Glazed cherry muffins | how to make muffins

Glazed cherry muffins with step by step pictures.

Another easy and simple muffins with the glazed cherry. As Christmas is nearing I thought of trying this muffin which was in my bucket list. Its a simple vanilla cake with glazed cherries on top. If you love cherries then I'm sure you will like this muffin also. I have used an egg in the recipe. If you opt of the eggless version then avoid egg and use curd + baking soda.

Walnut Cookies | Christmas Cookies | How to make eggless cookies

Walnut Cookies with step by step pictures.

Christmas is all about baking. You can all social media flooding with cookies, plum cakes, and cake recipes. If you are looking for rich plum cake, here are some easy fruit cake, Boil&bake fruit cake, rice plum cake in which I used alcohol to soak the dry fruits.

Dates- Choco Muffins | Breakfast Muffins

Dates-Choco muffins with step by step pictures.

Dates- choco muffins are healthy cupcakes with healthy ingredients in it. With dates, it tastes yummy and healthy too. I have used here a mix of wheat and maida in it. But you can make it either with anyone flour and a mix of both. Although I had choco chips I added broken dark choc bars as dark chocolate is a healthy option. Since dates are added I reduced the sugar amount. You can also make it sugar-free by adding more dates. I just smashed the dates to form a mass, but you can also just blend/grind in a mixer.

Thinnai Idli | Foxtail Millet Idli | Healthy Recipe

Thinnai/Foxtail millet idli with step by step pictures.

Foxtail millet idli is a healthy breakfast option in place of regular idli. I have tried idli with other millet, but in all, I have used some rice to make the batter. But in this millet idli I haven't used any rice and yet the idli turned soft. Some other idli recipes in my space include ragi instant idli, fermented ragi idli, kodo millet idli,  etc.

Sweet Potato Dinner Buns | Thanksgiving Recipe

Sweet potato dinner rolls with step by step pictures.

It had been a quite long time since I baked bread/buns at home. I remember, a month before I baked a mini-sized choco filled buns and posted on my Instagram page. I couldn't post that in my blog as I did n't take step by step pictures. So last week when I had a piece of sweet potato I decided to try dinner rolls with it and it came out well.

Rabri | How to make Rabri | Indian Dessert

Rabri is an Indian dessert made with milk, sugar, saffron, and nuts. The recipe will somewhat look similar to basundi which also have similar ingredients. In basundi, the sweetened milk is thickened and served with nuts. But here in rabri, it is thickened by scrapping the sides of the pan and the end product may look little grainy. In Basundi it will be smoothy when compared to rabri. In this festive make this easy dessert and relish with family.

Tamarind Rice | Lunch Box Recipe

Tamarind rice recipe with step by step pictures.

I have seen in many blogs about the tamarind rice in which they add some freshly ground masala powder. But in this recipe, no such fresh masala powder is added and quite easy and simple to make without many processes. Mostly we pack this rice for our long train travel as it never gets spoiled soon unlike other rice. Roasted red chilly-coconut thogayal is the best pair for this rice variety.

Paruppu Thogayal | How to make paruppu thogayal

Paruppu thogayal with step by step pictures.

Simple lentils thogayal is a easy dip which can be mixed with hot steaming rice along with ghee. One can make this dip with coconut also. But here I didn't use any coconut. Yesterday when I was lazy to make any kuzhambu for rice I made this thogayal , mixed up with rice and had my lunch. It was super tasty and easy to make. I tried to capture a quick video with my mobile.

Green Peas Kachori | Mattar Stuffed Kachori

Green peas kachori with step by step pictures.

Whenever I buy kachori from any chat shop my first thought that would come will be soon I must try and blog about it. But it never happened. Last month one day I decided to try this in spite of all laziness for snacks. Both my kids loved to have it along with green chutney and sauce. Give a try and I'm damn sure you will love it. This is somewhat similar to samosa except for the shape.

Quinoa Pidi Kozhukattai | Healthy Steamed Sweet

We all know the health benefits of quinoa and me too bought some whole quinoa and quinoa flour from Amazon. With a last batch of flour, I decided to make this pidi kozhukattai.While making this I added more water hence it becomes necessary to add some rice flour. So be careful while adding water.

Mint-Coriander Rice | Easy Lunch Box Ideas

Mint coriander rice with step by step pictures.
Packing lunch box for kids is quite challenging. Mostly I make lemon rice, simple fried rice, beetroot rice or mix cooked rice with the stir fry I make. Recently when I make this mint-coriander rice my kids loved them and hence decided to blog about it.

Ragi Pakoda | How to make ragi-onion pakora

Ragi pakora/pakoda with step by step pictures.

Ragi pakoda is a deep fried snack made with ragi flour, onions, and spices. When I came across this page, it explained to add powder of chutney dal & peanuts to make it light and protein-rich. Also without this two ingredients, the result pakoda will be hard and gummy. So if planning to make this snacks try adding these two or at least anyone.

Beetroot pachadi | Onam Sadya Recipe

Beetroot pachadi with step by step pictures.

A simple and comforting pachadi made with beetroot, coconut -spice mix , curd. It one of a recipe in Kerala onam sadya with its attracting color this pachadi tastes yummy.

Eggless Banana Bread | Video Recipe

An easy to make banana bread which can be served as breakfast for kids or as snacks for evening tea/coffee. If you have any over riped banana please don't discard it, you can make excellent bread with it.

Pepper Coriander Chicken | Green Chicken curry

Coriander chicken is a semi-thick gravy made with freshly prepared masala of coriander leaves, green chili. To make it richer and creamier I used some soaked cashews which enhanced the taste and flavor. There is definitely a difference in taste when the masalas are freshly prepared. Go ahead and try this and I'm damn sure you will love it. We paired it with fried rice. You can also serve it for Indian flatbread, appam, idiyappam or any rice variety.

Kovakai Poriyal | Tindora Stir fry

Kovakai/ Tindora is one vegetable which I got familiar only after we shifted to Chennai. I had tasted it in my sister in law's house in Andhra and she said it is good for the diabetic. I don't remember that I had about this vegetable before 2k. You can make many recipes with it and many time just I cut into round shaped, mix with spices and pan fry in just a tbsp of oil.

Pazham Pori | Ethakka Appam | Banana Fritters | Kerala Recipe

Pazham pori with step by step pictures.
Pazham Pori is one of the famous snack recipes of Kerala and I just love it.Whenever we use to our native we can see vendors selling them in our hometown station.I rarely make it at home because my daughter loves to eat the banana as such and nothing will be left to make this. One day got some and decided to make it.

Whole Wheat Choc Chips Cupcakes

Wheat choc hips cupcakes with step by step pictures.

Healthy cupcakes with wheat flour, oil, and sugar. It's an eggless version and it came out soft, moist and tasty. I packed them for my son's snacks box and he loved it to the core. Do give a try. instead of choc chips, you can also use any dry fruits or nuts.

Paruppu podi | Lentils -Spice Powder | How to make paruppu podi

Paruppu podi with step by step pictures and video.

The first time I tasted this podi was at a restaurant in pondy bazaar and was amazed by the taste of it with a generous amount of ghee dropped and mixed over it.From then I became a die-hard lover of this paruppu podi and search for this podi when I go to other restaurants. But many hotels don't give this podi in their lunch items.

Sago Cutlet | Javarisi Cutlet | Sago Tikki

Sago cutlet with step by step picture.
An easy quick snack with sago/javarisi to go well with evening chai/tea. Making this cutlet is so simple and only the time-consuming work is cooking of the potatoes else you can make them quickly. Sago, when soaked in water, will easily absorb it and will become glossy soon. If using nylon variety sago it will take more time. As this recipe is a no onion no garlic recipe people who are fasting can have it.

Batata Vada | Street Food of Maharastra

Batata Vada with step by step pictures.
Batata Vada is one of the most popular street food of Maharashtra. It is nothing but potato vada. 'Batata means potato. Cooked potato mixed up with spices and coated with besan flour mix which is then deep fried in oil. I adapted this recipe from MasterChef Sanjeev Kapoor's website. It is tasted best when served with tomato sauce and green chutney ( mint-coriander chutney).

Mango Popsicle | Mango Recipe

Mango popsicle, a treat for mango lover and a treat for kids.

In this mango season, I have not made any recipe with it except this mango-banana smoothie. Every time when I buy some mango keeping in mind to try a new recipe I just end up eating the fruit as such. Just to make a simple popsicle with it I bought two mangoes and immediately made it as I may get lazy later and may end up just eating it.

Dry Fruits Milkshake | Fruits & Nuts Milkshake

Dry fruits milkshake with step by step pictures. My kids refuse to eat dry fruits &nut. Though I lecture its benefits they never turn up. So I need to look upon any alternative to make them eat. Mostly I give them a cup of drink first in the evening when they return back from school. So I thought why not make a milkshake with it and feed them with the healthy nuts. Hence the recipe.

Mango Banana Smoothie | Healthy Breakfast Smoothie

Mango Banana smoothie is excellent breakfast smoothie. For people who generally find less time to make and consume breakfast, this smoothie comes in handy. Just add peeled banana & mango in a blender, whip it up and your smoothie is ready.

Mini Bundt Cake | Eggless Banana Bundt Cake

When my kids refuse to eat banana my next option would be to make either a baked goodie with it else make paniyaram. Every week I buy some banana as I like to eat a banana daily. My kids refuse to eat them when they spot any black color on its skin. So I force them to have it when the skin is fully yellow. At times some bananas will be left out fully over riped. So I make cakes/ cupcakes with it.

Dal Fry | Simple Masoor Dal Fry

Simple dal fry video recipe.
Masoor dal fry is another simple and easiest recipe. This can be used as gravy for hot steaming rice and as a side dish for Indian flatbread. It nearly takes less time to cook this recipe and here I have used open pot method to cook my dal other it would be even quicker if I use a pressure cooker. Just cook the dal, temper it and you are done.

Potato Masala | Simple Potato Stir Fry

Potato masala is an easy recipe which can be made in jiffy. Whenever I pack lunch box for my kids this masala would be definitely  there. This is so easy and simple to make and is so so versatile that you can pair it for any rice variety or even for any Indian flat breads.

White Pumpkin Halwa | Poosanikai Halwa with Natural Sweetner

White pumpkin halwa with step by step pictures.

Poosanikai halwa is also called as Kasi halwa and I don't know why they call so. The main ingredients in this halwa are grated pumpkin, sugar, and ghee. I have used natural organic sugar instead of white sugar. But you can use regular sugar if you don't have it. In both cases, it will taste good.

Jackfruit Appam | Jackfruit- Rice Sweet Friters

Jackfruit appam with step by step pictures. This is chef  Venkatesh Bhatt's recipe which he taught in Vijay Tv's " Samayal Samayal".I love watching his program due to the simplicity of the recipe.

Chocolate Ice Cream | No Churn Ice Cream

No churn chocolate ice cream with minimal ingredients to beat the heat.I have already posted chocolate ice cream on my blog which had some fancy ingredient like liquid glucose.Also here I have used nattu sarkarai/Palm sugar instead of white sugar and we didn't feel any taste difference.

Neem Flower-Tamarind Soup | Veppam Poo Rasam | How to make Neem Flower Rasam

Neem Flower is an edible flower with a more medicinal value which I realized later.After coming to this blogging world I have learned more good information regarding food from other blogger's page and I am keener nowadays to health-oriented food.Neem flower aids in digestion and also help to destroy worms in the stomach.

Choc Chip Pancakes | Quick Pancakes for Kids

Pancakes are one easy breakfast to make.As my children are on their summer vacation and we get up leisurely this pancakes is the best option for me to make.Another advantage of this is we don't need to make any side dish for it.Let us see how to make this pancake.

Mango Chutney | Mango-Coconut Thogayal/Thuvaiyal

As mangoes are in season it would be best to share this recipe now.This chutney tasted good only with rice and I found it that not tasty for south Indian breakfast.This thogayal so simple to make just fry the red chili and coconut for few minutes, cool and grind with mango and other ingredients.

Sago Kheer | Javarisi Payasam | Tamil New Year Recipe

Javarisi/sago/sabudhana payasam is a quick, easy to make a dessert which can be made in little time and without much effort. Unlike other pradhaman which needs coconut milk, jaggery syrup and all this kheer just need some milk and sugar and you are done with this dessert.

Fresh Pineapple Juice | Homemade Juice

Homemade fresh pineapple juice.
Making homemade juice is always economically and healthy as we don't add unwanted stuff into it.Some will get an irritating feeling after eating pineapple. To avoid such feeling sprinkle some pepper init and have.

Omelette Sandwich | Bread Omelette Sandwich | Easy Breakfast Recipe

If you have a pack of bread then breakfast is an easy job.There are n ways of using it as a sandwich.Egg omelet sandwich is one such method.Some other bread recipes in my space include bread veggie cups, vegetable masala bread toast, bread potato balls, bread pizza , etc.

Caramel Bread Pudding | Bread Pudding Without Oven

Happy Easter to all.May the risen Lord bless you all.

Here I am with an easy dessert to celebrate this day, caramel bread pudding.
This dessert is so easy to make, just blend it together in a mixer/blender pour it over caramel-coated pan bake or steam it.

Black Channa Masala | Kale Channa Masala | Side dish for Roti/Chapathi

Black channa masala with step by step pictures.
Usually, I am not much interested in this black channa aka kale channa and I always end up buying White channa/Kabuli channa.the main reason is this black variety takes much time to get cooked and even after pressured cooked well I would feel that it is not much cooked and my kids too don't like this variety.

Small Onion/Shallots Pickle | Chinna Vengayam Thokku

I"m fond of a brand's small onion pickle which I will finish off in a day or two whenever I get it.Usually, I don't buy small onion due to the difficulty in peeling it.But when I have it I try to use more of it and this recipe rose like it.I try to replicate that brand pickle, though it was different in taste from the store bought one I loved it to the core.

Red Rice Appam | Healthy South Indian Breakfast

We all have seen and ate white appam/paal appam which is quite famous down in south Indian.I make the batter for appam every alternate week.Last time I bought a pack of red rice to experiment with it and make two breakfast recipes and one of it is this appam.I taste similar to white rice appam but with added health benefits.

Homemade Garam Masala | Indian Spice Powder

Homemade garam masala powder with step by step pictures.Making own spice powder is the best, economical and aromatic.do you believe I have never bought readymade garam masala if and only if I get any product for review.I simply ground cinnamon, cloves, and cardamom and use as garam masala when I don't have any other spices.

Curry Leaves Chutney| Curry Leaves Coconut Dip | Karuvepillai Thengai Thogayal

Simple yet flavorful chutney/ thogayal that goes well with idli, dosa, othappam or even can mix with hot steamed rice.Usually, when I get a bunch of curry leaf every time I buy vegetables half of it goes to trash as I just use it for tempering.Last time when I got some I decided to make some thogayal/dip to mix with rice.This summer I have decided to make more thogayal for rice than kuzhambu.So stay tuned to some dip which I make this season.

Pineapple Milkshake | Milkshake Recipe

Pineapple milkshake at home.Making milkshake is easy just blend chopped fruits, with chilled milk, sugar and serve.When I bought a full pineapple nobody at home was not interested to eat the fruit, hence I was forced to make some recipe with it and one such is this milkshake.

Homemade Soy Milk | How to make Vegan Milk

Homemade milk is healthy, preservative and additive free.This milk can be consumed by people who opt for vegan milk or can be used to make tofu.

Aloo- Peas Samosa | How to make Punjabi Samosa

Punjabi Samosa with step by step pictures.Samosa is a deep-fried snack where the outer coating is made with flour/maida and the inner filling will be mostly potatoes.Now with more innovation in recipes, people change the inner filling and make a different variation.

Oats -Strawberry Banana Smoothie | Breakfast Smoothie

Oats strawberry banana smoothie is one best breakfast drink which has the goodness of oats, milk, fruit(berry)and banana.For people who wish to start the day with a healthy low GI food, this oat comes in handy.Since strawberries are in season and we get it at a low price I have used it else you can opt for other fruits or simply add some almonds, dates and make this smoothie.

Flourless Brownies | Healthy Brownies | Valentine Day's Special

Flourless brownies with step by step pictures.Healthy brownies with no maida or wheat flour.When I decided to bake healthy brownies for paleo diet ( this not purely paleo as I have used white sugar) I referred many sites and decided my own version and attempted this.The output was a chocolaty, chewy and addictive brownie which I had never tasted before.

Easy Sabzi for Roti | Sabzi with Green Peas & Red Carrot

An easy sabzi with winter vegetable fresh green peas and red carrots which are seen abundant in markets nowadays.After making carrot halwa I was left with some red carrots and I want to use it in a different way.When I saw the recipe here I decided to try with adding capsicum and it turned out tasty.I just take around ten minutes to make this side dish.If you don't get red carrot use a regular one.

Strawberry Yogurt | Fresh Strawberry Yogurt

I can have yogurt/curd as much as like it but this fruit-flavored was new to me when we went aboard on our last vacation.There I tried few varieties of it by my husband's suggestion.Back home at that time, we couldn't see much of this flavored yogurt in the market but now these are flooded in the market by various brand names.

Carrot Halwa | Gajar Ka Halwa | Indian Sweet

Carrot Halwa with step by step pictures.

I wanted to try this easy carrot halwa long before and post it as my 1000th post but somehow it didn't happen since that time this red carrot/Delhi carrot was not in season.  I particularly was to try halwa using red carrot only. As now these carrots are in season and mainly the vendor where I buy my veggies had this carrot with no second thought I bought it to make this dessert.