Ambur Chicken Biryani | Ambur Special Biryani

Ambur Chicken  Biryani | Ambur Special Biryani is  a famous  biryani like Dindigul Thalappakatti Biryani  in  Southern India. The biryani is named after a place called ‘Ambur’  in Vellore District of Tamil Nadu.   This special biryani was first made during  the reign of Nawabs of Arcot in Vellore. You can see a lot of biryani stalls in Ambur and hence who ever crosses this place won’t  miss the opportunity of tasting this yummy biryani. Now, about ambur chicken biryani, this biryani is usually made with seeraga samba rice. Another highlight...

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Purple Cabbage Poriyal | Purple Cabbage Stir Fry | சிவப்பு முட்டைகோஸ் பொரியல்

Purple Cabbage Poriyal  | Purple Cabbage Stir Fry | சிவப்பு முட்டைகோஸ்  பொரியல்  is a simple recipe. Usually, I use purple cabbage  for making colourful salad, but today I prepared this poriyal and tasted very nice with  Murungaikaikathirikai sambar. Here is the recipe… Ingredients: Purple Cabbage (finely chopped)  –  ½ cup Onion ( finely chopped) – 1 No. Green chillies(slitted) – 2 Nos. Coconut gratings – 2 to 3 tbsp Salt to taste For seasoning: Oil – 1 tbsp Mustard – 1 tsp Urad dhal – 1 tsp Curry leaves – few. Method: Wash purple cabbage...

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7 Cup Burfi | Seven Cup Sweet | Easy Diwali Sweet Recipe

7 Cup Burfi | Seven Cup Sweet | 7 Cup Cake is very  easy to make sweet recipe; need not worry about sugar syrup consistency for this burfi.   The ingredients used in this recipe measure about  7 cups and hence it has got the name. Here is the recipe. Ingredients: Besan flour | Bengal gram flour – 1 cup Sugar – 3 cups Coconut  gratings – 1 cup Milk – 1 cup Ghee – 1 cup + 2 tsp Method: In a heavy bottomed kadai, mix all the above ingredients without any lumps. Grease a burfi plate with ghee and keep it ready. Place the kadai on a stove,  cook the...

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Karasev | Karachevu | Easy Diwali Snacks Recipe

Karasev | Karachevu is a easy snack which could be made in a jiffy without too much of efforts. It is a South Indian deep fried snack  and can be made with store bought flours. Ingredients: Rice flour – 1 up Besan flour | Bengal gram flour – ¾ cup Red chilli powder – 1 tsp Pepper powder – ½ tsp Asafoetida | Hing – ¼ tsp Jeera | Cumin seeds – 1 tsp Turmeric powder – ¼ tsp Butter – 2 tbsp Salt to taste Oil – for deep frying Method: Sieve both the flours with a fine sieve. Add all dry powders i.e. sieved flours, chilli powder, pepper powder, asafoetida, jeera, turmeric powder ...

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Wheat Coconut Boli | Thenga Boli | Wheat Sweet Poli | Kaayi Obbattu

Wheat Coconut Boli | Thenga Boli | Wheat Sweet Poli | Kaayi Obbattu is a flat bread  made with coconut filling. It is a traditional sweet made during festivals like Vinayakar Chaturthi, Bohi, Thiruvathirai, Aavani Avittam, etc. Usually, boli is made using all purpose flour | maida but today, I’ve used wheat flour instead of maida and for sweetening, I’ve used palm jaggery. Moreover, I’ve used very little oil & ghee. But even then the bolis were so soft and  tasted  yum.  Ingredients: Wheat flour – 1 cup Salt – a pinch Water - as needed Oil – 1 tbsp Coconut...

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Easy Rasam Recipe | Rasam | Charu

Rasam | Charu  is a South Indian specialty and no  feast is completed  without this tangy, spicy delicacy. It can be had with hot steamed rice or can be had as soup | appetizer. Rasam is good to have during winter season. It is very good in treating common cold, fever and it aids digestion. Everyone have their unique way of preparing this rasam and this is my way J.. Ingredients: Tomato – 1 No. Tamarind – gooseberry size Turmeric powder – ¼ tsp Asafoetida | Hing – ½ tsp Coriander Leaves | Cilantro – 3 tbsp Salt to taste To grind: Pepper – 1 tsp Jeera – 1 tsp Garlic...

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My Breakfast Recipe collection in Malligai Magal... ...

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Muttaikose Kadalai Paruppu Kootu | Cabbage Channa Dhal Kootu

Muttaikose Kadalai Paruppu Kootu | Cabbage Channa Dhal Kootu  is a tasty side dish prepared with cabbage & channa dhal.  When cabbage combined with channa dhal and freshly ground coconut masala, it tastes awesome with hot steamed rice, accompanied especially with rasam. It can be had with sambar as well curd or can even with be mixed with plain rice. Here we go for the recipe! Ingredients: Cabbage (chopped) - 1 cup Channa dhal | Kadalai Paruppu - ½  cup Turmeric powder – a pinch Shallots            (chopped) -...

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Chettinad Style Kathirikaai Masala Kuzhambu | Brinjal Masala Curry | Eggplant Gravy

Chettinad  Style Kathirikaai Masala Kuzhambu | Brinjal Masala Curry | Eggplant Gravy is a flavorful curry made with brinjals and  can be served with hot steamed rice as well as with our regular South Indian tiffin items. I need not explain much about the taste of this curry; once you prepare, I am sure everyone will love it. Here we go for the recipe. Ingredients: Brinjal  –  5 Nos. Onion (finely chopped) – 1 No. Tomatoes (finely chopped) – 2 Nos. Red chilli powder – 1 tsp Corinader powder – 1 tbsp Turmeric powder – ¼ tsp Tamarind juice - 2 tbsp Salt to taste To grind: Coconut gratings...

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Karupatti Pidi Kozhukattai | Palm Jaggery Sweet Dumpling

Karupatti Pidi Kozhukattai | Palm Jaggery Sweet Dumpling is a steamed dumpling made with rice flour which is sweetened by palm sugar. This palm sugar is otherwise known as  karupatti | Panai Vellam. Palm sugar is supposed to be the most superior sweetener which has lots of essential vitamins, minerals, amino acids, etc. On top of it, it is the sweetener with lowest GI, so can be eaten by diabetic people too. Ganesh Chaturthi is going to be celebrated tomorrow all over the world. This festival will never be complete without  these yummy kolukattais. I have already posted the recipes...

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Vallarai (Indian Pennywort) Chutney | Vallarai Keerai Thogaiyal

Vallarai Chutney | Vallarai Keerai Thogaiyal | Vallarai Thuvaiyal  is a healthy chutney which can be enjoyed with soft idli or dosa. Vallarai keerai in Tamil is known as Indian Pennywort in English and Brahmi Booti in Hindi. The word ‘Brahmi’ appears in most of the Ayurvedic medicines. It is very popular and widely used in South Asia. I know everyone knows about vallarai as a herb which will improve memory power. Other than this, vallarai is beneficial in treating diabetes, anaemia, tuberculosis, urinary infection etc. So it is good to include these leaves in our regular diet. The leaves...

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Mushroom Masala | Dry Mushroom Curry

Mushroom Masala | Dry Mushroom Curry is a simple yet delicious curry which I made with minimum ingredients.  Mushroom always comes handy to make any meal yummy in no time. Also it has loads of protein and is a wonderful protein supplement for vegetarians. For non vegetarians, it is a good alternative since its taste is very close to non-veg items. So, this is a recipe everyone can enjoy trying at home. Here we go for the recipe. Ingredients: Button Mushroom– 100 gms Shallots (finely chopped) – 15 Nos Garlic (finely chopped)  – 2 tbsp Tomatoes (finely chopped) – 1 No Red...

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My collection of recipes in Malligai Magal's "Top 25 Chettinattu Kaara Saara Unavukal" ...

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