Month: February 2018

Hidden Choco-Sugar Cookies

Hidden Choco-Sugar Cookies

Serves: 24-28  Dry Ingredients: All Purpose Flour                          – 1 ½ cup Unsweetened cocoa powder  – ¼ cup Granulated sugar                          – ½ cup Powdered sugar                            – 1-2 tblsp (for rolling the cookie dough) Baking powder                               – ¼ tsp Salt                                                        – ¼ tsp Wet Ingredients: butter                 – […]

Sugar Cookies

Sugar Cookies

Serves: 24-28 Dry Ingredients: All Purpose Flour  – 1 ½ cup Granulated sugar  – ½ cup Powdered sugar    – 1-2 tblsp (for rolling the cookie dough) Baking powder       – ¼ tsp Salt                                – ¼ tsp Wet Ingredients: butter                 – ½ cup whole milk        – 2 […]

Choco chip Cookies

Choco chip Cookies

Serves: 30-32  Dry Ingredients: All Purpose Flour             – 2 ¼ cup Granulated sugar             – ¾ cup Light brown sugar            – ¾ cup Semi sweet Choco chip – 2 cups Baking soda                         – ¾ tsp Salt                                           – ½ tsp Wet Ingredients: butter                 – ½ cup egg                       […]

Chocolate Crinkle Cookies

Chocolate Crinkle Cookies

Serves: 20  Dry Ingredients: All Purpose Flour                         – 1 cup Unsweetened cocoa powder – ½ cup Granulated sugar                         – ¾ cup Powdered sugar                            – 1 cup (for coating) Baking powder                               – 1 tsp Salt                                                        – ½ tsp Wet Ingredients: Canola/ vegetable oil – ¼ cup […]

Lemon Shortbread Cookies

Lemon Shortbread Cookies

Serves: 24  Dry Ingredients All Purpose Flour – 1 cup Granulated sugar – 1/3 cup Baking powder      – ¼ tsp Salt                               – ½ tsp Wet Ingredients cold butter       – ½ cup whole milk        – 2 tblsp vanilla extract – 1 tsp lemon juice       – 2 […]

Parangi Pulip Kootu

Parangi Pulip Kootu

Yellow pumpkin sour curry Ingredient:  Parangikai/ pumpkin –          2 cup Puli karasal/ tamarind paste –          1/4 cup Water –          as req Salt –          as req Curry leaves –          1 sprig Jageery –          1 tsp Coconut oil –          1 tblsp  Kootu paste: 1 Coriander seeds –          […]

Murungakai-Parangi Sambar

Murungakai-Parangi Sambar

NO-ONION/GARLIC exclusive-Murungakai-Parangi Sambar: Drumstick-yellow pumpkin sambar, a delicious – authentic down south recipe  Ingredient:  Tuvaram paruppu/Toor dhal – 1 cup Drumstick/murungakai             –          1 cup Parangikai/ pumpkin –          1 cup Cumin seeds/ seeragam –          1 tsp Tomato –          1 (sliced) Small onion –          5 -8 […]

Mysore Pak

Mysore Pak

Who wants to taste the “original kovai Krishna sweets” mysore pak ? Here is the south indian Ghee Delicacy. “MYSORE PAK”. Very easy to prepare and enjoy the lusciousness of the sweet. Trust me it just MELTS in your mouth.  Ingredients:  Chickpea flour – 1 […]

One Pot Okra

One Pot Okra

Okra/ vendaikkai/ bindhi masala. Easy and tasty semi-dry recipe, one pot dish. It’s a wired combination of okra and curd. But it works pretty well. Ingredients: Okra              –          1 cup (sliced) Turmeric powder – ½ tsp Red chili powder – 1 tsp Cumin powder – […]

Verkadalai chutney

Verkadalai chutney

Verkadalai/ nilakadalai/ Peanut Chutney. Very spicy and unique chutney. It goes well with hot Idlis. Ingredients: Peanuts                     –          ½ cup Garlic                          –          5-8 nos Dry red chili          –          4 nos Gingelly oil              –          3 tblsp Jaggery                      –          1 inch (optional) Salt                             –          […]