Carrot Cake / 2 shaped cake

It's my boy's second birthday....So I decided to make a cake in two shape...I have baked cakes many times...but with frosting i have done only 2 or 3 times...So i have tried this time and achieved a decent look i think...Pardon me if it's not much professional looking and i'm still an amateur in this field...We gave it as a surprise to him at 12'o  clock and he loved it...He's telling numbers now a days and as soon as he saw it he yelled "two two"...So it looks like two...that's enough i think...

Chicken Soup /Kozhi Soup

This is our home style of making chicken soup...Works well for our colds...Adjust the spice level to your taste...The measurements given will provide medium level spicy soup...This is a nice aromatic soup, which also tastes great...Give it a try...Enjoy hot...

Carrot Muttaikose Poriyal / Carrot and Cabbage Poriyal /Side dish recipes

Carrot muttaikose poriyal is a mild poriyal which can be served with spicy gravies...This is served in the kalyana veedu often in our side...Sometimes they add beans also in this recipe...It tastes divine with the kalyana veedu style sambar...I have added only one green chilli, since my lil.one will be eating...You can add more if u want it more spicy...

Vazhaikaai Poriyal / Raw banana Poriyal /Side dish recipes

Vazhaikkai Poriyal is a simple side dish which I prepare often...It has less ingredients and still it tastes great...It takes less time to prepare...Without coconut also we can prepare this dish..Goes well with all mild gravies and sambar...Give it a try and enjoy...

Pineapple Subji /Annasipazha Subji /Side dish for chappathi

Pineapple Subji...This dish i saw in a cookbook and tried ....First time the pineapple was overripe and the dish become mushy...This time i got a good pineapple and at once i tried it again...It came out nice and tasty...and also so colourful...We had it with chappathi yesterday...Kids will definitely like this...Do try and enjoy...

Keerai Poriyal (Spinach Poriyal)/Side dish recipes

Keerai Poriyal is a side dish which everyone in my family likes...We get spinach,amaranthus,

gongura and murungai keerai(sometimes)....We make this when we have lots of keerai, since the volume reduces sooo much...It's a simple dish and also very healthy as u all know..I also make keerai sambar now a days...will post that soon...Till then try this and enjoy...

Tindora Fry/Kovakkai Poriyal/Side dish recipes

Tindora/Kovakkai...This veggie i have eaten only once before marriage...A friend brought this for lunch...After i started cooking, i'm preparing this often here...It's easy and simple to prepare with less ingredients...I don't add onion in this recipe..If u want u can add after tempering...Without onion, itself it tastes good...Try and enjoy this healthy veggie...

Peerkangai Chutney/Ridge Gourd Chutney/ Side dish for Idly Dosa

Last year we planted ridge gourd in our backyard and we got soooo many of them...and don't know how to use them all...We began preparing this chutney from then...Homegrown gourds are sweeter and tastier than the store bought ones for sure...We use to prepare chutney from the skin(peerkangai thol)of the gourd too...will post that soon...Until then Prepare this healthy and tasty chutney and enjoy..Goes well with both idli and dosa...

Matar Paneer Kurma/ Side dish for chappathi

This matar paneer gravy is my favourite side dish for chappathis...It's very tasty and can be prepared in very less time...I always have frozen green peas and paneer in my freezer...If we can't go for shopping for a day or two and have no veggies at hand, I usually make this at that time...Give it a try and enjoy..

Matar Peanut Sabji / Pattani Verkadalai Kurma/ Side dish for chapathi

In search for the different (slightly sweet actually for my lil.one) subjis for chappathis, I found this recipe in a cookbook...I tried it for today's dinner and it came out well...It was very tasty and everyone liked it...Hing is a important ingredient in this recipe,since we are adding peanuts...Also brown sugar / jaggery also nullify the effects of peanuts...Give it a try if you are bored of usual kurmas...sure you will like it...Try and enjoy with hot chappathis...

Mangai Chutney / Raw Mango Chutney/ Side dish for Idly Dosa

Mango is my favourite fruit of all times...In form of chutney also we can have the mango...This is raw mango chutney with ginger, garlic and shallots...It tastes very nice to me...Will taste nice to all the mango lovers of course...Now a days i'm making mango sambar also...will post that recipe soon...Until then enjoy this raw mango chutney...