Chicken Alfredo Pasta

Chicken alfredo pasta is my favourite to go dish from restaurants...I have prepared it adding veggies too in this dish to make it a little healthier...I like this kind of white and creamy pastas than the spicier tomato sauce type pastas...My boy is also liking these type of pastas...Try this tasty recipe and enjoy...

Muttai Biryani / Egg Biryani

Egg biryani is a simple and tasty dish which can be prepared for weekday lunch...It's a good choice for kid's lunchbox...healthy with less ingredients and easy for mom's to prepare...My boy don't like boiled eggs...But eats the eggs this way...It's a satisfying dish and can be prepared for dinners too.
Try this easy recipe and enjoy hot with raitha...

Kara Kuzhambu / Kathirikai Kara Kuzhambu

Kara kuzhambu can be done adding veggies like brinjal or drumstick(murungaikaai) or as such as plain kara kuzhmbu...You can also add vengaya vadagam in plain version or with veggies...I usually prepare the powder bit more and use it to prepare gravy 2 times (not more than that since freshly ground will be better)...will be useful for busy weekday mornings...can be prepared very quickly...Do try this spicy ,tangy kara kuzhambu...

Aloo Paneer / Potato Paneer Gravy /Side dish for chapathi

Aloo paneer gravy is a very satisfying and filling gravy...Not for the ones who are dieting...But once in a while,we have to leisure our rules too...Kids will like the look of this dish...Add bit more brown sugar if you want(for your kids)...Goes well with chapathis, naan and pulavs...Try this deliciousness and enjoy...

Potato Capsicum Subji / Urulaikilangu Kudaimilagai Subji / Side dish for chapathi

Potatoes and capsicum...both are my favourite veggies...the slight crunchy capsicum and starchy potato gives a nice texture difference to this dish...I saw a recipe here and liked it's simplicity...this subji can be done in a jiffy..While pressure cooking the potatoes, the gravy can be made...Then add it and give a boil..we're done..Do try and enjoy...

Green Chilli Gravy/ Pachai Milagai Kuzhambu

This green chilli gravy is a simple version of hyderabadi mirch ka salan...you can use bajji milagai /mirch instead of green chilli as in mirch ka salan...You can do the same with green capsicum too...At that time add a little bit more chilli powder if you want...No onion or tomato cutting required for this gravy...This goes well with rice,chapathis,mild pulavs and rotis....we had it once with idiyappam too...Try it and enjoy..

Veg Noodles

 Noodles became my favorite during my college days...But my little one is not liking any of its kind like noodles or idiyappam...So I make this rarely now a days...It's a quick fix for our weeknight dinners...Do try and enjoy...

Thengai Paal Sodhi / Coconut Milk Gravy

Thengai paal sodhi is a thing which I make when we got bored of sambars and puli kuzhambu varieties...Also we can add lots of veggies in this..Carrot,potato,beans, cluster beans,cauliflower,green peas,shallots,bell peppers (capsicum) and spring onions...I added the veggies I had at hand...It's a quick and easy recipe...goes well with rice and pulavs...also with appam and idiyappam...

Rose Syrup / Rose Sarbath / Rose Milk with rose syrup (using fresh rose petals)

Spring has started...and there are lots of flowers everywhere...In our home we have 6 to 7 rose bushes growing wild...There are loads of flowers...I wanted to use them somehow...particularly that paneer rose that smells divine...While searching I got this rose syrup idea...I saw a recipe here and modified it slightly...I made rose sarbath  and rose milk using the syrup (pics below)....You can add it over icecream too...It can also be used in cocktails...

Keerai Masiyal / Spinach Masiyal

Keerai masiyal...I am preparing this everyday in weekdays lunch with same recipe but with different greens...amaranthus,spinach,vendhaya keerai (Methi) and french chard...One day I prepare Kothamalli (cilantro) thogayal... I wanted to make this as a habit of eating greens everyday in our home...and now following this now for a month....My FIL is with us now...He bought me a earthen pot from India...So I'm using it daily to make these greens...Try it and stay healthy...

Thakkali Pasiparuppu Kotsu / Tomato Moong dal Kotsu

This Thakkali pasiparupu kotsu , I usually make it little bit runny and use it as a gravy...It goes well with both rice and chapathis...The amount of moong dal should be less than the tomatoes...Don't cook the dal very mushy...shape of dal should be seen her and there...You can use it as a side dish for rice also....In that case, make it a bit more dry...Now let's see the recipe...

Poondu Kuzhambu / Garlic Gravy

Poondu Kuzhambu / Garlic gravy is the which we prepare often in our home...Garlic is well known for it's medicinal properties...Eating it regularly will remove toxins from the body...Also it's a quick gravy with not much ingredients...Adding little bit jaggery improves the taste of gravy...Top with little raw gingely oil on top for more tasty gravy...

Saamai Ven Pongal /Millet Recipes

Saamai ven pongal has become our family's favourite dish now a days...We like pongal to be mushy consistency...Saamai particularly suites this pongal very much...also not much heavy on the palette like our usual rice pongal....Now a days everyone is adding more of these millets in their diet and it's health benefits attracts everyone...Definitely not  a compromise in taste at the same time...Do try and enjoy...

Mango Lassi / Mampazha Lassi

Mango is my favorite fruit of all times...That too as a sweet drink like lassi flavoured with mango...yum yum...Yesterday I had this in a friend's house, but just a glass can't satisfy my love for mangoes...So today afternoon I prepared it after lunch...We all liked it,especially my lil.one...Don't skip saffron and elaichi, it definetly add bit more of heaven to this drink...

Shrimp Fry / Prawn Fry / Era Varuval

Shrimp fry is a quick appetizer...Shrimp cooks so fast in 2 to 3 minutes...Just marinate for 20 minutes and fry in oil...ready to go...also very tasty...Crispy shrimp with crisp curry leaves tastes divine...Do try this very  tasty recipe and enjoy...

Beetroot Channa dal Poriyal / Beetroot kadalaiparuppu Poriyal

Beetroot is the veggie which I want to add more in our diet, since its a good source for iron...We like this combo of beetroot with channa dal than plain beetroot poriyal...So I am sticking with this combo now a days...My little one likes this with curd rice...Don't know why ,may be because of its colour combination...Do try and enjoy this healthy veggie...

Finger Fish / Baked Fish Fingers

Fish fingers is my boy's favourite snack now a days...Once he ate it in a restaurant and liked it a lot...So I searched and find this simple recipe here...It's very easy to make...I baked it, since we all can eat without guilt of oil consumption...You can shallow fry it too, if you want...It's a good appetizer for parties and also a healthy evening snack for kids...

Chicken Roast

This kerala style chicken roast is chef venkatesh bhat's recipe...I'm following this recipe since i saw it ...Every time it came out good and everyone in home likes the flavor and aroma of this chicken roast...The saute of ginger and onion in coconut oil definitely smells divine...I use coconut oil just for two recipes as far...this chicken roast and fish fry(mil style)...Will post that soon...Try this tasty recipe and enjoy...

Vatha Kuzhambu

 This vatha kuzhambu recipe,which my mom makes is my favourite kuzhambu...Also it is easy to make..even with no onion or tomato it tastes soooo good...You can add any vathal you want...best option is sundaikaai vathal and manathakkali vathal...I added here cluster bean vathal and manathakkali...I have tried it even with vendaikaai vathal...With everything it tastes divine...Do try and enjoy...

Chicken Kothu Parota

Chicken kothu parota is one of my hubby's favourite dish...I usually prepare this when I have leftover chicken curry...This time i have prepared from scratch...Both ways it tastes good...Adjust the spice level according to your taste...Prepare just before eating and enjoy hot...That way it tastes very nice...Do try and enjoy...

Vegetable Manchurian

Vegetable manchurian...I have tried it a few times by steaming the vegetables...But this time i tried by grating the veggies...This worked better and the shape of balls came nice...I used carrot, cabbage and cauliflower for making the manchurian balls...Beans, mashed potato,mashed green peas can also be added...This is a quick dish and also tastes great...Goes well with fried rice ...also with chapathi...

Sambar Sadham / Bisibelabath

Sambar sadham, this rice I prepare usually when I cook just for me and my little one...Just add the veggies You have at hand....I added the veggies i had at hand...carrot,beans, broad beans,pumpkin....potatoes,cauliflower,radish any veggie according to your taste you can add in this...Simple and easy to prepare...Do try and enjoy...We had it with appalam and mango pickle....