Paruppu Usili is the most familiar Brahmin or Iyengar recipe . This can be made by mixing the vegetables and toor dal crumbled mixture. Usally this is made by vegetables like cluster beans,broad beans,plantain flower,french beans , mixing of carrot beans etc... This goes well with kuzhambu, rasam , vethakuzhabu and many more. Here comes the recipe of vazhaipoo paruppu usili. Preparation Time:15 mints|Cooking Time:30 mints| Serves:3 Ingredients: Toor Dal - 1/3 cup Channa dal -

Karamani Kuzhambu is also called as Lobia gravy or black eyed pea gravy . This is a Indian type gravy / kuzhambu made of peas in tomato onion gravy along with coconut and tangy tamarind taste. It can be had with hot steamed rice. You can add vegetables of your choice in the gravy or you can do only with karamani. Today i added brinjal along with the gravy. Preparation Time:15 mints|Cooking Time:30mints|serves:3-4 Ingredients: Tomato - 2 small Shallots - 10 - 15 nos Garlic - 3

Mushroom is one of my favorite vegetable which i like to cook and love to eat the most. Mushroom pepper fry is the side dish had with meals or variety rice made of mushrooms tempered with pepper powder. This is very simple and easy to make. It can be made in very less time. Preparation Time:10 mints|Cooking Time:15 mints| Serves:4 Ingredients: oil - 2 tbspn Mushroom - 400gm garlic - 3 chopped salt - 1tbspn Pepper powder - 1 tspn Directions: 1. Wash the mushrooms well in water

This type of kuzhambu is very popular in the southern regions of India. This is the best accompaniment to the plain rice and can have this with appalam or any veg poriyal for this. This is made of brinjal along with spices,onion,tomato and garlic. This is type of a masala kuzhambu and this is my moms recipe. Lets look at the recipe. Preparation Time:15 mints|Cooking Time:30mints|serves:3-4 Ingredients: Tomato - 2 small Shallots - 15nos Garlic - 3cloves Coconut - 4tbspn Brinja

Coconut Burfi is the most popular sweet done during many festivals like Krishna jeyanthi , Diwali etc.. This is made by mixing the coconut in the sugar syrup. I tried it today and it turned out really well. So thought of sharing this in my blog. Here comes the step wise pictures of making coconut burfi. Preparation Time:15 mints| Cooking Time : 30 mints|Severs: 15 burfi Ingredients : Grated Coconut - 1 cup Sugar - 1.5 cups Water - 1/2 cup Cardamom - 1 tspn Ghee / Clarified Bu

Vazhaipoo is also called as banana flower . Many of us think cleaning vazhaipoo is big task.Most of us know the steps for cleaning the vazhaipoo. But thought of sharing with you all my way of cleaning it . So that it may help some people who are new to cooking .Lets look at the steps of cleaning it. Ingredients : Vazhaipoo - 1 medium sized Oil - for greasing hands Steps : 1. Grease with oil on both hands before cleaning vazhaipoo. This avoid the hands from turning black. Op

Peerkangai Paruppu Kuzhambu is the simplest south indian sambar variety . This is the sambar that is made of moong dal that goes well with plain rice. This is the most easiest sambar variety that can be made in less time. This is the usual sambar that i made regularly at home as its less spice sambar and good for kids too. Preparation Time:15 mints| Cooking Time : 30 mints|Severs: 3 Ingredients : Peerkangai - 1 medium size Moong dal - 1/4cup Oil - 3 tbsp Mustard seeds - 1 ts

Sakkarai Pongal / Sweet Pongal is the most popular south indian sweet that are made during festivals or auspicious days. This is mainly made in India during the Pongal/Sankaranti festival . During the pongal festival it is made with the newly harvested rice and offered to god . This is very easy and simple to make. This is also given as a prasadam in many festivals. This can be made as dessert for breakfast / Lunch varieties. The step wise method of making sakkarai pongal is

Kumbakonam Kadappa is the most popular south indian side dish for tiffin items like idli,dosa,poori etc.. This is famous in the Thanjur and Kumbakonam area in southern part of India. This kadappa is made of potato , moong dal along with the flavors of onion and whole spices. The procedure of making kadappa is as follows. Preparation Time:15 mints| Cooking Time : 30 mints|Severs: 3 Ingredients : Potato - 3 medium sized Moong dal - 1/4 cup Coconut - 3 tbsp Poppy Seeds - 1 tbsp

Potato is almost all of our favorite vegetable.Potato Poriyal is the most easiest and simplest poriyal variety that goes well with any indian lunch menu. This is a favorite poriyal item of our family. This is best side-dish which suits to any lunch menu. It can be made very quickly too. Lets look at the method of making it. Preparation Time: 15 mints| Cooking Time : 25 mints|Severs: 3 Ingredients : Golden Potatoes - 8 Oil - 3 tbspn Mustard Seeds - 1 tbspn Cumin Seeds - 1 tsp