Carrot Poriyal / Carrot Poriyal with Coconut

     Today i am going to share a simple and basic carrot poriyal recipe. It can be done within 20 to 25 min. You can have this with steamed rice and any kuzhambu. Let's see how to make.

Ulunthu Kanchi / Urad dal Porridge

Ulunthu kanchi is very good recipe for our health. My mom used to make this recipe once or twice a month. She always prepares it on sunday morning. I like to have a spicy sidedish with this kanchi. My mom makes vengaya milagai as a side dish which i love the most. Any pickle or thogaiyal would also be a perfect side dish for this kanchi.

Today i am making this kanchi using black gram(urad dal) without skin. But you can also make this kanchi with black gram(with skin) which is more healthier.

Aval Upma / Poha Upma

When i don't have time or feel lazy, aval upma comes to my mind immediately. This is a very quick recipe and tasty too. Here i am making vegetable aval upma. You can also make this without any vegetables. I will post that version also. But i like this vegetable version. Do try both the version.

Vazhakkai Chips / Raw Banana Chips

      Vazhaikkai chips is a simple home made chips recipe. It can be made very quick. All you got to do is slice the plantain, fry it, season it. Ta-da.. It can be a vey good side dish for rice or a perfect snack. I learned this recipe from my mother-in-law. But my hubby loves my version. ha ha...

Home Made Ginger Garlic Paste

    Ginger garlic paste is one of the very basic ingredient which we use in most of our indian cooking. It is also essential for non-veg recipes. Grinding ginger garlic paste very little is hard. Sometimes i skip ginger garlic paste for the sake of grinding little. Thats when i decided to grind generous amount of ginger garlic paste and store it. Now, I grind it and store it atleast for two weeks. This paste will be good for a month in referigerator. But i prefer store small amount and no longer than two weeks. Try this homemade ginger garlic paste at your home and use it whenever you need.

Cauliflower 65 / Gobi 65

     Gobi 65 is the vegeterian version of chicken 65 recipe with minor differences. Our whole family loves this recipe. My mother-in-law also makes this recipe whenever we are get together. It is tastier though she adds only besan flour, chilli powder and salt with cauliflower. But I am adding some more ingredients to make this cauliflower fry even more tastier.
   Serve this as a evening snack or a starter or a side dish for rice. This will go good with paruppu kuzhambu, sambar, kootu, rasam etc...

Carrot Ginger Soup

     Carrot soup is the one which i make often in the winter. I love the flavour of ginger in this soup. It is the simplest soup recipe using carrot that we always have at our home. It is a very good appetizer but you can have it anytime a day. Today, i am going to have carrot soup as a appetizer.

     Since carrot is sweet, adjust the quantity of ginger and pepper powder according to your taste buds

Broccoli Soup

     Winter is here! In the evening, we all expect something to eat or drink hot. Soup is perfect for cold evening. So, we are going to make broccoli soup today. I did not know what to make from broccoli when i bought it for the first time. I tried few recipes from broccoli, finally i made a soup and that was the best broccoli recipe ever. This is a rich and delicious soup.
   Do try this recipe at your home and share your thoughts.