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Potato is one such versatile,kids friendly vegetable,my kiddo also loves potato like anything and I make atleast twice a week. Today's recipe is a easy roast or fry can be made in a jiffy if the potatoes are boiled.This roast goes very with rice and rotis,now on to the recipe............................. Ingredients Ingredient Quantity Potato 4nos.(medium size) Ginger&garlic paste 1tsp Red chilly powder/milagai podi 11/2tsp Coriander powder/dhaniya podi 1/2tsp Garam masala powder 1/4tsp Turmeric powder/manjal podi 1/2tsp Coriander leaves(chopped) 2tbs Salt to taste Oil 1tbs For the tempering Ingredient Quantity Mustard seeds/kadugu 1/2tsp Asafoetida/perungayam a pinch Fennel seeds/sombu 1/4tsp curry leaves 1sprig Method Boil the potatoes in a pressure cooker for a whistle and peel the skin,cut into small chunks.  Add the ginger&garlic paste,all the spice powders and salt to the cubed potatoes,mix it well with a tsp of water.  H

Soya chunks is a great source of protein and I include in our diet in the form of either fry or kurma with it. But today for a change made soya chunks 65 for the meatless dishes for blogging marathon#31.It came out super delicious and we all enjoyed. Here I made it with the mini chunks and marinated it for almost 2 hours,now off to the recipe.......  Ingredients Ingredient Quantity Soya Chunks/meal maker 1/2cup Ginger&garlic paste 11/2tsp Chilly powder 11/4tsp Green Chilly 2(chopped) Garam masala powder 1/4tsp Curry leaves 2 sprigs Corn flour 2tbs Maida 1tbs Red food color a pinch Yogurt/curd 1tbs Lemon juice 1tsp Coriander leaves to garnish Oil for frying Salt to taste Method  Boil the soya chunks in the boiling water and rinse it couple of times,squeeze the water. In a bowl mix the yogurt,lemon juice ginger &garlic paste,chilly powder and salt and mix it well. To this add the boiled soya chunks,green chilly,curry leaves and  mi

  Hello friends!!Today I am here with a simple North Indian Thali for a friend's Birthday who is a well known blogger.Yes its Manjula of  Desi Fiesta. To celebrate her birthday we some of friends decided to to give a virtual party with Thali,here I made a simple North Indian Thali. The thali consists of 1.Aloo Methi Paratha 2.Peas Pulao 3.Mixed vegetable Raita 4.Dhal fry 5.Pickle 6.Dry Gulab jamun(store bought) 7.Apple milkshake with rose kulfi   Aloo Methi Paratha Today I am sharing you the recipe for Aloo methi paratha and rest of the recipes will share later.Now off to the recipe.......... Ingredients For the Paratha Ingredient Quantity Wheat flour 2cups Oil or ghee 2tsp Salt 1tsp Water to knead as needed For the Stuffing Ingredient Quantity Fenugreek leaves/methi leaves 11/2cups Potato(boiled and mashed) 3(medium size) Aamchur powder 1/2tsp Turmeric powder 1/8tsp Green Chilly(chopped) 2nos. Coriander leaves(chopped) 2tbs

For the day 2 of Blogging Marathon#31 under the theme meatless dishes I am sharing you all a vegetarian version of liver fry. Goat liver fry is popular in some households and even in authentic non-vegetarian restaurant,but today,s recipe is a vegetarian version.Yes its a vegetarian even vegan version of liver fry,the ground  whole green gram/moong dhal is used here to make the liver. We had this one in one of our relative house feast for the vegetarians and it was a huge hit and everybody liked it.Now off to the recipe..................................... Ingredients Ingredient Quantity Whole mung beans/ Paasipayaru 1 cup(soaked) Onion(finely chopped) 1(medium size) Tomato(finley chopped) 1(medium size) Turmeric powder 1/4tsp Curry leaves/karivepillai 5-6 leaves Oil 1tbs Salt 1tsp Grind to a paste  Ingredient Quantity Garlic/poondu 3 cloves Ginger/inji 1/2' piece Fennel seeds/sombu 1tsp Coconut(grated) 3tbs Roasted gram dhal/  pottukadala

  For the 4th week of Blogging Marathon #31 I chose meatless dishes and will be posting meatless dishes for next two days. Today's recipe is kola urundai/kofta made with raw banana,usually these type of koftas are made with minced chicken or mutton which is popular in Southern parts of Tamilnadu . For the vegetarian version instead of meat,raw banana,elephant yam or potato even beet root is used, rest of the ingredients remains same. This can be either served as a snack or an accompaniment for sambar rice or variety rice also.Sometimes the fried balls are soaked in Masala kulambhu and served like the mutton kola urundai kulambhu.Now on to the recipe................. Ingredients Ingredient Quantity Raw banana/vazhakkai 1(medium size) Coconut(grated) 1cup Roasted gram dhal/pottukadalai 1/4cup Red chilly/varamilagai 5 Shallots/chinna vengayam 4 Garlic/poondu 2 cloves Ginger/inji 1/2' piece Fennel seeds/sombu 1tsp Curry leaves/karivepillai 1sprig Coria

Karivepillai podi is one such flavorful podi my mom makes it often as we have a big tree in our backyard in India. But here curry leaves are very expensive and never made this podi ,rarely I make curry leaves rice for lunch box. Most of the time I get it from India  and keep it for couple of months.This time also I got it from India and before it finish off wanted to click and share it with you all. As I was busy with my lil one,when my mom was making this one couldn't take the stepwise pictures.Will try to take the stepwise picture in my next trip and share you all ☺. Now off to the recipe................. Ingredients Ingredient Quantity Curry leaves/Karivepillai 2 cups(tightly packed) Red chilly 10-12 Channa dhal(kadalai paruppu) 1/3cup Urad dhal(ullutham paruppu) 1/3cup Coriander seeds/kothamalli 1tbs Asafoetida 1/2tsp Salt to taste Method Wash the curry leaves and spread it on a paper towel or cotton towel. Once all the moisture is a

For the final of Blogging Marathon #31 under the theme I made  savory adai/pancake with lentils and finger millet(raagi). My mom makes this kind of adai for breakfast or evening snack with the leftover regular adai batter made for dinner or breakfast. She mixes either wheat flour or raagi flour with the adai batter and makes mini adai or dosa.This adai doesn't need any accompaniment as it tastes good as such but I like to have it both coconut chutney and tomato chutney. To make it more healthy you can add grated carrot,beetroot,coconut and chopped coriander or spinach to it.Here goes the recipe for healthy adai............................... Ingredients Ingredient Quantity Boiled rice/idly rice Pulungal arisi 1/2cup Channa dha/kadla paruppu 1/4cup Toor dhal/split pigeon peas Thuvaram paruppu 1/4cup Raagi flour/finger millet powder Kelvaragu maavu 3/4cup Red chilly/varamilagai 5 Fennel seeds/sombhu 1tsp Ginger/inji 1/2'piece Asafoetida/perungayam a pin

I had this rose kulfi few months back in a restaurant  buffet menu and my kiddo loves it a lot so I tried it out last week.As I have already posted Mango kulfi and  Kesar pista kulfi which involves cooking and cooling.But today's version of kulfi doesn't have cooking process and I made it in a scratch.The kulfi came out very creamy and delicious and this goes for the Mini serving theme for Blogging Marathon#31.Now lets get into the recipe........................ Ingredients Ingredient Quantity Heavy Cream 275ml Condensed milk 3/4cup Whole milk/2% milk(chilled) 11/2cup Rose syrup(Rooh Afza) 1/3cup Cardamom powder/ellakai podi 1/2tsp(optio nal) Rose Essence 1tsp Method In a bowl beat the cream to a creamy consistency with a electric beater or whisher.(no need of peak consistency) To this add the condensed milk,milk,rose syrup,essence and cardamom powder.Give it a nice mix. Fill it in a kulfi or popsicle mould,cover it with the lid. Keep

For this month Blogging Marathon I chose the mini serving as of the theme and today's recipe is microwave cup cake. This microwave chocolate cup cake is a real treat for sudden cake cravings for choco lovers,on top of its an eggless version. The recipe I adapted from all recipes which is with one egg,I slightly tweaked the recipe to make it eggless.The cake came out super soft and moist and we enjoyed with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. This cake can is originally made in a mug but today made it in the ramekin bowl and the recipe given is for one serving.Now off to the recipe.......... Ingredients All purpose flour/maida 31/2tbs Sugar 3tbs Butter 1tbs Olive oil 2tbs Unsweetened cocoa powder 11/4tbs Baking soda 1/4tsp Salt a pinch Vanilla essence 2-3 drops Milk 3tbs Method In a bowl mix the flour and the dry ingredients,keep it aside.In another bowl or mug cream the butter and oil together. Now add the dry ingredients to the butter mixt