Biscuit Topping |With Video| Mother's day Special

Biscuit topping | Biscuit canapes is a easy recipe, as i mentioned in my mango float recipe, this is a post from Varun, my little one. He learnt this recipe from school and wanted to post this on jeyashri's kitchen on the occasion of Mother's day tomorrow. I just took a video of him doing the biscuit topping and just posted the video without any editing. I have given some variations to the recipe in the notes section and you go ahead with your own ideas and creativity. Share some ideas with me also in the comments section.
You can also try Yogurt sandwich, aloo channa chaat bruschetta. 

Mango float recipe|Easy dessert recipes

Mango float is an easy filipino dessert, which i recently learned from my helper. This dessert involves only 4 main ingredients, graham biscuits, fresh mango, cream and condensed milk. Actually Varsha wanted to make this and post for Mother's day on May 8th. But last evening she told she has loads of work to finish and couldn't make it, so i proceeded to make this mango float. It is a very simple and easy dessert and doesn't involve any cooking. So kids can easily make this for their mom as a surprise, on the occassion of Mother's day.  Actually Varun is planning to make a video post on Mother's day, that it self is a surprise for me. So stay tuned for his post too. Check out my other mango recipes.

Roasted Moong dal bhel chaat | Easy chaat recipes

Moong dal bhel chaat is a super quick and easy chaat recipe. It is a perfect snack recipe for kids too. If you have all the ingredients in hand you can make it in a jiffy. I made this with store bought haldirams roasted moong dal. I have already posted the recipe of microwave roasted moong dal, so if you want to make it home made you can do it also. Recently when me and suresh went out for lunch on a weekday, they served the same chaat but with the roasted chana dal. So i tried it with roasted moong dal and it turned out very well. I made this for my friend's family who visited us last week for dinner. They all loved it and it was a super hit too. The quantity i have given is just for the reference, feel free to adjust it according to your taste buds. Check out my sukha bhel and bhel puri chaat.

Broccoli usili recipe | Broccoli podimas

Broccoli usili or broccoli podimas is a south Indian dry curry made with the combination of a veggie and dal. I have posted the beans paruppu usili and vazhaipoo paruppu usili earlier, both are always a super hit recipe. This method of making paruppu usili i read in a cook book and tried it for a potluck party too. I was bit not sure how it will be liked by all as it is not the traditional brahmin way of making the usili. But to my surprise, everyone liked it very much and it was a huge hit too. You can make this by replacing broccoli with beans, capsicum.

Kesar pista Kulfi recipe

Kesar pista kulfi recipe is a popular traditional Indian ice cream. I have already posted the kulfi recipe, this kesar pista kulfi i have given for Kungumam thozi magazine. This recipe got published last week. From my childhood i love to eat kulfis. We get from a local guy who used to bring this at night during sumer season. They serve the kulfi in banana leaf. Many times the guy who sells kulfi take banana leaf from our home as we have lot of banana tree at home. My grandmother used to scold him for taking it at night time as generally they won't give anything in night. Make this kesar pista kulfi for kids and let them enjoy their summer with this traditional Indian ice cream. Check out my mango kulfi recipe too.

Sweet corn pasta recipe | easy pasta recipes

Sweet corn pasta , this is  a creamy tomato based pasta cooked with sweet corn and other veggies of your choice. I have recently tasted this pasta in my friends house. Few weeks back she invited us for dinner and the spread was amazing. She is a very good baker and the menu had a wonderful spread of varieties of recipes. She made delicious Pizza, Soup, noodles and this pasta too. Without fail i noted down the recipe of the sweet corn pasta from her. This recipe she adapted from Tarla Dalal cook book. It turned out very well and every one liked it very much. For sure, kids will love this spaghetti sweet corn pasta. Check out my mushroom pasta and pumpkin pasta too.

Punjabi Mango Pickle recipe | Indian Pickle recipes

Punjabi mango pickle | aam ka achar is a popular pickle recipe of North India, usually made in summer season and stored for a year. I have posted mango thokku, avakkai mango pickle recipe . This aam ka achaar is a north indian style of mango pickle, which i have tasted in many Indian restaurants here. Generally it is served with parathas. But it goes well with our south indian curd rice too. One my friend's mother in law passed on this recipe to me and it turned out so nice and tasted the same as we get in restaurants.

Tandoori tofu recipe | Tofu recipes

Tandoori tofu is a vegan version of paneer tikka, marinated in flavourful spices and cooked on the tawa. Already i have posted paneer tikka and hariyali paneer tikka. Last week , a friend of mine visited us for dinner. I planned the menu for the dinner but was struck with what to make for starter. I didn't have paneer cubes at home , but i had a block of tofu which i had bought for making a sweet and sour gravy(recipe coming up soon). So decided to make this tandoori tofu and it turned out very well too. Everyone liked it and compared to paneer tofu is quite healthy too. I wanted to post this easy starter recipe of  bite sized tandoori tofu and made it again yesterday. Check out my Tandoori gobi recipe and sweet and sour tofu recipe too.

Grape popsicle recipe | Summer cooler recipes

From my childhood i love black grapes very much. During my childhood days we get the black grapes which has seeds in it. My sister doesn't like that and so i always get a big portion for me. Also i generally do not discad the seed while eating, i just carefully bite it and swallow woth the seed. My sister used to tease me, that I will get a grapes tree from my tummy as i am swallowing the seeds. Later we started gettign the seedless varitey. Even after coming to Singapore, i buy the grapes regularly. I have posted a grape orange juice recipe too few years back. When i was casaully waiting for a friend near a shop, i happened to see these umbrella shaped ice lolly moulds in a small shop nearby. So picked this up and made thsi grape popsicle. Varsha wanted to post some summer cooler recipes, but she is bit busy with her studies as she is in 10th grade now. Anyways, stay tuned for her summer recipe post soon. Check out my moong bean popsicle, rose falooda popsicle,

Sambar Vadai Recipe | With hotel sambar recipe

Sambar vadai is one my all time favorite, in fact i can say it is the entire family's favorite one. I have very fond memories associated with this vadai. I have been postponing to post this sambar vadai post here for such a long time. During my childhood days, my dad used to take us to hotels and those days, eating out is a rare thing in many houses. But in our house, appa takes us out almost every weekend. And those days we get only South Indian food varieties at hotels.  Sambar vadai is one among our favorite and also rava dosa too. Appa loves sambar vadai and he always says that it should be soft and and slip into the throat while eating it. Many restaurants when we order samabr vadai, they will just put medu vadai in hot sambar and immediately serve. Though it taste good, it will not be so soft and it will be difficult to cut with the spoon. I vividly remember when i was studying in 9th grade, we went to Trichy for a wedding. That time appa took us to a market place and there we had an evening tiffin as we all felt hungry. I still couldn't forget the taste of sambar vada which we had there. It was a very small eating outlet and the sambar vada was out of the world. After that, whenever we eat sambar vadai outside, we both recall the sambar vadai which we had in Trichy. So somehow when i see or hear or eat it will bring back all the memories of my childhood associated with my dad.
Today i finally managed to write this post and i missed my dad very much while eating the delicious sambar vadai. It has been 21 years since now, he left us, but the memories are still greenish and will always be cherished.