Wednesday, August 6, 2014

Gobi 65 recipe, Crispy cauliflower fry

Gobi 65

Gobi 65 or Crispy Cauliflower fry is a popular party snack. It is also very easy to make. Gobi 65
is one among the many varieties of 65 recipes which is quite popular in many restaurants in South
India. Having relished this in parties and hotels several times, I was craving to try this at home Just
when I was scouting for fail-proof recipe to get crispy cauliflower fries, I bumped into a cookbook.
This recipe is very simple and the cauliflower stayed crispier unlike my earlier attempts.
I have updated the recipe with video. Check out my Tandoori Gobi recipe and Cauliflower Pakoda which are  equally simple and lip-smacking.

Monday, August 4, 2014

M AND M COOKIE RECIPE | EGGLESS COOKIES RECIPES

M and M cookies is  in my to do list for a very long time. I used the gems, you can replace it with chocolate chips too. My kids loved the cookie very much, even the little one who is not so fond of home made cake or cookies, loved it very much. Try out this easy eggless cookies . I used butter in this cookie and you can replace with oil too. Both will turn out good.
m and m cookies

Saturday, August 2, 2014

PANEER RECIPE | HOME MADE PANEER RECIPE | INDIAN KITCHEN BASICS

Homemade-paneer

Paneer | Indian cottage Cheese, i generally buy from the Indian shop. This is the first time i making paneer at home. I was thinking for a while to make paneer at home but some how it has been getting post poned. The reason may be i get good paneer here. Last week when i  went to the Indian shop the usual paneer brand which i buy, the Kohinoor, was not available. I picked up Vadilal, luckily i bought a small packet. It was very hard and rubbery. So immediately the next day i tried paneer at home, it came out pretty well for the first time. I learnt few things in this process which i should follow the next time. Do not forget to read the "Notes" section below.
Check out my Paneer recipes

Thursday, July 31, 2014

MASALA IDIYAPPAM RECIPE | VEGETABLE SEVAI RECIPE

Masala-idiyappam

Idiyappam | sevai |Rice noodles is a healthy south indian breakfast. We generally make this  for dinner too. My mom makes variety of idiyappam and she makes the basic idiyappam using the traditional sevai nazhi. I have already posted the recipe of  idiyappam but this one i made with instant rice sevai available in the stores. This is a simple recipe but can be made in less than 30 minutes, serves as a perfect breakfast |week night dinner too. I have used Concord, Double horse brand of instant sevai few times. Both worked out very well for me. If you know any other brand works out well for you, please mention in the comment section.

Tuesday, July 29, 2014

MACARONI PAYASAM RECIPE |PASTA KHEER | KHEER RECIPES

Macaroni-pasta-kheer Macaroni | pasta payasam is a simple kheer and quite a unique one too. The method of making this payasam is almost similar to the semiya kheer, but pasta | macaroni will definitely an interesting dessert. You can make this kheer with shell pasta or any other small variety of pasta. Try out this simple payasam|kheer and wish all my readers Eid Mubarak

Sunday, July 27, 2014

TOMATO POHA UPMA RECIPE |THAKKALI AVAL |BACHELOR RECIPES

Tomato poha|thakkali  poha is a very easy breakfast or tiffin recipe, which can be made in 10 minutes. Even bachelors who has no idea on the spices or powders in the kitchen ,can make this upma.  without much write up let us go to the tomato poha upma recipe. Check out my batata poha recipe. 

Friday, July 25, 2014

DATES KHEER RECIPE |DATES PAYASAM

Dates-Kheer

Dates Kheer| Dates Payasam is a very simple payasam. With just milk and dates this payasam can be done in a jiffy. My brother-in-law always brings big boxes of dates for us from Muscat everytime. During our India trip he gave dates for us and i was too tempted to try this dates kheer. Try out this very simple dates payasam. No need to add sugar to this kheer as the sweetness of the dates is enough for the payasam.

Wednesday, July 23, 2014

OATS CHAAT RECIPE | INDIAN OATS RECIPES

Indian-Oats-recipes      I have tried few dishes with Oats but never thought we can make a Chaat with oats. When i went to book shop in Chennai, during my trip last time, kids were totally busy in filling the basket. I am not an avid reader, and i just sat in a place with a cookery book in hand and started just going through the book. I was so tired after roaming around in the mall for few hours. So without must interest just to spend time i was going the book. Suddenly this name Oats chaat caught my eyes and it sounded very new and interesting to me. So i just noted the name of the recipe in my mobile notepad. Finally tried this Oats chaat yesterday and it was very nice  and quite filling too. I took this for lunch and i stayed energetic till 5 pm. Stay tuned for more interesting Oats recipes coming up next week.
Feel free to adjust the quantities as per your taste.
Check out my Other Oats recipes:

Monday, July 21, 2014

CORN METHI PULAO RECIPE | EASY LUNCH BOX RECIPES

Corn-methi pulao

Corn methi pulao, my sister gave me this recipe, a year back but some how when i have corn, methi will not be there and when methi  leaves are in stock, corn will not be there. Many times i forget also. She too asks me sometimes, as why i didn't post the corn methi pulao. Finally during our India trip she told she will make this for me and asked me to click the pictures only. I happily agreed and took the step wise pictures. She used the small fresh methi leaves  but before i could take the final pictures a very good of friend of us came to meet me. So i didn't click the final pictures but immediately after coming back from India i made this corn methi pulao and clicked the final pictures.
Check out my other popular lunch box recipes too

Sunday, July 20, 2014

HOME MADE RICE FLOUR | INDIAN KITCHEN BASICS

Home made- rice flour
 Home made rice flour is generally made in  most of the houses for making savories | bakshanams for festivals. As the festival season is about to start i thought it will be very useful for many of us to know about this basic recipe - home made rice flour.  Though we get store bought rice flour and many of us use store bought flour for making murukku,thattai,seedai , kozhukattai etc, but home made flour gives more crispiness to the dishes. The outer layer of  kozhukkatai gets nice bright white colour if we use home made flour.
Check out the dishes which we can make with home made rice flour: