interesting and tasty way to make your kids to love Broccoli that is packed with very strong anti-oxidants. This simple Broccoli recipe brings a great taste as the side dish to rice and any Indian bread varieties. Broccoli along with Potatoes and Bell pepper is spiced up and flavoured with chilli powder and Garlic. Addition of fresh ginger and green chillies make them more spicy and flavoured...

April 02, 2016

Kashmiri Rajma Masala

A simple Rajma Gravy from the land of Paradise. Onion and Garlic are not used but tastes absolutely delicious. There is something very special about the combination of spices and ingredients used. A great side dish to have with plain rice or Rotis...

April 01, 2016

Instant Kheer with Biscuits

A newly married couple visited me last week and the time was too short to make any traditional dessert before they arrive. It made me to experiment this new dessert. I had only 1/2 litre of milk and some dry fruits in refrigerator . They loved the dessert very much and were surprised to know that biscuit was added to it. Here is the recipe of the easiest and yummy kheer..

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