Andhra-style pappu or tomato dal is a very easy and nutritious recipe perfect for everyday lunch and lunch box. It is made using tuvar (toor) dal or kandi pappu that is packed with protein and is very filling as well. In my house, this is the basic recipe that we make again and again with […]
Lunch-box Recipes
Cabbage Poriyal recipe – Cabbage stir fry
Cabbage Poriyal is a simple and easy south Indian curry. ‘Poriyal‘ as explained in my previous post – beetroot poriyal is a south Indian curry recipe that uses grated coconut. Poriyal is normally made with any sweet or mild flavored vegetable like beetroot, beans, carrots, ridge gourd etc. For this cabbage poriyal recipe, I used cabbage. […]
Chilli cheese toast – healthy breakfast recipe
Chilli cheese toast is bread that is toasted with cheese and chili for a golden perfection. Often, vegetables like capsicum (bell pepper) and sweet corn are added for a colorful combination. You can add any vegetables of your liking for the topping. You can use your favorite cheese like mozzarella, cheddar, amul cheese slices. I […]
Tawa Pulao – easy one pot recipe
Tawa (tava) means a flat pan and tawa pulao recipe as the name suggests is traditionally made on a tawa. This is a popular Mumbai street food and is made on the same tawa used to make pav bhaji. Now, when we do this at home it will be difficult to prepare this recipe using dosa […]
Masala poori recipe – how to make spicy puri
Masala poori is a spicy variation to the regular puris. I add some mild spices like coriander (dhania) powder, red chili (lal mirch) powder and carom seeds (ajwain) to whole wheat flour. These pooris taste good with the regular poori potato curry, dum aloo, mutter paneer gravy or my favorite summer recipe – aamras 😀 […]
Coconut Rice or Thengai sadam – simple food recipe
Today I share my favorite rice recipe – coconut rice or popularly known as thengai sadam which is an aromatic and very flavorful food of Tamil Nadu. I ate coconut rice for the first time in Tamil Nadu when we were on a short trip to Madras or Chennai. I loved the flavors of […]
Homemade Bisi bele bath masala powder recipe
Bisi bele bath is a healthy food from Karnataka that looks like south Indian sambar. It has got a special masala powder in it made with some aromatic spices used in India. It is yet again another easy homemade cooking recipes that can be prepared within minutes, if you have the bisi bele bath masala powder […]
Easy Coin Pizza on gas stove – breakfast recipes for kids
Most of you are already aware that I am a pizza fanatic 😛 I have shared a lot of pizza recipes already of which my Christmas tree pizza, garlic bread crust pizza, thin crust pizza, stove-top pizza were tried by many of you. I also have shared my homemade pizza sauce recipe which is super […]