Turmeric tea | how to make turmeric tea | weight loss tea

Turmeric tea with step by step pictures.

Turmeric is a yellow-orange spice used in curries and sauces. In Indian curries the use of the spice powder is mandatory. No spicy recipes can be found without it. It comes from the turmeric root. The spice has been used for its medicinal, antioxidant, and anti-inflammatory properties for thousands of years.

Masoor dal dosai/ Mysore paruppu dosa with ration rice (video recipe)

Masoor dal dosa with step by step picture and video

Masoor dal dosa with ration rice.  I don't hesitate to use ration rice in my cooking. Nowadays the rice they give is good and doesn't smell when we cook. I use them in grinding idli/dosa. Moreover, these rice are healthy as it has that outer husk init. Today here I share a dosa recipe in which I have used only the ration rice.

 

Egg biryani | East one pot meal

Egg Biryani with step by step pictures.

This is one of the simplest and easiest biryani one can make. Even a beginner can make this. There is a little story behind this recipe. One evening my daughter carved for biryani after returning home from college. She was in that carve even the word biryani when she heard made her salivating. She enquired whether I have any meat in the refrigerator. When she found nothing so decided to make this egg biryani and relish it. With little instructions from me, she made it wholly. Even these pictures she took it from her mobile. We had it with onion-curd raitha.

Banana Black Currant Bundt Cake | Mini Bundt Cake

Best way to use overripe bananas is to bake with it.My kids will never touch that banana if they spot any black color on its skin.So I have to force them to eat when the skin is fully yellow.You can also make Unniappam with ripe bananas.

Mango Ice cream | No churn method | Without Ice Cream maker

This ice cream recipe is such an easy method of making, which does not involve blending in between. You have to just mix, freeze and scoop out. As mangoes are in season try this and enjoy.

Kesar Phirni | Saffron Flavored Rice Pudding | Indian Dessert

Happy to all my readers. Let me begin the year with a sweet dish.Phirni is an Indian dessert where rice is slow cooked, sweetened, flavored and served chilled.One can make this dessert plain or with any seasonal fruits.I have already post rose phirni , mango phirni, Chocolate phirni. To add to my collection here is another one with kesar/saffron.

Drumstick Gravy | Murungaikai Kuzhambu

Drumstick gravy with step by step pictures.

Drumstick gravy is an easy kuzhambu that can be made quickly with minimal ingredients/ This goes well with hot steaming rice and also equally tastes better for idli/dosa. Here I have used coconut for volume. but you can avoid it if you need less quantity.

Cabbage Balls | Cabbage-Dal Balls | Easy Snacks Recipe

Though there are many cooking programs on different channels, the one program which I wish to watch Vijay Tv's Samayal Samayal with Chef Venkatesh Butt.His recipes are looks so simple and the way he narrates it uplift us to try it immediately.This recipe is one such he cooked on a day and I tried it on a weekday for my kids after school snacks.I served it with tomato ketchup and we loved it to the core.

Health Mix Banana Bread / Sathu mavoo cake

Healthy mix banana bread with step by step pictures.

Healthy mix banana bread is a complete wholesome breakfast recipe. The healthy mix init gives you all the needed nutrients. When I got a pack of healthy mix from early foods, I was left with some flour after making porridge. Since I didn't want to get ruined by pests I made this healthy bread with it. I already have a banana bread recipe in my blog. You can check it here.

Homemade oats flour

Homemade oats flour with step by step pictures.

Oats flour is so simple and easy to make at home. This flour can be used in many recipes. I do have some of it my blog like oats puttu, oats mor/buttermilk, cookies, bread, cake, etc. Check it by searching in the search box on the right side. You can also mix this flour with the atta and make roti/chapati. Here I have used instant oats but you can also use thick variety.

Caramel popcorn | how to make caramel popcorn at home

Caramel popcorn with step by step pictures.

Caramel popcorn is a quick snack that can be prepared in just a few minutes. To make popcorn the popcorn kernels must be of good quality. I had a few bad experiments trying popcorn with the worst kernels. to check if the kernels are good just drop 1-2 kernels in oil and see. If it pops up well then go further else discard that kernels.

Beetroot Chaas | Beetroot Buttermilk | Summer Drink

Its just mid march and heat here in Chennai has started shooting up and it has become little difficult to bear the heat in afternoons. I have completely avoided going out during the day and my best time for all shopping happens to be after five in evening.We have planned to go walking after my daughter's semester exam and I hope it must go well as scheduled.

Bitter gourd /Karela Fry | Bitter Melon Fry

Bitter melon which is called bitter gourd or karela in India is one vegetable i hate from my childhood days,even after i started cooking i never buy this vegetable due to its bitter taste. My husband would keep on insist me to include this like other veggies but i never did.This is not the situation now where i started buying this and indulging it. When i made this fry even my kids love it as it does not taste bitter and they finished it off. Do try this way and feed children who hate this vegetable.