I am great fan of chinese cuisine(VEG though). But I like only in authentic chinese restaurants. At times I will try out something at home. Both me and my husband work in the same office. Everyday before leaving home, I will be bugging him to decide the menu for the dinner. But yesterday I was too lazy to prepare anything for dinner. So I decided my comfortable menu, which is quite a strange combo. I had some idlies prepared for breakfast and a noodles packet. So I made idly upma and then this noodles. These are the ones...

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Curry leaves is the one which turns an ordinary dish into an aromatic dish. This helps a lot in digestion and many diseases related to food can be cured with the help of this small herb. Almost all of the Indian dishes use it while seasoning. We can also consume it with buttermilk, by crushing it into the buttermilk. Especially for women, it helps a lot in hair growth. This time my mom got a lot of fresh curry leaves from the garden. It was so fresh and hence i didn't want to waste by storing it for a long time in...

What are you going to gift your mother earth, on this earth day? She's nurtured us. She's given it her all and now its time for us to do something in return. Today's caption everywhere will be "Go Greener", but I say "Go Greener with Organic Fertilizers". Nowadays the synthetic fertilizers are spoiling the earth soil, with their poisonous chemicals. These organic fertilizers in turn helps the soil to retain more nutrients and moisture, as they are made of natural products such as seashells, canola...

For all these years, people have kept on inventing new dishes out of all possible veggies. This dish is one such kind and I have wondered so many times, who would have invented this and how come they could have got such a thought ;) Coming to the recipe, its a delicious vada you can have. It goes well with Mor Kulambu and also with sambar. If you have patience(to sort the veggie), you deserve a great treat.Ingredients:Vazhaipoo(Plaintain Flower) - 1 sortedBengal Gram Dhal - 2 cups Red Chillies - 6Raw Rice - 1 tbspGreen...

It’s not an easy job to be your own general contractor. You have to check whether the materials are arriving on time, the subordinates are coming on time and finishing off their work on time, check the perfection of the work being done and so many. Damn sure, at one point of time, you will be fed up and drop the whole plan. When it comes for building our own, it’s better to get the experienced professionals to work for us. Anyway it’s going to be our dream project and let’s get it with utmost perfection....

First of all Happy Tamil Year to All. Its been celebrated auspiciously across tamilnadu. Any start of a new year, may it be Jan 1st or Apr 14 or my Bday, I love them all. I feel afresh all these days and energize me with new hopes. I wish everything would go well throughout the year. As far as today, we had a festive brunch(No holiday here :(). Had many discussions and finalized with the menu as Drumstick Sambar, Yam Fry, Sweet Pongal, Urad Dhal Vada and Appalam. As I was running behind my kid to feed him and rushing to...

Greens are very cheap and you can make much varieties out of it like kootu, poriyal, thuvattal, kadaiyal, keerai vadai and so many. The cooking time is very less. Only time consuming process is to sort out the keerai and cleaning it. If somebody does it for me, I will prepare keerai even everyday ;) Ingredients for keerai kootuArai Keerai - 2 cups (washed, cleaned and chopped finely)Pearl Onion - 10 mincedGreen Chillies - 3 splitTomato - 1 mincedGreen Gram Dhal (Paasiparuppu) - 1/2 cupFor SeasoningMustard Seeds - 1/2...

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This is one of the delicious and hot side dish that can accompany any rice item. In this summer, it would be perfect to have curd rice with mor milagai. Here I am going to explain the procedure for preparing it. Ingredients:Green Chillies - 1 kgThick Curd - 1 1/2 litresFenugreek seeds - 50 gmsSalt - adjustableMethod:Get the chillies and wash it properly. Slightly cut in the middle and not fully. This will let the chillies absorb the curd. Add salt to this chillies and keep it aside for the whole day. For...

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IngredientsChicken Boneless - 1/2 kgOnion (Big) - 2Tomato - 2Chilly Powder - 1/2 tbspCorainder Powder - 2 tbspGinger Garlic Paste - 1 tspCinnamon - 2 piecesClove - 2Method:Clean the chicken well. Mince the onion and tomato. In a kadai, add 2 tbsp of oil and add the cinnamon and clove. Then add the onion and saute till it becomes translucent. Then add the ginger garlic paste and saute till the raw smell goes off. Add the tomato and saute for a while. Add the chicken pieces and keep sauting for 10 mins....

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This is a typical south Indian favourite. this is very common in Brahmin's families. I don't know whether I am preparing it exactly the same way as they do. But mine will also be tasty...so without any hesitation you can give it a try.  Sundaikkai - turkey berry. I think you can get this ready made vathal from all Indian grocery stores. Ingredients:Sundaikkai Vathal - 1 handfulTamarind - lemon sizedKulambu Milagai Thool - 3 tbspPearl Onion - 20Garlic - 10 pods (slightly crushed)SeasoningI use vadagam for seasoning....

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This is a sweet tangy combo side dish. This is healthy at the same time as we are using jaggery for that. This will serve as a good side dish with sambar rice. Ingredients:Raw Mango - 1 Jaggery - 1 cup (Depends on how sweet you want)Green Chillies - 2Red Chillies - 4Mustard Seeds - 1/2 tspUrad dhal - 1/2 TspCurry LeavesMethod:Remove the skin of the mango using a peeler. Make rough pieces of mango. I use peeler only for that. In a kadai, add 1 tsp of oil and add the seasoning items. Add the cut chillies and saute for a minute....

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I prepared this for the first time and it really came out well. And am happy as my kid liked it so much. I prepared this along with baby aloo kurma. Ingredients:Jeera Rice - 2 cupsCoconut Milk - 4 cupsGhee - 2 tbspCinnamon - 2 sticksCardomam - 2 Clove - 2 Ginger Garlic Paste - 1 tspOnion - 1 slicedBay Leaf - 1Pudhina Leaves - 1 handfulMethod:Extract a thick coconut milk fresh. Wash the jeera rice and drain the excess water. In a kadai, add 2 tbsp of ghee and add the bay leaf, cinnamon, clove and cardamom....

Parenting is not so an easy job. Everyone will have their own questions in growing up their children. Here is a cool website, Parents connect, which helps you to get answers for almost all your queries. They have so many tips, recipes and advices for handling kids of different age group. They have a discussion board, wherein parent can discuss their doubts and get clarified.  Most of the moms will be worries on how to feed the kids with healthy food. Here we can get a bunch of recipes which...

Here is my next recipe for the tomato season. My mom prepared this and my only work was to shoot and eat. This one can be a side dish for rice or chappathi, serve as spicy jam for bread toasts or chutney for dosas. Too much na! You can preserve it for at least 15 days with refrigeration. Here goes the recipe. Ingredients:Tomato - 1 KgRed Chillies - 30 - 40Tamarind - Lemon sizedLemon - 2For Seasoning:Gingelly Oil - 1/2 cupMustard and Urad DhalCurry LeavesAesfoetida Method:Cut the tomatoes and sun dry it for a day....

I still remember the golden days of my pregnancy. I was so novice and I didn’t know anything related to pregnancy. Also I am so shy to discuss all my doubts and fears to my gynecologist. Moreover you will be getting bundles of advices during this time. Some of them will be realistic and some may be so weird. You will be confused on which one to go for. In those cases we can better seek the help from experts through web. http://pregnancy.healthguru.com/ is one such website which you can refer for...

I always love to have rasam with paruppu thuvaiyal. Thats more than enough for my simple lunch. Its good for health and also can be prepared in minutes. None of grand feasts will be complete without this rasam. Here am just sharing my way of preparing it. Ingredients:Tamarind - Gooseberry SizedTomato - 1 Garlic- 2 podsTo Grind: Pepper Corns -  1 tspComins Seeds - 1 tspRed Chillies - 2To Season:Oil - 1 tspMustard Seeds - 1/2 tspUrad dhal Split - 1/2 tspAesfoetida - 1 pinchRed Chllies - 4 broken (I usually...