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Yet another interesting breakfast we had Kuzhi paniyaram with Four kinds of chutneys. Its a long time plan to prepare 4 chutneys for breakfast with the yummy main dish, so thought to prepare kulipaniyaram, with red, white, purple, and green chutneys.OMG, it made our breakfast more delicious. After a long time what a wonderful breakfast we had? is it mouth watery? do you want to try it? ok ok with no further delays will move on to the recipe👇 Kuli paniyaram Ingredients  For batter Raw rice  2 cups Parboiled rice  2 cups Urad dhal   1/2 cup Sago (optional)    1/4 cup To temper Mustard seeds  1   tsp Shallots finely chopped    20 Green chili deseeded and finely chopped    6 Coconut grated (optional)    1 cup Salt oil      as needed Batter preparation Soak dal and rice together in water for 2 hrs. Drain it. Grind it using 1 cup of water a little at a tim...

Do you have a lot of idlis leftover, don't worry here with another recipe thalitha idli. kids will like it. Nowadays a lot of kids don't like to have idlis. so we have to do it in a different way.to make them eat .😂 If we prepare like this they will start to eat.Here it is👇 Talitha idli Ingredients Idlis    10 Buttermilk     1/4 cup Mustard seeds   1/2 tbsp Urad dal     1 tbsp Curry leaves    a few Shallots chopped (optional)   1/2 cup Green chili 1-2 Red chili 1-2 Coriander leaves   to garnish Oil salt     as needed Shred idlis sprinkle with buttermilk. Heat oil pan add mustard seeds, once splutter then add urad dhal, red chillis, curry leaves. Add shallots and green chilies, fry until shallots are transparent.(if you want  can add  vegetables too) Add shredded idlis, stir fry until blended. Remove from heat, garnish with coriander leaves a...

My princess wants to decorate the princess Elsa so the princess Elsa turned as a bride Elsa 😍. My daughter is a crazy fan of Elsa from her childhood. When she was 4 the movie Frozen was released. she saw that movie and became a fan of Elsa. she always murmurs the song Let it go, she loves that song. she watched the movie n number of times. watched only for Elsa and for that song. I still remember she watched the movie back to back in a day.whenever she is upset we played that movie she will automatically be alright. This is one of the tricks we use to console her😜.she loves Elsa than anything else.she used to buy all the Products which had Elsa character on it.like plates, cup, Pencils erasers, t-shirts, comforters bracelets, hairbands, etc. Going back to her olden days, when she turned in to 4 she wanted to celebrate her birthday with Elsa. .Usually she won't ask anything but at that time she asked to celebrate her birthday specifically and she was 4 too .we all are (our bir...

Father and daughter made this mango jelly. Nowadays they started cooking too. Every weekend they are preparing something. This was the first one. Mango jelly

Today I made tasty cutlets with leftover rice. Had a lot of leftover rice, so thought to prepare evening snack with that. believe me, nothing will be left. kids will like it😀 Ingredients Mashed potatoes  250  gms Cooked rice  2 cups Onions chopped 2 Green chili 1-2 Corriander leaves chopped  as required Chili powder  1 tsp Coriander  powder 1 tsp Cumin powder     1 tsp Garam masala  1 tsp Lemon   half Besan flour   2 tbsp Bread crumbs or rice flour  as needed salt, oil as needed Boil the potatoes and mash it well. Mash the rice, don't mash it too hard. In a separate bowl, add all the ingredients one by one, except bread crumbs and oil, mix well. Make a lemon size ball, roll them in bread crumbs. Press them lightly in between the palms. Heat oil in a dosa pan, place the cutlets and fry them in a low flame. Let it cook for a minute and turn the other side, fry till it b...

Chitra Annam for Chitra Guptar on Chitra pournami Chitra Annam refers to the variety of rice. I made this for Chitra pournami as Chitra guptar likes the most. Chitra pournami is observed on chitra natchatiram the day of the full moon in the month of Chitirai. This is one of the Hindu festivals and mainly dedicated to god chitra guptar, who maintain the records of good and bad deeds done by humans, and he reports to Lord Yama (dharma raja) as he allots seats either in heaven or hell based on their deeds, that is what believed by Hindus. On that day people worship him by seeking forgiveness and requesting him to reduce their sins. They offer him varieties of prasadam and read the stories of him. so I made rice varieties. People will make varieties of rice on baby shower function too😀. Chitra Annam for Chitra Guptar on Chitra pournami It is believed that Lord shove gave soul to the chitiram (painting) painted by lord Parvati, named their son as Chitra Gupta. Once l...

I have posted the Instant 🍅 paste recipe earlier. Boil the rice and allow it to cool. Now Heat the oil in a pan. Then add the 🍅 paste and  mix it with rice well our  🍅🍅rice is ready. chips, any raitha goes well with this rice.

chepankilanku (yam) ,colocassia varuval Ingredients Cheppankilangu  1/4 kg Tamarind  lemon size Turmeric  1/4 tsp Chilli powder  2 tbsp Salt oil    as needed Ginger garlic paste  1 tbsp (optional) To temper Fennel seeds  1/4 tsp Mustard seeds  1/2 tsp Curry leaves  few Peel the yam and cut into 1/2 inch cubes. Extract tamarind juice, add turmeric and salt, mix well. Boil the yam in mixed tamarind extract. Let them half cook and drain the excess water. Marinate the yam with ginger garlic paste, salt, and chili powder, set aside for 15-20 mins. Heat the oil pan, add tempering items, once tempered add the yam and saute well with low flame. Saute it until it gets roasted. Once roasted switch off the flame and serve it. You can have it with curd rice,lemon rice,morkozhambu etc.

Vendaikai (ladies finger,okra,bindi) Ingredients Sour buttermilk   2 cups Okra (chopped )   1 cup Thoor dal      1/2 tsp Channa dhal    1/2 tsp Coconut grated  2 tbsp Green chili 3-4 Finger      1 inch piece Cumin seeds   1 tbsp To temper Mustard seeds 1 tsp Curry leaves  few Red chili 3 Asafoetida 1/2 tsp Water, salt, oil   as needed Soak tour dhal, channa dhal for 15 mins and drain, Heat the oil pan, add okra and saute well until the stickiness is gone. Remove and set aside. Grind coconut, dhal, green chili, ginger, and cumin seeds into a fine paste. Mix with water and cook for a few mins until the raw smell disappears. Add smoothly beaten buttermilk (not too thick or not too thin). Add okra and keep it in the low flame. Heat oil in tadka pan, add tempering items when they temper, add it to the curry. Reduce the flame and cook for few mints. Do not...

Another lunch combination vendaikai morkozhambu with chepannkilanku varuval. Normally morkozhambu goes well with any varuval .but this is really good😋.

Another side dish for idli, dosa,chappathi in Chettinad style. we call it as Kalla veetu kathirikkai.don't know y, but it tastes good. kathirikai therakkal Ingredients Brinjal  6 Potatoes 2 Onion  3 Tomato 2 To grind Coconut cups 1 1/2 cups Fennel seeds 1 tbsp Cumin seeds  1 tbsp Cashew 4 Chili powder 2 tbsp Roasted poppy seeds 1 tsp Roasted channa dhal 1 tsp Seasoning Bay leaf   1 Cinnamon stick 1 inch Fennel seeds 1/2 tsp Salt, oil, water,  as needed Grind all the grind items Heat oil in a large pan Add the seasoning items, when they splutter add onions and saute. Add tomatoes and saute. Then add brinjal and stir fry for 1 minute, then add potatoes to it. Cook for few mins then adds the ground masala and salt. Saute well until oil separates. Add water to prevent it from sticking to the pan. Bring to the boil and reduce the flame. Wait until the curry gets thickens. Remove from heat and serve.

Another ready mix with tomatoes, had a lot of tomatoes, stocked up for these days, wanted to do something with these before it gets perished, usually, I don't like to waste food items. Now only we are facing the difficulties of getting vegetables, groceries, and stuff, getting stuff often is not possible, thank god it is available now, Government has made all arrangements for people to get these essential items. Think of it if you are unable to get anything what will we  do? how long we will starve? oh god I couldn't imagine that situation😟 Ingredients Tomatoes:1/4 kg Red chili powder: 1 1/2 tbsp Coriander powder: 1 tbsp Fenugreek powder: 1/4 tbsp Tamarind: small lemon size Salt: as per need Gingelly oil: as per need Temper Mustard seeds: 1/2 tbsp Asafoetida: 1/2 tbsp Curry leaves: 1 string Red chili: 3 Heat the oil in a pan Add seasoning items, allow them to popup Add tomatoes saute well Later add chili powder, coriander powder, methi powder st...

Another lunch recipe vegetable mandi.one of our special recipe. Ingredients Drumstick   1 Brinjal  2 (medium size) Carrot 1 Beans  100gms Raw banana    1/2 Potato   1 Raw mango     1/2 (optional) Shallots (small onions)    1/2 cup Garlic    1 bulb Tomato    1 Arisi mandi    2 cups Tamarind    lemon size To temper Mustard seeds   1/4 tsp Urad dhal     1/2 tsp Hing     1/4 tsp curry leaves  1 string salt   to taste water, oil     as needed cut vegetables lengthwise into thick wedges. Boil the vegetables in arise mandi if that is not enough then add some water into it add salt too Cook for few mins later add tamarind extract Heat oil in Kadai, add the seasoning items once its splutter add onions, garlic, and tomatoes, saute well. Mix it with vegetable Let them cook until th...

We always love our dinner, because that is the only meal we all have together, most of the time my husband comes early especially when I make Idly with Onion Kossu (Vengaya Kosu). He loves it to the core. Vengayakosu my grandmother taught me this, she is the best cook, I remember those days, when I was a kid I used to go to my grandma place during summer holidays 😊 , she cooks different varieties of food, this is one of them. And she taught us how to eat idli, pour gingelly oil on top of the idli and eat it.wow👌 you can't believe it the taste will be really good. ultimate😋. Try these friends, you will love it Idli vengayakosu Chettinad spl Ingredients Onions (big): 4 Potato (optional): 1 Tomato: 3 Coconut grated: 2 tbsp Fennel seeds: 2 tbsp Chili powder: 2 tbsp Cinnamon stick: 1 inch Bay leaf: Few Curry leaves: Few Water, salt and oil: as needed Grate the coconut, 1tbsp fennel seeds and chili powder Heat the oil pan, ad...

This is one of my favorite raita. I learned this recipe from my U.S friend. I tasted this recipe @ her place when she invited us for dinner @ very first meet. I became a fan of her cooking. This is different raita. usually, we do kootu, sambar with chow chow right? here is the different one. chayote raita Ingredients chayote   1medium size) curd  1 cup salt  as needed oil  as needed Temper mustard seeds 1/2  tsp urad dhal  1/2 tsp red chili 2 curry leaves 1 string Boil the chayote in water add a pinch of salt into it Drain it and allow them to cool Later mix it up with curd. Temper the items and pour over the chayote you can have it with chappathi, sambar rice, biryani, etc.

Extension of lockdown for another two weeks 😢. Now we are used to it. The govt has taken excellent steps in advance. Trying very hard to save our lives. Always easy to criticize, but difficult to handle the situation.iresepective of differences, a different opinion we should cooperate with them.we should thank the people who work for society, working all day with a great heart to save the people. They also have families in spite of it they are working, by putting their lives at risk.actually we should thank their family members .they are really great, my salute to them, But some of us are careless and noncooperative. watching everyday news it's very hard to digest that some people are ignoring everything and still roaming outside and put others' life in danger.bcoz of their carelessness so many people are getting affected including kids' elders. what did they do? y they are suffering?  where does humanity go?  we should realize the situation at this point and have to gi...