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Watermelon Feta Mint Skewers-A colourful appetizer

Appetisers

Need a healthy appetizer which is tasty and colourful too???Then this Watermelon Feta Mint Skewers are the appetizers which everyone at the party will want more.This is an appetizer which is so refreshing in its taste and colour. There is a burst of the cool sweet taste of the watermelon...

Veena

September 11, 2017

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Pav Bhaji Dip -an exotic Indian flavoured dip

Cooking Time: 25 mins

Indian

Pav Bhaji Dip- sounds a little different , right? You may wonder how a street food gets this fusion makeover. Pav bhaji though typically grouped under street food, finds its way in most kids parties. They love to dig into the hot bhaji with dollops of butter. But I always...

Veena

August 28, 2017

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Arsi Mambazha Payasam

Indian Sweets

Indian

The theme for this month of Foodie monday bloghop was decided as Festive food. Festive cooking calls for sweets and payasams. Payasams can be broadly classified into two ..Namely one that is cooked with jaggery as a sweetner and the other with sugar as the sweetner. Vibha will eat the...

Veena

August 8, 2017

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Medhu Vadai in a Paniyaram Pan / Abelskiver pan

Cooking Time: 40 mins

Indian

Typical south indian leisure indulgent breakfast (our)would include a plate of Idli/Kal dosai, a plate of pongal and hot medhu vadai with coconut chutney, daniya chutney, saravana bhavan green chutney, sambhar , milagai podi and after having this yummiest breakfast. I would want to have a hot cup of Filter...

Veena

August 5, 2017

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Murugan Idli Shop Daniya Chutney

Breakfast

Indian

Murugan idli kadai is synonymous with his array of chutneys that he serves with idli and onion uthappam. When he started his first restaurant in t. nagar, chennai, I remember waiting for an hour to get a seating. His dishes are very simple, no fancy stuff but the taste is...

Veena

August 5, 2017

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Madras Ratna cafe sambhar

Indian

Weekend breakfast is the best meal of the day. Those are the only days when there is no hurry to cook or eat or leave to the office. It is a leisure day and we both look forward to it. The breakfast varies from regular idli to kanjeevaram idli ,...

Veena

August 3, 2017

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Beetroot Idli

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Indian

When I said the breakfast was Beetroot Idli, the immediate reaction was “WHY VEENA?????”Why not regular idli. But then the question comes as to why do I make idli regularly ?? As you all know I am a pucca madrasi and idli, pongal dosai , upma and variations and reptitions...

Veena

July 31, 2017

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Carrot Chutney

Cooking Time: 10 mins

Side Dishes

Indian

I love carrots and I use it regularly in salads, kosambiri, payasam, flat bread, Muthia and addition to that list is this Carrot chutney.This month for the shhhh cooking secrectly challenge, the decided theme was chutneys. For this challenge, I am paired with Prathima who blogs at Prathu’s food ....

Veena

July 29, 2017

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Mango Coconut Chia Pudding

Cooking Time: 4 hrs

Desserts

For this week of Foodie monday bloghop, the theme that was decided upon was fireless cooking. This gave us a broad spectrum of cooking, like baking, microwave cooking, grilling and then making a smoothie or an ice cream where the medium used is not stovetop. I thought I will bake...

Veena

July 24, 2017

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Zucchini Pumpkin Soup

Cooking Time: 15 mins

Soups

When hubby asks for pumpkin soup and you have very less quantity of pumpkin but have a lone zucchini in the refrigerator , looking at you every single time you open that door hoping to be useful , a wicked thought comes to mind of sneaking in zucchini with the...