Garlic / Poondu Rasam is the most simple and easy rasam variety that can be made very quickly. It is made of freshly grinded paste along with tangy taste. This is good for health and also best for cold. The combination of garlic and pepper gives nice flavor to this rasam. It goes well with plain rice and appalam. Also we can have this rasam as a soup. Lets look at the steps of making this rasam. Preparation Time : 15 mints | Cooking Time : 20 mints | Serves : 3 Ingredients :

Kadai Mushroom Masala / Gravy is a popular side dish made of sauteed mushrooms , onion and capsicum cooked in onion and tomato based spicy gravy. It goes well with chapatis, parathas and pulao varieties. This is made with the freshly grounded masala. As this gravy is made in indian kadai / wok its called as kadai masala. Using the same masala we can also prepare subji with paneer or mixed vegetables. Lets look at the steps of making this gravy. Preparation Time : 15 mints | C

Vazhaipoo is also called as plantain flower/banana flower. This is the most healthy and fiber rich. The addition of onion and coconut gives nice flavor to this poriyal. It is best to serve as side dish for south indian lunch. It is good to have this regularly. As i already posted usili,kootu,vadai recipes with this. Today lets learn a quick and simple poriyal(stir fry) variety. As cleaning is the major portion of doing this poriyal, you can clean,chop and put in buttermilk pr

Dal Tadka is the most simple sambar variety that can be made in very less time. Its nothing but the tempering/tadka added to the cooked dal. This is a easy and comfort menu during our busy days. This can be served as side dish for rice,jeera rice,plain pulao or roti. Its a staple and healthy food for the vegetarians. Basically this is a Punjabi recipe and we make this with toor dal. Lets look at the steps for making this dal tadka. Preparation Time : 10 mints | Cooking Time :

Cauliflower pepper fry is the quick,delicious and a healthy poriyal / stir fry variety and it can be served as side dish for indian lunch or along with roti. This is also called as pepper gobi or milagu pirattal. This is made of mixing the boiled cauliflower and grinded pepper masala along with the flavor of shallots and garlic. This is my moms recipe and my most favorite one. Lets look at the steps wise pictures to make this pepper gobi recipe. Preparation Time : 10 mints |

Spring onion sambar is the one which i recently tried and loved by my family. This sambar is similar to the toor dal sambar instead of vegetables used spring onion. This can be served along with hot steaming rice or with south indian tiffin items. This is very mild sambar and taste very yummy. Usally i use the spring onion for Chinese dishes. One of my friend said she makes poricha kuzhambu with this green onion. Then only started making this sambar and nowadays this is the r

Vengaya thokku / Onion thokku is the easy and tasty thokku/pickle variety which is made of shallots and red chili along with tamarind,salt,jaggery. This can be had has a side dish for Idli,dosa,chapati or curd rice. It also taste amazing by mixing with hot rice and top it with ghee. This is a quick version of thokku and it stays good even for 15 days when refrigerated. You can also make this thokku with big onions, but vary little in taste. This was my most favorite thokku n

Pesarattu dosa is a simple and healthy breakfast / tiffin variety which is very easy to make. This is a popular tiffin in andhra and usually served with Ginger chutney / Allam pachadi. It can also served with coconut chutney or idli podi. This dosa batter is made of grinding the green gram dal along with rice,spices. It is nutritious and very heavy tiffin. Lets look at the steps of making this dosa. Preparation Time : 15 mints | Soaking Time : 8 hours | Cooking Time : 40 mint

Poha is also called as flattened rice or battened rice or aval ( in tamil ). This is similar to the rava kesari instead of rava we use poha here. This is very simple sweet easy to make and taste yummy..!! This kesari is specially made for neivethiyam during Krishna Jayanthi. As today is my parents wedding day thought of making some sweet. Suddenly got remember of this easy sheera which is made in less time. Lets look at the steps of making this poha / aval kesari. Preparatio

Ginger / Inji Chutney is a traditional and popular andhra recipe which is called as allam pachadi. This chutney is a mix of sweet,spicy and tangy flavored. Also ginger has many medicinal values this is a very healthy chutney variety. This is mainly served as side dish for pesarattu and also it is best to have with idli,dosa and curd rice. Lets learn how to make this easy and healthy chutney variety. Preparation Time : 5 mints | Cooking Time : 15 mints | Serves : 2 Ingredients