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Hi Everyone, Tomato Tomato Tomato everywhere!! I thought of making Thokku again but this time I want to make something different with little spicy. Once my cousins and their friend came to our home and they brought this thokku from Pollachi which was very good for travelling. The taste was very yummy like tangy , sweet , bright red with spices aroma,I asked her the recipe and she told her mum prepared this and she was not cleat about the recipe,She remembered that her mother add Cinnamon and Cloves powder to the thokku. Thats enough for me to develop rest of the recipe. I tried it next week and it came to be wooowwww , then tomato prices went high so forgot about making thokku at all. Now here in Bangalore I get both Country tomatoes and Bangalore tomatoes for damn cheep prices so again I made this spiced thokku and this time I managed somehow to store it for 3 days (else my family members could have gobbled it in a day!) I thought sharing the recipe with you also as ...

Hi Everyone, Yellow Moongdal Gravy !! Yellow moong dal tastes rich even as sweet and also with hot spices. Not only the taste, the colour and silky texture of this dal gives richness to the dish whatever the form it is. We love it when it is spiced up :) (we are spice lovers) ,We make this gravy often that goes well with any Breakfast and Dinner but not with rice , My mum loves to take it with rice too but I wont like it with Rice. Other than that you can have this gravy with Idli , Dosa ,Chapathi and Pulka too. Pasiparupu / Yellow moong dal also makes you feel heavier and when boiling more and more it becomes more denser and thicker so even for little quantity moongdal you will get good quantity of gravy. I made this gravy for a newly married couple whom we invited for dinner, Suddenly it got into my mind that I haven't posted this yummy recipe so I clicked these pictures quickly and here below the recipe also for you!! INGREDIENTS: Yellow Moong dal / Pasipar...

Hi Everyone, Today is big day for us!! yes yes the day when our parents spend all their savings without even looking into for what they are spending! Yes its our wedding day! Four years have been ran and still years are waiting to run. Yesterday I planned to sit with my blog for the whole day but right from morning I didnt even do any work but I didnt touch my laptop also , only now by evening I opened my blog to post some recipes. And todays recipe is Tomato kuzhambu ,our favourite kuzhambu . I will make this kuzhambu even when the tomato prices are in peak. This is very easy to make and yet it tastes tangy , yummy and spicy. The main advantage is you no need to fry anything just grind and boil and eat. So easy know!! Tomato kuzhambu goes well with rice and also tastes awesome with Idli ,Dosa ,Paniyarama and Aappam too. My favourite is with idli ! Hot idlis soaked in tomato kuzhambu is divine..You should try it to know why Iam giving so many credits to this simple kuzhambu...

Hi Everyone, Birthday bash over!! The party was very nice , kids enjoyed a lot and especially my baby enjoyed like anything , Handful of gifts , mouth full of chocolates !! Yesterday we all had very good time and today my husband lost his mobile!! Good time followed by bad time:( And tomorrow is our wedding day too ( another bad day for my husband:)) ,Thought of making something special to him but due to loss of mobile I cancelled all plans .So tomorrow whole day going to sit with my blog..Tomorrow blogging and blogging only ,this is how Iam going to celebrate our anniversary. Now coming back to today's recipe ,Karunai Kizhanku Puli Kuzhambu / Elephant Yam tamarind curry. I never tasted karunai Kizhanku before , My neighbour friend Mrs. Sathya use to make Elephant yam curry often so I thought of trying this kuzhambu once and searched for recipes but finally I tried my puli (tamarind) curry recipe and it came out to be too good. The softness of Elephant...

Hi Everyone, Even after getting my own laptop and broadband connection Iam not able to do blogging regularly:((.Now my kid started going to school so now double and double tension .Tomorrow is Ashley’s birthday so Iam totally busy with birthday preparations, though the party is going to be very simple the preparations are heavy for me . Husband is busy with his office so he refused to help me on this, he dropped the entire preparations on my head. So I dropped the idea of making anything for birthday and ordered everything from outside. I will share the birthday details tomorrow. So coming back to recipe, Idli podi / Idli milagai podi is an important procession in my house. Without idlipodi I don't know how I will manage , It comes to handy and helps me in many times especially busy mornings and lazy night dinners. I wont buy idli podi from stores as they are very grainy and too much chilli (also colour powder) so we will make it in home with healthy ingredients . There a...

Hi Everyone, When we were in Chennai we didn't get fresh green leaves much its bcoz of the hot climate,Due to high heat green leaves losts its freshness soon but here in Bangalore Iam getting all varieties of green leaves that's too very fresh. So Iam trying all types every week. My mum uses green leaves in many forms she makes bajji , Bonda , sambar , poriyals and many more with green leaves. She makes chutney also with them that's too very yummy .She made this Ponnaganni Keerai (Dwarf Copper leaf) chutney for me when I was in Pollachi. The Chutney was awesome that it tasted spicy , tangy and fresh . This Chutney went well with Breakfast , Dinner and also good with hot rice too. We had it for Dosa. As I won't get this keerai here I clicked photos in Pollachi itself. The recipe is too simple, its also like other normal vegetables chutney only but you need to fry the green leaves well to remove its raw smell. The recipe is as below, INGREDIE...