The 5 ingredient Prawn Masala|Shrimp Masala is probably the easiest sea food recipe you will ever make. It literally has only 5 ingredients: Prawn/shrimp, onions, tomatoes, chili powder, and turmeric powder. It also takes only 30 minutes to prepare this dish. According to me, the flavor of the seafood itself […]
Mutton Kola Urundai|Mutton Balls are deep fried minced mutton balls made with beautifully spiced masala. This is a famous dish from Tamil Nadu, a South-Indian state. It can be served as both an appetizer and as a side-dish. This is a very simple recipe. Kola urundai has a unique texture, […]
Chicken Varuval|Kozhi Varuval|Pan fried Chicken means pan fried, dry chicken without any curry or gravy in the dish. There are many chicken varuval recipes out there, but this one is my favorite. I borrowed this recipe from my aunt, Suba, who also makes the best biryani in the family ;). […]
Javarisi Paayasam|Sabudana Kheer Recipe is basically an Indian-style creamy pudding. It is usually served after a meal as a dessert. Paayasam does not necessarily have to be a dessert. My mom has such a sweet tooth, that she has the left over kheer for breakfast the next morning! It is […]
Here is a restaurant style pepper chicken recipe! It is another famous Indian style chicken dish and it is available at almost all Indian restaurants. I am sharing this pepper chicken masala recipe that I learnt from my aunt, my mother’s younger sister, my Chitthi! She makes amazing, mouth watering […]
What is Chicken 65? There are many funny and bizarre theories revolving around the how the dish came to be called as Chicken ’65’. Does it require 65 ingredients/spices to prepare this dish? Does it take 65 days for the marinade to be prepared? Do you make this dish with […]
In India, whenever we have guests visit us at home, it is a tradition to serve something sweet, something savory and something hot to drink. Kesari (an Indian sweet/snack) and onion fritters are the most commonly served snacks along with a cup of hot tea or coffee. It is also […]
Kesari is a very popular Indian sweet/snack and it is my all time favorite! Once a week, time of the day never mattered to me, I would totally pester my mom to make me Kesari; and with in 20 minutes or so I would have my own bowl of vibrant […]
Onion raita is a side-dish, mainly paired with variety rice dishes such as tomato rice, vegetable biryani, chicken biryani etc. Its very refreshing and cools you down immediately while you are having a spicy dish such as a biryani! You just need three ingredients to make a simple onion raita: […]
Are you having guests and don’t have time to cook something fancy? Or do you have a lot of tomatoes that are about to go bad? Well, here is the answer: Tomato Rice! It is very easy to prepare and it will definitely look like you put in a lot […]
