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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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Java plum salt lassi / Jamun salt lassi

Cooking Time: 10 mins

Indian

This year the start of the summer has been pretty severe. Thanks to the damage we humans have done to our environment, the climatic conditions are changing drastically. I wonder in a few years time, I wonder how we will change mother earth. Last year Chennai experienced a shortage of...

Veena

April 14, 2019

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Quinoa murunga Keerai Saadam

Cooking Time: 20 mins

Going ahead with the recipes for the pulav fest, today I am posting a very healthy rice dish. Murungakai or drumstick has various uses. It finds its use both in the culinary world as in the world of medicine. Taking into account all the benefits that this humble plant offers,...

Veena

April 13, 2019

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Palak jowar kichadi in wonderchef nutripot

Cooking Time: SOAKING TIME 30 MINS+COOKING TIME 7 MINS

Indian

Here I am with yet another millet based kichadi. Today for the alphabet J for the pulav fest, it is palak jowar kichadi. I have some lovely organically homegrown palak from my very tiny garden. Well technically it is not a garden, but I try to grow plants in my...

Veena

April 12, 2019

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Thinai puliyogare with instant puliyogare mix

Cooking Time: 20mins

Indian

For the pulav fest which we are blogging for the whole of this month alphabetically. And today it is for the alphabet I. Being an Iyengar the immediate option was to make an Iyengar puliyogare. In this type of puliyogare, we make the basic pulikaachal and then the cooked rice...