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.