Kitchen basics and microwave cooking

Monthly grocery list planner| Indian Pantry essentials, i have been planning to share this for a long time. I have seen my mom who always meticulously plan everything. Not only…

Samosa chutney recipe, the sweet chutney| meethi chutney recipe made using jaggery and tamarind pulp pairs well with Samosa, dhoklas and cutlets too. This chutney can be used in other…

Mor milagai, Sund dried chillies, also called as Sandige Menasu in karnataka, is a popular sun dried thing made in summer time, using chillies and sour butter milk. My mom…

How to season iron tawa, procedure to season iron tawa, with detailed video. This method does not require the usage of rice kanji, seasoning made with simple ingredients. I always…

Sambar powder recipe| How to make sambar masala at home, South Indian style Sambar masala made using coriander seeds, red chili and other spices used for making sambar, rasam and…

Kerala matta rice, how to cook Palakadan matta rice, pressure cooker method, with video and step by step pictures. Though i know Kerala matta rice has loads of health benefits,…

Red chutney for chaat, Red garlic chutney, recipe with 2 version of chutney with 2 versions of red garlic chutney. The usual method that we all follow by soaking dried…

Cardamom powder recipe with video, how to make elachi powder. Cardamom powder, elakkai powder recipe using whole green cardamoms. My mom used to make cardamom powder and home and keep…

Ghee | Clarified butter is a staple ingredient in Indian kitchen. We use Ghee for making sweets and mix with rice and use to cook parathas too. At South Indian…

Mint tea | pudina chai | mint chai is a milk based tea with the addition of fresh mint leaves in it. Generally we add ginger or cardamom or tea masala…

Milk masala is a blend of nuts and aromatic spices, we used to get Everest Milk masala in mustafa center here in Singapore. I have used this in many of…

Vinayagar chaturthi | Ganesh chaturthi | pillayar chaturthi, the main prasadh made for this ganesha festival for neivedyam is modak | modakam. Though we make different varities of modakam |…