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Fish Curry in Ginger and Coconut Milk Sauce
Fish is something we do at home often. This is an easy every day fish curry that can be made in minutes and its perfect for the weekdays where time is a crunch. Its getting hot and very humid these...
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Lemon Rice – Elumichai Sadam recipe
Lemon rice for a South Indian is all about nostalgia. I don’t remember a single picnic when I was young without lemon rice. Whether its for the school lunch box or a picnic brunch or even as a temple...
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Hot and Sweet Chicken Drumsticks
This is an easy recipe for hot and sweet chicken drumsticks. This recipe for chicken can be prepped ahead hours in advance and cooked just in time. The chicken is marinated in a combination of sauces...
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Chicken Masala Gravy Recipe
This is my dads chicken masala recipe. He doesn’t remember now (he is in his seventies) as to how and from whom he learnt this chicken masala recipe but has been doing it for years now. He uses finely...
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Spicy Chettinad Prawn Masala / Chettinad Eral Masala
I don’t do much of prawn dishes at home as my husband is allergic to shell fish. But I love prawns. This recipe for Chettinad Prawn Masala is my favorite. More than a decade ago, we were on an Air...
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sprouting mung beans moong at home, how to sprout mung beans
Even though ready made sprouted mung bean is easily available, sprouting mung bean is one of the most easiest things to do at home. One does not need any special equipment to do this. This method...
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Moong sprouts curry – Mulai payaru masala – Mung Curry
Mung bean or pasi payaru / pachai payaru is a staple in the kongunad region. Sundal, dosa, vada, upma – mung dal is used in such varied recipes. Its health benefits are endless and sprouted mung beans...
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Leftover Rice Dosa – Cooked Rice Dosa Recipe – Leftover Rice Recipe
Leftover Rice Dosa – Cooked Rice Dosa Recipe – Leftover Rice Recipe Leftover rice can be bothering at times. People often convert leftover rice into variety rice. But there are a lot of things that...
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Ratna Cafe Style Sambar – How to make Ratna Cafe sambar
Ratna Cafe Style Sambar – How to make Ratna Cafe sambar – Video Recipe This recipe is purely a genius from my friend Bhavani Ganesan. She shared this recipe in a forum and I had to immediately try it....
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Ramzan Nombu Kanji – Authentic Palli Vaasal Nombu Kanji – Veg Recipe
Nombu Kanji / Nonbu Kanji is a porridge made during the ramadan season to break the fast in the evening. This recipe is from my good friend Thahira. Thahira’s father was a Quran scholar in...
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chicken biryani using shan masala, with readymade biryani masala
Even though, I have shared many recipes for biryani, I keep getting requests asking for making a simple meat biryani using ready made biryani masala and simple ingredients. So I am sharing that recipe...
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Karamani Poriyal / Yard long Beans Poriyal / How to make long Beans Stir-Fry
Yard Long Beans or karamani as called in tamil is a vegetable that’s similar looking like the regular beans but long and slim. This veggie is very healthy and tastes good too. Sometimes, this veggie...
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Muttai Kuruma – Egg kuruma – Egg Curry – 10 minute Recipe
Muttai Kuruma – How to make Tamilnadu style Muttai Kuruma – Egg kuruma – Egg Curry – 10 minute Recipe This is an easy and quick 10 minute muttai kuruma made using home made curry masala powder. Here is...
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curry masala powder – Home made curry powder – Non-veg curry powder
Once a year, perur athama would grind curry masala powder. The quintessential masala powder used for kurmas, chicken and mutton curries. She would put in so much of effort right from selecting the...
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Godhumai Upma – Kheema Upma -How to make Keema broken Wheat Upma
Broken wheat Upma or Godhumai Uppuma might be a great meal in itself if made properly. The one big problem with godhumai upma is getting the right texture. A good godhumai upma should be lump free. It...
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chicken pakoda recipe, how to make chicken pakoda | Chicken Pakora
I used to spend a couple of weeks of my summer vacation at my aunts place in Mettupalayam. My aunt’s husband ran an entertainment club in the 90’s in Mettupalayam. So the cook at the club would make...
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Sweet Corn Sandwich, How to make Corn Mayo Sandwich
I still remember how I got this recipe. I was working out a recipe for sweet corn sandwich long time back and somehow I felt that it was becoming a little dry after sometime. One day I was talking...
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tamarind paste recipe, how to make tamarind paste at home
Tamarind paste is a very common ingredient in South Indian Cooking. Its one of the main souring agents that is used in a lot of recipes. Making Homemade tamarind paste is very easy and has a very long...
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Idiyappam Recipe, How to make soft Idiyappam, Nool Puttu
Idiyappam is an all time favorite recipe at home. Serve it with sweet coconut milk and stew and it makes for a fantastic breakfast or dinner. You can also serve with Chicken Stew. Idiyappam is also...
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Kerala Chicken Stew, How to make Chicken Stew, Chicken Ishtu
Chicken Stew – The perfect partner for idiyappam and appam. Its called as Ishtu, the local word for stew. This is a very mild gravy / curry flavored with a lot of ginger and coconut milk. Here is how...
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