Here’s an easy and simple Instant pot potato and cauliflower pulav that is mild and fragrant. This is one of my little one’s favorite dishes. It has two of her favorite vegetables ( cauliflower and potato ). This pulav is comforting and mildly spiced. It is my go to recipe during the weekends when I…
Vegan Recipes
Peerkangai ( Ridgegourd ) Sabji
This super simple and easy recipe is a staple in our house. This is my favorite way of cooking ridge gourd. My mom learnt this from one of our neighbor aunty in school days and it was an instant hit. The secret is to add a lot of ghee but then I am making a…
Vegan Paratha Pizza
Here’s an easy pizza recipe that you can make when you suddenly want to eat pizza but do not have the pizza dough on hand. While you could always go to the store and get a ready made pizza dough, or you could do something like a naan pizza or flatbread pizza, this here is…
Adai / Mixed Lentil & Rice crepes
Adai is the south Indian equivalent of a lentil crepe. Thicker than a dosa, the batter for the adai is made with a mixture of lentils and rice. It is usually served with jaggery or aviyal (a coconut- yogurt based curry). My mom recently came across this recipe from her sil. Adais are traditionally made…
Pavakkai Pulikachal
Pulikachal, a traditional south Indian Tam-bram dish gets an interesting makeover here. I was talking to my aunt recently and she mentioned lot of interesting recipes that her mil used to make. One of it was pavakkai (bitter gourd) pulikachal. The moment I heard it I was intrigued. I have been wanting to try pavakkai…
Green Apple Rice Recipe
If you are like me and do not like apples, then this green apple rice recipe is for you. The only time I eat apples is in front of my little one to show her that I do eat them and so should she 🙂 I also eat apples in the form of pies, muffins…
Dried Green peas Sundal with Green apples
Apples are not my favorite and green apples, I don’t usually buy them. But then a cousin of mine introduced me to green apple thokku made by her friend and I loved it. I do not love it so much that I would eat it as such, but I love how it blends in savory…
Vepampoo Rasam / Neem flower Rasam
This is one of the easiest and flavorful rasams I have come across and it is my mil’s recipe. The most difficult part about this rasam is soaking the toor dal and extracting tamarind juice, which is simplified even more if you use tamarind paste and cooked dal. 🙂 Neem flowers are supposed to have…
