Homemade Ginger Garlic Paste

Ginger garlic paste is a very essential thing in Indian cooking...When the paste is readily available in fridge, we can prepare so many recipes very quickly..But to find a ginger garlic paste of good quality is a difficult task in market...Even I found a paste without any chemical smell, it's not available most of the times now a days...So started making it in home and fell in love with the home made taste..The flavor of the dishes really improved a lot using this paste..Also it's very simple to prepare and keeps good in refrigerator for more than 2 months..

Home style Rasam

Our home style of preparing rasam...Very aromatic and flavorful rasam, which will be very satisfying..Adjust spice level according to your taste..We usually grind the curry leaves along with other ingredients, which can be added in tempering too..Do give a try and enjoy this flavorful rasam..

Kadalai Paruppu Sundal / Channa dal Sundal

Kadalai paruppu Sundal / channa dal sundal is one among the sundal varieties we prepare often,since there's no need to soak the dal ahead...very simple to prepare yet tasty sundal..Do try and enjoy this healthy snack..

Peanut Sundal / Verkadalai Sundal

Peanut Sundal is one of my favorite among the sundals...Peanut is very rich in protein and nutrients..Also it's a very filling and healthy evening snack...Easy to prepare too..Do give a try and enjoy..

Thuvaram Paruppu Thogayal / Toor dal Thogayal

Thuvaram paruppu Thogayal and rasam with rice is one of the comfort foods in our homes..So easy to prepare yet so satisfying meal it is..I enjoy eating these even when I'm running fever...You can add more red chillies i fyou like it spicy...I usually don't add more than 2, since my kiddo will not eat...Do try this easy thogayal and enjoy..

Thakkali Rasam / Tomato Rasam

Tomato rasam / Thakkali rasam is one of the rasams we prepare often in our homes..I used MTR rasam powder in this recipe here..It also gives a beautiful color to this toamto rasam...Homemade rasam powders will also do fine...Do give a try to our home style of thakkali rasam and enjoy..

Kondai Kadalai Sundal / Black Channa Sundal

Kondai kadalai sundal is one of the healthy and tasty evening snack, which is also very easy to prepare..It's good for lunch box too, but with little less coconut..I usually grind the red chilies with coconut..If you want you can add during tempering and skip while grinding..But this way it's more flavorful and tasty...Snacks for kids, which are healthy is a tough combo...But I'm trying to feed these things to my boy and got a little success..do give a try and enjoy..

Lemon Rasam

Lemon rasam is one of the easiest yet tasty rasam to prepare if you are bored of the usual rasams..Tastes soo good with rice..Squeeze the lemon juice just before serving for best tasting rasam...Try it for a change and you will enjoy the result..

Oats, Little millet and Apple Waffles / Apple Millet Waffles

Millets have become one of the favorite items in our pantry now a days...I love to try recipes replacing it's ingredients with the millets...One among them is this waffle with oats, saamai and apple..Breakfast being the important meal of the day, all of us want us to be healthy now a days..It got everything healthy and those on diet can also eat these waffles without any guilt...I didn't expected this waffle to be this much tasty..To our surprise, it's more soft and delicious than the store bought mix of waffles...My kiddo too enjoyed it a lot..I'm preparing this for Blogging marathon #55 under "healthy breakfast" theme..I'm sending this to " Come join us for breakfast " event of cooking for all seasons and to the Srivalli's Kids delight event hosted by Lavina Agarwal...Do give a try and you and your kids will like it for sure..

Rava Paniyaram

Rava paniyaram with wheat flour and ripe bananas is a very easy dish to prepare with very less ingredients..No need to grind anything but still with healthy ingredients..We can even omit the sugar in the recipe if preparing for diabetics..I made it wheat flour, but you can use maida too..My boy started to go to play school recently and making him eat something in the morning is one of the hardest things for me..Sometimes I pour this same batter as waffles adding an egg, since he likes waffles a lot..will post that recipe soon...I'm preparing this for Blogging marathon #55 under "healthy breakfast" theme..I'm sending this to " Come join us for breakfast " event of cooking for all seasons and to the Srivalli's Kids delight event hosted by Lavina Agarwal...Do give a try and hope your kids too like it..