CHANNA MASALA RECIPE | SIDE DISH FOR ROTI

 Channa Masala is our family's  favourite food. Everybody have their own way of making their channa masala. I am sharing my own of making this  Channa masala. Check out my no onion no garlic channa masala and Pindi chole. 

MANGO ICECREAM RECIPE | NO EGG | WITHOUT ICE CREAM MAKER

 
When I was speaking to my mom few days back, we were talking about mangoes.
Then i remembered about the mango ice cream she used to make for us when we were kids.This mango ice cream does not require ice cream maker and doesn't use eggs too. It can be made with easily available ingredients at home. We kids with our dear cousins enjoy this during our summer vacation.
Since my kids are on vacation now, i wanted to make this for them. This is the first time i am attempting this after marriage.
But my mom will make it with simple ingredients available at home. She learnt this from my Athai.
I made this with ready made mango pulp. Alternatively you can use fresh ripe mangoes.
Update: I made Mango ice cream with Alphonso mangoes and it tasted awesome.
Check out my fresh strawberry ice cream too.

APPALAM VATHA KUZHAMBHU(PAPPADS IN TAMARIND GRAVY)

Vatha kuzhambhu is always a super hit in my family and generally i make it by adding some veggies to it. We can use okra, capsicum,small onions,drumstick and any veggie of ur own choice. My mom makes with black channa and appalam also. Check out my vengaya vathakuzhambu and arachuvitta vathakuzhambu recipe. But after marriage, i never made this with appalam. Last night when i was speaking to my friend, she was asking me the recipe for appalam kuzhambhu.
This taste so yum,when accompanied by parruppu usili.

CREAM OF CABBAGE SOUP EASY SOUP RECIPES

As the weather here has suddenly changed and we had a heavy down pour for the past two days, i wanted to have something hot and since  i dont have any other veggie except cabbage ,i decided to make soup out of it.
It was a super hit and we all loved the taste and enjoyed it a lot. Check out my beetroot soup recipe and Hot and sour soup recipe. 

CAPSICUM RICERECIPE | EASY LUNCH BOX RECIPES

Capsicum rice is very simple to make  lunch box recipe. We all love this rice very much. I make this weekly once for kids lunch box and for hubby's lunch box too. Try out this easy and  quick lunch box capsicum rice recipe. Check out my full collection of easy lunch box recipes.

MASALA VADAI RECIPE | PARRUPU VADAI RECIPE

Masala Vadai | Paruppu Vadai can be made as a starter when we have guests at home and can be made during teatime as a snack. My family loves this and especially my daughter is a big fan of masala vadai.
My mom makes this with only channa dal, but i learnt this  version from my relative. Check the recipe of aama vadai, which we make for bogi pandigai and aavani avittam. Also check my no onion no garlic Cabbage vadai and Ulundu vadai too.

CARROT HALWA RECIPE | GAJAR KA HALWA RECIPE

  

Carrot halwa | Gajar halwa recipe, a popular Indian sweet, made using Carrot, milk and sugar. Many people make carrot halwa using Khoya, to enhance the richness. Some people make carrot halwa with condensed milk by replacing sugar with condensed milk. I have tried this few times when i had guests at home. I am yet to try Gajar halwa with khoya. This time we have a reason to make a sweet. since the entire family is a so happy as my brother-in-law got married last week. Let's see how to make gajar ka halwa.
UPDATE: SCROLL DOWN TO SEE THE ALTERNATE EASY METHOD OF MAKING CARROT HALWA. Check out my beetroot halwa recipe.

Thengai thogayal recipe,Coconut thuvayal

Thengai Thogayal | Coconut thogaiyal  is a very simple dish which can be made in no time and my Mom makes this very nice and yummy. She makes it very spicy. Whenever my friends visit my house or when we do potlucks, i am always asked to make this thengai thogayal.

RAW MANGO PACHADI RECIPE

Raw mango pachadi, is a traditional sweet made on Tamil new year day in our house. Amma makes it quite often during mango season too. During my childhood i have never tasted this raw mango pachadi as i am a big hater of jaggery based sweets. Now it has totally changed. I have updated my mango pachadi recipe with video. Check out my ripe mango pachadi too. Also check my full collection of Tamil new year recipes.

SNAKE GOURD KOOTU RECIPE | PUDALANGAI KOOTU

Kootu with any veggies is a comfortable food for all of us in my home. It can be made with any veggies and this time i made with snake gourd. You can make this with any veggies of your choice. Normally we use beans,chow chow, drumstick,or eggplant to make kootu. Check out my avarakkai poricha kootu and poosanikaai kalyana kootu.