Simple Vegetable Pulav

It is raining here heavily for the past 4 days. My family wanted hot vegetable pulao for lunch. So I prepared this easy pulao with potatoes in tomato gravy as side dish, the recipe for which I will be blogging soon. If you have the vegetables ready, this pulao can be done in a few minutes time. It is less spicy and tastes awesome. Since I do not like spending long hours in the kitchen, my

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Simple Chocolate Cake

Hurray! I have completed 50 posts. So I wanted to celebrate it with a Chocolate cake. Before that I would like to share with you all, a few things. I started blogging just to keep a record of all my recipes. Another reason - may be when my kids grow up they can refer their mom's blog from wherever they settle down. Isn't it? But now I got hooked to it and I have also learnt many things after

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Simple Steps to make Aloo Parathas

Just as North Indians love South India's idly, dosa, chutney and sambar, I love their Aloo Paratha, Dal Makhani, palak paneer, bhindi masala, dhoklas, shrikhand etc. Out of interest, I learnt many North Indian dishes from my north Indian friends. Aloo Paratha is one of my favourites. Initially, when I tried aloo paratha, all the stuffing used to come out and my kitchen will become a total mess.

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Coconut Chutney and Idly faces

This recipe is so common and is prepared in almost all South Indian homes at least once in a week. But I still wanted to post this, mainly for the sake of the new ones to the kitchen. But to make this boring chutney post more interesting, I have given suggestions and tips on getting children to eat healthy foods. Kindly let me know if you all liked this, so that I can rake my brains and come

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Special Curd Rice

Thinking of curd rice, I remember my younger days when I used to eat curd rice just for vadu manga. Curd rice with vadu maga-wow! I just love it so much. It is so comforting and heavenly. Today we will learn how to make seasoned curd rice with added vegetables following this easy recipe.








Curd Rice




 Prep Time : 10 mins

 Cook Time : 15 mins 
 Serves:1
 Recipe Category: Rice

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How to make Soft rotis - Indian flat bread

Indian flat bread/rotis are made without yeast and yet it is soft and pliable. Making soft chapati/roti is no rocket science. All you need is practice. Once you practice, making rotis is a breeze. I have divided the recipe into 6 easy steps and have made it as simple as possible. Today we will learn how to make roti/chapati/Indian flat bread at home following this easy recipe. 


How to make

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Peas Pulav

I really got bored cooking traditional meals, so for a change I did Peas Pulav yesterday. I learnt this from my neighbour long time back .We all liked it so much that it started making appearance on our table frequently. Another thing is that, it is less spicy and is a very simple recipe. It is a quick fix meal. When you do not have much time to spend on cooking, you can go for this. No grinding

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