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Pavakkai Gojju | Pavakkai Kara Kuzhambu

May 4, 2017 By Vidya Srinivasan 1 Comment

Pavakkai Gojju, Pavakkai Kara Kuzhambu, Kara kulambu, Pavakkai kuzhambu, Kuzhambur with coconut, arachuvitta kara kuzhambu recipe with step-by-step pictures, and video recipe. Check out the Pavakkai pitlai recipe and if you like the video pls SUBSCRIBE to my channel.

Pavakkai Gojju is a rice accompaniment prepared with bitter gourd is a rice accompaniment prepared with pavakkai, tamarind, and spice powder. Sesame seeds give a nice flavor to this Pavakkai Kara Kuzhambu. Pavakkai puli kuzhambu stays good for two days. It is also a nice side for upma.

When it comes to pavakkai, I am not an exception. Growing up, I Hated pavakkai. Even before tasting the dish, the mere thinking of bitterness stopped me from eating pavakkai-based dishes. Whenever I go grocery shopping with Amma, seeing pavakkai I would think my mom shouldn't buy it.

Pavakkai Pitlai is a common rice accompaniment prepared at home. As I mentioned in the Pitlai recipe, jaggery was a trigger for me to eat it so she use to make Pitlai often. Once when Amma was talking to my relative aunt she told her about my dislike for Pavakkai and her aunt suggested this kuzhambu.

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Lemon Quinoa | Elumichai Lemon

May 2, 2017 By Vidya Srinivasan 3 Comments

Quinoa Lemon is a quick, 20 minute lunch box recipe prepared with Quinoa and Lemon. Traditional Indian lunch box variety rice. To make it bit healthy here is a version with Quinoa. Lemon quinoa is great for dinner too.

As a kid I hated Lemon flavor. I will find reasons to tell Amma for bringing full lunch box back home . After a point Amma stopped packing Lemon rice for my lunch. Well my dislike with Lemon flavor didn't stop with school it was there until recent months. After marriage my mother in law also won't cook anything with lemon. But now a days I started liking lemon based dishes.

Coming back to this Lemon Quinoa. packing lunch box is every woman's biggest concern. At times more than cooking my worry is to decide to what to cook. Sometime I open my fridge and scan for minutes together.

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Paruppu Thogayal | Paruppu Thuvaiyal

April 28, 2017 By Vidya Srinivasan 16 Comments

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Paruppu Thogayal is a traditional South Indian dish. Thogayal recipe can be prepared within 5 minutes. Check out the video and If you like the video pls SUBSCRIBE to my channel

Thuvaiyal is light and good for digestion. Whether it is a side dish or rice accompaniment, Growing up, Paruppu thogayal for me was a different style. My Amma makes a version with urad dal and coconut. We used to have it with sesame oil. Next to coconut thogayal, this was my favorite. Well, Urad dal version is not light like this toor dal thogayal but Vengaya vetha kuzhambu, thogayal, and vadam is an addictive combo.

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Almond Brownies - Gluten Free

April 26, 2017 By Vidya Srinivasan 24 Comments

Almond brownies with step by step pictures and video recipe. Check out the almond brownies and If you like the video pls SUBSCRIBE to my channel

Gluten-free Almond brownies are tasty brownies prepared with Almond flour. Kids like brownies, try with almond flour to make it bit healthy. Addictive tea time snacks for all chocolate lovers. Almond brownies also make a tasty dessert, with a scoop of ice cream.

On a side note, TMF is entering into its 4th year today 🙂 I couldn't believe how 3 years passed so fast. Well I stayed in hibernation for one year, but I am so happy to be back. Thank you readers, followers, friends and family for all your support. Without all of your support, this wouldn't have happened.

Well excitement at one side to be honest, till yesterday evening I didn't remember about my blog anniversary. Yesterday evening Jagadish came from work and asked me what dessert have you made, I was clueless and thinking why he wants a dessert all of the sudden. I asked why, He said tomorrow is your blog-a-versary, I thought you will post some sweet. He was quoting dairy milk ad, "Sweet edu koondadu" (celebrate happy occasion with sweet)".

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Eggless Mango Pudding

April 24, 2017 By Vidya Srinivasan 9 Comments

Eggless Mango pudding is a rich and tasty dessert prepared with mangoes, heavy cream and agar- agar. Perfect single serving dessert for parties. Yummy summer/spring dessert during mango season.

I can't stop myself from buying mangoes whenever mangoes are in season. I am more than addicted to mangoes. 😂Ever since I started seeing mangoes in Costco there is no grocery trip with mangoes.

Few weeks back I prepared Mango Mousse after a year and, got addicted to it. Homemade mango mousse made me buy heavy cream during next grocery trip, and to prepare Mango Mousse again. I made one more batch and refrigerated it, evening after Jagadish came from work I told him about the Mousse. He said it was delicious but I thought this time you would make something different.

First I thought of making mango ice cream like my pistachio ice cream by adding some condensed milk but I was out of condensed milk. One more dessert I know with fruit and heavy cream combo is panna cotta. I immediately haunted for agar agar powder. Luckily I had it my pantry....

Poondu urugai | Garlic Pickle

April 21, 2017 By Vidya Srinivasan 21 Comments

Poondu urugai | Poondu Oorugai | Poondu pickle can be prepared in 3 minutes. Whether it is pressure cooker or instant pot this poondu urugai is the quickest pickle I ever cooked. Garlic pickle tastes yum with curd rice, tiffin varieties etc.

Jagadish and I are addicted to garlic flavor, it will be part of almost everyday cooking. Whether it is gravy, rice variety, pasta little garlic always makes the dish extra special. I have posted a few recipes like milagu kuzhambu, poondu kuzhambu, garlic bread , marundhu Kuzhambu with garlic as key ingredient.

When it comes to Garlic pickle it is always store brought. Ruchi, priya, grant sweets chettinadu vetha kulambu are some of my frequent buys. Couple of weeks ago we went to my cousin's house for lunch.

I have tried lot of pressure cooker based recipes and thanks to RK sir’s pressure cooker cooking. I tasted Poondu Oorugai in one of my relative house and heard it is prepared using pressure cooker.

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Microwave Snickerdoodle Mug Cake

April 19, 2017 By Vidya Srinivasan 8 Comments

Microwave Snickerdoodle Mug cake is a tasty super quick delicious cake. Single serving cakes are yummy evening indulgence. If you like snickerdoodle cookies these cakes are perfect 😊

Guest post from Karthika, it's been a year since we had a guest in TMF happy to host Karthika😊 Facebook acquainted me to lot of blog friends. Couple of weeks ago I got connected with Karthika through a fb group. In my one year break I missed some blogs, Karthika blog was one. We initially chatted in messenger. Our mother tongue got us close and we got connected soon. Conversation went to whatsapp in no time.

I am big of karthika pictures and wide range of recipes. Be it a smoothie, baked goodies traditional South Indian recipes her space has got everything. One day I was formatting my blog, I was seeing guest posts and that's when I was chatting with karthika. I thought of asking guest post from Karthika, she instantly agreed and ask me what I want. Being a sweet lover what else I would have asked, I have enjoyed seeing her baked goodies. I said if possible some dessert treats, when she came up with a cake I was double happy.

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Vepampoo Pachadi | Dry Neem flower pachadi

April 17, 2017 By Vidya Srinivasan 19 Comments

Vepampoo pachadi | dry neem flower Pachadi | Tamil new year pachadi with step-by-step pictures and video recipe. Check out the vepampoo pachadi recipe. If you like the video pls SUBSCRIBE to my channel.

Vepampoo Pachadi is a sweet pachadi prepared with neem flower (Vepampoo), tamarind, and jaggery. It is usually prepared on Tamil puthandu (new year).

I know I am super late in posting this pachadi. I prepared this on April 14th for Varusha pirappu samayal (Tamil new year lunch). We went to Jagadish's cousin's house for the weekend, so I gave 3 days break to TMF. Today I was so confused about whether to post Vepampoo pachadi or wait for a year and post this next year😂 I already have a lot of backlog-year-old posts so don't want to stack up the queue.

I love festive special lunch. When we were in India Amma use to buy banana leaf and we enjoyed the delicious spread. We will wait for festive days just to enjoy the lunch😋😋

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Pista Ice Cream - Eggless

April 12, 2017 By Vidya Srinivasan 27 Comments

Homemade Pista ice cream, 3 ingredients Pista ice cream, no churn, 3 ingredients, eggless ice cream, how to make no churn Pista ice cream, ice cream without ice cream maker, no machine ice cream, easy ice cream without eggs, condensed milk ice cream step by step pictures and video recipe. You can also check out the Pista ice cream. If you like this recipe pls SUBSCRIBE to my channel

3 ingredients Pista Ice cream is super easy to make. Pistachio ice cream can be prepared within 8 minutes.Eggless Delicious frozen treat with pista, heavy cream and condensed milk. Yummy kid friendly desert. No ice cream maker (machine) required for this.

Ice cream is one desert which I always relish. I still remember those days during summer holidays when my sister and I eagerly wait to hear the bell from ice cream vendor. Every time we see the street ice cream vendor we will rush to the door. See the menu and confuse him going back and fourth among the flavors. At times we tell Amma we need one but end up eating two and save one for later😂

Growing up there was no summer without Rose milk, ice cream, rasna, kirinipazham (musk melon) juice. Ice cream addiction never ends. When I was chennai I always complain about the sun, but now living in Seattle I long for seeing some sun☺️

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Kuthiraivali Millet Ven Pongal

April 10, 2017 By Vidya Srinivasan 24 Comments

Kuthiraivali Millet Ven Pongal Is a healthy version of a traditional South Indian breakfast/tiffin items prepared with rice and moong dal. This is one of the tasty and filling barnyard millet recipes to try.

Pongal is a very common tiffin prepared in the home. We generally prefer Pongal for weekend brunch, after heavy Pongal with lot ghee will watch tv and leisurely spent the rest of the day. I have a big sweet tooth so when we were young Amma always pair Ven Pongal with sakkarai Pongal. After I started cooking since I make Pongal for brunch I make vadai with Pongal, but the calorie factor alarms me these days.

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