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Cucumber Fruit known as "vellari palam" in Tamil is available abundantly during summer. This fruit is very nutritious and has many...

Avocado is known as "Butter Fruit" in India. Avocados are extremely delicious, versatile and nutritious. You can make variety of d...

Wondering if one can make tuvaiyal from ridge gourd skin. My grandmother used to make this tuvaiyal/thogayal. Not only it is tasty but it is...

Amaranth or thandu keerai is a rich source of fiber and many nutrients. According to Wikipedia- Amaranth grain is particularly high in lysin...

Cracked Wheat/Broken wheat  is known as "samba godhumai ravai" in Tamil, "dalia" in Hindi. It is also known as Lapsi rav...

Chegodilu is a very popular traditional savory snack from Andhra Pradesh. It is made from rice flour, split yellow moong dal (pesara pappu) ...

Nankhatai is a very popular Indian shortbread cookies with cardamom flavor prepared by mixing gram flour, all purpose flour and semolina. Th...

Mushroom Omelette is very delicious, easy to make and quite filling. You can have it either for breakfast, lunch or dinner. It can be had wi...

Kasi halwa is a traditional South Indian sweet prepared with ash gourd. It is usually served at South Indian weddings. It can be prepared fo...

Arisi Thengai payasam is a traditional payasam made with fresh coconut, jaggery and rice. I have made slight changes to the traditional paya...