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Thengai Thogayal | Coconut Thuvaiyal

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Thengai thogayal recipe | thengai thuvaiyal | coconut thogayal recipe with step-by-step pictures and video. Check out the Thengai Thogayal video and If you like the video pls SUBSCRIBE to my channel.

Thengai thogayal recipe | thengai thuvaiyal | coconut| thogayal recipe is a simple and quick South Indian rice accompaniment prepared with coconut. This easy vegan dish is perfect for busy days. Thuvaiyal can be prepared within 10 minutes. Check out the Thengai Thogayal video and If you like the video pls SUBSCRIBE to my channel.  Ever since my childhood days, one of my favorites is thogayal. I and my sister am big fans of Bisi bele bath and biryani. Whenever Amma makes a special dish the next day she mostly prepares Thengai thogayal and Milagu siraga rasam. Thengai thogayal is my comfort food. ...

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Palak Paneer | Spinach Paneer Gravy - instant pot

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Rich and tasty Palak Paneer in Instant pot. Gravy can be prepared in less than 30 minutes using Instant pot (Electric Pressure Cooker). Spinach paneer gravy goes well with Roti/ paratha/ variety rice etc. Every since I resumed blogging after my break, I have been posting recipes of same category for a month. This will be yet another series for gravy, chutney and rice accompaniment. I always focus on less cooking time recipes, so lot of easy and simple recipes are coming up in TMF. Ever since I started using IP I have been addicted for it. It makes cooking super quick and tasty. Not only cooking but also my cooking surface is super clean. If I make gravy in stove top, either gravy with be all over my cooktop while boiling if I open and cook, or I will get hot gravy spilled on my hand when I try to stir😊 Thanks to Instant pot no more such scenes in my home🤣 ...

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Celery Poriyal | Celery Thoran

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Celery Poriyal | Celery Curry | Celery thoran | south Indian poriyal recipes | Indian curry recipes Indian vegan side recipe, healthy poriyal with step-by-step pictures, and video recipe. Check out the Celery Poriyal recipe and if you like the video pls SUBSCRIBE to my channel.

Celery Poriyal is a tasty vegan side dish with celery. Celery is cooked in south Indian style and goes well with rice and roti. Healthy Celery Poriyal can be prepared within 15 minutes. 

I couldn’t believe that it is already May. Time flies like anything. I have been posting a couple of dry Indian side dishes and this will be the last in the series.  Let’s give a small break for a dry side dish in TMF.

Coming back to Celery, after coming to the US, I got acquainted with Celery.  I am not a big fan of celery but the healthy aspects of celery made me include it often at home. Nowadays I started buying celery in Costco, and have been preparing smoothies regularly.

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Kathirikai Murungakkai Poriyal | Brinjal Drumstick Thokku

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Kathirikai Murungakkai Poriyal | Brinjal Drumstick Thokku | Brinjal Drumstick Curry | thokku recipe | Brinjal recipe with step by step pictures and video recipe. Check out the video recipes for Brinjal Drumstick Curry. If you like the video pls SUBSCRIBE to my channel.

Kathirikai Murungakkai Poriyal | Brinjal Drumstick Thokku | Brinjal Drumstick Curry | thokku recipe | Brinjal recipe is a delicious South Indian style semi - dry poriyal. Kathirikai Murungakkai flavorful poriyal tastes yummy as a side with any rice accompaniment or can also be mixed with rice and taken as a variety rice.

Due to some personal work I couldn’t be active with my blog this week but yesterday I have posted few recipes in my YouTube channel for cold home remedies. Did you check it out? If not here are the links,

Lemon Ginger Tea

Turmeric Milk

Inji Kashayam 

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Chinna Vengayam Poriyal | Shallots Fry

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Chinna Vengayam Poriyal | Shallots Fry|  small onion curry | south Indian poriyal recipes | Indian curry recipes |  Indian vegan side recipe, healthy poriyal with step-by-step pictures, and video recipe. Check out the Chinna Vengayam Poriyal  and if you like the video pls SUBSCRIBE to my channel.

Quick 5 minutes chinna Vengayam Poriyal with small onions. This is a great option if you are out of veggies.  Small onion is good for health and this is yet another tasty way to consume it.

I am down with cold and throat pain this week. Few days back in my IG feed while posting everyday cooking I had told about it. Ever since that I have been getting lot of home remedy ideas from my friends and followers. I always go for turmeric milk whenever I have sore throat, but I was overwhelmed with lovely tips people gave me. Soon you will be seeing those in my blog.

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Capsicum Curry | Capsicum Subzi

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Capsicum Curry is a quick tasty side that can be prepared within 15 minutes. It tastes yum with rice and chappati. Freshly ground roasted Channa dal and nuts powder gives nice flavor to the poriyal.

Today morning I was checking my phone and realized that it is been almost a week since I posted a recipe in TMF. Me and my break never ended shortly, so I wanted to post this capsicum curry which I had  in my draft for a while. I have been posting side dish recipes recently and this is one tasty variation that I often do at home.

Back in Bentonville days, when one of our friends invited us for lunch, she prepared Beans with onion, fennel seeds and besan flour. In our home side dish for rice will be mostly with Thengai. You would have seen my Avarakkai with onion and coconut after that this is one of my favorite version with onion.

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Kadamba Poriyal | Cabbage curry

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kadamba  Poriyal | mixed veg poriyal  | cabbage thengai curry | cabbage curry with step-by-step pictures and video recipe. Check out the Kadamba poriyal and If you like the video pls SUBSCRIBE to my channel

 kadamba  Poriyal | mixed veg portal | cabbage thengai curry is a quick south Indian dry side dish recipe in Instant pot. Almond flour is used instead of coconut for this curry. This Vegan dry mixed vegetable side goes well with rice. Kadhamba curry can be made within 10 minutes and is perfect for busy mornings.

My almond flour madness continues, but this time I did not make a sweet. Ever since I started buying Almond flour from Costco, I have been using almond flour a lot in cooking. Initially, I used it because I had a big packet in my pantry, but over a period of time I started using it regularly and my family didn’t feel much taste difference.

One day when I made kadamba Poriyal   I took out the coconut from the freezer, but I was in a hurry to pack hubby’s lunch, so I used little almond flour and we all liked it. If used in a small quantity Almond flour is one great replacement for coconut in poriyal, Kootu, Sambar, kurma, etc.

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Baked Carrot Fries

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Baked carrot fries | Carrot frieswith step by step pictures and video recipe. Check out the carrot fries and If you like the video pls SUBSCRIBE to my channel

Baked carrot fries | Carrot fries are quick 15 minutes tasty after school snacks  for kids. Healthy and tasty way  to make kids eat carrots.

Carrot is one vegetable which comes under top 5 least favorite veggies in my son’s list. I usually try to mix it with other veggies, and I hide carrots to make him eat. Most of the time even before tasting I would hear a big no from him. I always wonder how a kid with sweet tooth is a not a fan of a vegetable with mild touch of sweetness.

Few weeks back when my son had a play date, I made sweet potato fries for the kids, and I saw them eating happily. That’s when I thought of trying carrot fries. If it works carrot might be the next broccoli for him. Yeah broccoli was another vegetable he never tasted, until baked broccoli was experimented. Now a days it has become one of his frequently wanted vegetable.

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Soya Chunk curry - Instant Pot

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Soya chunk curry | Instant pot Soya curry | curry recipe with step by step pictures and video recipe. Check out the detailed Soya chunk curry video. if you like the video pls SUBSCRIBE to my channel

Flavorful Soya chunk dry curry -Instant Pot (Electric Pressure Cooker). Protein rich healthy side - goes well with rice/Chappati/Idli/Dosai.

During my school days I happened to taste soy chunks for the first time when my chennai Neighbour Aunty brought brinji for me. That time I was not familiar with it and had second thoughts to try something new. My sister tasted and said it had all the brinji flavours and told me to try.

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Punjabi Dry Chole | Pindi Channa

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Aromatic Dry Punjabi Chole is a easy side that can be prepared within 45 minutes. Pindi Channa tastes great with rice and roti.

Few weeks back I received a sample of all natural homemade spice powders from “My spice Voyage”. Being a south Indian Amma prepares homemade Sambar powder, rasam powder etc. When it comes to gravy - spicy powder like garam masala, Channa masala etc. it is always store-bought. 

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