Cleaning tips

I started this blog not only to share the recipes that I cook for my family but also to share with my buddies interesting facts and tips.In this post I am sharing few cleaning tips which you might find useful. For coffee and tea stain, dust some talcum powder in that area and then wash as usual.Lemons are excellent stain remover. Fruit juice stain, ice cream stain, ink stain can be removed by

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Butter beans/Lima beans curry

Butter beans is also known as Lima beans. I love butter beans prepared in any form. I love to prepare sambar, kuzhambu, curry, korma using this vegetable. This curry can be had as a side dish for rice and is also ideal for evening snack. Today we will learn how to make butter beans curry following this easy recipe.








Butter Beans Curry-Sundal




 Prep Time : 10 mins

 Cook Time : 15 mins

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Ladies finger Tamarind Kootu

This vendakkai kootu is very common in my home and is a favorite among my kids. Not many make kootu with ladies finger. If you have not tried making this kootu, I recommend you to try this dish. It is called vendakkai puli kootu as we use tamarind for preparing this. This is my mother's style of making vendakkai kootu with tomatoes. My aunty makes vendakkai puli pachadi without tomatoes but my

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Brown Black eyed Pea salad

This black eyed peas salad is easy to make and is rich in protein. Salads are a very common feature in our home. I usually prepare this for my daughter as an evening snack when she returns from school. It is filling, nutritious and of course delicious. Learn to make Black Eyed pea salad following this easy recipe.







Black Eyed Pea Salad-Karamani Salad




 Prep Time : 5 mins

 Cook Time :

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How To Blanch Tomatoes

According to wikipedia - Blanching is a cooking process wherein the food substance, usually a vegetable or fruit, is plunged into boiling water, removed after a brief, timed interval, and finally plunged into iced water or placed under cold running water  to halt the cooking process.Today let us learn how to blanch tomatoes at home.





How to Blanch tomatoes-Tomato puree




 Prep Time : 5

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Moong Dal Dosa

Moong dal (pasi parupu) is very nutritious, needs less soaking and is easy to digest. I have used the yellow split moong dal for preparing this dosa. Moong dal dosa can be prepared in a jiffy. It is filling, saves a lot of cooking time without compromising on taste or nutrition. It comes very handy when you are tired or run out of dosa batter. All you have to do is to soak the dal. Grinding

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Coriander chutney

This chutney is very simple to prepare and goes well with idly, dosa, adai, roti and upma. It can be used as dip for samosas and bajji. It can also be used as a spread for sandwich. Today let us learn how to make coriander chutney/kothamalli chutney following this easy recipe.








Coriander Chutney-Kothamalli Chutney




 Prep Time : 10 mins

 Cook Time : 10 mins 
 Serves: 2
 Recipe

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