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Ingredients  Kadala paruppu / Channa dhal - 1 cup Sombu ( Aniseed/Fennel) -  1 tspn Tamarind - small lemon sized . Onion - 2 no. Garlic - few. Tomatoes - 2 no. Coconut - 2 tbspn Kulumbu milagai powder (Homemade chilli Powder) 2 tbspn For Tempering  Mustard - 1 tspn Vendhayam - 1tspn Vadagam (optional) Curry leaves & coriander leaves. Steps for making balls  Soak kadala paruppu (channa dhal )for 1 hour (1/2 hr atleast) Coarsely Grind the soaked dal with sombu .(pulse mode twice or thrice) Transfer the grinded dhal in bowl. Add chopped onion ( half cup) Add chopped green chilli - 1 (optional)  Add chopped curry leaves and coriander leaves. Add salt. Make small balls and place it aside. Making of Urundai Kulambu Soak Tamarind 10 mins before. Heat kadai , add 2 tbspn of vegetable oil (or gingelly ) Do the tempering with mustard, vendhayam, vadagam(optional),garlic,curry leaves. Add chopped onion and saute for few mins. Add ...

             Chicken Briyaniiiiii ... Its hard to say NO to this.. Its almost everyone's favourite in India.. we have different types of chicken briyani.. my brother used to make briyani in soo many versions.. he always give his best shots when it comes to Non-Veg ..esply Chicken :) This Recipe is my mom's style which is very simple & easy to make.. It just takes nearly 20 mins to prepare.. Beginners must try this & make others wonder about your cooking .. Happy Cooking :) Ingredients  Basmati Rice - 1 cup Water - 1 & 1/2 cup (or 1 & 3/4 cups ..depends on ur rice type) Chicken - as per your req. Mint leaves - 1 cup Chopped Onion - 2 medium sized Chopped tomatoes - 2 medium sized Green Chilly - 2 Ginger Garlic Paste - 1 tbspn Pure Red chilly powder - 1 tspn Coriander Powder - 2 tspn Gram masala powder - 1/2 tspn Curd - 1 cup. Salt - to taste.    To temper ~ Bay leaf , cinnamon , cardamon & fenne...

Ingredients : Curd - 1 cup. Turmeric - 2 fat pinch. Chopped Onion - 1 To Grind : Coconut - 3 tbspn. Jeera - 1 tspn Green chilly - 3 ( or as per your taste ) Ginger - small piece (optional ) Vegetable Options ~  Sepankizhangu / white pumpkin / Vazhakaai / chow chow / Ladies finger / urad vada.  ( I used Sepankizhangu here ) To Temper : Mustard - 1tspn  Curry leaves & coriander leaves - few. Method : Heat a kadai , in 1 tbspn of oil & do the tempering. Add onion & saute until it is cooked. Add cooked Sepankilangu to this & fry for 1 min. Add small amount of water to this and salt for kilangu . Allow it to cook for 2 mins in medium flame. Add the grinded coconut paste with 1 cup of water  ( use water as per your consistency req ) Add Salt  & turmeric . Allow it cook in medium flame until it starts bubbling. Remove from flame & add the curd to the gravy cooked. Mor kuzhambu goes well with all spic...

Ingredients : Sweet Attack Db's Rava Kesari Rava / Sooji - 1 cup Full Sugar - 2 cups  ( 1 & 1/2 cup for those who prefer medium sweetness ) Water - 2 1/2 cups Ghee - half cup Cashew nuts , Raisins - few kesari color powder - 2 small pinch. Method : Roast the rava in low flame until its aroma comes out. Heat a kadai , add 2 tbspn of ghee. Fry cashew and raisins. Add water and Kesari color powder to the pan & allow it to boil . When it starts bubbling add sugar a nd then the roasted rava slowly -stir continuously. make sure no lumps are formed.   add the remaining ghee to the kesari. Keep stirring till it forms a mass leaving the sides of the pan. Switch off the stove & serve it with sweet smile :)

Egg Bhurji is one of the easiest & yummy side dish for all kind of gravies / kuzhambu Varieties.  It's a combination of Scrambled eggs , onion & green chillies with turmeric & salt.  There are many verions in preparing this egg bhurji .. Some people add tomatoes & chilly powder in addition to those ingredients.But my family love this version of only onion & green chilly with scrambled eggs.  It goes well with Curd rice & All kind of spicy veg gravies / kuzhambu . Ingredients : Eggs - 3 Chopped Onion - 3 medium sized  Chopped Green chillies - 4 to 6  Curry leaves - few Oil - 2 tbspns  Salt to taste Method : Heat a kadai or pan with 2 tbspns of Oil. Drop curry leaves, green chillies and then add finely chopped onion. Saute this until onions get cooked. Slow the flame. Break the eggs & add it the mixture in kadai. Add salt & a fat pinch of turmeric powder.  Stir the mixture well so that ...

Ingredients  Green Peas - 2 cups. Chopped Onion - 2 Pudhina / mint leaves - half cup Fennel seeds - 1 tspn Salt Oil - 1 tbspn Rice - 2 cups Water - 6 cups Method  Clean the rice. Heat a pressure cooker with 2 tbspn of oil . Drop 1 tspn of sombu/fennel seeds. Add chopped onions & saute for a min. Add Green peas & cleaned mint leaves & saute for 1 min. Pour 6 cups of water to it. Add the cleaned rice. Add Salt & a small pinch of turmeric (opt) Mix well & close the cooker . Keep 3 whistles & wait until the pressure leaves. Serve it hot with Onion Raitha.                                                ********* Happy Cooking ***********

Kara kuzhambu is a popular gravy in south India especially in TamilNadu . This is one of the easiest & simple gravy that can never go wrong :) It goes well with any veg poriyal / egg poriyal / appalam / aviyal . At least once in a week  tamilnadu people will  hit on this kuzhambu for sure .. Cos it doesn't need any special vegetables or a big procedure.. Even Beginners can hit sixer with this recipe !! Try this spicy kara kuzhambu with pictorial steps . Happy Cooking ! Ingredients  Drumstick - 1 Chopped Pototes - 2 medium sized Chopped Onion - 2 Chopped Tomato - 2 Brinjal - 3 Tamarind - 1 lemon sized Vadagam - 1 tspn (optional ) Homemade chilly powder - 2 full tbspn  (OR pure chilly powder - 1 tspn , coriander powder - 2 tspn ) Turmeric - 2 fat pinch Salt To Temper ~ Oil - 2 tbspn Curry leaves - few Fenugreek / vendhayam - 1 tspn Mustard - 1 tspn Method  Heat a pan / kadai with 2 tbspn of oil...