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Quinoa Puliyogare

Cooking Time: 25 mins

Indian

Kanu falls on the next day of the Pongal. Kanu is celebrated praying for the long and healthy life of the siblings. We traditionally cook mixed rice for this festival. Puliyogare is a must in every Iyengar household. We love Puliyogare and I did not want to miss out on having this tangy...

Veena

January 16, 2019

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Samba Rava Pongal

Cooking Time: 20 mins

Indian

Is it fesval time. The festival of harvest and I am here with yet another form of pongal. Here instead of the regular rice in the ven pongal, I have used samba rava. So this is a pongal variety for thosse weight watchers who are worried about the intake of...

Veena

January 15, 2019

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Sakkarai Pongal in a pressure cooker

Cooking Time: 35 minutes

Indian

Let us make Sakkarai pongal in a pressure cooker for this Pongal.Festive fever is in the air. The market is flooded with sugarcane, fresh turmeric , fresh finger, plaintain and flowers. There is such a happy atmosphere here is Chennai. It is Pongal time. The time when fresh paddy is...

Veena

January 14, 2019

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Kathrikai Gothsu / Eggplant Gothsu

Cooking Time: 20 minutes

Ask a south indian what he would for breakfast and it is very likely that he may say 3 answers. The might be one of these three in no particular order. Idli/ Dosai and Pongal. The side dish which he would hope for would again be these. An array of...

Veena

January 14, 2019

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Egg-free wholewheat coconut biscuits

Cooking Time: 30 mins

Another tea time munchies are these coconut biscuits. The most important thing about this biscuit is that it is refined flour free and refined sugar free. These egg-free wholewheat coconut biscuits are buttery and crispy on the outside but chewy on the inside. One bite of this is full of...

Veena

January 13, 2019

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Baked Bajra Pudina Mathri

Cooking Time: 25 mins

Indian

Are you also looking out for healthy bakes like me? Then you are in the right place. When the hunger pang strikes, you tend to eat more than necessary. Especially the sweets or the deep fried one. So the healthy baked snacks like this baked bajra pudina mathri is a...

Veena

January 12, 2019

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Whole wheat Ragi Crackers

Crackers in my young age meant, something very buttery melt in the mouth types. I wouldn’t turn and look if my mother offered me crackers baked with ragi flour. I never liked Ragi though I grew up in Karnataka. All I wanted was something yummy and delicious preferably deep fried. If that...

Veena

January 10, 2019

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Gothsu podi

Spice powders

Indian

Gothsu podi is a very essential spice powder in a Tamilian kitchen. We use this spice powder to mainly flavour the kathrikai gothsu or vengaya gothsu. In addition to that, we can always add this to make our regular curries more flavourful. The main ingredients of this gothsu powder are urad...

Veena

January 10, 2019

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Jewish Challah for #Breadbakers

I think I am joining bread bakers after a very long time. The theme for this Month was chosen by Felice who blogs at all thats left are the crumbs. She suggested that we bake good luck breads which are baked across the world. After a little hopping on the...

Veena

January 8, 2019

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Takatli methi chi bhaji

Side Dishes

Indian

This is the first edition of Foodie Monday Bloghop for the year 2019. We are starting on a very healthy note. This week, Methi or Fenugreek based recipes need to be blogged. Magic of fresh methi leaves is the theme suggested by Sasmita who blogs at “First Timer Cook‘. I use methi...

Veena

January 7, 2019

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