Green peas kurma

Green peas kurma with step by step pictures.

Green peas kurma is an excellent side dish for appam/ chapati or idiyappam. The addition of the ground coconut masala paste in the gravy enriches the flavor and taste of this kurma. So please don't skip adding it. This kurma can also be made with fresh green peas. Here I have used dried version hence we need to soak and boil the peas.

Nutella Cookies | Eggless Cookies

I wanted to try this Nutella cookie for a long and with much excited I tried a batch last month.While baking there was some burnt smell but I thought its not a problem and it is baking correctly.But I was wrong when I removed it from the oven the lower part all got burnt well and it was too bitter due to that.i was in pain as I wasted more ingredient and to my justification for not wasting I ate few cookies .

Tutti fruity loaf cake | Eggless loaf cake

Eggless tutti-fruity loaf cake with step by step pictures.

This is a simple tea cake that beginner can easily make it. I made this for tea snacks last month. Here I have fully used atta flour. But can also make it with plain flour or a mix of plain+atta. Instead of tutti fruity you can use choc chips or even a mix of dry fruits & nuts.

Fish Dum Biryani | how to make fish biryani

Fish dum biryani with step by step pictures.

This is my favorite biryani. Before marriage, I have never eaten this. My first taste was when my husband made it. It was soo tasty and I used to ask him to make it. But there was no time for him when he was on vacation. On our wedding day this year, he made it and decided to blog it.

Brookies | Eggless Brookies

Brookies with step by step pictures.

Brookie is a  brownie and cookie. It will be soft and chewy. If you want your brookies to not spread much keep the dough refrigerated for sometime before baking and then bake. I did so and hence the brookies don't spread much.

Rava Kara Pongal | Easy Breakfast Recipe | South Indian Breakfast

Rava / sooji cooked along with moong dal and tempered with spices makes a great breakfast which can  be done in no matter of time.The only time-consuming work is cooking of the dal and all others are so quick.

When you have any leftover idli/ dosa batter in the refrigerator and worried what to cook for breakfast do give a try this Pongal and I'm sure you will love it.I simply served it with instant sambar.

Seem pal | Therattipal | Palm Jaggery- Colostrum Milk sweet

Seem pal/ Colostrum milk sweet with step by step pictures.

Seem pal is very nutritious cow milk that it gives after the birth of a calf. It will be light yellow in color and will be thick. When we were in our Christmas vacation in our native, there came a bottle of this milk. My co-sister made this healthy palkova with palm jaggery. It was so tasty. We just added minimal sweet. You can also use white sugar, jaggery instead of palm jaggery.  It a really time-consuming job. It hardly took one and a half hours to make a liter of the milk.

Eggless Checker Board Cookies | Step by Step Pictures

Checkerboard cookies with step by step pictures. Another cookie I baked along with my glass stained cookies is this checkerboard cookies.This I made with eggless while the glass stained one was with egg.

Hot chocolate | how to make hot chocolate at home

Hot chocolate with step by step pictures.

Hot chocolate is perfect for this season. A hot cup of this heavenly drink will absolutely lift you up. My daughter's recent addict is this drink. This recipe is fully prepared and the step by pictures are clicked by here. This is so simple to make just mix everything and cook. Here We have used already boiled milk. The addition of cornflour is to get creamy but you can avoid it.

Caramel Fruit Cake | Christmas Cake | Video Recipe

Merry Christmas.
Try this easy Christmas fruitcake. Soaking dry fruits in apple or orange juice for a non alcoholic version for a day or two is enough.I used orange juice for soaking. dry fruits used my me were raisins, sultanas, cherries, tutti fruity.

Pressure cooker vegetable biryani | Bachelor's recipe

Vegetable biryani with step by step pictures and video.

Biryani is a one-pot dish which usually prepared for celebration lunch/dinner or weekends. We can make biryani with or without meat. I have shared some non-veg biryani in my blog. You can check them from the typing in the search box on the right side. I often prepare pulao with veggies and this biryani takes place in my kitchen very rarely.

Fish Masala | Fried Fish in Fried Masala | Fish Recipe

Fish Masala is nothing but where the fish is first slightly fried then a thick masala from fried spices is made in which the fried fish is added to absorb the flavors.For the first time We tried it in December and it was a super it and since then we had made it thrice.For this recipe I searched google and gathered ideas to make it.Actually the thought to make this would not have happened if my father had not asked,yes it my dad who asked for the masala and we (together with my husband) searched and prepared it.The ingredients may look bit lengthy but all things are sure in your pantry.When  you get some good fleshy fish do try to make this once and I assure you will make it again and again.

Kai murukku | Diwali snack

Kai murukku with step by step pictures.

I have never realized that I would make this kai murukku in my life. Thanks to this blogging world which makes the impossible possible. Already I have posted kai murukku in my blog long back but in it I soaked rice, wet ground it and prepared the murukku. But here I powered the rice and make the dough. Here is the link to it. Also I that previous one I used fried gram dal powder whereas here I have used urad dal powder. You can use either of them. The only thing to have in mind is to make a crack-free smooth dough.