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Nutri-Pot dal with beet greens

Cooking Time: 20 mins

Indian

This post is very special to me. I joined this wonderful group Foodie Monday Bloghop 100 weeks ago. I joined in their bloghop when this group was celebrating their 100th post. And today we are celebrating our 200th posting. So, for the 200th post, its theme was #200notout and it...

Veena

June 18, 2019

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How to make beaten rice flakes mixture

Cooking Time: 15 mins

Appetisers

Indian

Beaten rice flakes or avalakki or aval is the best option when you want to snack and have certain diet restrictions. The dry mixture made from beaten rice flakes is very tasty, easy on the stomach and can be prepared in very less time. We can serve this with tea...

Veena

June 16, 2019

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Punjabi carrot Peas Curry in Wonderchef Nutri-Pot

Cooking Time: 15 mins

Indian

Dry curries are what we cook on a daily basis. The vegetables form 3/4 portion of our daily meal. So I am on a look out of different dry curries with a variety of vegetables. So when I was paired with Jolly for the Recipe swap challenge. She blogs at...

Veena

June 16, 2019

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Instant Ragi Dosai

Cooking Time: 15 mins

Breakfast Recipes

Indian

Dosai is a regular in my household. We are a typical madrasi family where our breakfast would be either idli/ dosai/ Pongal. Of course with the change in our diet, we have moved on to dosai with millets and Pongal with millets or quinoa. So to suit our diet, I...

Veena

June 11, 2019

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Wonderchef Nutri-Pot Sheer Khurma

Cooking Time: 15 mins

Sheer Khurma is a must have dessert during Eid. The main ingredient that is used in Sheer Khurma is the Nylon vermicelli or the very thin type of vermicelli. I was not able to procure it and hence cooked it with the regular roasted vermicelli. This sheer khurma is a...

Veena

June 4, 2019

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Summer fruits on a stick

Cooking Time: 15 mins

Appetisers

Summer in Chennai is not a season we look forward to. Weather here, especially during the summer solstice, is very hot. What makes it all the worse is that it is very sultry since we are located on a sea coast. Having said that, we have our own ways to...

Veena

May 27, 2019

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Tangy sweet corn chat

Cooking Time: 15 mins

I still remember the corn chat which vibha would love every time she visited the mall nearby. This tangy sweet corn chaat can be prepared as a snack for any part of the day. Be it a snack for a kid or a snack for an adult, this tangy chaat...

Veena

May 25, 2019

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Spicy Tomato Thokku in Wonderchef Nutripot

Cooking Time: 35 minutes

Pickles

Indian

Cooking has become so much easier since the day I started cooking in my wonderchef nutripot. I have been experimenting with many recipes and today I am posting an easy thokku with tomato. This spicy tomato thokku cooked in wonderchef nutripot is a very delicious pickle. Spicy Tomato thokku ...

Veena

May 20, 2019

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Spicy mint quinoa

Cooking Time: 15 mins

Indian

This journey from rice to quinoa has been very good. When I first started using quinoa as a replacement for rice, I feel it might be a short-lived journey. Being a pucca madrasi I thought I couldn’t manage without eating our staple rice but I have been on this for...

Veena

April 16, 2019

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Lemon flavoured peanut quinoa

Cooking Time: 15 mins

Indian

Going ahead with the pulav fest with millets, today I am blogging for the alphabet L. As I have ventured into cooking with millets and grains, I am realising the variety of one pot meal that I can make with quinoa and millets. It is not restricted to biryani or...

Veena

April 15, 2019

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